Mirai is a film not just about a young kid learning to accept his sister and learn to understand others but also a film in which every character learns to as well. It is the perfect picture of the modern family featuring modern day kids who are spoiled and entitled making life hell for their parents, who are harsh on them and feel bad for doing such because they were scolded as kids. Not just these elements but also sibling rivalry and the mother and father learning to accept one another's flaws and move on as well. The characters have a lot of dimension to them as well. The film begins with Kun being an entitled brat but as you follow him you see him do various favors for other characters involving food and comfort to show that he is in fact a good kid just stubborn in terms of refusing to stop demanding love and attention. However this issue and the many others I spoke about are addressed in the form of Kun interacting with and learning from family members of both the past and the present directly and learning a thing or two. However a plot event doesn't always trigger a memory directly related to it but often brilliantly animated sequences like the sequence in the ocean, on the bike on the road by the bay, and the sneaking through the house sequence. This type of storytelling allows the story to be slowly told over time as we see Kun develop as a character and in some cases it works well. Not in all cases though as a time jump in the second act jarred the film a little bit after a slow building first half lead into a faster second half with an ending sequence that had a rocky start but a glorious conclusion. The pacing of the film was definitely a bit off as the first act dragged because of the difference in speed between the two halves of the film. The story within this pacing was very well told, through a decent frame of using future and past characters to help steer Kun in the right direction and past events to help steer the adults back in the right direction as well. In fact, I only have two complaints with the storytelling. The first being that the first half of the third act in a bizarrely animated train station that didn't connect to the previous acts very well. The second being that Kun's grandparents didn't seem too involved in the plot aside from being there when needed. In a film about familial issues and learning from the past to make a better future it would've been a bit nicer to see more from their perspective. Aside from that though, a rock solid story. The animation in this film was realistic when the film didn't jump in time but when it did, I mean, my god. The film wasn't afraid to do 180 degree turns to fully showcase the work that went into creating all of these unique times in the bay area. Whether it was the jungle, cliffside, ocean, temple area or train station the film was never afraid to show the details to the viewer in all their glory. I can't blame them either as I found myself clapping during the transition from present to past and future. It isn't just limited in 2D animation either as one of the crown jewel sequences is the ocean sequence in which the camera spins around to match what is going on inside Kun's head and you get to see schools of colorful fish with light creating a rainbow on their scales. Safe to say, the animation was great here like in most G Kids films. I also appreciated the music, especially during those transition sequences but even more so in the first act. When Kun touches the snowflakes for the first time or meets his sister Mirai for the first time, the music pulses with child like wonder. It actually made me remember what it was like to see snow and meet my sister Al for the first time. This film was great at showing just how much fun (or unfair) life is from a child's perspective. Lastly, I felt the script nailed people in the real world perfectly. In life, people work on their flaws to the best of their ability and often times have to compromise as well. There's often no storybook ending, just life going on into the future with constant work on flaws. As human beings we accept each others flaws, laugh, cry, love, hate and move swiftly towards the future and even the script had characters acknowledge their own flaws and each others but talk it out. The film's title "Mirai" means future and that's ultimately what the past helps us in the present gear up for. Was this movie perfect? Obviously not but it was still pretty good and I'm okay with that. I'm gonna give Mirai a 7 out of 10. F-F-FUUUTURRRREEE!!!!