Road to You

ROAD TO YOU

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Type

ONA

Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Oct 11, 2017 to Oct 2, 2019

Studios:Sunrise, The Answer Studio, Ijigen Tokyo

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Synopsis

A trilogy of commercials for Dunlop Tyres Japan created to promote their Winter Maxx line of snow tires. Kimi e to Tsuzuku Michi Amidst a snowfall, a father and daughter, a young couple, and two coworkers must learn to work through their intermingled feelings as they come together for the town's light show on the riverside. Hoshifuru Oka no Yakusoku For Yui's 20th birthday, she and her mother pay a visit to the old observatory they used to go to every year in her youth. As they approach the snowy summit, Yui recalls memories of visiting the spot with her late father. Kioku ni Mau Konayuki A boy and girl fall in love but are forced to break up when the girl decides to move to France to study. Heartbroken, the boy chases after her as she drives away in the snowstorm. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Major_Gilbert

Recommended

This is a short, so I wrote a short review. Very cute face expressions, and outstanding art as expected from Kenichi Tsuchiya, who was involved in the animating of Kimi no Na wa and Kotonoha No Niwa. It's only 3 mins 29 secs long, but the work put into it is much greater. The most surprising part was that this is supposed to be a promotional short for Dunlop's tires, but until 2:05 there is no indication that it is one. I was pretty happy that it didn't only show boring tires for most of the short. The use of light and reflections was really good. Theyincorporated the 3 stories pretty well, considering the short amount of time. Overall a 9, don't expect too much from this like as if it's masterpiece. It's just good in my opinion anyway. Recommend to watch for anyone who likes Makoto Shinkai's art.

31 found helpfulOct 11, 2017

NextUniverse

Recommended

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Another short review, I suppose. Also, TLDR below Well, this was pretty good. I will get into this by first saying that each of these commercials does have a story to be told within them. I won't explain what happens in them, because the synopsis does that for me already, rather, if they are executed well. All three stories generally use the same setup of quickly setting up the characters, so much so that it can be deciphered as to what the are doing via their lives and the current events around them with little effort. The only sad story you get out of those this however is"The Snow that Dances in Memories", the rest are somewhat happier. Basically, there is variety in here as opposed to the same formula being spewed out continuously, there is something for everyone I guess. I think the third story was the worst, just because of the handling of characters, and the need for it to be somewhat bombastic, but it is not bad. With visuals, for some reason, they are inconsistent, nothing is bad, but the difference between the first two and the last one is obvious. The first two feel like something out of a slightly watered down Shinkai movie, whereas the last one feels very abstract and bold. Nothing bad, I liked both, but I have no idea why the change happened, felt kinda awkward. I enjoyed this as a little story to watch I suppose, I would imagine most people do, I don't really ever see hate on anime-style commercials, so if you are here, you will most likely enjoy this. TLDR: Watch this. It is good as a commercial. ----- But this is not the real reason we watch these, it is so that we can vroom vroom into our loved ones with super special awesome Dunlop Tyres Winter Maxx tire line edition thingy. "Drive to the one you love", as they say.

SgtSalamander

Recommended

Never before has a set of tire commercials touched my heart like this little anime, which is honestly a sentence I never thought I'd have to say. Road to You is an extremely effective set of commercials for winter tires, but furthermore it understands the principles of what goes into a truly great advertisement- you're not really selling the thing you're selling. These shorts are touching, emotional, and made possible by tires that can handle winter weather, even if they only seem to be in the frame by happenstance. As such, I'd say the story is the strongest aspect of this anime, as each episodeis touching and well-written and genuinely human in such a way that it doesn't even feel as though they were made primarily to be commercials. My favorite episode is episode 2, with the telescope on the girl's birthday, though each episode has got something special about it. The art is a fantastic accompaniment to the story, and feels like a full-fledged, professional production- once again, it doesn't feel like a set of commercials. The color, animation quality, and emotive potency of each is commendable to be sure. The sound is also good, meeting all the basic standards of quality for the time of its production, and with an emotional soundtrack that enhances the impact of each individual story. The characters, while fleeting by nature, are good in their roles, and the anime does a good job of making you care for them and the events of their lives. Overall, Road to You is a commercial which doesn't feel like a commercial, which is the highest honor such a thing can earn. At the end of the day, it is still an ad, so I can only rate it so high, but given what it had to work with, it made a good impression. Fun idea- show this to your friends without any context and see if they can guess if it's a commercial for winter tires, or if they can even guess that it's a commercial at all.

1 found helpfulJun 30, 2025