


A chance meeting between two curious teenagers leads to an exploration of two unique worlds as they begin working together to unveil the secrets of their origins in Sakasama no Patema, a heart-warming film about overcoming differences in order to coexist. One day, whilst playing in the danger zone, Patema falls into the other gravitys realm where she is met by a boy named Age. In a dark, cramped, underground world of endless tunnels and shafts, people wear protective suits and live out their modest, hard, and yet happy lives. The story follows a princess from the underground gravitys journey in exploring the other world. Patema Inverted ( Sakasama no Patema) was originally a four-episode OVA series by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, the same man who directed Time of Eve, which was adapted into a film in 2013. The people of Aiga are taught to believe that "Inverts," like Patema, are sinners that will be "swallowed by the sky," but Age has resisted this propaganda and decides to protect his new friend. Half way between the two worlds, there was a place called, The Danger Zone, this is where the two gravities met and split. After she enters what is known as the "forbidden zone," she accidentally falls into a giant bottomless pit after being startled by a strange creature.įinding herself on the surface, a world literally turned upside down, she begins falling towards the sky only to be saved by Age, a discontented student of the totalitarian nation known as Aiga. Inspired by a friend that mysteriously went missing, she is often reprimanded due to her constant excursions of these tunnels due to her royal status. Patema is a plucky young girl from an underground civilization boasting an incredible network of tunnels.
