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A Silent Voice
Sign in to saveAlso known as Silent Voice, Koe no Katachi, The Shape of Voice
2016 anime film directed by Naoko Yamada
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8.4Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Cast
- Miyu Irino as Shouya Ishida (voice)
- Saori Hayami as Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Yuzuru Nishimiya (voice)
- Kensho Ono as Tomohiro Nagatsuka (voice)
- Yuki Kaneko as Naoka Ueno (voice)
- Yui Ishikawa as Miyoko Sahara (voice)
Themes
- high school
- friendship
- suicide
- suicide attempt
- deaf
- bullying
- coming of age
- school
- based on manga
- adult animation
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Anime · MyAnimeList
A Silent Voice
- Score
- 8.93/10 (1,806,620 votes)
- Rank
- #21
- Popularity
- #19
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Kyoto Animation
As a wild youth, elementary school student Shouya Ishida sought to beat boredom in the cruelest ways. When the deaf Shouko Nishimiya transfers into his class, Shouya and the rest of his class thoughtlessly bully her for fun. However, when her mother notifies the school, he is sin…
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Key facts
- Kanji
- 聲の形
- Revised hepburn
- Koe no Katachi
- Directed by
- Naoko Yamada
- Screenplay by
- Reiko Yoshida
- Based on
- A Silent Voice , by Yoshitoki Ōima
- Produced by
- Eharu Ōhashi Shinichi Nakamura Mikio Uetsuki Toshio Iizuka Kensuke Tateishi
- Starring
- Miyu Irino Saori Hayami Aoi Yūki Kenshō Ono Yūki Kaneko Yui Ishikawa Megumi Han Toshiyuki Toyonaga Mayu Matsuoka
- Cinematography
- Kazuya Takao
- Edited by
- Kengo Shigemura
- Music by
- Kensuke Ushio
- Production company
- Kyoto Animation
- Distributed by
- Shochiku
- Release date
- September 17, 2016 ( 2016-09-17 ) (Japan)
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, Japanese Sign Language
- Box office
- $30.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
A Silent Voice (Japanese: 聲の形, Hepburn: Koe no Katachi; lit. 'Shape of Voice') is a 2016 Japanese animated psychological drama film directed by Naoko Yamada, and written by Reiko Yoshida, based on the manga of the same name by Yoshitoki Ōima. The film was produced by Kyoto Animation, featuring character designs by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kensuke Ushio. Plans for an animated film adaptation were announced in November 2014, Kyoto Animation was confirmed to produce the film in November 2015. Miyu Irino and Saori Hayami signed on as voice casting in May 2016 and the theatrical release poster and official trailer were released in July 2016.
The film covers elements of coming-of-age and psychological drama, dealing with themes of bullying, disability, overcoming guilt, forgiveness, mental health, suicide, and friendship of opposite sexes. It follows the story of a former bully turned social outcast, who decides to reconnect with and befriend the deaf girl he had bullied years prior.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “A Silent Voice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.