Voices of a Distant Star (2003)

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25 min - Animation | Short | Romance - 2 February 2003 (Japan)

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Ratings: 7.7/10 from 2,692 users
Reviews: 33 user | 11 critic

The love of Japanese high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Tera is tested when Mikako is sent to fight aliens in a distant universe and voice mails to and from Earth become months to years in transmission.

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Cast

Cast overview:
	Mika Shinohara	...	Mikako Nagamine (voice: Japanese version)
	Cynthia Martinez	...	Mikako Nagamine (voice: English version)
	Makoto Shinkai	...	Noboru Terao (original version) (voice: Japanese version)
	Sumi Mutoh	...	Mikako Nagamine ('seiyuu' version) (voice: Japanese version)
	Adam Conlon	...	Noboru Terao (voice: English version)
	Chihiro Suzuki	...	Noboru Terao ('seiyuu' version) (voice: Japanese version)
	Donna Burke	...	Operator ('seiyuu' version) (voice: Japanese version)

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Storyline

The story of the high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Terao. When the alien Tarsians attack, Mikako volunteers to be a pilot in the space force that will protect mankind. The lovers try to remain in contact using cellular telephone text messages, but as each battle takes Mikako further from the Earth, each message takes longer to arrive. Will their love stand the tests of time and distance? Written by Patrick Graydon <imdb@pgraydon.org>

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A love story that transcends time and space

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Animation | Short | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Release Date:

2 February 2003 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Voces de una Estrella Distante See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

This film was written, directed and produced entirely by Makoto Shinkai on his Power Mac G4. Makoto and his wife, Miko provided the voice acting for the working dub (A second Japanese dub was later created for the DVD release with professional voice actors). See more »

Quotes

Mikako Nagamine: But I just want to see Noboru again... and just tell him, ''I love you!''
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Soundtracks

"Through the Years and Far Away (Hello Little Star)"
Music by Tenmon
Lyrics by K. Juno
Performance by Ai Miyoko See more »

Voices of a Distant Star (2003)
Hoshi no koe (original title)

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