A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
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Yoko Honna | ... | Shizuku Tsukishima (voice) (as Youko Honna) |
| Issey Takahashi | ... | Seiji Amasawa (voice) (as Issei Takahashi) | |
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Takashi Tachibana | ... | Seiya Tsukishima (voice) |
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Shigeru Muroi | ... | Asako Tsukishima (voice) |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | ... | The Baron (voice) |
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Keiju Kobayashi | ... | Shiro Nishi (voice) |
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Yorie Yamashita | ... | Shiho Tsukishima (voice) |
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Maiko Kayama | ... | Yuko Harada (voice) |
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Yoshimi Nakajima | ... | Sugimura (voice) |
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Minami Takayama | ... | Kosaka-sensei (voice) |
| Mayumi Izuka | ... | Kinuyo (voice) (as Mayumi Iizuka) | |
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Mai Chiba | ... | Nao (voice) |
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Satoru Takahashi | ... | (voice) |
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Akiko Sakaguchi | ... | (voice) |
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Hiromi Yasuda | ... | (voice) |
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Storyline
A young Japanese middle school girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... could it be her "friend" from the library? The boy's grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker like his grandfather. Written by Dana Anthony <ranthony@intrex.net>
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studio ghibli | examination | elderly man | mockery | four word title |Taglines:
Suki na hito ga dekimashita!Parents Guide:
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Country:
JapanRelease Date:
15 July 1995 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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Trivia
This marked the first use by Studio Ghibli of digital composition, meaning that elements of a scene were composed using a computer. In this case, it's the flying scene with Baron within Shizuku's story. The scene contains a lot of elements moving independently, including the small "planets" and Shizuku's characters. Although all these elements were animated by tradition means, they were combined using computer technology. See more »Goofs
It is not clear whether this is a mistake or a hint that the Baron is alive, but in every scene that the Baron is shown, he looks different than the time before (position of hands, cane and hat). See more »Quotes
Shizuku: When the afternoon air currents mix, we can even touch the stars without fear!See more »
Crazy Credits
During the credits we see people walk by the bridge. The "stray" cat (the one with many names) walks by the bridge as well. Also the young students who had struggled with unrequited love, named Sugimura and Yuko in the American version, meet on the bridge and appear to begin a dating relationship. See more »Soundtracks
Take Me Home, Country RoadsWritten by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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