A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.

Director:

Naoko Yamada

Writers:

Yoshitoki Oima (manga: "Koe no katachi"), Reiko Yoshida (screenplay)

Stars:

Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miyu Irino	...	Shôya Ishida (voice)
Saori Hayami	...	Shoko Nishimiya (voice)
Aoi Yûki	...	Yuzuru Nishimiya (voice)
Kenshô Ono	...	Tomohiro Nagatsuka (voice)
Yûki Kaneko	...	Naoka Ueno (voice)
Yui Ishikawa	...	Miyoko Sahara (voice)
Megumi Han	...	Miki Kawai (voice)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga	...	Satoshi Mashiba (voice)
Mayu Matsuoka	...	Young Shoya Ishida (voice)
Sachiko Kojima	...	Young Kazuki Shimada (voice)
Hana Takeda	...	Young Keisuke Hirose (voice)
Fuminori Komatsu	...	Takeuchi-sensei (voice)
Ikuko Tani	...	Ito Nishimiya (voice)
Erena Kamata	...	Maria Ishida (voice)
Ayano Hamaguchi	...	Shoya's sister (voice)

Storyline

The story revolves around Shôko Nishimiya, a grade school student who has impaired hearing. She transfers into a new school, where she is bullied by her classmates, especially Shôya Ishida. It gets to the point where she transfers to another school and as a result, Shôya is ostracized and bullied himself, with no friends to speak to and no plans for the future. Years later, he epicly sets himself on a path to redemption.

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Plot Keywords:

fireworks | deaf girl | short skirt | bully | bullying | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes the answer is as simple as learning to listen...

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the beginning, the song "My Generation" written by Pete Townshend by The Who is played. Mr. Townshend is tone deaf in his left ear. Similar to the character Shoko Nishimiya in the movie who is deaf in both of her ears and has hearing aids to help her understand.

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Goofs

During Ishida and Ueno's conversation at the crosswalk, Nishimiya is seen holding the pouch that Ishida had given to her as a gift. However, it disappears after Ueno sprints across the street and removes Nishimiya's earpiece; it is nowhere to be seen on her person or on the ground.

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Quotes

Miyoko Sahara: I couldn't change. I couldn't protect you again. I was the same coward.
Shoko Nishimiya: You can change from now on.

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Crazy Credits

Though the official Roman-character title used on merchandise in Japan, and on the movie's posters, trailers, video boxes, video menus and so on in English-speaking countries is "A Silent Voice: The Movie" (often shortened to just "A Silent Voice"), the Roman-character title which appears on-screen in the full movie itself is instead "The Shape of Voice", which is an awkward mistranslation into English of "Koe no katachi".

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Saddest Anime Movies (2019)

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Soundtracks

A Silent Voice/Koe no Katachi
OST
Composed Kensuke Ushio

User Reviews

I was so into it, I was yelling at the screen for most of it...

A Silent Voice Is more than just a really good high school romantic drama. It is a captivating love story that deals with depression and friendship in a remarkably relatable way.

Without spoiling too much. I just really appreciate the believably of most of the film. Unlike Your Name where I found some parts to be overly cheesy or slow paced. A Silent Voice offers up nice character development and introduces a whole array of interesting side characters to the plot.

I do really like the idea of having a deaf friend. I've often thought about what that would be like and the whole learning sign language and writing on a book to communicate. It offers a-not often seen- perspective of that life. I found it quite invigorating and motivating to step up my own life.

Details

Official Sites:

Eleven Arts Anime Studio [United States] Fathom Events [United States]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese Japanese Sign Language

Release Date:

17 September 2016 (Japan)

Also Known As:

A Silent Voice

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$121,732, 22 October 2017

Gross USA:

$644,391

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$30,490,447

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Animation, Kodansha, Kyoto Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min 111 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1