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Title (English) I can Hear the Sea

Title (Japanese) Umi ga Kikoeru

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Movie, made for TV, 72 mins

Classification -

Synopsis

Review I CAN HEAR THE SEA, ( fan subtitled by NEXUS).
This is included here because if made in any other country this book adaptation would have certainly been made as live action by an art movie director like Agnes Varda. It certainly has more in common with art movies, and should tell you more about the lives of young Japanese than those other effusions of the Japanese screen: popular anime, yakuza movies and SF monster movies.
The anime is from a story by Saeko Himuro. It soon distinguishes itself by some stylised directional touches as a low-key drama, with intensive use of flashback. Senior high school student Matsuo gets a phone call from classmate Morisaki who introduces him to a transfer student, Rikako Muto. Nothing much results from this meeting, but both youths become fascinated by the beautiful Muto.
Muto's personality is gradually revealed; she is a difficult girl, aloof and often rude. Muto, in contrast to other animated heroines, is stunningly like a real girl. She's changeable, deceitful and suffers from period pains. The action that develops as Muto's secret is revealed is riveting. This video is completely different in tone from most anime, and redefines one's ideas of what anime can be like. (In an ironic aside, the hero is briefly shown watching a lurid TV anime show.) A well-produced anime with realistic characters and a believable story. This one by rights should be in the video shops alongside the subtitled foreign art movies.

Credits Dir: Tomomi Mochizuki
See www.nausicaa.net for full details.

Episodes

Release Jap:VHS, Jap:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1993

Production Studio Ghibli, Tokuma

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	I can Hear the Sea
Title (Japanese)	Umi ga Kikoeru
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Movie, made for TV, 72 mins
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	I CAN HEAR THE SEA, ( fan subtitled by NEXUS). This is included here because if made in any other country this book adaptation would have certainly been made as live action by an art movie director like Agnes Varda. It certainly has more in common with art movies, and should tell you more about the lives of young Japanese than those other effusions of the Japanese screen: popular anime, yakuza movies and SF monster movies. The anime is from a story by Saeko Himuro. It soon distinguishes itself by some stylised directional touches as a low-key drama, with intensive use of flashback. Senior high school student Matsuo gets a phone call from classmate Morisaki who introduces him to a transfer student, Rikako Muto. Nothing much results from this meeting, but both youths become fascinated by the beautiful Muto. Muto's personality is gradually revealed; she is a difficult girl, aloof and often rude. Muto, in contrast to other animated heroines, is stunningly like a real girl. She's changeable, deceitful and suffers from period pains. The action that develops as Muto's secret is revealed is riveting. This video is completely different in tone from most anime, and redefines one's ideas of what anime can be like. (In an ironic aside, the hero is briefly shown watching a lurid TV anime show.) A well-produced anime with realistic characters and a believable story. This one by rights should be in the video shops alongside the subtitled foreign art movies.
Credits	Dir: Tomomi Mochizuki See www.nausicaa.net for full details.
Episodes
Release	Jap:VHS, Jap:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1993
Production	Studio Ghibli, Tokuma
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.