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Title (English) Whisper of the Heart

Title (Japanese) Mimi o Sumaseba

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Movie, 120m approx, 1995

Classification -

Synopsis

Review Literally "Prick up your Ears", a.k.a "If you Listen Carefully". From Studio Ghibli, dir. by Yoshifumi Kondo, script by Hayao Miyazaki (who also directed a short computer-generated section of the movie).
Young Shizuku, who lives in a modern Japanese city, finds her attention drawn to a boy, Seiji, who she initially dismissed as uninteresting, but who has been reading the same books. She follows a cat to a small shop full of wonderful objects, and, inspired by Seiji's passion for violin-making, asks if she can write a story about a cat sculpture, the "Baron".
The movie contains fascinating vignettes of Japanese family life, and school life, and the backgrounds are so realistic they gave me an acute attack of nosalgia. It also, refreshingly, celebrates the intellect, as well as being a love story. The fantasy interludes (which form a very small part of the movie) are also good. I thought it was all totally wonderful, and rate it as one of the best anime and best Japanese movies ever. I'm sure you will also recognise the theme song!
No Western release yet.

Credits See www.nausicaa.net for full details.

Episodes

Release 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 1995

Production Studio Ghibli

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)	Whisper of the Heart
Title (Japanese)	Mimi o Sumaseba
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Movie, 120m approx, 1995
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	Literally "Prick up your Ears", a.k.a "If you Listen Carefully". From Studio Ghibli, dir. by Yoshifumi Kondo, script by Hayao Miyazaki (who also directed a short computer-generated section of the movie). Young Shizuku, who lives in a modern Japanese city, finds her attention drawn to a boy, Seiji, who she initially dismissed as uninteresting, but who has been reading the same books. She follows a cat to a small shop full of wonderful objects, and, inspired by Seiji's passion for violin-making, asks if she can write a story about a cat sculpture, the "Baron". The movie contains fascinating vignettes of Japanese family life, and school life, and the backgrounds are so realistic they gave me an acute attack of nosalgia. It also, refreshingly, celebrates the intellect, as well as being a love story. The fantasy interludes (which form a very small part of the movie) are also good. I thought it was all totally wonderful, and rate it as one of the best anime and best Japanese movies ever. I'm sure you will also recognise the theme song! No Western release yet.
Credits	See www.nausicaa.net for full details.
Episodes
Release	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	1995
Production	Studio Ghibli
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.