When word of the bullying reaches the principal, Shōya is framed as the sole perpetrator by his friends.
While nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Animation of the Year, as well the Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film, it lost to In This Corner of the World and Your Name, respectively.Īn elementary school student named Shōya Ishida and his friends bully Shōko Nishimiya, a transfer student who was born deaf.
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The film won the Japanese Movie Critics Awards for Best Animated Feature Film. It has grossed over $31.6 million worldwide. The film received highly positive reviews from critics, with praise going to the direction, animation, and the psychological complexity of the characters. It was released in Japan on September 17, 2016, and worldwide between February and June 2017. The film premiered at Tokyo on August 24, 2016. It follows the story of a former bully turned social outcast, who decides to reconnect and befriend the deaf girl he had bullied years prior. The film covers elements of coming of age and psychological drama, dealing with themes of bullying, disability, forgiveness, mental health, suicide, and friendship of opposite sexes. Miyu Irino and Saori Hayami signed on as voice casting in May 2016 and the theatrical release poster and official trailer were released in July 2016. Plans for an animated film adaptation were announced back in November 2014, Kyoto Animation was confirmed to produce the film in November 2015. The film was produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, featuring character designs by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kensuke Ushio. 'The Shape of Voice Film') is a 2016 Japanese animated drama film, based on the manga of the same name by Yoshitoki Ōima. To Your Eternity is also published in North America by Kodansha.A Silent Voice ( Japanese: 映画 聲の形, Hepburn: Eiga Koe no Katachi, lit. The manga is available through Kodansha and is authored by Yoshitoki Oima who also has penned and received an adaptation of To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e). The film was originally released in Japan in 2016 and is available on Blu-ray in North America. Shoya wants to make amends for what he did in elementary school and be Shoko’s friend.
After graduating from elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other… until later, when Shoya, tormented over his past, decides he must see Shoko once more. As the bullying continues, the class starts to bully Shoya for bullying Shoko.
Shoya, who is not deaf, leads the class in bullying Shoko, because she is deaf. The film is being released in partnership with AX Cinema Nights and will contain both Japanese with subs and an English dub.Įleven Arts describes the film as follows:Ī deaf elementary school girl, Shoko Nishimiya, upon transferring, meets a boy named Shoya Ishida in her new class. The film is being re-released as part of its 5th anniversary. During its industry panel at Anime Expo, Eleven Arts announced that A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) will be returning to U.S.
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