Whisper of the Heart

Original title: Mimi wo sumaseba

1995
U
1h 51m

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7.8/10

76K

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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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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.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.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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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

76K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Shizuku Tsukishima
(voice)
(as Youko Honna)

Issei Takahashi

Seiji Amasawa
(voice)

Takashi Tachibana

Seiya Tsukishima
(voice)

Shigeru Muroi

Asako Tsukishima
(voice)

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

The Baron
(voice)

Keiju Kobayashi

Shiro Nishi
(voice)

Yorie Yamashita

Shiho Tsukishima
(voice)

Maiko Kayama

Yuko Harada
(voice)

Yoshimi Nakajima

Sugimura
(voice)

Minami Takayama

Kosaka-sensei
(voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Kinuyo
(voice)
(as Mayumi Iizuka)

Mai Chiba

Nao
(voice)

Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi
(voice)

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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 many independent elements, including the minor "planets" and Shizuku's characters. Although all these elements were animated by traditional means, they were combined using computer technology.

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).

Quotes
Shizuku: I'm no man's burden! I want to be of use!

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.

Connections
Featured in The Cat Returns (2002)

Soundtracks
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John

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A Touching Love story

I have never seen such a touching love story between two young people, driving each other to achieve their aim in life by doing self-discovery. What makes me realize is we don't have to know someone in real life to push ourselves to achieve something. They can be far away from us or a stranger to be our role model in life.

This story can occur in reality and who knows? The story line is simple but very interesting. It also makes you think whether you have such an inspiration in life, whether our partner give us an inspiration in doing what we want in life or just live another day.

All in all, this love story inspires me and it will be one of my favorite anime at all times.