The Anthem of the Heart

2015 119 min ★ 7.6 Animation, Drama, Music, Romance

A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?

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Cast

Inori Minase

Jun Naruse (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Takumi Sakagami (voice)

Sora Amamiya

Natsuki Nito (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Daiki Tazaki (voice)

Taishi Murata

Itsuki Mishima (voice)

Rie Takahashi

Yōko Uno (voice)

Shizuka Ishigami

Asuka Eda (voice)

Takanori Ooyama

Motoki Aizawa (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Toshinori Iwaki (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Kazuki Joushima (voice)

Details

Director

Tatsuyuki Nagai

Screenplay

Mari Okada

Tagline

"Beautiful word, beautiful world."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$8,852,989

Production

A-1 Pictures, Graphinica, Lawson Entertainment, Shogakukan, dentsu, Fuji Television Network, Aniplex

Reviews

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Reno

May 23, 2016

★ 5/10

> A quadrangular high school love story! The first mistake we all make is to expect it to match with the type of films what Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosada and few others direct. I meant thematically; either sci-fi, fantasy or the drama with the teen or the tween characters in the lead. Because technically this was a wonderful animation, but I was not impressed with the story, othe...