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Whisper of the Heart

 
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Whisper of the Heart

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  • Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
  • AMG Rating: starstarstarstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Coming-of-Age, Anime
  • Themes: Small-Town Life, High School Life, First Love
  • Release Year: 1995
  • Country: JP
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: G

Plot

Written by animation master Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his protégé Yoshifumi Kondo, this film is a simple tale about a young girl who falls in love and learns to believe in herself. Suzuku Tsukishima is nearing the end of her final year of junior high. An avid bookworm, she devours books while quietly dreaming about becoming a writer. Though vivacious and outgoing with her best friend, she withdraws into herself when in the presence of her bossy older sister; her studious father, who is busy researching local history; and her mother, who is absorbed in the college courses she's taking. Then one day, she meets Seiji, a lad who has the ability to both irritate and charm her, often at the same time. He also harbors an unusual ambition: to build violins in Cremona, Italy. Around the same time, she meets a kindly old man who owns an antique shop, whom she later learns is Seiji's grandfather. One item in the store particularly catches her eye -- a strange statue of a cat with glittering eyes. Inspired by Seiji's utter determination to realize his own dream, she writes a story about the feline-shaped sculpture coming to life. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Cast

Cary Elwes - (English Version); Courtney Thorne-Smith - (English Version); David Gallagher - (English Version); Brittany Snow - (English Version)

Credit

Yoshifumi Kondo - Director, Yasuyoshi Tokuma - Executive Producer, Yuji Nomi - Composer (Music Score), Hayao Miyazaki - Producer, Toshio Suzuki - Producer, Hayao Miyazaki - Screenwriter, Hayao Miyazaki - Storyboard
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This article is about the manga series. For the film, see Whisper of the Heart (film).
Whisper of the Heart
Mimi-wo-Sumaseba-cover.gif.jpg
耳をすませば
(Mimi wo Sumaseba)
Genre Adventure, romance
Manga
Author Aoi Hiiragi
Publisher Shūeisha
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Ribon
Original run August 1989 – November 1989
Volumes 1
Manga
Mimi wo Sumaseba: Shiawasena Jikan
Author Aoi Hiiragi
Publisher Shūeisha
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Ribon Original
Original run 1995 – 1995
Volumes 1
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Whisper of the Heart, known in Japan as Mimi wo Sumaseba (耳をすませば?, lit. If You Listen Closely) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aoi Hiiragi. The manga, produced under the original title Mimi o Sumaseba, was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon between August and November 1989. A single bound volume was released in February 1990. A second manga by the same author entitled Mimi o Sumaseba: Shiawasena Jikan was serialized in Shueisha's Ribon Original in 1995; a single volume of this manga was released in February 1996. A single volume containing both manga under the title Mimi o Sumaseba was released in July 2005.

A novel, written by Masami Tanaka, was published by Shueisha in June 1995 under the title Mimi o Sumaseba. In 1995, the original manga was adapted into an anime feature film of the same name by Studio Ghibli.

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