This is a simple story about a bully and a victim who conquer their loneliness. Alessandro Juliani is the English dub voice of L. In a way, it is a nice counter-balance to Your Name‘s sci-fi spiritual elements. 24, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late A Silent Voice ( Koe no katachi, lett. It’s a little too experimental for their taste, but as a fan I loved it. I loved the way the film used light and nature, like flowers and rain, to portray different emotions.Ī Silent Voice is probably not going to win over many non-anime fans to the medium.

The character design is fairly generic anime but the backgrounds and production design are beautiful. Now on to the story: Nishimiya is such a cute girl, she is a new student in the school that is being portrayed, she has a peculiarity and it is that she cant hear, shes deaf. A sad movie can be very inspiring if it comes from a true place.Īs you can probably tell from these images, the animation is stunning. This movie is visually stunning, it has great shot composition and consistent great animation so it is very high quality visually. I never felt manipulated watching it because it had an emotional honesty I could relate to. It can be sad but it controls tone remarkably well. I won’t tell you any more of the story but A Silent Voice is a powerful look at forgiveness, loneliness, mental illness, peer pressure, and more. Basically, the two characters are incredibly lonely. She has her own self-loathing and despair she deals with. Nishimiya is also a very complex character, who is not the paragon of virtue some might be tempted to portray with a disabled character.

As he gets some confidence, an X will slowly be peeled off. Ishida reaches the point where he can’t look at anyone around him and this is illustrated by blue Xs over their faces. It’s a very tough tightrope director Naoko Yamada walks with a protagonist bully but she manages to underscore the social anxiety and rejection of both characters with poignancy and power.

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