A Silent Voice (film)

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A silent voice
Original title 聲 の 形
transcription Koe no Katachi
Logo Silent Voice.png
Manga lettering
genre Shōjo , drama , slice of life , coming-of-age
Anime movie
Koe no Katachi Movie Logo.svg
Official Japanese and international logo
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese , Japanese Sign Language
Publishing year 2016
Studio Kyōto animation
length 130 minutes
genre Drama , Coming of Age , Slice of Life
Age rating FSK 6
Director Naoko Yamada
idea Yoshitoki Ōima
script Reiko Yoshida
production Eharu Ōhashi ,
Shin'ichi Nakamura ,
Mikio Uetsuki ,
Toshio Īzuka ,
Kensuke Tateishi
music agraph
synchronization
Several locations in and around the Japanese city of Ōgaki serve as the setting for A Silent Voice .

A Silent Voice ( Tagline : The Movie , original title: 映 画 聲 の 形 Eiga Koe no Katachi , translatable as The Form of Voice - The Film , alternative title: The Shape of Voice ) is a Japanese comic adaptation of the manga of the same name by the illustrator Yoshitoki Ōima . Directed by Naoko Yamada , the animation work was carried out by Studio Kyōto Animation and distribution was carried out by Shōchiku . The film was released in Japanese cinemas on September 17, 2016.

The drama tells the story of the high school student Shōya Ishida , who made life difficult for his classmate Shōko Nishimiya because of her deafness while he was still at elementary school, but who himself became the target of bullying attacks after changing school. A few years later, full of regret, he made contact with Shōko again, through which he met more old and new friends. The course of action focuses in a special way on dealing with feelings of guilt and dealing with them. As with the manga series, care was taken to follow the guidelines of the Japanese Association of the Deaf in the cinematic implementation .

A Silent Voice received mostly positive reviews from reviewers and has won several awards. The film also became a commercial success in some countries outside of Japan. In German-speaking countries, the first performance took place on May 25, 2017 as the original with English subtitles; the German-language cinema premiere took place a little later on September 26, 2017. The publisher Kazé Anime released the German version of the film on Blu-ray , DVD and as a VoD stream . It was first broadcast in German on June 10, 2019 on sixx .

action

Shōya Ishida, a high school student, has sold all of his property to leave his mother's money and plans to commit suicide. At the last moment he thinks back to his time at elementary school , which brought him into this situation.

At this time Shōya is an indifferent child who uses pranks to drive away boredom . When the deaf Shōko Nishimiya joins his class and tries to communicate with the other children using a notebook, the Shōya's interest arouses. Despite her limitations, Shōko tries to lead a normal school life and to get in touch with her classmates. Her classmates and teachers believe, however, that their presence disturbs the social fabric of the class community, and Shōya begins to bully the new classmate .

First of all, there is insult and exclusion, what other classmates support or do nothing about it; later physical confrontations follow in which Shōya willfully destroys his victim's hearing aids . When the situation reaches the school principal, Shōya is identified as the sole perpetrator. He names some of his classmates as accomplices. However, they deny participation in the bullying. Now the dislike of the classmates is directed towards Shōya himself, and they immediately begin to finish him off. After being thrown into a well by his classmates, he finds Shōko's notebook, which he threw in there himself. He blames Shōko for his current situation, and after finding out that she has done something to his table, the two get into a heated argument, as a result of which Shōko changes schools. Shoya finally learns that she wiped away hateful comments his classmates had written on the table in chalk, and now finds herself in the role of the tormented outsider .

Shōya is still shunned in high school and accepts his past as punishment. Full of guilt and fear , he begins to isolate himself from society and to hide all faces around him because he is unable to look his fellow human beings in the face. Despite his isolation, Tomohiro Nagatsuka, also a loner , befriends him and quickly describes Shōya as his great friend. Shōya, who has meanwhile learned sign language himself, visits the sign language center to give Shōko her notebook in the hope of making up for the past. When she runs into Shōya in the building by chance, she runs away from him. Shōya runs after her. When he caught up with her, he tried to use gestures to tell her that he had no malicious intent and only wanted to give her back the notebook - with the remark not to look into it. The two begin to meet on the Suimon Bridge to feed the koi carp with bread.

The koi, an important motif in the film.

Shōko is often picked up by her younger sister Yuzuru, who doubts Shōya's good intentions and whom he initially considers to be Shōko's friend . When Shōya jumps off the Suimon Bridge into the river behind Shōko to take out the notebook, Yuzuru shares a picture on social media , which Shōya gets expelled from school. When he is supposed to pick up his older sister's daughter from the playground, he meets Yuzuru, who is hiding there. Yuzuru reveals that she posted the picture; but instead of being angry, he brings her to his home. When she leaves the house in the middle of the night, Shōya follows her and gives her to understand that he feels serious remorse for the past events with Shōko. Yuzurus mother who feels still an aversion to Shoya, comes to meet them, Shoya missed a slap and takes Yuzuru home. Once at home, she forbids Yuzuru and Shōko to meet with Shōya again.

Nevertheless, they still meet at the bridge. Together they also find their old classmates from elementary school, who from then on begin to meet at the bridge. From Miki Kawai, a classmate from Shōya's elementary and high school class, he learns that Miyoko Sahara and Naoka Ueno are now attending a girls' school. Through Miki, Shōya also meets the high school student Satoshi Mashiba, who wants to befriend him. At the train station, he and Shōko run into Miyoko, who remembers them. A little later he meets Naoka, who is handing out discount stamps for a cat café to passers-by . Spurred on by Tomohiro, Shōya enters the café where his former classmate works. But this is initially hiding from him. He gives Shōko a bag from the café, with which he meets Naoka again. She wants to play a prank on Shōko again and rips out her hearing aid, which Shōya then takes, returns Shōko and apologizes to her for Naoka.

One day Shōko gives Shōya a gift and wants to reveal her feelings to him. Since she tries to speak instead of using signs, Shōya cannot interpret them correctly. She starts crying and runs home. Concerned that she is shaken by the misunderstanding, he invites Shōko to visit an amusement park with his classmates . There Naoka Shōko gives her views to understand. She blames Shōko for the fact that Shōya was later harassed by the rest of the class. In order to continue to be blameless for Shōko's bullying, Miki Kawai exposes Shōya in front of the other friends as the perpetrator at the time, while downplaying her participation at the time. The group's dispute over the responsibility of everyone involved escalates until Shōya gives each individual his or her opinion and the group then separates.

To cheer up Shōko after her grandmother's death, Shōya decides to take her to the country, where he first finds out how much she blames herself for what happened to Shōya in elementary school. In order to calm her down and change her feelings towards him, he continues to meet with the two sisters. During a large fireworks display, Shōko leaves the premises and goes home. To get Yuzuru's camera, Shōya follows her shortly afterwards and sees Shōko, who wants to throw herself from the balcony. He manages to pull her up, but falls down himself and falls into a coma .

While Shōya is in the hospital, Shōko dreams that he is visiting her to say goodbye. She startles, hurries to the bridge where they have fed the carp, and bursts into tears. At the same time Shōya wakes up from his coma, panics and goes to the bridge. There he apologizes for everything he did to her and asks her to help him move on. When he attended the school festival with Shōko, he found out that his classmates at the time were still worried about him, and he made up with everyone. During the festival, Shōya manages to overcome his past and look into other people's faces.

production

History of origin

An implementation of the manga of the same name was first announced in the last volume of the series on November 19, 2014. About a month later it was announced that the implementation would take place in the form of a movie . In October 2015, the 46th issue of Shōnen Magazine announced Kyōto Animation as the responsible studio and Naoko Yamada as the director. The film's distributor, Shōchiku , listed the film for release in the last quarter of 2016. During production, Mangaka Yoshitoki Ōima was involved in the creation process through joint meetings.

The official website went online in April 2016. On this website Reiko Yoshida and Futoshi Nishiya were named as responsible for the script and the character design respectively. The film was also announced for September 17, 2016.

When the film was being made, sign language interpreters were also present during the production to help with the use of sign language in the film. In an interview with AnimaniA , Yamada said that sign language seminars were held near the production company, some of which she attended. This made contact with sign language interpreters. The work on the storyboard and the composition of the film music took place at the same time. During the film implementation, as with the manga, care was taken to follow the guidelines of the Japanese Association of the Deaf .

Storyboard

While working out the basic framework for the later script , the director Naoko Yamada and Reiko Yoshida first had rough discussions about the film concept, after which elements for the film were selected or sorted out. Yoshida created a rough framework from the material, which Yamada adapted. A script was then worked out, whereby Yamada compared the texts with the film in order to create harmony between the film and the original. Yamada said she was careful about how she portrayed the characters' feelings when creating the film. She did not mean to show what one could see on the surface, but to carefully and slowly highlight feelings such as love and sincerity , which are deeply hidden in people.

Director Naoko Yamada described the development of the storyboard as "terrible" because, among other things, many different layers of emotions and feelings that Yamada did not want to leave out were processed. She said that she did not want to dishonor the charm of the mango template. Although the film covers the manga from start to finish, individual scenes didn't make it into the film. Yamada wanted the absence of these scenes to go unnoticed, which she described as a "major feat". Before starting work on the film, she made a picture of the complete work and then planned backwards. Yamada has used this method in previous work.

According to the director, the horizon is based on the heart of the film character Shōya Ishida, which is why the field of vision was pretty narrow. The focus was placed on the perception of the heart of this character. Care was taken to ensure that the field of vision comes across naturally. The narrowness should represent the feeling of standing between different things, after which the visual effects were chosen. Shōya's isolation and inability to see his fellow human beings in their faces is symbolized by large crosses (?). In many dialogue scenes with him only the legs of the conversation partner can be seen, which illustrates his inability to look others in the faces.

The staging of the characters was described by Kensuke Ushio, who was responsible for the music used in the film, as very down-to-earth and he found the emotions portrayed in the film wonderfully implemented.

Character design

Futoshi Nishiya , who was responsible for character design, particularly enjoyed his work as the film focuses on human relationships and trust. What was important for Nishiya was the visual power that he absolutely wanted to convey. The characters, according to Nishiya, have very subtle expressions that he wants to reproduce in the best possible way so that they are not lost.

Regarding the main character Shōya Ishida, Nishiya's biggest challenge was the implementation as a high school student. At the beginning of his work, he therefore oriented himself heavily on the mango template, whereby he also thought about how he would implement the character in the film. The director's ideas also provided a point of reference, which was a support for Nishiya at the beginning. Little by little, my own picture developed. In Shōko, facial expressions were particularly important. The first scenes with Shōko mainly involved reactions and interactions with Ishida. An important process was also her interaction with other characters and what facial expressions she shows. This has expanded her repertoire.

For Nishiya, the whole production team did something great with A Silent Voice and he hopes that a lot of people will watch the movie.

Animation style

In A Silent Voice was both with hand-drawn as with computer animation worked. For each scene, advice was given as to which of these two animation styles was best suited to bring the story to life in those moments.

music

Kensuke Ushio , who works under the pseudonym agraph. appears, and Pony Canyon composed and produced the score. Aiko Yanai sang the title song to the film with Koi o Shita no wa ( 恋 を し た の は 'When I fell in love' ), while the song My Generation by the British rock band The Who was used in the opening credits . In the film also finds Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 by Johann Sebastian Bach usage.

Ushio described the collaboration with director Naoko Yamada as very harmonious, as there were already great similarities in the conversations between them, which continued with the work on the storyboard and the music. He said it is common to receive orders for certain music. At A Silent Voice the process went differently and was therefore much more creative. Ushio worked on sound concepts for the film , which didn't cause him any problems, as he already has previous experience in other projects. According to Ushio, A Silent Voice is basically Shōya's story, which is about how he treats and interacts with others. This is a universal topic if you take it out of context. Ushio says that because of this, the musical implementation was easy for him.

“ A Silent Voice is the story of Shōya. It's about how he treats people, how he treats them. This is a universal topic if you take it out of context. That's why it was actually easy for me to put it into practice musically. "

- Kensuke Ushio in a video interview.

While working on the film scoring, Ushio was given the individual scenes. Working from scene to scene, from cut to cut, was something special for him and it was fun. He said that great emphasis was placed on recording the sounds.

At MCM London Comic Con 2017, Anime Limited announced that the film soundtrack would be released on CD and vinyl . These were scheduled for publication at the end of 2017.

Places in the movie

Various locations that are shown in the film are based on real places in the Japanese city of Ōgaki in Gifu prefecture , including the bridges where Shōya tries to commit suicide at the beginning of the film and where Shōya and Shōko feed the carp together ( Midori-bashi). The playground shown in the film, the shopping arcade, the sign language center and the university are also located in and around Ōgaki. Naoko Yamada says the plot of the film takes place in Ōgaki. In order to keep the scene and the background as realistic as possible, the film crew went looking for a location . The amusement park shown in the film is Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana , Mie Prefecture .

According to art director Mutsuo Shinohara , an attempt was made to include the vastness of the city of gaki in the film. They also wanted to keep the atmosphere within the film "as soft as possible". According to Shinohara, the two characters Shōya and Shōko should move in the most aesthetic mood possible. No hardness was used in the coloring either. Shinohara describes the Suimon Bridge as the key location of the film. The main difficulty in developing it was not to drift into the fantasy direction, which was called the fine line.

synchronization

The German dubbing was done in the G&G Studios in Kaarst under the dialogue direction by Birte Baumgardt , who also wrote the dialogue book .

As part of the release of the film on DVD and Blu-ray , the Manga-Comic-Convention 2018, which has been held since 2014 during the Leipzig Book Fair , included a one-hour question and answer session with sign language interpreter Sabine Conradi and the dubbing director under the title "Silent Sofa" instead of. In this question and answer session, the two reported about their work on the film. They said that sign language differs regionally, with some sign languages, such as American and German sign languages , being similar. They also stated that a deaf person can understand the signs used in the film, as some signs are the same around the world.

According to Baumgardt, the difficulty in the film was that a professional voice actress should cast the role of the deaf Shōko Nishimiya . She took a lot of time with the spokeswoman Jill Schulz , who plays this character, to explain to her what A Silent Voice is about.

For the English dubbing, which first appeared in the UK on Anime Limited , Deaf actress Lexi Cowden was selected as Shōko Nishimiya's voice.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Shōya Ishida Miyu Irino Nicolás Artajo
Mayu Matsuoka (child)
Shoko Nishimiya Saori Hayami Jill Schulz
Yuzuru Nishimiya Aoi Yūki Maxi crochet
Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kensho Ono Benjamin pride
Naoka Ueno Yūki Kaneko Birte Baumgardt
Miyoko Sahara Yui Ishikawa Corinna Dorenkamp
Miki Kawai Megumi Han Ilona Brokowski
Satoshi Mashiba Toshiyuki Toyonaga Patrick Baehr
Kazuki Shimada Ryō Nishitani Felix Mayer
Sachiko Kojima (child)
Keisuke Hirose Takuya Masumoto Johannes Wolko
Hana Takeda (child)
Yaeko Nishimiya Akiko Hiramatsu Vanessa's wish
Ito Nishimiya Ikuko Tani Inga Sibylle Kuhne
Miyako Ishida Satsuki Yukino Milena Karas
Shōya's sister Ayano Hamaguchi
Maria Ishida Erena Kamata Rahel von Tettenborn
Pedro Ryūnosuke Watanuki Tobias Brecklinghaus
Takeuchi Fuminori Komatsu Norman Matt
Day care center Julia von Tettenborn
director Wolfgang Rüter

analysis

Subject

A Silent Voice is based on the manga of the same name by the illustrator Yoshitoki Ōima , in which the events are reproduced from the perspective of the high school student Shōya Ishida. The film adaptation by Naoko Yamada is also written from Shōya's point of view, who, unlike in the original, does not act as a first-person narrator . The film covers a large part of the plot, with individual parts being shortened for reasons of runtime. Individual scenes were also weighted differently so that the manga can be viewed as supplementary literature, for example on the backgrounds of all characters.

The film takes up various topics such as bullying in school and the inclusion of impaired people in society , whereby the handling of guilt within a community is also identified as a theme of the film. In the film, however, the way society deals with people with disabilities is only dealt with in a rudimentary way, while this aspect is more clearly emphasized in the manga. Director Naoko Yamada explains that bullying should not be the central theme in the film, but rather serve as a vehicle to explore Shōya's personality as he gets older. However, the film takes up the subject of suicide and shows that this step is never the right one. In Japan, the film initially sparked a controversial debate about bullying and deafness or hearing loss. In Accessible Japan further states that the film also illustrates the difficulty of communication and performing, whereas communicative failure can drive a person. Another topic taken up in the film is how to deal with guilt within the group involved in the bullying. The course of the bullying is presented precisely and intuitively; the process of bullying is shown in rapid sequences and illustrates a collective failure, led by the school management to overwhelmed teachers and the class community itself.

Although “mobbing” is not the main topic of the film, but rather a partial aspect, Sven Raabe analyzed the film in the course of the “claim against mobbing day” with regard to this topic. Because the story is presented from Shōya's point of view, the viewer gets to know a possible world of thoughts of a bully and also learns how these actions cause scars on himself and the victims - in this case on Shōko. The film also shows how children try to deal with concepts that they do not yet understand. Using Shōko as an example, the film shows the possible consequences of bullying. She tried to establish contact with her classmates, put on a fake smile and apologized for every little thing in order to avoid trouble with others, which gives Shōya and his friends additional motivation to tease her. A Silent Voice also shows that the consequences can still be felt years later. The protagonist still has difficulties dealing with other people without feeling a burden, which even goes so far that she blames herself for Shōya's loneliness and wants to commit suicide. Furthermore, the movie shows that bullying can also affect the people around perpetrators and victims. For example, some characters are unable to understand Shōko's disability and see that their actions, which stem from the group pressure of their social environment, were wrong in elementary school. This becomes especially clear with Naoka, who is angry with Shōko even years later, because she reminds Naoka of her actions from then. According to Raabe, Shōko represents a mirror of Naoka's complicity and active cruelty. The film does not look the other way at the many topics, does not censor them, but shows the viewer relentlessly the consequences of bullying and reminds them how bad it is can be for everyone involved.

action

Felix Bartels calls the second section of the plot less succinctly than the first section of the film, so that the plot gets lost in its own branches. Shōya's change from harassment to repentant penitent remains largely untold.

Characters and stylistic means

Anne Betz writes in her article in the AnimaniA that the narration of Shōya's story describes both then and now. The viewer is shown how Shōya slips to the lower end of the hierarchy that he himself established at the beginning. The actual plot of the film will be postponed into the young adulthood of the characters involved. From Shōya's point of view, it is shown in detail how bullying can affect the psyche of an adolescent, although the actions may date back years. Things in A Silent Voice fall into place slowly and in tiny steps, with Shōya facing many challenges. Among them is the rejection by Shōko's mother or former classmates who want to avoid that Shōko and Shōya come to terms with their past in order not to focus on their own behavior at the time.

The film shows three longer sequences that show Shōya walking through the hallways of the schools he goes to. These sequences reflect his pride , serve the plot and show his character development during the storyline. The first of these scenes is shown in a flashback when Shōko was not yet in the class community. There you see a smiling Shōya confidently approaching his friends. The second of these scenes begins from the perspective of the protagonist Shōya, who only looks at the ground. Shōya's face is shown for a short time and then the floor again, which is supposed to represent his inability to keep his head up. At the end of the scene Shōya can be seen holding his hands in front of his ears and demonstrating his social isolation. The background is shown blurred. The last of these scenes takes place at the end of the film when the protagonists attend the school festival. The music that is playing, begins very quietly and reaches its climax at the moment when Shōya symbolically removes his hands from his ears and opens his eyes, which represents the overcoming of his shyness to hear others and look at them.

Shōya's isolation and inability to look into the faces of his fellow human beings is symbolized by small crosses (?) on their faces. This inability is further illustrated in many of the film's dialogue scenes, in which Shōya's gaze is directed at the floor or the legs of his interlocutor. Wendy Ide of the British Guardian describes the avoidance of eye contact during camera work as “focusing, like a shy adolescent on injured knees and worn shoes” and describes the design as atmospheric. In the manga template, the little crosses on the faces of other people do not represent Shōya's fear, but his ignorance of others.

Shōko's character is described as "rigorously passive".

Flower language and dream sequences

A Silent Voice works with sensual, subtle and delicate motifs. Yamada uses floral language in the film , which reflects the feelings or personality of the characters in the respective scenes. The koi carp represent Shōya, Shōko and the rest of the friends, as well as overcoming their shortcomings and working to rebuild their lives. The Koi symbolizes courage and strength and is also considered a lucky charm in Japan.

Short dream sequences shown in the film occasionally break through the realism shown in the film. The architecture in the background is also used to describe the psychological life of the protagonists, which awakens memories of Michelangelo Antonioni . In other scenes, the harmony of oversized images in space, which the protagonists missed, takes hold. The characters are simply drawn so that the characters - Tomohiro, for example - evoke memories of the caricature style of My Neighbors the Yamadas .

The firework

In the film there are two scenes in which fireworks can be seen that can be linked to the suicide attempts of the two protagonists Shōya and Shōko . In the film, the fireworks stand for transience. Fireworks are shown both times just before one of the protagonists attempts suicide, which signals their desperation in their current life situation.

music

The use of the song My Generation by The Who at the beginning of the film is shown as an expression of youthful rebellion and accompanied by appropriate scenes. The song ends with Shōko's arrival in the class community. For this scene, director Yamada wanted to use a song that everyone could identify with. The film is the story of Shōya, and in elementary school he felt invincible, but also bored and frustrated.

Kensuke Ushio , who was responsible for the composition of the film music , described both the musically underscored and the silent scenes as very important, with sound playing an important role in the entire film. Like the piece lvs , which is played when Shōko is excluded from the class community. This piece was recorded inside a piano . To do this, he took a piano apart and placed a microphone inside . The resulting sound makes the viewer or listener think that they are completely surrounded by the sound.

publication

movie theater

World map showing the countries in which A Silent Voice has already appeared (green).

The film was first shown in 120 cinemas in Japan on September 17, 2016 . The UK premiered at Scotland Loves Animation in Edinburgh on October 22nd, 2016 ; The film was shown on February 5, 2017 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London as part of a Japan Foundation film tour . The film was shown in cinemas in Australia and New Zealand between April 9 and 16, 2017 .

The anime was shown in Singapore on March 9, 2017 and in Malaysia on April 20; in the Philippines just under two months after the premiere in Singapore. During the Konnichiwa Festival in May, June and July 2017 A Silent Voice was performed in Mexico , Peru , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Panama , Chile and Colombia ; the film was shown in cinemas in Argentina , Paraguay , Ecuador and Bolivia as part of the AniFest in June 2017. An originally planned film launch in Brazil has not yet taken place despite the announcement. The film was shown in Uruguay on October 24, 2017 . In the United States , A Silent Voice was first shown on July 3, 2017 during the Anime Expo in Los Angeles , California . The anime was shown nationwide in US cinemas on October 20 of the same year.

In Germany , A Silent Voice ran for the first time on May 25, 2017 as part of the 17th Nippon Connection Festival in the original language with English subtitles . The German-language version celebrated its official cinema premiere on September 26, 2017 as part of the Kazé Anime Nights 2017 event series in over 140 cinemas throughout Germany and Austria. Due to the success of the one-off event presentation, the film was shown again on October 22, 2017 in 51 cinemas in Germany and Austria. As part of the Japanese Film Days Düsseldorf “Eyes on Japan”, further screenings of the film took place on January 20 and 21, 2018 in the original language with German subtitles.

Worldwide performances

Country Film premiere Nationwide performance Remarks swell
JapanJapan Japan 17th September 2016 17th September 2016 Akiba Film Festival (Apr 2, 2017)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom October 22, 2016 March 15, 2017
( Scotland , Northern Ireland , Wales & England )ScotlandScotland Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg EnglandEngland  		Scotland Loves Animation (Oct 22, 2016 OmeU ; Oct 17, 2017 Eng. )
Leeds International Film Festival (Nov 6, 2016)
Japan Foundation Film Tour ( Feb 5, 2017; March 26, 2017)EnglandEnglandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland
SingaporeSingapore Singapore 0March 9, 2017 0March 9, 2017
IrelandIreland Ireland 15th March 2017 15th March 2017 Japanese Film Festival (March 26, 2017)
ThailandThailand Thailand 23rd March 2017 23rd March 2017
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan March 24, 2017 March 24, 2017
CambodiaCambodia Cambodia March 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
AustraliaAustralia Australia 0April 6, 2017 0April 6, 2017
Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand April 13, 2017 April 13, 2017
BruneiBrunei Brunei April 20, 2017 April 20, 2017
MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia Due to previous film piracy incidents, the Golden Screen Cinema chain decided not to show the film despite prior notice. 1 A Silent Voice was only shown in the TGV Cinemas .
ItalyItaly Italy 02nd May 2017 October 24, 2017 Future Film Festival (May 2, 2017, OmiU, Bologna )
IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 0May 3, 2017 0May 3, 2017
MexicoMexico Mexico 05th May 2017 05th May 2017 Konnichiwa Festival
Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica
HondurasHonduras Honduras
GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala
El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador
PanamaPanama Panama
PeruPeru Peru
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0May 9, 2017 0May 9, 2017
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017
VietnamVietnam Vietnam May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017
GermanyGermany Germany May 25, 2017 26th September 2017 Nippon Connection (May 25, 2017, Frankfurt a. M. , OmeU) Düsseldorf
Film Festival "Eyes on Japan" (Jan. 20-21, 2018)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 0June 8, 2017 0June 8, 2017 AniFest
BoliviaBolivia Bolivia
ParaguayParaguay Paraguay 0June 9, 2017 0June 9, 2017 AniFest
FranceFrance France June 12, 2017 22nd August 2018 Annecy International Animation Festival (June 12, 2017, Annecy )
Solo performance (July 5, 2018, Paris )
EcuadorEcuador Ecuador June 16, 2017 June 16, 2017 AniFest
ChileChile Chile 17th June 2017 17th June 2017 Konnichiwa Festival
United StatesUnited States United States 03rd July 2017 20th October 2017 Anime Expo (July 3, 2017, Los Angeles , California , OmeU)
ColombiaColombia Colombia 28th July 2017 28th July 2017 Konnichiwa Festival
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 0September 8, 2017 0September 8, 2017
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 23 September 2017 Camera Japan Festival (23 Sep 2017, Rotterdam )
AustriaAustria Austria 26th September 2017 26th September 2017
RomaniaRomania Romania 02nd October 2017 Anim'est International Animation Film Festival (Oct. 2, 2017, Bucharest )
SpainSpain Spain October 14, 2017 March 16, 2018 Sitges Film Festival (Oct 14, 2017, Sitges )
UruguayUruguay Uruguay October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017
CanadaCanada Canada 20th November 2017 20th November 2017
PortugalPortugal Portugal 15th March 2018 Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival (March 15, 2018, Lisbon )
NorwayNorway Norway 15th March 2018
SwedenSweden Sweden 04th June 2018 04th June 2018
RussiaRussia Russia 05th May 2020 05th May 2020 Due to the cinema closings ( COVID-19 pandemic in Russia ), the publication had to take place online.

Home video

A Silent Voice was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on May 17, 2017 .

The film was licensed by Kazé Anime in German-speaking countries and also released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 16, 2018. The deluxe version was published in a digipak with a cardboard slipcase and contains additional material in the form of a poster and three art cards , while the regular version was published in an Amaray cover and does not have any additional material. The media content of both versions is identical. The film was released in advance on the in-house platform Anime on Demand for streaming on March 3, 2018 .

watch TV

On May 28, 2019, it was announced that sixx would show A Silent Voice on June 10 of the same year at prime time . According to the quota measurement , around 100,000 people saw the film, resulting in a market share of 0.9% (market share in the previous month was 1.2%). On December 26th of the same year, A Silent Voice was shown in prime time on ProSieben Maxx .

reception

Grossing results

The film landed right after Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever at number 2 on the national cinema charts with a profit of 283 million yen within the first two days of its cinema release. In November of the same year, A Silent Voice had already made 2.2 billion yen with 1.7 million viewers. At the end of 2016, the film landed at number 19 among the most successful Japanese films and number 10 in the films of the year in Japan, shared with the cinema film Death Note: Light Up the New World , both of which at the end of the year were 2.3 billion yen the equivalent of 19.56 million US dollars . In the People's Republic of China , A Silent Voice grossed about 43.4 million yuan . In Argentina, further cinema dates had to be added due to the good advance sales. The originally announced three days became more and more, until the film was finally shown irregularly over three weeks in June 2017. In the first week, over 5,000 cinema tickets were sold in the 21 participating cinemas, more than some premieres from other distributors, and thus landed at number ten on the cinema charts. In the end, 8,985 tickets were sold in Argentina and almost 67,000 US dollars were raised. Worldwide, the film grossed over $ 31 million.

Despite mostly positive reviews from the international trade press and good box office results, there was no major commercial success. This was mainly because Your Name. - Was published yesterday, today and forever in the same year and generated worldwide media hype .

Reviews

Professional reviews
Averages
source rating
Metacritic 78%
Rotten tomatoes 93%
Reviews
source rating
IGN Entertainment
The Telegraph
The Guardian
The Guardian

Makoto Shinkai , director of Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever , called the film on his Twitter presence a “fantastic work” and praised the production, which he could not have done better himself.

Japanese deaf writer and politician Rie Saitō advocates showing the film to teachers and children so that they can better understand deaf people and to reduce bullying. She also wished that the film would be shown in Japanese sign language for children who are not yet able to read Kanji .

'I strongly feel this is a film that should be seen by educators and children,' Saito said after a screening of the film, not just to gain a better understanding of deafness, but to help reduce bullying, she added. 'The characters really leave a strong impression,' she said.

"'I believe this film needs to be seen by teachers and children," Saito said after a screening of the film, not only to gain a better understanding of deafness but to help reduce bullying, she added. 'The characters make a strong impression,' she said. "

- Excerpt from an interview with Rie Saitō and Otaku USA Magazine

Kensuke Ushio , who was responsible for the music used in the film, said in a video interview that the film is suitable for all ages and that the film can still be viewed in 20 or 30 years.

Sabine Conradi, a German sign language interpreter , praised the work of the voice actors Birte Baumgardt and Jill Schulz . She explained that Schulz portrayed the role of Shōko Nishimiya very realistically. She gave as an example that deaf people speak from time to time, but they cannot hear their own voice, which is why it sounds strange. In the closing words, Conradi said that disabled people are becoming more and more victims of bullying, which is why more films like A Silent Voice are needed.

On Rotten Tomatoes , the film received a rating of 93 percent based on 27 reviews and an average user rating of 7.6 out of ten points. Based on ten reviews, A Silent Voice received a 78 percent rating on Metacritic .

German-language reviews

Anne Betz from AnimaniA draws a positive conclusion about A Silent Voice . The film deals with the subject of adolescent depression without sending blanket messages. Instead, according to Betz, the reality of life for all characters is taken seriously, carefully deciphered and then carefully disentangled. She is of the opinion that the film can encourage those affected to rearrange their lives like Shōya step by step, which only very few works can do. In a review of the DVD and Blu-ray Disc of the film in the AnimaniA , A Silent Voice is described as a “ timeless work with carefully elaborated, personable characters” that “has something helpful to say about sensitive topics such as bullying and difficult conversations”. The film opens up a different perspective for each age group . Due to the high level of detail, the film can be viewed several times.

In Toxic Sushi states that A Silent Voice is a thoughtfully-making anime that clearly do, how difficult events of the past can be worked up in the present. The film illuminates not only the point of view of the perpetrator, but also that of the victim, which is why A Silent Voice has a special depth.

According to Mirjam Maier from Filmverliebt.de , director Naoko Yamada Yoshitoki is adapting Oima's manga series on a sensitive and expressive level. The length of the feature film of two hours is described as appropriate, but unfortunately this length is not used properly. The bullying , the event that is fundamental to the story and the protagonist, is dealt with too quickly, which makes an emotional bond with the characters difficult. According to Maier, other scenes are artificially drawn out. Nevertheless, the film also does a lot of things right: The film sums up the fact that bullying experiences can shape a whole life. The fact that the view of the perpetrator who becomes the victim was chosen is also described as exciting and makes it clear that repaying like with like is the wrong solution.

Felix Bartels describes the plot in his criticism for Neues Deutschland as largely astute. Daniel Kothenschulte from the Frankfurter Rundschau describes the film on the newspaper's online presence as a study into sociophobia and latent aggression, which could also happen at a German school.

Rupert Koppold from Context: Wochenzeitung writes that Japanese cartoons are not always intended for children and that A Silent Voice is aimed specifically at young people and adults . According to Koppold, they can recognize a lot of what they are currently experiencing or have experienced in the past.

English language reviews

IGN Entertainment's Alex Osborn called the film beautiful, describing A Silent Voice as a redeeming journey through the depths of depression to uncover the meaning of friendship. Instead of demonizing the protagonist Shōya Ishida as an idiot, the film turns the tables so that the viewer can sympathize with him. The film also gives a deeper insight into the cruelty of young people through its storyline, in which Ishida is ostracized by his classmates and accomplices, and shows how quickly so-called friends turn away to save their own skin. The critic only describes the use of The Whos My Generation as a minus point. While the song fits in with the opening sequence, it seems out of place in the broader context of the film. The rest of the soundtrack, however, fits the film and misses an emotionally satisfactory state until the end.

The British Guardian published two reviews. While Peter Bradshaw describes A Silent Voice as a beguiling film with subtle, sensual and delicate motifs and draws comparisons to the TV drama My So-Called Life , Wendy Ide describes the work as a lush, emotionally charged embrace. The work still has a few loving moments. Ide continued to write in her review that she was spellbound at times by the atmospheric design.

Robbie Collin of the British Telegraph describes the film as complicated, romantic and radiant as a jewel . Compared to the metaphysical leaps in Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever , the premise in A Silent Voice is humble. However, this approach leads the story on a short, sluggish yet beautiful path. James Marsh, an English-speaking editor of the South China Morning Post's online edition, noted that A Silent Voice is not narrative as inventive as Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece, but still provides an authentic portrayal of adolescent vulnerability. He attested the director's intelligence and sensitivity when dealing with topics such as bullying, disability and isolation, which is very rare in the mainstream media. Wendy Ide of the British Guardian also noticed the lack of ambition and visual impact compared to Shinkai's Your Name. on.

Hollywood Reporter's Jordan Mintzler writes that Naoko Yoshida is doing her best to put a seven-part manga series into a single film, with A Silent Voice seeming to suffer from the amount of usable material. Nevertheless, Mintzler is impressed by the plot, which shows how a single situation is able to pull the lives of all people - both the victim and the perpetrator himself - in a negative direction. According to the reviewer, the animated film mainly focuses on the long and cumbersome friendship of the two wounded souls and their search for consolation for one another.

Awards and nominations

A Silent Voice has received several nominations and has been recognized at various award ceremonies. The film received nominations at the Mainichi Eiga Concours , the Japanese Academy Awards , the Tokyo Anime Awards and the Annecy International Animated Film Festival .

At the end of 2017, A Silent Voice was one of five animes selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2018 Oscars . A total of 26 films were proposed for this category. Ultimately, however, no Japanese animated film was nominated for an Oscar, which sometimes caused a lack of understanding.

A Silent Voice was named to Crunchyroll 's list of Top 100 Animations of the Decade .

year Award category For result swell
2017 Anime2You Award Best Anime Film / Special national 2017 A silent voice 2nd place
Japanese Academy Award Outstanding animation of the year Won
Best animated film Nominated
Mainichi Eiga Concours Best animated film Nominated
Comicbook.com Golden Issue Awards Best anime film Nominated
Newtype Anime Awards Best anime film 2nd place
Tokyo Anime Award Festival Anime of the year (film) Grand Prize
Best script Reiko Yoshida Won
Japan Media Arts Festival Outstanding animation A silent voice Won
Japan Movie Critics Awards Best animation of the year Won
Annecy International Animated Film Festival motion pictures Nominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best animated feature film Nominated
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya Best animated film Nominated
Anim'est International Animation Film Festival motion pictures Nominated
Camera Japan Festival Won
2018 The Anime Awards Best movie Nominated
Best animation Nominated
Anime2You Award Best anime on demand 1st place
Best Anime on DVD / BD 2018 2nd place
Academy Awards Best animated feature film Shortlist
(no official nomination)
Anime UK Reader's Choice Awards Best movie Won
Best soundtrack Won
Best publication 2nd place
Best New Character (Male) Shōya Ishida Won
Best New Character (Female) Shoko Nishimiya Won
Anime Trending Awards Girl of the year Won
Anime movie of the year A silent voice 2nd place
Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival motion pictures Nominated
Los Angeles Anime Film Festival Best Male Dubbing of a Main Character in an Anime Film / Special (Audience Award) Robbie Daymond (Shōya Ishida) Won
Best female dubbing of a supporting character in an anime film / special Sara Cravens (Miyako Ishida) Won
Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best female synchronization of a supporting character in an anime film / special Won
Best male dubbing for a main character in an anime film / special Robbie Draymond (Shōya Ishida) Won
Best dubbing in an anime movie / dubbing A silent voice Nominated
2019 AnimaniA Awards Best movie Nominated
Best studio Kyōto Animation
(for A Silent Voice ) 		Nominated
Best character design Futoshi Nishiya
(for A Silent Voice ) 		Nominated
Best director Naoko Yamada Nominated
2020 Anime2You Award Best Anime Movie on TV 2019 A silent voice Won

Web links

Remarks

1As a reason for the cancellation of the film, the cinema chain cited that A Silent Voice could be made illegally accessible on the Internet through film piracy. This happened with the anime film Sword Art Online - The Movie: Ordinal Scale , which was also shown at GSC and shortly afterwards parts of it appeared on the Internet.

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Movies and series directed by Naoko Yamada


Series

K-On! (2009-2010)  | Tamako Market (2013)

OVAs

K-On !: Live House! (2010)  | K-On !!: Plan !! (2011)

Movies

K-On! The Movie (2011)  | Tamako Love Story (2014)  | A Silent Voice (2016)  | Liz and a Blue Bird (2018)

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