Your Voice: Kimikoe
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | Your Voice: Kimikoe |
| Original title | き み の 声 を と ど け た い |
| transcription | Kimi no Koe Todoketai |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| Studio | Madhouse Inc. |
| length | 93 minutes |
| genre | Drama , fantasy |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Naoyuki Itō |
| script | Manabu Ishikawa |
| music | Nijine |
Your Voice: Kimikoe (original title き み の 声 を と ど け た い Kimi no Koe Todoketai ) is an anime film from 2017 by the director Naoyuki Itō, the production of which was taken over by the animation studio Madhouse Inc. In Germany, the film was shown for the first time at the Akiba Pass Festival 2018; a home theater release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in German-speaking countries appeared on February 22, 2019.
action
Nagisa Yukiai lives in the coastal city of Kamakura in Kanazawa Prefecture . As a child, her grandmother told her stories that so-called “ word spirits ” live in the spoken words . Together with her friend Kaede, she is looking forward to the upcoming summer vacation , if it weren't for the tension between Kaede and Yū, who is the only one from the girl clique to go to another school and play for the rival lacrosse team. The growing hostility between Kaede and Yū is a major burden on Nagisa.
When Nagisa accidentally finds an old café with a radio station , she uses it to vent her displeasure. This private performance, however, leads to her meeting Shion, whose mother once ran the radio station until she fell into a coma in a traffic accident . After Nagisa learns that Shion has already given up on her mother, she decides to revive the radio because she believes her grandmother's stories that ghosts actually live in the words that can influence fate.
production
Your Voice: Kimikoe was the Overlord director Naoyuki Ito at the animation studio Madhouse Inc . based on a script by Manabu Ishikawa , who is already working on a film implementation of The Strange Methods of Dr. Irabu was involved. The character design comes from the pen of the mangaka Toshinao Aoki and was animated by Aya Takano . The score was composed by Akito Matsuda .
The Kimikoe Project was launched by Tokushinsha Film and Gekijō Television Network in January 2016 . On March 24, 2017, it was announced that the film would be shown in Japan in August of the same year. The film finally opened in Japanese cinemas on August 25, 2017.
For the film, the core of the speaker ensemble in the original Japanese setting was found in a young talent casting. From this casting the idol group NOW ON AIR emerged. In the German version, the ensemble was instructed by Katharina von Daake , who among others gave her voice to Mio Naruse from Shinmai Maō no Testament . Registrations for the casting of the Japanese cast began in March 2016. The Seiyū ensemble NOW ON AIR was announced in August of the same year. The ensemble consists of Mina Katahira , Misako Iino , Momone Iwabuchi , Mitsuho Kambe , Hitomi Suzuki and Yuki Tanaka , all of whom were given speaking roles in the film. The cast was not announced until March 30, 2017.
The locations shown in the film are based on actually existing locations. The Shonan Coast and the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture were used as templates. The plot of Your Voice: Kimikoe takes place in Kamakura and the surrounding areas.
synchronization
The recording studio Opus Live from Munich was commissioned for the German dubbing . The dialogue book is by Katharina von Daake , who also directed the synchronization work.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Nagisa Yukiai | Mina Katahira | Amira Leisner |
| Yū Hamasuka | Misako Iino | Leslie-Vanessa Lili |
| Kaede Tatsunokuchi | Yuki Tanaka | Alina friend |
| Shion Yazawa | Suzuko Mimori | Lara Wurmer |
| Ayame Nakahara | Mitsuho Kambe | Patricia Strasburger |
| Otoha Biwakōji | Hitomi Suzuki | Gabriele Pietermann |
| Shizuku Dobashi | Momone Iwabuchi | Zina Laus |
| Nagisa's grandmother | Masako Nozawa | Dagmar Dempe |
| Akane Yazawa | Suzuko Mimori | Jaqueline Belle |
| Taigo Koyurugi | Yūki Kaji | Leonard Rosemann |
| Shōki Kawabukuro | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Maximilian Belle |
| Saburō Kawabukuro | Shigeru Ushiyama | Walter von Hauff |
publication
Vour Voice: Kimikoe launched in Japanese theaters on August 25, 2017 . In Germany and Austria , the film ran between January 27, 2018 and February 11, 2018 on OmU as part of the Akiba Pass Festival by peppermint anime in selected cinemas.
On November 19, 2018 it was announced that peppermint anime had licensed the film for the German-speaking market and intended to release it on DVD and Blu-ray on January 25, 2019 . However, the release was postponed to February 22, 2019 just under a week before the planned release.
Reviews
Anne Delseit writes in her two-page film presentation in AnimaniA about Your Voice: Kimikoe , that the plot of the anime film in its different strands in a cast that is too large: This is sometimes the conflict between Yu and Kaede, sometimes the history of the café or the radio project in the foreground of the action. As a result, many of the characters remain one-dimensional and some seem hastily thrown in. Nevertheless, writes Betz, it is up to the director Naoyuki Itō to bring everything together to a conciliatory end. Your Voice does not reach the caliber of the films by Mamoru Hosoda or a Makoto Shinkai , but the film offers a satisfying portion of feel-good drama à la The Anthem of the Heart .
Kim Morrissy wrote a rather neutral review of the film for the online platform Anime News Network . Despite many weaknesses and deficiencies, the film has a sincere heart, which Your Voice: Kimikoe lets shine beyond the mediocre script. However, according to Morrissy, are those who have the first original anime film of the studio Madhouse Inc . feverish duck fever, could be disappointed. In her grading, she praised the simple character designs, while she criticized half of the characters as underdeveloped and unnecessary. Overall, she awarded a C + for the anime film.
Web links
- www.kimikoe.com (Japanese)
- Your Voice: Kimikoe in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
- Your Voice: Kimikoe at AniSearch
- Your Voice: Kimikoe in the Internet Movie Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Certificate for Your Voice Kimikoe . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ a b c d Anne Delseit: The magic of animated words . In: Animagine GmbH (Ed.): AnimaniA . tape 02/19 . Hachenburg , S. 28-29 .
- ↑ a b c Rafael Antonio Pineda: Overlord / Kanon's Naoyuki Itou Directs 2017 Madhouse Film. Anime News Network , April 20, 2016, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Egan Loo: Madhouse Makes August Anime Film Kimi no Koe o Todoketai. Anime News Network, March 24, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Rafael Antonio Pineda: Kimi no Koe o Todoketai Anime Film's Teaser Reveals August 25 Opening. Anime News Network, May 26, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Rafael Antonio Pineda: Kimi no Koe o Todoketai Anime Film's Video Introduces Main Cast. Anime News Network, March 30, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Robin Hirsch: "Your Voice -KIMIKOE-": German disc release postponed. Anime2you.de, January 8, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b list of speakers at aniSearch. aniSearch , accessed March 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Your Voice - KIMIKOE -. Akiba Pass Festival, November 3, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Iliana: peppermint Anime licensed Your Voice - Kimikoe. Sumikai.com, November 19, 2018, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Kim Morrissy: Review. Anime News Network, September 15, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .