A Silent Voice
8.8MOVIE130 min1 epsSummer 2016Finished

A Silent Voice

Synopsis

After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shouya Ishida. As Shouya continues to bully Shouko, the class turns its back on him. Shouko transfers and Shouya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shouya finds Shouko to make amends. (Source: Eleven Arts)

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Alternative Titles

聲の形

The Shape of Voice

A Voz do Silêncio

A Forma da Voz

La Forma della Voce

צורתו של קול

Reviews(25)

Peng39%

A heartfelt exploration of bullying, guilt, and isolation

OwlsAreAirCats79%

A great adaptaion of an even better source material

JTurner8281%

Beautiful tearjerker with a universal, relatable message.

Corisift84%

A silent voice leaves you with mixed feelings, here are mine.

RulerofPie82%

I'm not crying you are!

ABPAEAE72%

A bit overrated, but still a very good movie.

heysaca28%

it works so well at a gut level, but it could have been so much more...

PlatinuMan16%

A Silent Voice aims to tell a heartwarming story but fumbles in its attempts to connect with the audience

mojo0589%

That feel good make you shed a tear or two type of feeling!

VirtuousZero87%

A Silent Voice is the full package of an emotional story, good animation, and a soundtrack to boot.

smartweeb82%

Moreso my views on the anime than a review.

vaeril84%

I don't think I have ever cried harder during a movie in my entire life. This movie has taken me by the throat

spacexdragon18%

The Highest Rated Garbage

TheAnimeBingeWatcher90%

A beautiful exploration of guilt, forgiveness, and communication. Bring tissues; you're gonna need them.

gabrielz893%

A masterpiece about forgiveness

Mannoumi19%

Koe no Katachi is a long, drawn-out series of images that depict nothing happening.

bentoh25%

This is like the Dunning–Kruger effect but for Empathy

RatPoison6914%

What do you get when you cross a talented director with a mediocre manga? An abomination.

Napa80%

Shouya Ishida. That name alone is perhaps the greatest reason why I fell in love with Koe no Katachi.

moochannie79%

The movie that EVERYBODY needs to watch

HidamariSeashore96%

As great of an anime as it was of a manga.

brunomrpires90%

It's a crime this movie didn´t win an Oscar

taynslay6988%

this is my review of a silent voice!

SenpaiShaiman96%

" 3 things you can't recover: A word after its said. A moment after its missed. And the time after its gone".

Deftera92%

"We live in a world in which judgement is more important than getting to know that person"

8.8

Score

#681905

Popularity

56,931

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Information

FormatMovie
Episodes1
Duration130 min
StatusFinished
SeasonSummer 2016
StudioKyoto Animation
SourceMANGA
CountryJP
Mean Score88%
Start Date2016-09-17
End Date2016-09-17
GenresDrama, Romance, Slice of Life

Staff

ADR Casting Director (English)Stephanie Sheh
ADR Recording Engineer (English)Stephanie Sheh
ADR Director (English)Stephanie Sheh
Assistant ADR Director (English)Michael Sinterniklaas
Assistant ADR Director (English)Amanda Winn Lee
ADR Script (English)Amanda Winn Lee
Script CompositionReiko Yoshida
ScriptReiko Yoshida

Studios

Kyoto AnimationABC AnimationKodansha

Score Distribution

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User Stats

681.9k users
Watching11,264
Planning80,483
Completed587,600
Dropped1,040
Paused1,518

Tags

Disability
Bullying
Rehabilitation
Language Barrier
Coming of Age
Suicide
Male Protagonist
Primarily Teen Cast
Tragedy
Time Skip
School
POV
Heterosexual
Female Protagonist
Philosophy
Urban
Unrequited Love
Photography