A Silent Voice: The Movie

One of my favourite films. I didn’t know it was the subbed version when I bought it (I’ve only ever seen the dubbed one), but I’m happy I did. It went into so much more detail and made the story clearer.

Such a good film but it was so sad also relate able

An emotionally powerful read with beautiful illustrations. Arrived in immaculate condition. A great purchase at a fair price. It made me cry the first time I watched it, but so well made I had to buy it.

Loved his redemption arc even though I don’t think he was all that deserving of it.

Amazing film.

This is such a good one to watch. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys the occasional anime movie. This one made me cry - I'm pregnant and hormonal and I'd use that as my excuse but it's just such a good and heart throbbing movie to watch.

This was not in english format so unable to watch.

Beautiful. Topic beautifully explored from both aspects

One of my favourite movies of all time but it doesn't work in ireland. I tried putting the disc into my bluray player and it says "This disc is region code 1 and the player is region code 2 so it cannot be played". Not an ounce of advertising for that on the actual description for this product.

Excelente película... 😢

This turned out to be a fantastically told story of essentially a deaf girl and her tormentors as they bridge the pain (past and present) and not knowing how to properly handle situations as they navigate into their adult-hood. The manga has a LOT of character background information that make the story even more impressive in its telling; but without that a second viewing will allow you to catch a lot of that as it is implied or shown so fast it is hard to really grasp it. As an FYI, YouTube does have character videos which I found helpful .. but look at those AFTER as I found I kind of knew the plot too well because of it. The DVD-BLURAY from what I can tell (I have both) seemed identical for the most part. You actually get a nice sample frame of the artwork on the back side of the cover (see photo). It comes with 2 musical extras (sound pieces) and trailers. Around 12 minutes of material I would say. Spoiler Warning The animation is just outstanding and full of symbolism, and hints about the characters, with one being the grey fish representing the characters with the coloured one that stands out being the deaf student. The music is there, but brilliant is how it is design to not be overtly noticeable. Again, there are YouTube videos on this, but they actually took a piano apart to place microphones in unusual locations to make it sound a mix if distorted and different .. my opinion is to coordinate with how the deaf girl would not hear the world like we do and has to listen to her own song really. Though they sound disjointed, the source material is from training exercises Brahm used for his students. The Japanese voicing is outstanding, but the English is noteworthy as the deaf girl/woman was voice by someone who is deaf; and I felt that her acting was well done. The story has many levels, but the one I picked up on is how "society is intolerant of bullying" .. but at the same time actually bullies collectively. It also shows that it is a complex process - as you could say that none of the children got out of that grade 6 class as better future adults - and it took the events of 5 years later, to create the condition where people stop blaming (attacking) and get that sense of compassion, and finally understanding, to address and heal the situation. I highly recommend this beautiful movie, and very relatable and moving story !!!

First off, this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, not just a solid 'best anime' contender. While some would deem this a love story, and a lot of people see this as a movie about bullying, it's not really either of those, per se, but rather (I would contend) the story of one person's redemption. You'll spend your first third of the movie or so actively detesting the male lead, and the last third or so hoping that the vastly superior person he later became can make amends and finally find peace. The art is gorgeous and at times lush - both on par with, and characteristic of, the quality the work we've come to expect from Kyoto Animation. While everything I have seen from them to date is quite literally beautiful, the story here and the painstaking, loving care they have so obviously put into this film really do make this a piece of art on a whole different level. I can't recommend this film enough. As with any suitably subtle and complex film, different people will take different things from it, but I believe anyone would find something of value that lasts long after they've seen it. This is one of a vanishingly small number of films I actually prefer watching in dub rather than the original language with subtitles. And I'll tell you why: This was given the deluxe treatment. Literally every english Dub voice actor is uncommonly good, several superior to the original voice actors, particularly the female lead. The Dub female lead was *so* convincing, I looked her up and was only slightly surprised to learn that she was actually deaf. Perhaps it's because English is my first language, but I didn't get that sense from the Sub female lead (who wasn't bad, but after you hear the Dub you miss it when you go back to the Sub) at all. I'll be suitably vague, to avoid outright spoilers here: A hearing-impared girl named Shouko transfers to a new school, where she's initially well-received but her welcome is ultimately short-lived. The male lead, Shoya seems at first blush to be a typical boy with regular friendships who's both shocked and intrigued by his new classmate. Unfortunately, he proves both insecure and isolated enough to seek popularity and approval from his peers by ruthlessly bullying his classmate. There are moments (granted few during the childhood flashback) where his interest ('"sign language, huh?") or an opportunity to act like a decent human being ("You like it. You're blushing") is met with hostility and scorn by his peers, which reinforces his basest impulses. This situation escalates beyond the point where the adults are forced to intervene, as chances to change course pass unnoticed while an increasingly frustrated, isolated, and angry Shoya continues to vent his spleen on his undeserving victim while we, the viewer, realize that despite everything she has had to deal with up to this point, she's trying to protect him from his other classmates, who have now turned on him. It's at this moment that he misses his last chance to show any compassion, and a confrontation devolves into a physical fight causing two (arguably three) lives to be essentially ruined. Following this, Shouko transfers (again) out of the school and Shoya is now the sole target of his peers - Mind you not for tormenting a young deaf girl, but rather for the crime of turning on them when the adults finally started asking much-needed questions. Years later, a repentant, scarred, and socially isolated Shoya goes to return Shouko's communications notebook, having first learned sign language so that he can set his affairs in order. Her reaction to this causes him to change his plans, and start looking for a way to repair *something* he instinctively knows is terribly wrong with himself. As the two grapple with the wreckage their lives had become, various family, friends, and acquaintances are involved with both beneficial and disastrous results. Penultimately, one is able to limp along toward a future while the other is unable to, and only serendipity allows both to realize what really matters in life. I've done the manga as well as the anime, and while some omissions from the film are missed (some backstory, indications Shoya's friendships were already fraying before Shouko's arrival, anime's 'generic friend' [Satoshi] being a bit less generic and aggressively confrontational about the revealed bullying), while others are welcome edits (the Koi bridge nighttime reunion rather than the movie subplot comes to mind). Overall, the anime is both a solid adaptation and a real gem in its own right. Naoka comes off as a bit less awful in the manga, and Satoshi less two-dimensional, but a lot of the rest is tolerable and expected trimming. There's an amazing level of attention given to subtle queues relating to the interpersonal dynamics in the anime, which you might miss at first watch if you're not attentive: The distraught\sad\guilty expression Shouko makes after the bridge confrontation when asked about summer plans, Nao glancing at Shoya multiple times, the sequence of expressions on Shouko's face when Shoya locates her unexpectedly at sign language class, the festival fireworks "you're coming, right" synchronized (literal) looking to mom for approval, and Miyoko's hunched shoulders while walking down the hall last the 'popular girls' mocking her are fine examples of this. Other actions such as the signing of "Thank You" rather than "Later" at the festival, scrubbing of Shoya's desk, or Naoka's standing to ask "Why can't we just write in her notebook?" after Shoya seems interested in learning sign language are artfully fraught with meaning which is later revealed (if\as needed). My sole complaint with the original release was the English Sub having a couple of jarring errors, most notably the "I'm Helping You! I'm doing the best I can!" being mangled to "I'm mad! I'm doing the best I can!" in the school desk confrontation scene, and "Then stop Breathing!" being butchered into "Then stop Breeding!" at the hospital fence scene. Given the overall quality of the work and the care put into it, I was disappointed at the glaring subtitle errors, which I hope they addressed in the Limited Edition release.

Pues me a gustado la película la verdad. Me la compré al estar barata en el black friday y por que la tenía pendiente. No es la edición limitada pero bueno... No me arrepiento. Está bien y para mi es suficiente. Tampoco es para comprarse la edición limitada y gastarse un pastizal creo yo ¬¬ Ya depende de cada uno, de sus gustos y su bolsillo -.- La edición se ve buena y de calidad para ser sencilla. Me hubiera gustado Extras pero bueno... Viene con una postal que no esta mal. En fin,. Que si la veis barata os animo a que os la compréis. Os paso unas fotillos para que la veáis :)