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Whisper of the Heart 1995

Such a cute movie, i wanted to hit myself in the head with an aquarium from the cuteness

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A sweet, small-scale anime, which explores all the awkwardness and inner conflict of young love, teen social anxiety and an emergent personal identity. As late summer winds gently blow, we contentedly explore a sleepy Tokyo suburb alongside an aspiring, if apprehensive, young writer. Stumbling upon old thrift shops and secret city perspectives, we delight alongside her, mutually appreciating the sense of freedom and discovery. Little adventures can be the most satisfying, like these fleeting chances to probe and examine the private character of her home town.

That aspect of the film makes for some great, charming, slice-of-life material. And the relationship drama, after school is back in session, doesn't feel overwrought or exaggerated, either. It just... lingers and lingers, way beyond the point of watch-checking and brow-raising. Slow pacing is essential to those earlier scenes, allowing us to really understand and appreciate both character and setting, but it's not as powerful or purposeful in these later bits. Peppered with the usual Studio Ghibli joys and pleasures, it's beautifully realized and sincere, just a bit staid and long in the tooth. The playful flights of imagination so lavishly promoted on the movie poster don't last even five minutes.

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Effectively and thoroughly... bored! First off, the poster is incredibly misleading there's no fantasy elements it's actually a teen romance. I appreciate the more mature tone compared to other Ghibli projets but this felt so stale and calm and long and devoid of any fun.

I admire the animation style. Great score but I believe a lot of people will fall asleep on it. The voice cast is worth pointing out they were great. It's borderline musical at times but the singing sounds good. Characters are uninteresting. The story with the talking cat seemed interesting though, too bad there wasn't more of it.

The romance is ok I guess, I just can't find anything that sets it apart from your regular romance. Nothing special here.

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The original title of the film is Mimi wo Sumaseba.

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The film is best described as cute and warm. The animation was simplistic but beautiful (especially for the time of the film’s creation). The “Country Road” song getting repeated so much in the film was rather hilarious considering what a meme the song has become in recent years. It’s certainly an interesting song to set as the film’s anthem of sorts.

Felt a little like a “teen angst” anime at times, but it was kept fairly lighthearted and it quickly turned back to a fairy tale love story. There were moments where it just felt like an adventure, but it kept going back to the young love and drama, most of which felt like very stereotypical teen drama.

There were definitely moments that felt weird as the main character would change attitude every couple sentences in away that felt more like inconsistency than character development.

Overall, it was a pretty cute and happy anime film that was lighthearted and adventurous enough to keep me content.

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The ending was a bit rushed but it was a cute movie

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my favorite movie of all time. deserves to be as recognized as the other ghibli movies :D

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Shout by Deleted

It was a trip! Moon- the most badass cat in movie history, and the fattest. The self-realization that Shizuku went through, I understood her, because I, have discovered myself through writing. Through this I have practiced my thinking, self-expression and use of words. At the end of the movie, I felt the warmth of the sun on my cheeks. And I say, one day, Shizuku gets hit by a car.

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This movie is so adorable and sweet, I love it so much!

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Shout by Catsy
BlockedParentSpoilers2018-07-22T23:00:52Z

Whisper of the Heart is a slice-of-life romance anime about a girl named Shizuku and her struggle to find where she belongs.
The movie does a few typical whimsical anime things but in the end is a bit shallow and doesn't finish it's storyline arcs. I believe that since it's from a comic it must have more content but the movie barely scratched the surface. This movie is almost two hours long and it feels like nothing happens. The main theme through the movie is the Country Road song and it leads the main character on her quest to figure out who she is.
The animation as always is good and the backgrounds are nice but I think you can skip this one.

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