Kyoto Animation's anime film adaptation of Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga earned more than 410,000,000 yen (about US$4 million) and sold more than 300,000 tickets in its first three days. The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens (Monday was a holiday in Japan).
The film earned 283,000,000 yen (about US$2.8 million) and sold 200,000 tickets over Saturday and Sunday to rank #2 on the Japanese box office for the weekend. By comparison, Kyoto Animation's 2011 K-ON! film earned 316,310,000 yen in its first two days on 137 screens.
The film's cast includes:
> Miyu Irino as Shōya Ishida
> Saori Hayami as Shōko Nishimiya
> Aoi Yūki as Yuzuru Nishiya> Kensho Ono as Tomohiro Nagatsu> Yuki Kaneko as Naoka Ueno> Yui Ishikawa as Miyoko Sahara> Megumi Han as Miki Kawai> Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Toshi Mashibasa> Mayu Matsuoka as Shōya Ishida as an elementary school student
Ōima drew a new episode of the manga for filmgoers, which appeared in a book titled "Eiga 'Koe no Katachi' Special Book." The manga portrays a story not in the original manga, and is not present in the film. The manga goes deeper into Shoko's family life, and her mother and grandmother appear in the story.
Naoko Yamada (Tamako Market, Tamako Love Story, K-ON's two anime seasons and anime film) directed the film at Kyoto Animation. Reiko Yoshida (Non Non Biyori, K-ON!, Yowamushi Pedal) wrote the script, and Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Hyōka, Nichijō) designed the characters for animation. kensuke ushio (Space Dandy, Ping Pong) composed the music at Pony Canyon. AIKO performed the film's theme song "Ai wo Shita no wa" (Loving Is).Shochiku is distributing the film.
Ishida Shouya bullies a deaf girl, Nishimiya Shouko, to the point that she transfers to another school. As a result, he is ostracized and bullied himself with no friends to speak of and no plans for the future.
This is the story of his path to redemption.
Information
Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 17, 2016
Producers: Shochiku, Pony Canyon
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Kyoto Animation
Source: Manga
Genres: Drama, Romance, School,Shounen
Duration: 2 hr. 10 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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