Voices of a Distant Star

3 Ratings: 2.7

Anime & Manga and Science Fiction & Fantasy movie directed by Makoto Shinkai

Although it looks like a studio work,Voices of a Distant Staris a personal film, made almost entirely by a single artist, Makoto Shinkai. Mikako and Noboru are separated at the beginning of high school in 2046. She's accepted into the training program … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Animated Movies

Cast: Donna Burke, Adam Conlon, Cynthia Martinez (II), Sumi Mutoh, Mika Shinohara

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Genre: Sci-Fi, Animation, Fantasy

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review by ljaesch. November 11, 2008

posted in ASIANatomy

This is Makoto Shinkai's first major work after She and Her Cat

Voices of a Distant Star is an anime Original Video Animation (OVA) directed and produced by Makoto Shinkai on his Macintosh computer. The film tells a love story between Mikako (a middle-school girl drafted into the UN Space Army) and Noboru. They try to stay in communication by utilizing the e-mail capabilities on their cell phones. As the ship Mikako is on travels deeper and deeper into space, the time it takes for a message to reach Noboru on Earth takes longer. Mikako's final message takes … more

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review by liago4. October 24, 2005

posted in Movie Hype

Should be 5 stars Could be 5 stars

First if you read most of the other reviews you notice that all of them including mine agree on some things. First the story and animation are very beautiful but where's the rest of it. I have no problem with short anime movies I've seen a bunch but everyone knows some are meant to be short and some are not. This movie to me was not thought out well the story line is so good it needs more to it. Imagine how shocked I was to hear nobody wondering if they were ever going to meet again. The … more

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