Movie 1 ep x 130 min 2016 out of 5 from 55,994 votes Rank 16 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 my anime If you like this anime, you might like... Anime Manga Add to list your name. 45 votes Add to list I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 37 votes Add to list Your lie in April 26 votes Add to list Anohana The Flower We Saw That Day 13 votes Add to list Violet Evergarden 11 votes Add to list Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 11 votes Add to list The Anthem of the Heart 9 votes See all recommendations Add to list Dekinai-ko Add to list Orange Light Novel Add to list Orange Add to list My Brain is Different Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders Add to list 5 Page Inai ni Nakeru Manga Add to list Death Support Center Add to list That's My Atypical Girl See all recommendations Reviews Forget you ever heard of this film. Go read the manga. No, seriously skip…this…movie. It’s an overwhelmingly minority opinion, I know, but A Silent Voice is a slapdash, choppy, depthless summary of a remarkable, heartrending story of the despairing consequences from the most basic of our childhood stupidities our ignorance of empathy. It’s a brilliant, brilliant story-and it deserves better than what’s in this film. A Silent Voice is a series-and I emphasize series-based on character progressions over a period of months. And for a fair number of characters. Is it adaptable? Absolutely. Closely adaptable? No-at least, not as a movie. There are too many moving parts, too many characters with their own intertwining storylines to cohesively tackle in two hours. There just isn’t space for it-at least, not without drastically trimming plot and character alike. Which it doesn’t. Rather, what we get is an attempt to faithfully hit all the big story beats and images from the manga, and, in so doing, the movie overlooks its first duty as a movie tell a good story. Everyone and everything is so undefined, here, that I’m not sure there was even a recognizable arc to the story. It’s not unwatchable, but it may as well be. This review is very late because of one big reason the release of Koe no Katachi in Philippine cinemas was delayed. Today, May 10, is the first day of its showing in the Philippines and I have no regrets watching it! Story Realistic. Let's face it, we have people like Nishimiya around us. All of us don't do these things but sometimes we ridicule them, sometimes we ignore them and ignoring them isn't doing anything good at all, too. The story of Koe no Katachi shows us how to understand people like them. There are only a few animes out there about deaf-mute people and this is a jewel that shows the reality about it fitting in, being bullied, contemplating on life, thinking about ending one's own life, et cetera. However, I have difficulty understanding some parts of it since I don't know sign language. Animation I really can't say anything about the animation because to me it's already really, really good. Though it can be annoying sometimes, I really liked the X-marks on the people. Sound The BGMs in each scene fit really well, but I think they weren't enough to get tears out of me, sadly. Characters The characters were very relateable. Just like Ishida, I have difficulty looking at people straight for some reason. Maybe it's because I have the tendency to run away like Sahara? I also think that I am self-righteous just like Kawai. Anyway, leaving comparisons to myself aside, the characters developed quite well. The scene at the end where they met at Ishida's school festival wrapped everything up. The movie also shows the sacrifices people do for their differently-abled loved ones. Side note Thumbs up to the voice actors, especially Nishimiya's. For the first time I finally heard a realistic portrayal of a deaf-mute in something that's not live action. Everyone did a great job of letting the characters' feelings reach the audience. This masterpiece definitely deserves to be rewatched in the future! See all reviewsRelated anime same franchise Related manga same franchise Characters See all characters Staff See all staff Discussions There is no discussion yet for this series. Custom lists There are no custom lists yet for this series. See all custom lists