![]() ![]() Out of the blue, a distressed Yumi calls Taku, explaining that Rikako had tricked her into coming to the airport on the pretense of a concert trip, only to discover that their real destination is Tokyo, tickets paid for with Taku's money. Rikako has not returned Taku's money and he wonders if she has forgotten. Promising to repay him, she warns him not to tell anyone.īack in Kōchi, the third year begins with Rikako making a friend, Yumi Kohama. As Taku has a part-time job, he lends her ¥60,000. On a school trip to Hawaii, Rikako asks Taku to lend her money, as she has lost her own. Taku believes she is unhappy about leaving Tokyo. Rikako is academically gifted and good at sports, but also arrogant. He finds Yutaka with an attractive female transfer student, Rikako Muto, whom Yutaka was asked to show around. In Kōchi, Taku Morisaki receives a call from his friend, Yutaka Matsuno, asking to meet at their high school. Obiyamachi Shopping Arcade is a frequent film backdrop. ![]() In the same year, a TV drama was produced mainly based on this work starring Shinji Takeda and Hitomi Satō. In 1995, a sequel to the novel, I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love, was published. However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule. Ocean Waves was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. The film is set in the city of Kōchi, and follows a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network, Ocean Waves first aired on on Nippon TV. Ocean Waves, known in Japan as I Can Hear the Sea ( Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime coming-of-age romantic drama television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. ![]() Tetsuya Kuroda (TV Asahi), Masayuki Morikawa ( Horipro) GKids will now be releasing a restored version of Ocean Waves in limited US theaters on December 28th, before Blu-ray.I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love Wikipedia says the film was an attempt by Ghibli to allow their younger staff to make a film reasonably cheaply. This film was produced Studio Ghibli as an anime television film, first released in 1993 in Japan. The screenplay is by Kaori Nakamura, adapted from Saeko Himuro's novel. Ocean Waves, also titled I Can Hear the Sea, is directed by Japanese filmmaker Tomomi Mochizuki, who later went on to make Metal Angel Marie and "Princess Nine". Here's the new official US trailer (+ poster) for Tomomi Mochizuki's Ocean Waves, from GKids' YouTube:Īs a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down. It doesn't exactly have the same feel as a Miyazaki movie, but it does look just as gorgeous as anything else Ghibli has made, built upon the honest emotions of growing up. Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, Ocean Waves is set in the city of Kōchi, on the Japanese island of Shikoku. It was actually made as a TV anime but still plays a 72-minute feature, which is being released on Blu-ray following the theatrical screenings. It's titled Ocean Waves, and is about a love triangle between two good friends who both fall hard for a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo. GKids is planning a very limited US release of a 1993 film that never actually was released in the US back then. It's always a good time to watch a Studio Ghibli movie. ![]()
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