Hoshi no Koe

Anime as exceptionally beautiful and insanely detailed as these two can show you a quality of the animation that's on a very high level. The atmospheres of both shows are very similar to each other and grab you without letting you go until it's over, leaving you almost speechless. If you want to check out the pinnacle (at the time) of animation quality, watch these two. 

Again, the same director, both are about relationships of distance, and I thought they were both very moving, must watch IMO 

Both are directed by Makoto Shinkai, and deal with long distance relationships. 

They are both made by the same director, Makoto Shinkai. And I must say, they have incredibly similar themes. Not in subject matter but they both concern themselves with matters of the heart and the distance between humans. One is a force separation while the other is a gradual drifting apart. If you like anime that makes you think, watch these two. 

These are both stories about time and distance. The beautiful story telling with the artwork shows us how time and distance affect people and relationships. 

both shows how extremely depressing life and love is. it pulls on your heartstrings to the point of tears. 

Both are similars in many ways. My preference goes for 5 cm per second but if you liked one i assume that you will like the other too then ;) 

Two people in love separated by two things that will never close or come to an end. Time and distance. Both are beautifully done (as expected of Shinkai) and have that depth to them that makes you think of Miyazaki.  

Both are movies depicting an impossible love through time and space. 

both deal with love over huge distances. 

They are both same director's work, if you liked the style of one, you'll likely enjoy the other. They have also similar stories, since they are both about separation of lovers who try to communicate with each other. However, the artwork of voices of a distant star is not as good as 5 cm per second's. 

Same director. Beautiful art. Deep meaningful stories of a couple that couldn't be together. 

Though these two movies of Shinkai Makoto present two different perspectives about the effects of distance and time in a relationship, they still give me the same melancholic feeling towards the end. Voices of a Distant Star is about two people who were separated by unfortunate situations, but their commitment to each other kept them close to each other emotionally. Despite their struggles, they held onto on maintaining their intimate connection. On one hand, 5 Centimeters per Second shows more angles about the subject matter. Both physical distance (episode 1) and emotional gap (episode 2) are presented in the movie. Unlike VoaDS, the protagonist was the only one committed in the relationship. Overall, 5cm per second is much more mature, but seeing Voices of a distant star gives me an idea how Shinkai Makoto evolves. read more 

They are made by the same director and are both visually stunning. The stories are both about a boy and a girl who like each other and get separated, but keep in touch by mail. In "Voices From A Distant Star" the girl goes into space to fight aliens and keeps in contact by sending text messages.The farther she gets the longer it takes to receive the messages. In "5 Centimeters Per Second" the boy moves and they keep in contact by sending letters to each other. But as time goes on they slowly start to separate. Both these movies are fantastic and are definitely worth watching. read more 

I think Voice is better than 5cm because in voice he tried everything he could, both OVA have a lot in common with amazing OST & great art. Similar ending......... 

Both have the same director and involve a young couple burdened by long distance. 

Both have the same director. The art style is very similar, which is one of the things that i love most about Mokoto's work. The plot between 5 centimeters per second and Voices of a distant star are different, however they both follow the theme of young romance being separated due to distance.  

>They are "similar" due they are by the same director. >The art is kinda amazing in both the work, but personally I prefered the character art of Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5 cm per second). >They are short (24 min and 60 min) so you can enjoy both in your free time. >Both are sad, no way on how you look them ,they are sad. >Both yells: "Carpe diem, don't waste your chances" and actually that was the thing I loved about them. >Overall I prefered 5 cm per second, but they are both awesome anime. 

-Same director, composer etc... -Both shows share same themes - distance and speed. -Both shows represent two people relationships after break for certain reasons. -Both shows is pretty hard to fallow, since they both have dozens of symbols. -As typical for Shinkai works, both represents ideas in scenery. -Both shows has amazing soundtrack, however artwork in 5cm/s is more detailed, because it's newer. -Both shows are very realistic, but 5cm/s hasn't whole sci-fi element. Those who liked one show, will surely like other one. 

The longing for a loved one to return is the main theme in both. Both are amazingly unique. The emotional depth is very strong considering that most or all of the dialog is done by the two main characters. There is also a great deal of stunning animation. The ending though is quite different. There is a manga to Hoshi no Koe which provides a bit more closure. I won't reveal it, but you might like the ending of one anime over the other. 

Hoshi no Koe and Byousoku 5 Centimeters are both directed by Makoto Shinkai. Similar themes are present such as exchanging letters/messages between two people in a long distance relationship. Hoshi no Koe might be considered the spiritual prototype to Byousoku 5 Centimeter in many ways.  

Both anime are directed by Makoto Shinkai, so they have similar style and elements. Both deal with long distance relationships, giving the watcher a similar melancholic feeling. Both feature first-person narratives and are quite touching. 

A distance relationship where the only way to communicate are texting, they will decrease when more distant from each other are. 

They are both about long distant relationships and show the ugly truth behind them so if you liked one of the two you'll most likely enjoy the other. Also both of these series can be finished in one sitting. 

"Voices of a Distant Star" and "5 Centimeters per Second" are both films made by Makoto Shinkai early in his career, and thus they have a lot in common both thematically and visually: -they both have to do with a long-term relationship and two individuals drifting apart over time -the music is very similar in both, emotional piano-based tunes -the animation is also very similar, stunning background art, although the way the people are animated is a little unpolished -the endings of both films are similar, end on a bit of a sad/bittersweet note While "Voices of a Distant Star" is science-fiction and "5 Centimeters per Second" is far more realistic, there are plenty of similarities between them. If you like one you'd probably like the other one as well.  read more 

Both of these movies are highly artistic and thoughtful. They both share the same astounding animation and make enchanting stories. The Place Promised is longer, and more complex for it. Another incredible movie! 

Same Director; distinctly alike in tone. 

Both are from Shinkai Makoto 

It has same piano music, that makes anime realy dramatic and emocional. Story is similar longing of a girl for somthing out of reach. 

Kind of the same thing going on. Both the main girl and boy cannot communicate with each other face to face. The lead girl is lonely while the boy is trying to go on with his life. Both have the characters have their little monologues too. 

Both series focus on the feeling of longing for a loved one to come back. Both are set in a science fiction setting, but Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho has a dash of fantasy in there as well. 

the person you love is far from you, what fate awaits you at the end? if you want to make yourself sad, these 2 are my suggestion 

Personally I'd recommend all Makoto Shinkai's films. The thing about these two is, though, one's a full-length film that feels like a short, and other's a short that feels like a full-length film. Shinkai's other shorts feel like shorts, and his other full-length films feel like full-length films. There's just something about these two. 

Somebody called Hoshi no Koe "the serious and abridged version of Gunbuster". There is more than a little truth to this sentence. Shinkai's work was done, after all, in the true Gainax style: borrow a lot of things from everyone who did mecha anime in the past 20 years and blend them into something that nobody ever managed to create. Homages to the old Gainax OVA are completely evident (the uchuu kaiju are back, the Lysithea is a polished Exelion...) and many plot points are similar. Directorial style is much influenced by the 90's Hideaki Anno.  

Similar Plots and similar Pacing of Events. Plus Both involve young girls piloting Mecha! 

Both about girls separated with friends by space and time. Main characters became victims of Einstein's general theory of relativity... 

Similar stories where time-space distortion draws a young military girl and her classmates far apart from one another. Both deal with the uncertainty of knowing what's become of those you're separated from, and how, though living in separate worlds and aging at different rates, in the end, you're still the person your friends always knew. 

Both use relativistic time dilation as a major plot device. Also, Voices of a Distant Star uses some production techniques and elements that seem to be directly influenced by Hideaki Anno. 

Gunbuster and Hoshi no Koe relates to similar plots with sci-fi elements introduced to the audience. Influential or not, both anime deals with the concept of mecha warfare in a futuristic setting. The characters become pilots and are a driving point to the main story. In their story also brings forth distance, tragedy, and a familiar mood bought about by consequences. Some of these consequences deals with loss because of an invasive force that threatens their existence. Otherwise, both anime possesses a familiar mood that will catch your attention in its eye catching ways. 

Imagine Gunbuster but 1/6 the length. That's Voices of a Distant Star. Mikako starts off in school just like Gunbuster protagonist Noriko. They then board two very similar starships to become giant robot pilots to fight an invasion of inhumanoid aliens. Gunbuster is the better-paced of the two anime. A rare issue in science fiction that both anime tackle is the sheer scale of space; Gunbuster uses time dilation as a source of drama (with characters who have travelled faster than light aging slower than characters who haven't). Although Voices of a Distant Star also features faster-than-ight travel, it is more subtle and the drama comes from Mikako's messages taking years to reach Noboru as she goes deeper into a different star system for her mission.  read more 

Gunbuster also addresses the theme of differences in time frames, due to relativity, and, though not focusing on the melancholy of staying young while other get old, antecedes Voices of a Distant Star (2002). 

Both OVA takes place in the distant future that tells a tale of humanity and the truth of society. Both series has a nice soundtrack that is appealing to the ears. Both series has that melancholy feeling that seems to reflect emotions and sadness. Additionally, they also have science fiction themes that details humanity's future; a scientific touch in the anime world. 

Both are calm and quiet scifi anime in which the character's careers bring them farther apart from each other. 

Both deal with the relationship of 2 people in the context of humanity being in danger, in the future. 

Both of these anime are short 25 minute movies about loneliness in a science fiction setting. Both of these anime spend most of their time illustrating this loneliness and both end without full resolution of the issues brought up. 

Both deal with love that transcends separation through space. 

- Both express the same emotions, sadness and loneliness - Both have short runtime - Both use the same plot vehicle to create these emotions, long distance separation of interstellar dimensions - Both have very undeveloped characters - Both use the imagery trends of their time, Hoshi no Koe has mecchas. Shelter has moe beauty - Both put visuals over story and characters, being sort of graphic demos of their era - I'd go as far to say that both are the same short, just separated by 14 years of progress in animation and different runtime. 

Each of the main characters has been separated from their loved one. In both Shelter and Voices of a Distant Star, the protagonists are driven by the hope of reuniting once again. Makoto Shinkai does not disappoint in their first film, and Shelter is well worth your time as it’s only around 10 minutes long. 

The main female is fighting against aliens who are attacking earth and they both have a guy they like very much and that they want to protect at all costs. 

The setting and the atmosphere are quite similar. Both anime are really touching and leave strong feeling of melancholy in the end. Also, they both have great soundtracks, that perfectly matches their mood. 

Similar story - girls gets to fly a spaceshuttle, boy stays on earth. 

Depressing theme's in both. Each surrounds the life of a couple, and the worry and loneliness each feels. 

It really made me think of Saikano when I watched. How two lovers have to be apart because one of them is now "a weapon". And I guess the girl look a little like Chise. 

One man animation! 

If you want to see OVAs that were (mostly) made by 1 person, that have Sci-Fi elements and star a male and a female character, then either one of these might catch your interest. "Hoshi no Koe/Voices of a Distant Star" is a Makoto Shinkai project and is much more of a romance and drama. It mostly focuses on two peoples connection, even though they are both lightyears away from each other. It has quite a bit of CG and mech action in it. Cencoroll meanwhile was made by the original mangas author. It focuses on teenagers using monsters to fight each other and focuses more on that concept, with a few fights, without using any CG. Plus it is a bit slower and doesn't have any really emotional moments in it. And it also spawned a sequel, continuing the story. read more 

Cross space, there is always love. 

Both are short sci-fi romances published by Comix Wave Inc., made mainly by a single person. They only feature 2 characters, and the stories revolve around space/stars. Hoshi no Koe, created by Makoto Shinkai, was pretty successful, and the director went on to work on a lot of movies with the studio later on, including Your Name. Hoshizora Kiseki never got that famous, but the creator, Watanabe Akio, worked as a character designer on a lot of different shows afterwards, like Kaminomi and the Monogatari Series.  

No tengo nada que decir de esta película salvo que es preciosa. Incluso aunque la historia no contara nada visualmente es preciosa. Cada detalle está tan cuidado que en ocasiones es difícil saber si los escenarios que ves son dibujos o fotografías. Merece la pena verla sólo por gozar de la calidad del dibujo. ------- I have nothing to say about this movie except that it is beautiful. Even if the story did not tell anything, it is visually beautiful. Every detail is so well done that it is sometimes difficult to know whether the scenarios that you see are drawings or photographs. It's worth seeing just to enjoy the quality of the drawing. read more 

The couples are separated by time. The romance is great. A masterpiece story. 

Both movies are sci-fi romance about two people who often send messages via e-mail to each other even though they are hindered by different time and space. If you've seen one of these, you might want to watch the other one!