 The 46th issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, which will go on sale on October 14, revealed that the previously announced Koe no Katachi anime movie adaptation will be produced by Kyoto Animation. It will be the studio's first production of a movie which is not already part of an existing anime franchise.Naoko Yamada (Tamako Love Story) will direct the movie. The award-winning manga series, which uses themes of bullying and disability, was written and illustrated Yoshitoki Ooima. It was originally published as a one-shot in February 2011 and was later serialized in Weekly Shounen Magazine between August 2013 and November 2014. Kodansha Comics USA has been publishing the manga in English since May 2015, and the series is also simultaneously published online on Crunchyroll Manga. Source: YusaAni News submitted by Hongu |
myanimelistllcFeb 10, 2016 1:59 PM
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| Hell yeah! This is great news! KyoAni has excellent animation (and is one of my favorite studios) and the director has a great track record. The chances of this being a great movie are even higher now. |
Nintendofan204Oct 11, 2015 7:55 PM
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| great news for me |
| >bullying and disability right up kyonani's ally, hope it's a success and not bombs. |
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| What about the art, will it be the same as manga or KyoAni style? I really want it to stay the same as manga but I just can't imagine KyoAni doing different art style then what they usually do. Well anyway, I won't mind even if they change the character design. 'A Silent Voice' is without a doubt one of the best Manga I've read although I haven't read too many.The director is also great. She directed Clannad and AS, Tamako Love Market and Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Hyped for this one. Also doesn't the Manga's author look like 13? Typical Japanese non-aging technique. |
CG-SilverOct 11, 2015 8:12 PM
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| Always good to see another KyoAni work. Their movies are usually pretty good. |
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| Not necessarily good or bad news (to me) since KyoAni does produce beautiful visuals, but this was really surprising. Haven't really read the series anyways, only the one-shot, but as long as they don't change the character designs, it should be fine. I think everything else they've done in the recent years are LN adaptations aside from Tamako Market, so this will be different since I think studios usually take less liberties with manga adaptations (from what I've observed anyways). |
| I'm sure KyoAni will do a wonderful job, and this manga was so sad but so beautiful. Really looking forward to this one. Edit: aaaand I just noticed I never added Koe No Katachi to my manga list, why do I always forget to add manga and light novels to my list?! |
korogoroOct 11, 2015 8:21 PM
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| KyoAni doing Koe no Katachi ^^/ prefer tv adaptation though. |
| Kinda surprising, but Naoko Yamada is a darn good director. I don't know what this'll look like, but I trust that she'll make this something amazing. It's nice to see KyoAni reaching for new heights. As impressive as they have been so far, they could become something still better. I'm a sucker for their cute shows, but I'd love no end to see them animate more great stories like Koe no Katachi. |
MiporinOct 11, 2015 8:40 PM
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| damn I want nothing to do with this but it's kyoani, sooooo I'll probably watch... |
| Baby, daijobanai... |
| I just don't want KyoAni to change the art style but I'm sure they will. |
-Anabelle- said: I just don't want KyoAni to change the art style but I'm sure they will. Their going to KyoAnified it damn Im sure too which is sad since I like the art style of the manga |
| All I gotta say is, cool. |
| Kyoto Animation?! Really?? OMG they will turn it into a completely moe style! XD |
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| noice noice, berry gud. Hopefully they stick to the original character designs though. |
| If its a movie and the usual antic of KyoAni having multiple scriptwriters for movies will happen, then its most likely a good thing. |
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| I AM SO FUCKING HYPE HOLY BALONEY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING EVER AND I WILL DIE MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO HOW FUKKEN GOOD IT'S GONNA BE YAAAASSSSS |
| I was hoping it'd be an anime series instead. Oh well, it's kyo ani so I believe. |
| HELL YEAH WE'RE FINALLY GETTING MORE NEWS ABOUT THIS. If it's KyoAni we'll have good animation at least. |
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| It's about time!!!1 |
| Not sure how I still feel about this being adapted to movie instead of anime series.... |
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| How about that... nice news. Too bad it's only a movie and not a TV anime adaptation. |
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royaldocks said: -Anabelle- said: I just don't want KyoAni to change the art style but I'm sure they will. Their going to KyoAnified it damn Im sure too which is sad since I like the art style of the manga This. Its gonna be unfortunately condensed, too. |
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| I've already read half the manga and apart from the beggining the story is not really that interesting. Hopefully it gets better so I get excited to watch the movie, though. |
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| Please don't let them ruin this by moefying the character designs or anything else. |
| i can imagine that the Heroine will become a Moeblob. |
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NicoZeta said: i can imagine that the Heroine will become a Moeblob. She's already moe af. Nah, but I hope this doesn't happen either, which I doubt will happen. Thought this was already announced before, or was the KyoAni part not announced back then? |
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| Please don't turn this into a moeblob faggotery mess KyoAni |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I'm putting faith in the director especially since I thought Tamako Market was good and Hibike! Euphonium was among one of my favorite shows from Spring 2015. |
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Stark700 said: I'm putting faith in the director especially since I thought Tamako Market was good and Hibike! Euphonium was among one of my favorite shows from Spring 2015. Same. Tamako Market movie was surprisingly pretty great and Hibike! Euphonium as well so I have high hopes |
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| Not Madhouse 0/39. |
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| Enjoyable story that teaches life lesson + studio that produce great visuals = must watch |
| I’m indifferent about this news. I just hope they do justice to the manga, and please don’t mess with the character designs and overall feel of the story. |
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| This is kind of assuring. I wish it wasn't a movie though, just don't know how the content is going to be paced. one-shot is way too short, manga is way longer. |
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| Oh, that sounds pretty rad. |
| "The more inexperienced you are, the more you want to show off." - Oreki, Hyouka |
| looks good |
| Great news can't wait! |
| Oh! I was gonna watch this anyway because I read the manga, but I'm even more excited now! |
| This is going to be huge then. Kyoto Animation rarely picks up manga series any way. |
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| are they gonna adaptated the manga till the end? |
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marcellzzz said: are they gonna adaptated the manga till the end? Yes they probably will if they condense all the events. |
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| wow kyoani? didn't expect them to animate this but nice. oh they'll probably modified the artstyle tho which is a shame. |
FireEmblemIke24 said: marcellzzz said: are they gonna adaptated the manga till the end? Yes they probably will if they condense all the events. 7 vol. in one movie? |
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| Looking forward to some great animation! |
| this is certainly pretty big news for kyoani and is right up yamada's alley in accordance to her style in romanticism real well. here's hoping they'll do a great job and yamada gets a chance to make more movies in the future, tamako love story was wonderful. |
| KyoAni and a movie..? HELL MOTHERFUCKING YEAH..!!! |
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