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Oct 11, 2015 7:47 PM
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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.

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Oct 11, 2015 7:50 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.
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Oct 11, 2015 7:51 PM
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great news for me
Oct 11, 2015 7:52 PM
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>bullying and disability

right up kyonani's ally, hope it's a success and not bombs.
Oct 11, 2015 8:02 PM
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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.
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Oct 11, 2015 8:03 PM
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Always good to see another KyoAni work. Their movies are usually pretty good.
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Oct 11, 2015 8:06 PM
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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).
Oct 11, 2015 8:17 PM
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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?!
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Oct 11, 2015 8:26 PM
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KyoAni doing Koe no Katachi ^^/
prefer tv adaptation though.
Oct 11, 2015 8:29 PM

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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.
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Oct 11, 2015 8:32 PM

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damn I want nothing to do with this but it's kyoani, sooooo I'll probably watch...
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Oct 11, 2015 8:34 PM

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I just don't want KyoAni to change the art style but I'm sure they will.
Oct 11, 2015 8:47 PM

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-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
Oct 11, 2015 8:50 PM

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All I gotta say is, cool.
Oct 11, 2015 8:54 PM
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Hopefully they don't destroy the tone with a ton of moe, that would be really bad
Because that tends to be their style
I love KyoAni, but I still don't know if they're my first choice to do this film...
Oct 11, 2015 9:10 PM

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Kyoto Animation?! Really?? OMG they will turn it into a completely moe style! XD
Oct 11, 2015 9:17 PM

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noice noice, berry gud. Hopefully they stick to the original character designs though.
Oct 11, 2015 9:25 PM

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If its a movie and the usual antic of KyoAni having multiple scriptwriters for movies will happen, then its most likely a good thing.
Oct 11, 2015 9:35 PM

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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
Oct 11, 2015 9:42 PM

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Oct 11, 2015 9:44 PM

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HELL YEAH WE'RE FINALLY GETTING MORE NEWS ABOUT THIS. If it's KyoAni we'll have good animation at least.
Oct 11, 2015 9:47 PM

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It's about time!!!1
Oct 11, 2015 9:50 PM

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Not sure how I still feel about this being adapted to movie instead of anime series....
Oct 11, 2015 9:57 PM
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I think anime series would have been better..don't know how will the cover 62 chapters....

But I will hope for an anime original ending :)
Oct 11, 2015 10:00 PM

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How about that... nice news.
Too bad it's only a movie and not a TV anime adaptation.
Oct 11, 2015 10:21 PM

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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.
Oct 11, 2015 10:22 PM

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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.
Oct 11, 2015 10:26 PM

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Please don't let them ruin this by moefying the character designs or anything else.
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i can imagine that the Heroine will become a Moeblob.
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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
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Oct 11, 2015 10:48 PM

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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.
Oct 11, 2015 11:09 PM

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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

Oct 11, 2015 11:27 PM

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Not Madhouse 0/39.
Oct 11, 2015 11:28 PM

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Enjoyable story that teaches life lesson + studio that produce great visuals = must watch
Oct 11, 2015 11:34 PM

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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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Oct 11, 2015 11:51 PM
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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.
Oct 11, 2015 11:51 PM

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Oh, that sounds pretty rad.
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Oct 11, 2015 11:53 PM

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looks good
Oct 12, 2015 12:35 AM
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Definitely gonna watch it. Kyoto is cool when it's come to movies <3
Oct 12, 2015 12:39 AM

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Great news can't wait!
Oct 12, 2015 12:55 AM
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Oh! I was gonna watch this anyway because I read the manga, but I'm even more excited now!
Oct 12, 2015 12:58 AM

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This is going to be huge then.

Kyoto Animation rarely picks up manga series any way.
Oct 12, 2015 12:59 AM

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are they gonna adaptated the manga till the end?

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are they gonna adaptated the manga till the end?


Yes they probably will if they condense all the events.
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Oct 12, 2015 1:46 AM

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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.



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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.


7 vol. in one movie?
Oct 12, 2015 2:33 AM

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Looking forward to some great animation!
Oct 12, 2015 2:48 AM

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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.
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KyoAni and a movie..? HELL MOTHERFUCKING YEAH..!!!
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