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Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Animation · Adventure · Fantasy · 2011

The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.

Movie details

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

“A journey to say goodbye.”

2011 Animation · Adventure · Fantasy 1h 56m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.1 / 10

18.8K votes

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

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The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.

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Directed by

Makoto Shinkai

Written by

Makoto Shinkai

Hisako Kanemoto

Hisako Kanemoto

Asuna Watase (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Ryuji Morisaki (voice)

Miyu Irino

Miyu Irino

Shin / Shun (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Rina Hidaka

Mana (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Asuna's Mother (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Risa (voice)

Junko Takeuchi

Junko Takeuchi

Mimi (voice)

Court is in session

Put Children Who Chase Lost Voices on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.