The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
Beautiful word, beautiful world.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai · Writer: Mari Okada
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
Where to watch
Amazon Video
Amazon Video
Trailer
Director
Tatsuyuki Nagai
Cast
Inori Minase
Jun Naruse (voice) 
Koki Uchiyama
Takumi Sakagami (voice) 
Sora Amamiya
Natsuki Nito (voice) 
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Daiki Tazaki (voice) 
Taishi Murata
Itsuki Mishima (voice) 
Rie Takahashi
Yōko Uno (voice) 
Shizuka Ishigami
Asuka Eda (voice) 
Takanori Ooyama
Motoki Aizawa (voice) 
Makoto Furukawa
Toshinori Iwaki (voice) 
Keiji Fujiwara
Kazuki Joushima (voice) 
Yoh Yoshida
Izumi Naruse (voice) 
Eizo Tsuda
Yasohachi Sakagami (voice) User Reviews (1)
> A quadrangular high school love story! The first mistake we all make is to expect it to match with the type of films what Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosada and few others direct. I meant thematically; either sci-fi, fantasy or the drama with the teen or the tween characters in the lead. Because technically this was a wonderful animation, but I was not impressed with the story, otherwise as usual, my writing would have been very long with the film quotes and other discussions. For the beautifully sketched characters like this, the film totally wasted an opportunity. Should have been a beautiful love story or a pure fantasy, but it was a bit of uninspiring school drama that I kind frequently lost interest while watching. I remind who wanted to watch it that it was a simple story which was like some kind of a television episode. The fantasy parts were too small to noti…
