The staff of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day have teamed up once again to create the original anime movie The Anthem of the Heart (Koe ga Sakebitagatterunda). It had been announced that the anime would be getting a live action adaptation and the trailer and poster have finally been released.
The live action film features actors such as Kento Nakajima and Kyoko Yoshine. The web poster shows Kyoko Yoshine as Jun Naruse!
The protagonists of the film are third-year high school students Takumi Sakagami and Jun Naruse, the latter unable to speak. They both get appointed to the Charity Committee. Along with honor student and Takumi’s former girlfriend Natsuki Nito, and the former ace of the baseball club Daiki Tazaki, they are all assigned to participate in a musical at the wishes of their homeroom teacher.
Finding courage in the words, ‘Musicals bring about miracles’, Jun decides to write the lyrics for the musical and goes out for the main role. Takumi, inspired by Jun, decides to create the music. Takumi’s kindness causes Jun to develop feelings for him, while Natsuki decides to give up on her desires and Daiki begins to develop feelings for Jun as she chases her dreams.
The live action film is about the paths of different people crossing at some point in their lives. Alongside Kento Nakajima and Kyoko Yoshine, Anna Ishii plays the honor student Natsuki Nito who has given up on love, while Kanichiro plays the former ace of the baseball club, Daiki Tazaki, who was broken by his dream.
‘Words hurt people. You can’t take them back even if you regret it.’
‘Honestly, I wanted to say it. But I couldn’t no matter how hard I tried.’
‘It’s okay if I get hurt. I just want to hear everything you have to say.’
The compensation for sad feelings, the rising hope for a miracle for the 4 people who couldn’t say ‘I like you’ to the important person right in front of them. The poster is focusing on Jun Naruse and the scar that was created when she accused herself of her parents’ divorce.
The movie starts screening on July 22.
22 July 2017
The first season of the new year is just one month away from its finale. It was a great start with many amazing titles that made these past months worth the extra hours we put in front of our sets. Now, it is time for the cold wind to give way to the pink hues of the sakura tree and for the Winter 2018 season to give the anime baton to Spring 2018.
