Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete (Sing a Bit of Harmony)

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Japanese: アイの歌声を聴かせて

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 29, 2021

Producers: Shochiku, Bandai Namco Arts

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Original

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi

Themes: Music, School

Duration: 1 hr. 48 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.72¹ (scored by 23,786 users)

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Ranked: #1179²

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Popularity: #2079

Members: 99,654

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Satomi Amano is a model student as well as the daughter of the leading project manager of Hoshima, a company that has revolutionized AI technology. However, due to her standing, Satomi's presence has isolated her from her classmates—an obstacle she knows she may never overcome.

On an otherwise uneventful day, while preparing for school, Satomi uncovers her mother's latest exciting proposition: an AI that will prove whether robots can live alongside humans. Intrigued by how her mother will commence the project, Satomi makes her way to school, but standing in front of the class is none other than the AI herself.

As the subject of research, Shion Ashimori is tasked to fit in like a normal teenage girl without exposing her true identity. However, Shion has another goal in mind—to make Satomi happy instead. With her talent for singing, Shion strives to compose harmonious melodies that not only connect her with her newfound friends but also dispel the dissonance within Satomi's heart.

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Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete won the Audience Award at the Scotland Loves Animation Film Festival in October 2021. The movie was also awarded Best Animation Film at the 2021 New York City Film & Television Festival. In 2022, the film was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize.

The film was co-produced by Funimation.

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Episode 1

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ashimori, Shion

Main

Tsuchiya, Tao
Japanese

Amano, Satomi

Main

Fukuhara, Haruka
Japanese

Suzaki, Touma

Main

Endou, Asuka
Japanese

Sugiyama, Kouichirou

Supporting

Hino, Satoshi
Japanese

Satou, Aya

Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Gotou, Sadayuki

Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Nomiyama

Supporting

Hamada, Kenji
Japanese

Saijou

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Kaichou

Supporting

Horiuchi, Kenyuu
Japanese

Amano, Mitsuko

Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

Producer

Iizuka, Toshio

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Matsuo, Kousuke

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Herek, Samantha

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"You've Got Friends (あなたには友達がい)" by Tao Tsuchiya

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Sep 2, 2023

ggultra2764

Recommended

Sing a Bit of Harmony was a film that got sandwiched in with Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- and Belle in 2021 with its focus on AI and technology within a near-future setting. The name Yatsuhiro Yoshiura may ring a bell to some folks as he was the director behind the highly acclaimed 2008 ONA, Time of Eve, with its mundane focus on androids and exploring how life would seem from their perspective as they secretly have gained sentience. Sing a Bit of Harmony dabbles into somewhat similar elements of exploring a near-future setting with technology as a company is testing out a new AI-programmed robot ... named Shion to attempt having her blend in with students at a high school as loner student Satomi, who attends the school, is the daughter of Shion's lead programmer and finds her life getting hectic with Shion attempting to give her "happiness."

This film has a number of the familiar drama beats you may see from other coming-of-age films that include a lonely teenager being an outcast and another character coming along to help liven up their lives and improve their interactions with others, this chemistry focused on with Satomi and Shion. The AI focus comes into play with exploring the bond between humans and technology with Shion's attempts to bond with Satomi and several of her classmates, as her infectious energy and antics clash with the otherwise mundane environment from her human companions who believably react to her outrageous behavior. This does make things feel a bit different from most sci-fi titles that depict AI as being logical and to the point in their interactions with others, as Shion's lively personality and inability to blend in with students due to unintentionally showing off her inhuman abilities does add some additional dimension to her character with her efforts to make others happy. Elements of Shion's character hint to a more closer connection she has to Satomi than expected that the film does explore as things progress with it.

Outside of the focus on the main duo, there is focus on some of the issues affecting several of Satomi's classmates that Shion gets herself involved in as well, notably Satomi's childhood friend and talented engineer Toma. The film has enough time to flesh out and provide some sort of resolution to these issues, though it does get a bit clumsy with handling moments of teenage angst affecting the characters.

Overall in spite of having some typical elements of a coming-of-age drama, Yoshiura's touch on the genre with Sing a Bit of Harmony makes Shion's lively character quite different from typical depictions of AI in media and offers some solid exploration on the idea of humans and technology having positive relationships with one another, even if feeling a little romanticized compared to his earlier work on Time of Eve. I'd at least give it a watch, even if it doesn't completely break any new ground as far as its coming-of-age drama elements go.

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Jul 14, 2023

PY3

Mixed Feelings

To summarize this movie without any spoilers:

You we're excited when you found out a new steak house opened nearby you

You went and was served a really good looking medium rare steak, which was also plated beautifully.

First bites tasted good, you were enjoying your time, the restaurant's atmosphere is amazing, the friendly staff's and beautiful music playing in the background.

Two more pieces of the steak remains and after eating... You spat it out, because of how extremely salty it was.

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Feb 21, 2024

KiwiWasTaken

Not Recommended

This move has a lot of unique and thoughtful ideas, but overall the execution was poor and jumbled. I think it really is just a mouthful of sugar.

The singing is good, but very overplayed and mistimed.

Most of the characters read more as background actors or poorly written stereotypes.

Alot of improbable nonsense that takes you out of the story and leaves you unsatisfied.

I'd say the best part is the two lead human characters and The art, it's animated beautifully, shoutout to J.C. Staff.

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