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Umi ga Kikoeru

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English: The Ocean Waves
Synonyms: I Can Hear the Sea
Japanese: 海がきこえる

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Type: Special
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 5, 1993
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: GKIDS
Source: Novel
Duration: 1 hr. 12 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.861 (scored by 19,897 users)
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Ranked: #42002
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1944
Members: 40,586
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Ocean Waves is a high school love story set in Kochi, Japan. Morisaki Taku and Matsuno Yutaka are best friends when a girl from Tokyo named Muto Rikako transfers to their school. Excluding herself from group activities, she's eventually labeled a snob. Matsuno has a crush on Rikako, so it's no surprise that he gets a little jealous when Morisaki and Rikako start spending more time together. The rumors around school get worse, but Morisaki still insists there is nothing between him and Rikako.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Morisaki, Taku
Morisaki, Taku
Main
Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese
Tobita, Nobuo
Muto, Rikako
Muto, Rikako
Main
Sakamoto, Youko
Japanese
Sakamoto, Youko
Matsuno, Yutaka
Matsuno, Yutaka
Main
Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese
Seki, Toshihiko
Shimizu, Akiko
Shimizu, Akiko
Supporting
Amano, Yuri
Japanese
Amano, Yuri
Kohama, Yumi
Kohama, Yumi
Supporting
Araki, Kae
Japanese
Araki, Kae

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Mochizuki, Tomomi
Mochizuki, Tomomi
Director, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition
Urakami, Yasuo
Urakami, Yasuo
Sound Director
Niwa, Keiko
Niwa, Keiko
Script
Sakamoto, Youko
Sakamoto, Youko
Theme Song Performance


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"Umi ni Naretara (海になれたら; If I can be an Ocean)" by Youko Sakamoto




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Feb 21, 2009
1 of 1 episodes seen
Strife91 (All reviews)
105 people found this review helpful
This is one of the most underrated ghibli movies. It's certainly quite different from the other ghibli movies. It doesn't contain any fantasy and Hayao Miyazaki isn't involved in the production anyhow. It's just a slice of life/drama/romance story, a hell of a good one too. Ocean Waves may be one of the most natural animes I've seen. It doesn't throw in a load of super tragic drama or anything of that kind. It only tells the story of a group of teenagers as they walk the path to adulthood.

The story is takes place in Kochi, Japan, a small town by the sea. Morisaku Taku read more
Aug 5, 2009
1 of 1 episodes seen
Kurremkarmerruk (All reviews)
66 people found this review helpful
Ocean Waves is not trying to be anything more than it is, and what it is, is absolutely fine. The story moves very smoothly and the perspective of our young protagonist Taku is set lucid immediately, showing classic hero potential in challenging his school on a decision he finds unfair. He is rational, hard working and emotionally moral. He takes a sight of Rikako, a fiery, athletic beauty and childishly does not realise that he is mad about her, fine, however:-

As a strong upholder of ROMANCE, Ocean Waves is not critical enough in delivering the heart wrenching moments which it clearly builds up for, as read more
Feb 2, 2012
1 of 1 episodes seen
T2Darlantan (All reviews)
46 people found this review helpful
This movie is a piece of crap. This is coming from a fan of Studio Ghibli movies and the slice of life/drama genre.

It's about this girl who nobody likes, and for good reason. She moves to Kochi, in the country and makes fun of the peoples' accent there, so already she's kind of a racist to begin with. Then she mooches this guy's money just to take a trip back to Tokyo where she's from. Snobby bitch. So the guy that loaned her the money does her a favor and escorts her there and she barges into his hotel room, gets drunk as fuck read more
Nov 17, 2009
1 of 1 episodes seen
AironicallyHuman (All reviews)
32 people found this review helpful
Waves in the ocean. Ripples in water. Occurrences that don't impact on the world as a whole.

Ocean Waves is a story of similar impact; impacting only on three characters locked inside their own small little world. It's a story covering the journey towards adulthood of three high schoolers, where the friendship of two is damaged by the one thing besides hate that can destroy bonds - love.

Often over-looked because the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the director of many highly regarded Ghibli titles, had no role in the completion of the film, it's by far the most under-watched and under-rated of read more

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