Produced by the famous Kyoto Animation, A Silent Voice has mesmerizing visuals and flawless character designs, which were created by Futoshi Nishiya. His character development throughout the movie, in my opinion, thickens the plot and story more than the ones I have witnessed in various anime series. Now, I have to say, I really disliked this character in the beginning because of his actions towards her, but…he redeems himself after doing some kind things for Shouko during the halfway point of the movie. After this, Shoya’s back story takes place, showing what he does to Shouko. Then, the film reveals his struggle trying to cope with his lonely school life. When the viewers first meet him, he’s about to jump off of a bridge, ready to end his life. In addition, the viewers will also get to see successful, realistic character development for the main protagonist, Shoya. See, it’s such a simple plot movie, yet if one pays attention, he will find some deep, hidden messages throughout the film. As he struggles to become friends with Shouko, he also tries to reach out to his older friends and rekindle their friendships after they left him in a ditch. In this movie, the audience follows former school bully Shoya Ishida who set out to make amends with Shouko Nishimiya, a deaf girl he bullied in elementary school. Now, I will most definitely start viewing more of them while summer vacation lasts, and it’s all thanks to A Silent Voice. It can be comical at some points, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and this movie can even be named “inspirational” because of the messages it sends to the audience. For a while, I’ve been wanting to view the animated movie A Silent Voice, just to see if it was well put together like a lot of anime fans in the community have been saying…and it definitely is! This was the first anime movie I watched in a long, long time (no, the Naruto movies don’t really count…do they…?), and I’m glad I watched this one.

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