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    Ocean Waves - Wikipedia

    • Ocean Waves, known in Japan as I Can Hear the Sea (Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime coming-of-age romantic drama television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Keiko Niwa (credited as Kaoru Nakamura) based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Animated by Studio Ghibli for T… See more

    Release dateJuly 13, 1994 (USA)
    Content ratingPG-13
    GenreAnimation · Drama · Romance
    Directed byTomomi Mochizuki
    Plot

    In Kōchi, Taku Morisaki receives a call from his friend, Yutaka Matsuno, asking to meet at their high school. He finds Yutaka with an attractive female transfer student, Rikako Muto, whom Yutaka was asked to show aroun… See more

    Production

    The film is based on Himuro's novel which was first serialized, with illustrations by Katsuya Kondō, from the February 1990 to January 1992 issues of Animage magazine. The monthly installments were collected in a hardcover … See more

    Reception

    The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On another aggregator Metacritic, it has a score of 73 … See more

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    Ocean Waves (TV Movie 1993) - IMDb

    Jul 13, 1994 · Ocean Waves: Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. With Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano. As a young man returns home …

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    • Roger Ebert
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      Ocean Waves movie review & film summary (2016)

      Dec 28, 2016 · A young man recalls his school days and his crush on a new girl in this animated film by Studio Ghibli. The film explores memory, love, and friendship with a subtle and graceful style, but lacks the depth of some of …

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      Ocean Waves - Ghibli Wiki | Fandom

      Ocean Waves is a 1993 anime film by Studio Ghibli, adapted from a novel by Saeko Himuro. It tells a story of a love triangle between two friends and a new …

      • Art Director: Naoya Tanaka
      • Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
      • Character Design, Animation Director: Katsuya Kondō
      • Screenplay: Keiko Niwa
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      Ocean Waves - Japanese Anime Wiki

      Ocean Waves (海がきこえる, Umi ga Kikoeru, lit. "I Can Hear the Sea") is an anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the …

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      Ocean Waves: The queer film Studio Ghibli didn’t …

      Jul 16, 2020 · As the first film not directed by the studio’s founders, Ocean Waves eschewed the whimsy that was starting to define Ghibli for a more grounded slice of life character drama. As the most modest and least …

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      Ocean Waves streaming: where to watch movie …

      Currently you are able to watch "Ocean Waves" streaming on Max, Max Amazon Channel. It is also possible to buy "Ocean Waves" on Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home as download or rent it on Amazon Video, …

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      Ocean Waves - GKIDS Films

      Rarely seen outside of Japan, Ocean Waves is a subtle, poignant and wonderfully detailed story of adolescence and teenage isolation. Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to …

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