You know that feeling when you watch a teaser or trailer and you just feel that it’s something special? A Silent Voice just oozes with that in all the right ways.
The official site for the feature film has opened with the new teaser and the reveal that the film will land on September 17th, 2016. It’s based n the manga by Yoshitoki Oima that’s being released in North America by Kodansha Comics. Produced by Kyoto Animation, the film is directed by Naoka Yamada based on the script from Reiko Yoshida with Futoshi Nishiya handling the character designs.
You can read our reviews of the first and second volumes from Kodansha Comics as well.
Plot concept: Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can’t hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes his favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children’s cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
Yoooo I had no idea this was being animated!