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Voices of a Distant Star (OAV)

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©Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave Films 

 
Alternative title:
Głosy z odległej gwiazdy (Polish) 
Hoshi no Koe (Japanese) 
La Voce delle Stelle (Italian) 
The voices of a distant star 
Voces de una estrella distante (Spanish) 
Vozes de uma Estrela Distante (Portuguese) 
Голос далекой звезды (Russian) 
نداء النجوم (Arabic) 
ほしのこえ (Japanese) 
星之聲 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
별의 목소리 (Korean) 
Genres: action , drama , romance , science fiction 
Themes: mecha , military , space 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: A female mecha pilot tries to keep in touch with her boyfriend on earth while she is in space using cell phone text messages. The farther away they get from each other, the harder it is for the text messages to get to each other. 
User Ratings: 3120 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 757 votes (sub:568, dub:149, ?:7, raw:7, edit.dub:3, others:23
10 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 811 votes (sub:620, dub:144, ?:13, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:30
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
4 Swedish subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 659 votes (sub:512, dub:115, raw:4, ?:3, edit.dub:1, Eng:1, others:23
8 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 427 votes (sub:333, dub:70, ?:5, raw:5, edit.dub:1, others:13
4 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 199 votes (sub:158, dub:33, ?:1, raw:1, others:6
2 Italian dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 So-so: 122 votes (sub:89, dub:28, ?:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Not really good: 51 votes (sub:43, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 42 votes (sub:34, dub:7, raw:1)
 Bad: 24 votes (sub:19, dub:3, others:2
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 4594 users, rank: #182 (of 9903)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.117 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.831, rank: #467 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 8.050 (Very good), rank: #500 (of 10050) (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 5.58 / won't finish: 5.11)
Bayesian estimate: 8.048 (Very good), rank: #339 (of 7615)
Running time: 25 minutes 
Number of episodes: 1 
Vintage:
2002-02-02 
2002-04-19 
2007-09-08 (Sweden) 
2016-11-08 (Poland, DVD release) 
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Through The Years And Far Away" by Low 
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 8
Comment:
There are two versions of this Anime; The original director's version, where the main characters are voiced by the director and his fiancee, and the Voice Actor's Version, where the main characters are voiced by a professional voice actor and actress. 
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Voices of a Distant Star DVD (Jul 4, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Shinkai Collection - Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star (DVD) 2005-12-06 (from $38.67)
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DVD (Region 2)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star Twin Pack (DVD) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Makoto Shinkai 
Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai 
Music: Tenmon 
Producer: Yoshihiro Hagiwara 

Animation: Makoto Shinkai 
Sound Producer: Kiyoshi Okabe 
Sound Recording: Youji Nishimura 
Theme Song Arrangement: Tenmon 
Theme Song Composition: Tenmon 
Theme Song Lyrics: K. Juno 
Theme Song Performance: Low 
Voice Direction: Toshiki Kameyama 
Chihiro Suzuki as Noboru Terao 
Makoto Shinkai as Noboru Terao (Original Version) 
Mika Shinohara as Mikako Nagamine (Original Version) 
Sumi Mutoh as Mikako Nagamine 

Donna Burke as Operator of the Lysithea 
Japanese companies
Production: CoMix Wave Films 
Sound Effects: Pastral Sound 
English cast
English staff
Director: Steven Foster 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Mark Williams 

Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Anime Limited UK release) 
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley 
David Del Rio 
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams 
DVD Graphics: Fumiko Chino 
DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott 
Editing: Joey Goubeaud 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Packaging Design: Fumiko Chino 
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas 
Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik 
Christopher Williams 
Marta Bechtol 
Recording engineer: Stanley Thomas 
Sound Design: Wade Shemwell 
Subtitle Script & Timing: Neal Barnes 
Adam Conlon as Noboru Terao 
Cynthia Martinez as Mikako Nagamine 

Donna Burke as Lysithea Operator 
English companies
ADR Recording: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors 
Broadcaster:
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 
CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago) 
MHTV (Marshall Islands) 
The Anime Network 
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Sedona (Import) 
Shout! Factory (US & Canada; 2022) 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll 
Licensed by:
ADV Films  (Expired) 
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland) 
GKIDS (2022) 
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios 
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Hwa Yang as Mikako Nagamine 
Ji Hee Kim as Mikako Nagamine (KBS dub) 
Seung-Jun Kim as Noboru Terao (KBS dub) 
Yeong-Seon Kim as Noboru Terao 
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Maurice Latino 

Adaptation: Anne Estève 
Mixing: Benoît Lefebvre 
Recording: Anthony Lecamus 
Gérard Malabat as Noboru 
Isabelle Volpe as Mikako 
French companies
Dubbing: Soundfactor 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Canal UCR (Costa Rica) 
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain) 
The Japan Foundation (Latin America) 
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta 
Executive producer: Federico Colpi 
Massimo Di Benedetto as Noboru Terao (ed. 2010) 
Sabrina Bonfitto as Mikako Nagamine (ed. 2010) 

Daniele Raffaeli as Noboru Terao 
Liliana Sorrentino as Segreteria telefonica 
Valentina Mari as Mikako Nagamine 
Italian companies
Distributor:
ADC group (ed. 2010) 
d/visual 
Dubbing:
E.T.S. European Television Service 
KAZÉ (ed. 2010) 
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Kazé Germany 
Dubbing: VSI Berlin 
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand 
German cast
Jan Makino as Noboru Terao 
Marie Bierstedt as Mikako Nagamine 
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Qatar Today TV 
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: XL Media 
Dubbing: XL Media 
Translation: XL Media 
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dubbing Director: Dariusz Kosmowski 

Dialogues: Dariusz Kosmowski 
Mixing: Kamil Pozorski 
Montage: Dariusz Kosmowski 
Production manager: Dariusz Kosmowski 
Sound: Hubert Chłopicki 
Dariusz Kosmowski as Noboru Terao 
Patrycja Chrzanowska as Mikako Nagamine 
Polish companies
Distributor: Anime Eden 
Dubbing: Studio PDK 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
E-Paraná (Brazil) 
TV Zimbo (Angola) 
TVM (Mozambique) 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation 
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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