Ocean Waves (1994)
Ocean Waves (1994)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Youko Sakamoto
Rikako Mutou (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Nobuo Tobita
Taku Morisaki
Toshihiko Seki
Yutaka Matsuno
Yuri Amano
Akiko Shimizu
Kae Araki
Yumi Kohama
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Okada
Ai Satou
Taku's mother
Aya Hisakawa
Girl
Tomokazu Seki
Minarai
Hikaru Midorikawa
Tadashi Yamao
Sumi Shimamoto
Rikako's Father's Lover (voice)
Tomomi Mochizuki
Director
Reiko Suzuki
Mrs. Okami (voice)
Kinryuu Arimoto
Rikako's Father (voice)
Saeko Himuro
Writer
Takeshi Watabe
Principle (voice)
Keiko Niwa
Writer
Ako Mayama
Additional Voices (voice)
Seiji Okuda
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Nozomu Takahashi
Producer
Shigeru Nagata
Composer
Katsuya Kondo
Character Designer / Animation Director
Atsushi Okui
Cinematographer
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Naoya Tanaka
Art Direction
Toru Horikoshi
Producer
Shinichiro Maeda
Producer
Michio Yokoo
Producer
Masaaki Endou
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Hideaki Yoshio
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1994
Original Name海がきこえる
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
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 Kaori Nakamura) based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network, Ocean Waves first aired on May 5, 1993, on Nippon TV. The film is set in the city of Kōchi, and follows a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo.
Ocean Waves was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule. In 1995, a sequel to the novel, I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love, was published. In the same year, a TV drama was produced mainly based on this work starring Shinji Takeda and Hitomi Satō.