English Subtitled Trailer for Koe no Katachi

British anime distribution company All the Anime have released an 90-second English subtitled trailer of the anime film adaptation of Yoshitoki Ooima’s Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) manga series.

The film opened on September 17, 2016, on 120 screens and ranked #2 at box offices in Japan. The film earned 283,000,000 yen (about $2.8 million USD) and sold 200,000 tickets in its first two days.

There will be three versions available of the film’s home release, with early orders now open until April 20 on Kyoto Animation’s online store. The limited edition Blu-ray that will retail at ¥8,640 ($77.00 USD), containing the film and the following goods:

a special box designed by character designer Futoshi Nishiya
a special booklet
behind the scenes footage
a picture of the greeting from the stage event
trailers, promotional videos and commercials
DTS Headphones audio option
audio commentary
Japanese subtitles

The standard Blu-ray release will retail for ¥5,200 ($46.35 USD) and will contain the film, DTS Headphones audio option and audio commentary. The DVD release will retail for ¥3,800 ($33.85 USD).

The main cast of the anime includes:

Miyu Irino (Akito Hyuuga in Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) will star as Shouya Ishida

Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) will be voicing as Shouko Nishimiya

Saori Hayami will also voice young Shouko Nishimiya

Mayu Matsuoka (Debut Anime Role) voices a young Shouya Ishida

Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) as Yuzuru Nishiya

Kensho Ono (Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero) voicing Tomohiro Nagatsu

Yuki Kaneko (Midori Tokiwa in Tamako Market) will voice Naoka Ueno

Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan) voices Miyoko Sahara

Megumi Han (Hunter x Hunter (2011)) is going to voice Miki Kawai

Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mikado Ryuugamine from Durarara!!) voicing the role of Satoshi Mashibasa

The production staff of the Koe no Katachi anime includes:

Director: Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, Tamako Market)
Series Composer: Reiko Yoshida (Bakuman, Non Non Biyori)
Anime Character Designer: Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Hyouka)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Amagi Brilliant Park, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Music: Kensuke Ushio (Ping Pong The Animation, Space Dandy)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Hibike! Euphonium)

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) is a manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ooima. The series began as a one-shot in the February 2011 issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. A full manga series was then produced in August 2013 where it was published weekly in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. The series itself ended on the 12th this month for a total of 61 chapters compiled into 7 volumes, with the last volume releasing on December 17th. Since its publication, the series has sold over 700,000 copies as of May 2014.

Here is a synopsis of the series:

Ishida Shouya bullies a deaf girl, Nishimiya Shouko, to the point that she drops out of school. As a result, he is ostracized and bullied himself with no friends to speak of and no plans for the future.

This is the story of his path to redemption.