Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

Original title

星を追う子ども

Directed by

Makoto Shinkai

Genre

drama anime and manga, romance anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 795 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elementary school girl named Asuna finds a mysterious creature and meets a boy from an underground world. She travels with her teacher into a hidden realm beneath the earth to seek answers about life and death.

adventurousmelancholicwondrouscontemplativegentlefantasticalsomberatmospheric

What happens

Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Japanese: 星を追う子ども, Hepburn: Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo; lit. 'Children Who Chase Stars'), also known as Journey to Agartha, is a 2011 Japanese anime fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and produced by CoMix Wave Films. It follows an elementary school girl and her substitute teacher travelling to the depths of the world. The film was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 25, 2011. The film was previously licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and released on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2012. On May 9, 2019 it was announced that Sentai had lost the North American license, causing the releases to go out of print. On March 10, 2022, GKIDS announced that they have licensed Children Who Chase Lost Voices, along with three other works by Shinkai, and the film was re-released on home video in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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