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Voices of a Distant Star Directors: Makoto Shinkai, Steven Foster Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color Running Time: 30 minutes Studio: A.D. Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 69 Average rating: 4.0 "Affecting, but why?" When I picked this movie up from the shelf at blockbuster, I did so without any particular bias for or against this movie. It just sounded interesting, interesting enough to hold my attention for an evening. So. What this basically means is that I have approached this movie from an objective standpoint, and from an objective standpoint, I have this to say: The movie was very moving in the first 9/10's, but... the last tenth just didn't make sense. The abrupt ending interefered with the story somewhat... maybe it was just the translation, but the emotions during the finale just didn't seem appropriate given the circumstances, and the final line was more cryptic than I could stand... "I'm here." So, overall ratings: Video: 1/1 Very nicely done, though the space scenes are a little... well, I'll just say that the focus of the movie is not on combat. Sound: 1/1 The music was soft and pretty... appropriate for this type of movie. Translation/dialogue: 0/1 This must be what threw me off... the words were definitely not thoughtfully selected. Plot: 1/2 out of 1... It was a very moving story, but because of the translation, the plot became harder to understand at the end. Value: 1/2 out of 1... for all of the above reasons, and the fact that the movie is only half an hour long, the movie gets .5/1. The cat thingy was cute, though, but not enough to increase the value rating. "Dramatic and a story of true love!" Voices of a Distant Star is a DVD about love being seperated from far away. Mikako, the main character, must go into battle against aliens in the year 2046. The man she loves Noboru, is still on earth. Years past for Mikako if ever she can reach her love. Their only connection is e-mail from Mikako's cell-phone. Noboru has to wait years for her e-mails to come to him. This DVD is beatifully drawn and has a fantastic story. One DVD extra is She and Her Cat. This is a short story about a women and her life told by her cat. RATED 13UP FOR VERY SAD/DEPRESSINDG SCENES. "A master piece" When i saw the lenght of the movie I thought it wasnt going to be good but i bought it any way... When i saw the movie the only thing i have to say is that it was awsome it gives u a felling hard to explain and melancholic, Voices of a distant star is just a master piece...sorry about the spelling but my english isnt that good "THE BEST SCI-FI MOVIE EVER" (First off, I AM 13, but I don't want people picking up my e-mail.)I first picked this up at blockbuster and when I watched it I was BLOWN AWAY!! The graphics RULED, and the story was so tragic! Mikako and Noboru's doomed love is just soooo sad. *sobs on her computer* I cried SO HARD. I then went back & watched it every day until it went back! Even if you're not an Anime fan, pick this one up!! "???" I picked this up at my local hastings store thinking it was one of those intergalactic war things like Gundam. Now I really can't judge a book (or anime DVD) by its cover. I am sorry for what is coming up in this review, for the people that like this. This is a 30 minute story revolving around to middle school lovers...with an 8 light year gap in between. They only have text messaging to communicate, which it takes 8 flippin' years just to receive a blasted text message, for crying out loud. There you have it folks. That is numero uno of only about three things that make up the plot of this. I am deeply sorry, but i just don't care much for these DEEP, over my head romance things. dub-I'm not even going to start. animation-this is pretty much the main thing that caught my attention. It is great. The icons on the phones almost look real. music-words cannot describe the beautiful background music. Overall rating-3 out of 5. People get crushes all the time in middle school. It isn't like they ever see them again after college, if it is just a little crush. The people in this thing haven't seen each other for 8 years. I believe it is time to GET OVER IT. When Noburo said "I have moved on with my life" I just sat and said "DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!" Plus, this is way to serious of a relationship for two people at just 15 years of age. Though it might be good for the people that are new to anime, it just isn't for me. Sorry.