Pages from the July 1990 issue with illustrations by Katsuya Kondō. I Can Hear the Sea serialized on Animage magazine. The novels were fairly popular among the youth at the time, thanks to how it depicted a feeling of nostalgia in its story. Katsuya Kondō, character designer and animation director of Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), provided character illustrations based Himuro's notes, and Himuro himself was inspired by Kondō's illustrations. The film is based on a novel by Saeko Himuro, which was serialized 23 times in Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine from February 1990 to January 1992 and later published as a book. The original novel was followed by a sequel, I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is An Eye (海がきこえるII〜アイがあるから〜, Umi ga Kikoeru II Ai ga Arukara) written by Saeko Himuro and published by Tokuma Shoten on April 1, 1995. In December 2016, GKIDS remastered the film for a limited theatrical release, with a home video release in Spring 2017. It won the Encouragement Award at the 31st (1993) Galaxy Award (Japan). However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule.

It was produced as part of the Japan Arts Council Grant Program and was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply following the release of Porco Rosso. Set in Tosa and Kōchi (city) in Shikoku, it concerns a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo. It is based on the same-named novel by Saeko Himuro. After being broadcast on NTV, it was aired on several NTV affiliates. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network and premiered as part of the network's 40th anniversary on May 5, 1993. 'I Can Hear the Sea') is an anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura.

72 minutes Ocean Waves ( 海がきこえる, Umi ga Kikoeru, lit.

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