An exclusive new Collector's Edition featuring a premium slipcase, digipack and set of art cards with new artwork.
From the legendary and highly celebrated Studio Ghibli (SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO) comes WHISPER OF THE HEART, directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s protégé Yoshifumi Kondo. It remains a classic of Japanese animation.
Teenage Shizuku has a passion for books and plans to spend her last summer holiday in junior high school reading in the library and translating popular foreign music into Japanese. But her plans are disrupted when she discovers that the same name, Seiji Amasawa, appears on each of the books she borrows. One day while riding the train, she encounters a mysterious cat who will eventually lead her to the shop where Seiji works as a trainee violin-maker. Shizuku learns that Seiji dreams of one day taking up his craft in Italy, while he encourages her to write.
Although their dreams may eventually lead them to very different places, Shizuku and Seiji vow to be true to the strong bond between them. A masterpiece about the awakening of creative talent, the English language voice cast features Brittany Snow, Jean Smart and Cary Elwes.
“An ode to hope & happiness heightened by beautiful artwork” ★★★★★ EMPIRE
Extras:
• Background Artwork from ‘The Baron’s Story’
• Alternate Angle Storyboards
• Studio Ghibli Trailer Reel
• 4 Masterpieces of Naohisa Inoue
• TV Spots
• Trailers