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Voices of a Distant Star (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Hoshi no Koe (Japanese)
La Voce delle Stelle (Italian)
La Voix des Etoiles (French)
The voices of a distant star
Голос далекой звезды (Russian)
نداء النجوم (Arabic)
ほしのこえ (Japanese)
星之聲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
별릭 목솔리 (Korean)
Themes: mecha, military, space
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: A female mecha pilot tries to keep in touch with her boyfriend on earth while she is in space using cell phone text messages. The farther away they get from each other, the harder it is for the text messages to get to each other.
User Ratings: 2858 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 734 votes (sub:550, dub:145, ?:7, raw:7, edit.dub:3, others:22
10 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 763 votes (sub:583, dub:136, ?:13, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:27
9 Spanish subtitled
4 Swedish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 597 votes (sub:461, dub:106, raw:4, ?:3, edit.dub:1, Eng:1, others:21
6 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 378 votes (sub:299, dub:58, raw:4, ?:4, edit.dub:1, others:12
4 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 162 votes (sub:129, dub:27, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 97 votes (sub:66, dub:27, ?:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:38, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 36 votes (sub:29, dub:6, raw:1)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:16, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 4214 users, rank: #169 (of 5565)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.197 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.8047, rank: #319 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 8.140 (Very good), rank: #298 (of 5555) (seen all: 8.15 / seen some: 5.60 / won't finish: 5.11)
Bayesian estimate: 8.138 (Very good), rank: #193 (of 4230)
Running time: 25 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage:
2002-02-02
2002-04-19
2007-09-08 (Sweden)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Through The Years And Far Away" by Low
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 8
Comment:
There are two versions of this Anime; The original director's version, where the main characters are voiced by the director and his fiancee, and the Voice Actor's Version, where the main characters are voiced by a professional voice actor and actress.
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Blu-Ray (Region B)
    Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star Twin Pack (Blu-Ray) 2013-10-14
DVD (Region 1)
    Shinkai Collection (DVD) 2005-12-06
    Voices of a Distant Star (DVD) 2003-06-10
DVD (Region 2)
    Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star Twin Pack (DVD) 2013-10-14

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai
Music: Tenmon
Producer: Yoshihiro Hagiwara

Animation: Makoto Shinkai
Sound Producer: Kiyoshi Okabe
Sound Recording: Youji Nishimura
Theme Song Arrangement: Tenmon
Theme Song Composition: Tenmon
Theme Song Lyrics: K. Juno
Theme Song Performance: Low
Voice Direction: Toshiki Kameyama
Chihiro Suzuki as Noboru Terao
Makoto Shinkai as Noboru Terao (Original Version)
Mika Shinohara as Mikako Nagamine (Original Version)
Sumi Mutoh as Mikako Nagamine

Donna Burke as Operator of the Lysithea
Japanese companies
Production: CoMix Wave Inc.
Sound Effects: Pastral Sound
English staff
English cast
Director: Steven Foster
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott
Editing: Joey Goubeaud
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Christopher Williams
Marta Bechtol
Recording engineer: Stanley Thomas
Sound Design: Wade Shemwell
Subtitle Script & Timing: Neal Barnes
Adam Conlon as Noboru Terao
Cynthia Martinez as Mikako Nagamine

Donna Burke as Lysithea Operator
English companies
ADR Recording: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Anime Limited (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: ADV Films
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Hwa Yang as Mikako Nagamine
Ji-Hye Kim as Mikako Nagamine (KBS dub)
Seung-Jun Kim as Noboru Terao (KBS dub)
Yeong-Seon Kim as Noboru Terao
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Maurice Latino

Adaptation: Anne Estève
Mixing: Benoît Lefebvre
Recording: Anthony Lecamus
Gérard Malabat as Noboru
Isabelle Volpe as Mikako
French companies
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing: Soundfactor
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Executive producer: Federico Colpi
Daniele Raffaeli as Noboru Terao
Valentina Mari as Mikako Nagamine
Italian companies
Distributor: d/visual
Dubbing: E.T.S. European Television Service
German staff
German cast
(none)
Jan Makino as Noboru Terao
Marie Bierstedt as Mikako Nagamine
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: VSI Synchron GmbH
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: XL Media
Dubbing: XL Media
Translation: XL Media
Russian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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