Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below

2011

1h 56m

Fantasy

Adventure

Anime

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68%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

From Makoto Shinkai, the visionary director of Weathering With You and Your Name. Children who Chase Lost Voices is an epic fantasy adventure in a world of ancient gods. Asuna is an introvert who prefers spending her time listening to a radio left by her deceased father. One day, she hears an odd song that resonates in her heart unlike anything else. It leads to a chance encounter with a mysterious boy, who transports Asuna to Agarthaa land of legend where the dead can be brought back to life. Compelled by the song and the boy, Asuna journeys through the mythical lands, but hostile warriors and ghastly creatures will stop at nothing to prevent Asuna from uncovering the secrets of their world.

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Apr 10, 2012

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

This is an anime that represents all that defines anime in good and maddening ways.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 12, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

An ambitious undertaking.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 12, 2022

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Nathan

A solid work that mirrors Ghibli classics in terms of scope, themes and imagination. At its core, the film carries an important lesson about loss, grief and healing. However, the pacing could be better, making the characters more memorable. Mimi was definitely a favourite though!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Audience Member

Thankfully, the animation is fantastic, saving it from the many unresolved questions and inconsistencies. Many things happen to serve the plot, rather than logic, and in a ghibli-esque world, characters must also abide common sense and reasonable motivations. It tries to conceal the failing by wrapping it up in talks of life and death, of romance and loss, of family and mysticism.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

It's a great movie, liked it a lot. Minus one star for killing off my favorite character, Mimi, halfway through the movie tho- 😭🔫

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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lucca b

An affectionate blend of coming of age and fantasy, with a whimsical style, stunning visuals and a charming story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It was pretty good, I didn't feel extremely attached to all of the characters, and there are some things that definitely could have been done better, but overall, I'd say it was worth watching. It's no Tenki no ko or Kimi no na wa, though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Makoto Shinkai is officially a storyteller who rises in entertainment value and improves. His third feature-length picture may not have his exact distinctive signature but rather as his suggestible book to place in Ghibli's special section from how imaginative he envisioned and kept it balanced without struggling which to focus on if he'd entered convolution when dealing with fantasy reality-manipulating elements. The heart here fully blooms, blossomed by the emotional attachment towards the characters' arcs and how it brings the authorship theme to full circle on dealing with loss by overcoming grief, taking things further by essentially labeling it as a therapeutic journey. (A-)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Makoto Shinkai

Director

Hilary Haag

Asuna

David Matranga

Morisaki

Leraldo Ansaldua

Shin

Corey Hartzog

Shun

Shannon Emerick

Lisa Morisaki

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Synopsis

From Makoto Shinkai, the visionary director of Weathering With You and Your Name. Children who Chase Lost Voices is an epic fantasy adventure in a world of ancient gods. Asuna is an introvert who prefers spending her time listening to a radio left by her deceased father. One day, she hears an odd song that resonates in her heart unlike anything else. It leads to a chance encounter with a mysterious boy, who transports Asuna to Agarthaa land of legend where the dead can be brought back to life. Compelled by the song and the boy, Asuna journeys through the mythical lands, but hostile warriors and ghastly creatures will stop at nothing to prevent Asuna from uncovering the secrets of their world.

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Production Co: Media Factory
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2013
Runtime: 1h 56m

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