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Encyclopedia > I Can Hear the Sea

I Can Hear the Sea, also known (offically) as Ocean Waves, is a Television Movie Anime made by Studio Ghibli. it was directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and was based on the novel 'I can hear the sea' by Saeko Himuroh Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ) is a Japanese animation film studio. ...


The story is set in the city of Kochi, on the Japanese island of Shikoku It concerns a love triangle that develops between good friends and a new girl who transfered from Tokyo. The theme of the story is how the at first arrogant and distant new girl eventually intergrates herself into the class. Kochi is both a city in India and a city/prefecture in Japan. ... Shikoku (四国, four lands, often incorrectly translated as provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan. ...


This Film was an attempt by Studio Ghibili to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. However, it both went over budget and over schedule.


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