Ocean Waves DVD 1993 A Tenger zúgása / 海がきこえる / Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki / Written by Saeko Himuro / Japanese anime film / AKA I can hear the Sea

UPC  5998133153937

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN THE EU

AUDIO: JAPANESE 2.0, HUNGARIAN 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 70 MINUTES

English Summary:

Ocean Waves, also known as I Can Hear the Sea (Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network. Ocean Waves first aired on May 5, 1993 on Nippon TV.

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite. Later, as his flight to Kōchi Prefecture takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life. The story is told in flashback.

In Kōchi, two years prior, Taku receives a call from his friend, Yutaka Matsuno, asking to meet at their high school. He finds Yutaka at a window, watching an attractive female transfer student whom Yutaka was asked to show around. The boys discuss their upcoming school trip to Hawaii. At the school gates, Taku is introduced to the new girl, Rikako Muto. She thanks Yutaka for providing directions to a bookstore. Taku teases Yutaka about his infatuation.

Japanese Summary:

氷室冴子による小説で、徳間書店のアニメ雑誌『月刊アニメージュ』に23回（1990年2月号 - 1992年1月号^{[注 1]}）に渡って連載され、のちに単行本として出版された^[2][3]。土佐・高知を舞台に、地元の男子高校生と東京から転校してきた女子高生がたどる青春の軌跡を描き、スタジオジブリの映画「魔女の宅急便」のキャラクターデザイナー・作画監督であった近藤勝也^{[注 2]}が挿絵を担当したことも話題となって若い世代を中心にじわじわと人気を集めた^[3][4]。雑誌連載で用いられた挿絵は氷室の構想メモをもとに近藤勝也が描いたもので、氷室自身も近藤の挿絵に触発された。そのため、懐かしさやノスタルジーを感じさせる独特の雰囲気のある作品ができたのだという^[5]。

アニメ誌に連載されたきっかけは、当時の『アニメージュ』編集部が「アニメ絡みでない、メジャーな作家さんの作品を載せたい」と考えたことだった。徳間書店の編集者だった三ツ木早苗は、当代の人気作家だった氷室冴子に本を書かせてその原作を元にジブリで映像化することを目論んだ。当時の氷室は集英社のお抱え作家で少女向け文庫レーベル・コバルト文庫の第一人者だったため、そこに食い込むのは至難の業だったが、三ツ木はジブリを餌にそれを実現した^[3]。ジブリの『魔女の宅急便』の試写会の際に「この映画と同じようなエンディングの作品を書きたい」と氷室が感想を述べた時に、連載はほぼ決定づけられた^[5]。

Hungarian Summary:

A középiskolás diáktalálkozóra tartva az immár fiatalemberré érett Morisaki ismerős arcot pillant meg a vonatállomáson: mintha egykori szerelmét látta volna. Mit hozhat most, annyi év után a nagy találkozás?

Main characters

Taku Morisaki (杜崎 拓, Morisaki Taku)

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

Main protagonist. Taku, needing money for the school's trip to Hawaii, took his restaurant busboy job to offset the expense, at the cost of falling grades and his teachers' disapproval. Principled and trusting, Taku often gets himself into trouble.

Yutaka Matsuno (松野 豊, Matsuno Yutaka)

Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki

Taku's friend and rival for Rikako's affections. Yutaka is a standout student and a class leader. Yutaka and Taku became friends when they jointly campaigned against the cancellation of their junior high school trip due to the school's low test scores.

Rikako Muto (武藤 里伽子, Muto Rikako)

Voiced by: Yōko Sakamoto

Taku and Yutaka's love interest. From Tokyo, Rikako now lives alone in Kochi after her parents’ divorce, and resents the town. Though sensitive and intelligent, she can be antisocial, and it becomes clear that her family life is troubled.

Supporting characters

Yumi Kohama (小浜 裕実, Kohama Yumi)

Voiced by: Kae Araki

Rikako's closest friend in Kōchi.

Akiko Shimizu (清水 明子, Shimizu Akiko)

Voiced by: Yuri Amano

Female student-body president.

Okada (岡田)

Voiced by: Jun'ichi Kanemaru

Rikako's ex-boyfriend. While in Tokyo, Rikako heads to a restaurant in the hotel to meet with Okada. Over the course of the meal she discovers that he is not the type of person she once thought he was. He has also started dating Rikako's best friend. During the meal, Rikako telephones Taku to ask him to rescue her from the situation. When Taku met him, he thought Okada was really handsome.

Tadashi Yamao (山尾 直, Yamao Tadashi)

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Taku's large friend, who has a crush on Yumi. He confesses this love to everyone at the class reunion prior to Yumi's arrival, before collapsing into unconsciousness due to excess alcohol consumption.

Taku's Mother

Voiced by: Ai Satō

Rikako's Father

Voiced by: Kinryū Arimoto

Principal

Voiced by: Takeshi Watabe (He also acted as a Kōchi dialect instructor for cast)