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Kanji | 心が叫びたがってるんだ。 | ||||
Literal meaning | My Heart Wants to Shout | ||||
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Directed by | Tatsuyuki Nagai | ||||
Screenplay by | Mari Okada | ||||
Created by | Super Peace Busters | ||||
Produced by | Shunsuke Saito | ||||
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Narrated by | Koki Uchiyama | ||||
Cinematography | Hiroyuki Moriyama | ||||
Edited by | Shigeru Nishiyama | ||||
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Distributed by | Aniplex | ||||
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Box office | US$8.85 million[2] |
The Anthem of the Heart (Japanese: 心が叫びたがってるんだ。, Hepburn: Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda, lit. 'My Heart Wants to Shout'), abbreviated as Kokosake (ここさけ) and subtitled Beautiful Word Beautiful World, is a 2015 Japanese animated youth drama film produced by A-1 Pictures and released in 2015. The film was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada. Masayoshi Tanaka served as the chief animation director and designed the characters.[3] The trio, under the creative team name of Super Peace Busters, had previously worked on Toradora! and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. The film was released in theaters in Japan on September 19, 2015.[4]