The Anthem of the Heart

The Anthem of the Heart
Promotional poster, featuring Jun Naruse
Japanese name
Kanji心が叫びたがってるんだ。
Literal meaningMy Heart Wants to Shout
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda
Directed byTatsuyuki Nagai
Screenplay byMari Okada
Created bySuper Peace Busters
Produced byShunsuke Saito
Starring
Narrated byKoki Uchiyama
CinematographyHiroyuki Moriyama
Edited byShigeru Nishiyama
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byAniplex
Release date
  • September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19) (Japan)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$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]

  1. ^ 心が叫びたがってるんだ。 [The Anthem of the Heart]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "The Anthem of the Heart". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "心が叫びたがってるんだ。(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Loo, Egan (March 20, 2015). "Anohana Team Reveals Anthem of the Heart's Teaser Video, Characters". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2015.