“The Garden of Graceful Words ” ( Jap. 言 の 葉 の 庭 Kotonoha no Niva ) is a full - length dramatic animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai ’s own original script and shot by CoMix Wave Films . The film premiered on April 28, 2013 at the Gold Coast Film Festival In Australia . The film was released in Japan on May 31, 2013. In honor of this event on the channel Nippon Television during the broadcast of the previous work of Sinkaya - “ Behind the Clouds ” - a five-minute trailer of the new film was shown [1] [2] .
| Garden of graceful words | |||
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 Cover of the Russian edition of the film | |||
| の 葉 の 庭 (kotonoha no niva) The Garden of Words | |||
| Genre / Subject | romantic drama | ||
| Animated film | |||
| Producer | Makoto Shinkai | ||
| Screenwriter | Makoto Shinkai | ||
| Producer | Noritaka Kawaguchi | ||
| Composer | Daisuke Kashiwa | ||
| Studio | CoMix Wave Films | ||
| Licensee |  Reanimedia | ||
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| Premiere | May 31, 2013 | ||
| Duration | 46 minutes | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Makoto Shinkai | ||
| Illustrator | Motohashi Midori | ||
| Publisher |  Kodansha | ||
| In Russian | Eastari comics | ||
| Published in | Afternoon | ||
| Lecture hall | seinen | ||
| Published | year 2013 | ||
| Toms | one | ||
| Novel | |||
| Author | Makoto Shinkai | ||
| Publisher | Kadokawa shoten | ||
| Publication | August 2013 - April 2014 | ||
| Toms | one | ||
Content
Story
Takao is a 15-year-old schoolboy who dreams of becoming a shoe designer in the future. On rainy days, he misses school and instead draws sketches of shoes in a Japanese-style garden. Once, skipping school, Takao meets in the garden a mysterious woman named Yukino, who looks older than him. After this meeting, Yukino and Takao met more than once in the garden and talked on light topics, but only on rainy days. Soon they become a little closer to each other than just friends, but the rainy season ends ...
Creation
The backgrounds used in the film are mainly based on photographs taken at Shinjuku Gyoen Park [3] .
Release
On August 28, 2013, Reanimedia announced the purchase of a license to release a film in Russia. On anime discs in Russia was released September 16, 2014.
Manga and Romance
Music
The music for the anime was written by the talented composer Daisuke Kashiwa , who combines neo-classical and ambient in his music. . Daisuke Kashiwa replaced the composer Tammon in this project.
The songs in the project are performed by Noriyuki Makihara and Motohiro Hata.
Soundtrack:
- A Rainy Morning ~ Main Title ~
- Greenery rain
- Rain of Recollection
- While Hearing Sound Of Rain
- A silent summer
- The Afternoon Of Rainy Day
- A Rainy Morning ~ Epilogue ~
Criticism
Awards
Notes
- Cm 5cm / s Director Announces Garden Of Kotonoha (December 23, 2012). Archived February 16, 2013. The appeal date is January 23, 2013.
- Oto Makoto Shinkai's The Garden of Words Trailer Posted With Subtitles . Anime News Network (February 20, 2013). The appeal date is February 21, 2013.
- 『言 の 葉 の 庭』 』 K K (Kotonoha no Niwa no Roke)
- ↑ Official announcement of the licensing of the film “Garden of graceful words” (Kotonoha no Niwa) . The appeal date is October 10, 2013.
Links
- Official
- Anime official website (jap.)
- The official manga page (inaccessible link) (j.) On the website of Kodan publishing house
- In databases
- The Garden of Fine Words manga in the Anime News Network site encyclopedia
- Anime "Garden of graceful words" (English) in the Internet Movie Database
- Anime "Garden of graceful words" (English) in the encyclopedia site Anime News Network
- Anime "Garden of graceful words" (English) in the database AniDB