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Whisper of the Heart Releases in Japanese Theaters

Whisper of the Heart Releases in Japanese Theaters

Starts 07/15/1995 CONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCETheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

Start: Jul 15, 199592% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net

Whisper of the Heart Releases in Japanese Theaters

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Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart releases in Japanese theaters, a coming-of-age story following bookish schoolgirl Shizuku as she chases a mysterious cat and discovers her own ambitions as a writer.

Studio Ghibli movie (1 hr. 51 min.) adapted from a shoujo manga, aired Jul 15, 1995^[1]
Follows 14-year-old Shizuku Tsukishima, who follows a cat to an antique shop, meets Seiji Amasawa and the cat statuette "The Baron", and resolves to pursue her own goal^[1]
The highest-grossing Japanese film of 1995 and the first Japanese film to use the Dolby Digital sound format^[1]
Scored 8.23 on MyAnimeList by 232,807 users, ranked #417^[1]

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