A Silent Voice UK Home Video Details Fully Unveiled
Thought In This Corner of the World and Your Name were the only big titles coming out soon? Surprise there’s another one!
Anime Limited have announced the details regarding the upcoming home video release of A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) from studio Kyoto Animation and director Naoko Yamada. While the film has been made available across the United Kingdom on digital services (except for PlayStation Network), the Blu-ray & DVD version will soon be available on 30th October 2017. This will also be the film’s first English release with both the original Japanese audio with English subtitles and the English dub included.
The film received a theatrical release back in February (via festivals) and March 2017 earlier this year, and the distributor even produced a well-done trailer to promote the film:
Shoya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shoko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shoya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other again… until an older, wiser Shoya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shoko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late…?
First of all, let’s talk about the English dub. As you may or may not know already, similar to Your Name last year Anime Limited have collaborated with NYAV Post to produce an English dub for the movie. The dub will be available at the Edinburgh Filmhouse on Tuesday 17th October as part of Scotland Loves Anime 2017 which will also be the World Premiere of the English language version. Today, the cast has been revealed!
Shoya Ishida
Robbie Daymond
Shoya Ishida (in year 6 at school)
Ryan Shanahan
Shoko Nishimiya
Lexi Cowden
Naoka Ueno
Kira Buckland
Naoka Ueno (in year 6 at school)
Gia Grace
Miki Kawai
Amber Lee Connors
Miki Kawai (in year 6 at school)
Annabelle Corigliano
Miyoko Sahara
Melissa Hope
Mikoko Sahara (in year 6 at school)
Catie Harvey
Hirose (in year 6 at school)
Brian Bekerle
Kazuki Shimada
Michael Sinterniklaas
Kazuki Shimada (in year 6 at school)
Spencer Rosen
Yuzuru Nishimiya
Kristen Sullivan
Yaeko Nishimiya
Lipica Shah
Ito Nishimiya
Janis Carol
Miyoko Ishida
Sara Cravens
Nagatsuka
Graham Halstead
Satoshi Mashiba
Max Mittelman
Maria
AnnaBelle Deaner
Additional Voices include Christine Marie Cabanos, Marc Diraison, Amanda Winn Lee, Michael Schneider, Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh, and Michael Sorich.
Anime Limited have also offered a preview of the English dub with this video clip:
Much like any other Anime Limited movie release, there will be three versions available:
- Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack
- Standard Edition Blu-ray
- Standard Edition DVD
The Collector’s Edition will be available for SRP £49.99 and will include the following:
- Rigid Box with digipack for the discs
- 76-page booklet containing the following: An Introduction about A Silent Voice, Character Profiles, Gallery, Storyboards, Articles analysing the film written by Andrew Osmond and Jonathan Clements.
In addition, there will also be an exclusive AllTheAnime Shop Bundle that offers 2 A3 sized posters! The designs are currently in approvals so we won’t know what they will be until closer to release. The posters will be shipped separately in a poster tube from the Blu-ray set in November 2017 due to production time.
The Standard Edition will contain the on-disc content (which is the same across all versions for the UK) and the film, just like Your Name. Speaking of on-disc content, here is what it will contain:
Audio:
- English audio – 5.1 & Stereo
- Japanese audio – 5.1 & Stereo
Subtitles:
- English Dialogue + Song & Signs (for the Japanese audio viewers)
- Song & Signs (for the English audio viewers)
- Subtitles for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (based on the Japanese script)
On-disc Extra Features:
- Music Video: “Koi wo Shita no wa” by AKIO
- Music Video: “Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice)” by Speed of Youth
- Trailer and TV Spots
- UK TV Spot (NOTE: this is a shorter version of our theatrical trailer)
- Real-Life Locations
- Interview with Director Naoko Yamada
- Interview with Character Designer Futoshi Nishiya
- Interview with Art Director Mutsuo Shinohara
- Interview with Music Composer Kensuke Ushio
Note that the regions will be locked to B and 2 only.
Pre-orders for A Silent Voice will commence starting 2nd October 2017 on Shop AllTheAnime. You can pre-order the film elsewhere as well on Amazon UK, Base, HMV, and MVM’s Anime-on-line retail stores.
