Feb 02, 2002
25 min
Full-HD

Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.

Category

Animation Science Fiction Romance

Country

Japan

Companies

CoMix Wave Films

Makoto Shinkai

Noboru Terao (voice)

Mika Shinohara

Mikako Nagamine (voice)

Donna Burke

Operator of the Lysithea (voice)

Chihiro Suzuki

Sumi Mutoh

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