GKids and All The Anime this week fully re-release Kiki’s Delivery Service after last week’s IMAX release. The next Studio Ghibli has already been planned Whisper Of The Heart for a IMAX release and tonight we get a look at the release’s UK Trailer.

GKids are now the legendary Studio Ghibli’s UK home and they are fast movers to share the magic of these timeless classics. Whisper Of The Heart night not be a Hayao Miyazaki release, it’s directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. Sadly this film ended up being his only film for the studio as he died aged 47, a few years after the film’s release.

Whisper Of The Heart does feel tonally a little different from Ghibli’s other films. It still deserves to be of the same pedestal,  mixing light fantasy with growing up. We follow a 14 year Tokyo girl  who wants to be a big writer,  who falls for a boy who rents the same books from the library.

This film is massively underseen and deserves to be seen by all anime fans.

Related Post: Kiki’s Delivery Service Review (4K vIMAX Re-release)

Synopsis | A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a girl with her head in the clouds, on a quest for her true talent. Together with Seiji, a boy determined to follow his dreams, and enchanted by The Baron, an antique cat figurine who guides her to listen to the whispers of her heart, Shizuku embarks on a life-changing adventure that takes her beyond the boundaries of her imagination. Based on a screenplay and storyboards from Hayao Miyazaki, WHISPER OF THE HEART is a precious gem in the Studio Ghibli catalog, directed by veteran animator Yoshifumi Kondo.

Whisper Of The Heart will be in UK and Irish cinemas 4K Remastered and IMAX from 16th September.

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