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This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
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Hidomi Hibajiri is a young girl who never takes off her headphones. Her whole life consists of going to school, helping out at her mother's cafe, and listening to music. With nothing else to break the crippling monotony, she keeps her headphones on at all times. That is, until she is run over by a mysterious guitar-wielding woman.
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Hidomi Hibajiri is a young girl who never takes off her headphones. Her whole life consists of going to school, helping out at her mother's cafe, and listening to music. With nothing else to break the crippling monotony, she keeps her headphones on at all times. That is, until she is run over by a mysterious guitar-wielding woman.
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Genre:Action, Comedy, Animation
Directed By:Kazuto Arai, Yoshihide Ibata, Hiroshi Ikehata, Toshihisa Kaiya, Yuki Ogawa, Kei Suezawa, Yusuke Sunouchi, Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written By:Hideto Iwai
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Runtime:132 minutes
Studio:Production I.G, Signal.MD, TOHO, Williams Street, Adult Swim, Production I.G
Cast
Kazuto Arai, Yoshihide Ibata, Hiroshi Ikehata, Toshihisa Kaiya, Yuki Ogawa, Kei Suezawa, Yusuke Sunouchi, Katsuyuki Motohiro
Director
Inori Minase
Hidomi Hibajiri (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Aiko (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Haruko (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Julia Jinyu (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Tami Hanae (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Kou Ide (voice)
Takayuki Sugo
Eyepatch (voice)
Masatomo Nakazawa
Marco Nogata (voice)
Koji Ohkura
Masurao (voice)
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