Anime Club: Voices of a Distant Star

Hello everyone! For this week’s anime club we have the fantastically short OVA Voices of a Distant Star.

VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR

CREATED BY: Makoto Shinkai

NO. OF EPISODES: 1 OVA

GENRE: Drama, Mecha, Romance

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: Japan

The story of the high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Terao. When the alien Tarsians attack, Mikako volunteers to be a pilot in the space force that will protect mankind. The lovers try to remain in contact using cellular telephone text messages, but as each battle takes Mikako further from the Earth, each message takes longer to arrive. Will their love stand the tests of time and distance?

I actually stumbled upon Voices of a Distant Star by complete accident. This short OVA, which only lasts about twenty minutes, tells a complete story through and through. I have to give props to Makoto Shinkai, as there are plenty of layers of depth to the story and is told in such a great way in such a short run time.  The animation style is crisp and complete, which is to be expected.

Voices of a Distant Star accomplishes more than most series can’t do in 26 episodes, but it wasn’t perfect. Why if Mikako and Noboru are in the future, why do they have to rely on outdated technology? For the sake of plot obviously.

PROS:

• Characters.
• Relationships.
• Animation style.
• Plot.

CONS:

• Run time.
• Outdated technology.

SCORE: 7.5/10

If you have any suggestions for films/TV/Games/Music/Anime for me to review, drop me a comment!

Remember: Like Media In Review @ https://www.facebook.com/MediaInReview?ref=hl Follow Media in Review @ https://twitter.com/Media_In_Review.

All check out my lengthier video game reviews over at Nerd Bacon Games.