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Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves, known in Japan as I Can Hear the Sea, is a 1993 Japanese anime coming-of-age romantic drama television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Keiko Niwa (credited as Kaoru Nakamura) based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network, Ocean…

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Genre
Romantic drama · Coming-of-age
Directed by
Tomomi Mochizuki · Masahiro Nakano
Illustrated by
Katsuya Kondō
Licensed by
AUS: Madman Entertainment · NA: GKIDS · UK: StudioCanal UK
Magazine
Animage
Music by
Shigeru Nagata · Toru Hasebe

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Edges40
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Avg. degree1.95
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related to Production · 20
Ocean Waves → Animage, Both, February, Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Himuro's, Isao Takahata, January, Katsuya Kondō, Kondō, Madhouse Studios, Mochizuki, Oh, Production, Staff, Studio Ghibli, The, Their, This, Tomomi Mochizuki
related to Japan · 19
Ocean Waves → Animage Video, April, August, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, BVHE Japan, December, Disney, Disney-Tokuma, DVD, Following, Ghibli, Ippai Director's Collection, Japan, July, June, Laserdisc, Originally, Tokuma Shoten, VHS
related to United States · 13
Ocean Waves → Canada, December, Disney, Ghibli, GKIDS, In, It, January, March, North American, The, United States, US
related to Internationally · 9
Ocean Waves → European, In, It, January, Optimum, Ponyo, Studio Ghibli Collection, UK, Wild Bunch
related to External links · 8
Ocean Waves → Anime News Network's, Box Office MojoOcean Waves, GKIDSOcean Waves, IMDbOcean Waves, MetacriticOcean Waves, Nausicaa, Rotten TomatoesOcean Waves, Waves
Licensed by · 3
Ocean Waves → AUS: Madman Entertainment, NA: GKIDS, UK: StudioCanal UK
Written by · 3
Ocean Waves → Keiko Niwa (as Kaoru Nakamura), Saeko Himuro, Yoshikazu Okada
Directed by · 2
Ocean Waves → Masahiro Nakano, Tomomi Mochizuki
Genre · 2
Ocean Waves → Coming-of-age, Romantic drama
Music by · 2
Ocean Waves → Shigeru Nagata, Toru Hasebe

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Ocean WavesDirected byTomomi Mochizuki1.00infobox
Ocean WavesDirected byMasahiro Nakano1.00infobox
Ocean WavesGenreRomantic drama1.00infobox
Ocean WavesGenreComing-of-age1.00infobox
Ocean WavesIllustrated byKatsuya Kondō1.00infobox
Ocean WavesLicensed byAUS: Madman Entertainment1.00infobox
Ocean WavesLicensed byNA: GKIDS1.00infobox
Ocean WavesLicensed byUK: StudioCanal UK1.00infobox
Ocean WavesMagazineAnimage1.00infobox
Ocean WavesMusic byShigeru Nagata1.00infobox
Ocean WavesMusic byToru Hasebe1.00infobox
Ocean WavesOriginal networkNippon TV1.00infobox
Ocean WavesOriginal networkTV Asahi1.00infobox
Ocean WavesOriginal runFebruary 1990 – January 19921.00infobox
Ocean WavesOriginal runDecember 25, 19951.00infobox
Ocean WavesProduced byNozomu Takahashi Toshio Suzuki Seiji Okuda1.00infobox
Ocean WavesProduced byTetsuya Kuroda (TV Asahi), Masayuki Morikawa (Horipro)1.00infobox
Ocean WavesPublishedMay 31, 19951.00infobox
Ocean WavesPublished byTokuma Shoten1.00infobox
Ocean WavesReleasedMay 5, 19931.00infobox
Ocean WavesRuntime72 minutes1.00infobox
Ocean WavesStudioStudio Ghibli1.00infobox
Ocean WavesStudioTV Asahi1.00infobox
Ocean WavesWritten bySaeko Himuro1.00infobox
Ocean WavesWritten byKeiko Niwa (as Kaoru Nakamura)1.00infobox
Ocean WavesWritten byYoshikazu Okada1.00infobox

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