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Creators

Extent

Seen in 2017.

Categorization

Cute girls doing cute things.

Commentary

I wish that the tropical island and funny-animal plot elements had been cut entirely rather than minimized to their stature in this adaptation. None of them seem to add anything to the narrative, and cutting them would have allowed for a stronger depiction of the curiously healthy traditional shōtengai. However, even elements of that depiction are quite weak, particularly episode 6, an “idiot ball” sitcom plot.

References here: Gestaltning i A Silent Voice, En betraktelse av A Silent Voice.

Japanese production animation fiction moving picture series

Sequel:

Tamako Love Story (2014) IMDb

Creators

Yamada Naoko (director).

Extent

Seen in 2017.

Categorization

Romantic comedy.

Subject

Mochizō gets his ass in gear.

Commentary

Relegating the finished exotic side plot to an accompanying short allows Yamada to focus on Tamako and her friends, Kanna being particularly amusing here. The long-awaited romantic resolution, albeit predictable, is a welcome break from crappier moekko shows where the very possibility of romance is excluded.

References here: Gestaltning i A Silent Voice, En betraktelse av A Silent Voice.

Japanese production animation fiction moving picture

Spin-off:

“Dera-chan of the Southern Island” (2014) IMDb

Extent	Seen in 2017.
Commentary	In referencing butt mochi it establishes itself as an appendage to the film and not a sequel to the series. As expected, the characters of the fictional southern island—a less cannibalistic but equally exoticizing Rokovoko à la Moby-Dick (1851)—have no lives beyond what is relevant to their tenuous connection to Japan.
Japanese production animation fiction moving picture