Feb 02, 2002
25 min
Full-HD

Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.

Category

Animation Science Fiction Romance

Country

Japan

Companies

CoMix Wave Films

Makoto Shinkai

Noboru Terao (voice)

Mika Shinohara

Mikako Nagamine (voice)

Donna Burke

Operator of the Lysithea (voice)

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