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Children Who Chase Lost Voices

2011 · 116 min · Director: Makoto Shinkai ★ IMDb 7.1 · 18,847 ratings

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A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.

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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Sadness 25%, Fear 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Awe
15%Fear
  1. Awe30%
  2. Fear15%
  3. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Sadness, Fear. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Animation. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Sadness and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Love

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Awe

Sadness
Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity37 %9 %18 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension45 %12 %34 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity51 %15 %31 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Love58 %30 %15 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sadness66 %47 %16 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity67 %35 %36 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Tension66 %19 %54 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity61 %21 %44 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity53 %25 %26 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Love57 %42 %26 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Sadness73 %50 %42 %44 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension76 %31 %61 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Tension66 %33 %53 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Sadness65 %54 %44 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Tension69 %57 %57 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Tension71 %53 %68 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Tension71 %52 %63 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Awe75 %62 %59 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Sadness83 %75 %61 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Sadness84 %79 %47 %50 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Hisako Kanemoto

Asuna Watase (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Ryuji Morisaki (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Mana (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Asuna's Mother (voice)

SS
Sumi Shimamoto

Risa (voice)

Junko Takeuchi

Mimi (voice)

KI
Kanae Itou

Seri (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Old Man from Amaurot (voice)

AK
Aki Kanada

Student (voice)

AH
Ai Horanai

Student (voice)

SH
Saya Horigome

Student (voice)

MT
Mayumi Tsuchiya

Student (voice)

TS
Tomomi Saito

Student (voice)

TM
Takeshi Maeda

Asuna's Father (voice)

RM
Risa Mizuno

Ms. Ikeda (voice)

YI
Yuuna Inamura

Yuu Yazaki (voice)

Yuka Terasaki

Miki (voice)

Details

Directed by
Makoto Shinkai
Written by
Makoto Shinkai
Type
Animation
Released
2011
Runtime
116 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 18,847 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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