Hoshizora no Violin [480p Quality] [Raw]

A boy dreams of crafting the perfect violin, while the second world war is raging across the globe.
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Medium's nature: VHS-Rip
Ripper: WOWmd
Status: Least concern. A raw with solid image and audio quality. No known English subtitles as of yet.
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Somebody whose username eludes me requested this animated movie. Since it was released the 26 november 1994 in the Japanese theaters, this upload acts as a 30th anniversary of sort. I owe my good friend WOWmd this very nice rip. It's either this or the awful offering of ARR, committed about a decade ago. It was then another urgent addition to the archives.
The source is a novel from a children's literature author, Noboru Wada. Among the anime adaptations of his works, this one is the least rare of all. "Kimu no Juujika", another WW2 drama but set around the takeover of Korea by the Japanese army and "Eikou e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari" a biopic about the first Japanese winter Olympics medalist, are both entries which would greatly benefit from induction here, but are virtually nonexistent online as of now. "Hoshizora no Violin" is a Mina, which means it has a lighter tone to accomodate family audience in opposition to heavier World War 2 themed works like "Hadashi no Gen". I have no information as to who are the main animation producer. However, the producer, Space Eizou, are known to have only produced this type of movies among which "Raiyantsuuri no Uta", "Sea Cat" and the already uploaded "Hi no Ame ga Furu". "Senbon Matsubara" seems to be the only exception to this pattern, being a movie set in the Tokugawa period.
The director, Setsuo Nakayama (if the reading of 中山節夫 is correct), isn't particularly worth of note as this was his only known contribution. The character-designer, the late Yoshio Kabashima, was more experienced, on the other hand. His major contributions were an entire section of obscure animation I am probably going to showcase in the future. Otherwise, he had been known as a part-time animation director on "Ace o Nerae" or the 1979 run of "Doraemon", among many credits, at various positions...

[@金沢敏幸-d8r]

❤純朴で感動するアニメです。しかもフィクションではなく実話なので尚更です♪ありがとう❤

[@OUTAROU]

今の時代にはもう制作されないであろう内容や企画のアニメ
美麗ばかり追い求めた今のアニメ映画にはない良さがたくさん詰まっている

[@common_myrtle]

Mr. Kikuji Ozawa is fortunate to have people who are willing to support his passion for violin making. The "musical words" of lament and joy played by the violin will touch my heart.

[@菅野祐香里]

僖久ニさんは帰って来れて良かったと思うけど夢半ばで死んで逝った方もいると思うと本当に戦争はしちゃいけない

[@ichou-c8r]

感動しました

[@ThuNguyen-yk3ml]

Thank you

[@akaimegaden]

セロ弾きのゴーシュがみたいな

[@TurtleNk94]

Bener

[@NguyệtNguyễnMinh-q9i]

Có thể thêm phần phụ đề tiếng Nhật được không ạ.

[@soniaamoros5556]

I would like to see it in Spanish or English to understand the movie

[@samiramissotoudenia7168]

English subtitles please.🙏❤

[@OliviaLaferriere]

I agree with you 💯 since I'm not familiar with Japanese

[@giseladonisio2374]

en español?

[@yasukitidayo]

これって、草彅君が主演したドラマのアニメ版ですか

[@hopefulandhumbleperson]

Do not understand this movie one bit whatsoever.

[@danielacampanale8643]

In italiano non c è?

[@hopefulandhumbleperson]

Look! I know it is a war movie, and tragic things do happen during war. But this movie about the boy and his violin (during World War II, and some other stuff) is as weird, unintelligible, and confusing as fuck to me.

[@nozoto]

I understand your point of view. Maybe you're missing out because you don't understand the dialogs. But yes, most of the time, imagery must replace words aptly.
Still, music as a whole is a powerful anti-war symbol. Rostropovich himself played cello when the wall of Berlin was smashed open, thus greeting the end of the cold war...

[@怪盗姉ちゃん]

これはノンフィクションですから…バイオリンつくりを夢見た少年が戦争も経験し、奇跡的に生きて帰れた上に色々な人々に助けられ応援されながらバイオリンつくりを達成できたというお話です。別に戦争映画ではありませんよ😂理解も何も…事実ですから😳この内容の素晴らしさを理解できないだけでは？もしかしたら感性的に日本人にしかわからないのかも？です。

[@上野奈津子-s1k]

ひびきのゆりえの声優さん、棒読み