I Want to Deliver Your Voice (2017)

August 25, 2017 (JP) • Animation, Drama, Fantasy • 94m

Overview

The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.

Director

Naoyuki Ito

Writer

Manabu Ishikawa

Top Billed

Mina Katahira

Keywords

radio station coming of age slice of life summer art anime

Where to watch

Check streaming options on TMDB

Top Billed Cast

Mina Katahira

Nagisa Yukiai (voice)

Hitomi Suzuki

Otoha Biwakōji (voice)

Momone Iwabuchi

Shizuku Dobashi (voice)

Misako Iino

Yū Hamasuka (voice)

Mitsuho Kambe

Ayame Nakahara (voice)

Yuki Tanaka

Kaede Tatsunokuchi (voice)

Suzuko Mimori

Shion Yazawa (voice) / Akane Yazawa (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Masaki Kawabukuro (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Daigo Koyurugi (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Nagisa's grandmother (voice)

Crew

Manabu Ishikawa

Screenplay

Shunji Inoue

Executive Producer

Daiji Horiuchi

Executive Producer

Kiyotaka Ninomiya

Executive Producer

Osamu Aranami

Executive Producer

Kentaro Yoshida

Associate Producer

Takahiro Suzuki

Producer

Toshinao Aoki

Character Designer

Aya Takano

Character Designer

Akiko Asaki

Character Designer

Mizuka Takahashi

Character Designer

Hitoshi Haga

Prop Designer

Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Art Direction

Yoshinori Horikawa

Color Designer

Shuhei Yabuta

3D Director

Shigenori Hirozumi

3D Director

Kumiko Taniguchi

Special Effects Supervisor

Yohei Kisara

Music Producer

Yoji Shimizu

Sound Director

Erika Takahashi

Background Designer

Jean-Marc Poiriault

Background Designer

Naoyuki Ito

Storyboard Artist

Naoyuki Ito

Key Animation

Kaori Kobayashi

Special Effects

Chie Yamashiro

Storyboard Artist

Ayumi Arahata

Special Effects

Mizuka Takahashi

Animation Director

Kumiko Taniguchi

Special Effects

Mizuka Takahashi

Key Animation

Taiki Imamura

Animation Director

Miyako Hoshi

Special Effects

Taiki Imamura

Key Animation

Aiko Wakatsuki

Animation Director

Aiko Wakatsuki

Key Animation

Shigehito Tsuji

Animation Director

Shigehito Tsuji

Key Animation

Izumi Kawada

Animation Director

Izumi Kawada

Key Animation

Kyoko Kotani

Animation Director

Ikumi Oka

Animation Director

Ikumi Oka

Key Animation

Yuzo Yamada

Key Animation

Koji Odate

Key Animation

Nobumasa Shinkawa

Key Animation

Kumiko Kawana

Key Animation

Akemi Kamada

Key Animation

Sawako Miyamoto

Key Animation

Akiko Konno

Key Animation

Keisuke Kojima

Key Animation

Kanayo Nakanishi

Key Animation

Kunio Katsuki

Key Animation

Kazuto Wakayama

Key Animation

Miyuki Nagata

Key Animation

Hidehiko Sawada

Key Animation

Kunio Wakabayashi

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Maimu Matsushima

Key Animation

Fumiko Yoshida

Key Animation

Haruna Katsu

Key Animation

Yuko Kamiyama

Key Animation

Takashi Muratani

Animation Director

Yoshihiro Maeda

Key Animation

Kazunori Ozawa

Key Animation

Yoshiko Shimizu

Key Animation

Hiromi Nanbu

Key Animation

Yuu Kato

Key Animation

Shigenori Taniguchi

Key Animation

Shin'ichi Kurita

Key Animation

Nobutaka Masuda

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Key Animation

Yuki Watanabe

Key Animation

Yuki Morishita

Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki

Key Animation

Etsuko Kawano

Key Animation

Yusuke Kurinishi

Key Animation

Yuki Fukuda

Key Animation

Naoto Abe

Key Animation

Yukiko Watabe

Key Animation

Koji Sugiura

Key Animation

Keita Hagio

Key Animation

Satomi Matsuura

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Kasugai

Key Animation

Akio Kitahara

Key Animation

Tomoko Sato

Key Animation

Yuki Muraosa

Key Animation

Yousuke Toyama

Key Animation

Taichi Nakakuma

Key Animation

Shinichiro Minami

Key Animation

Kaori Saito

Key Animation

Yuri Ichinose

Key Animation

Takashi Ajiri

Key Animation

Ayumi Tsukamoto

Key Animation

Asumi Kato

Key Animation

Kaori Inoue

Key Animation

Yuki Matsuo

Key Animation

Reiko Okada

Background Designer

Midori Shimada

Background Designer

Katsushi Aoki

Background Designer

Toshie Honda

Background Designer

Rieko Itai

Background Designer

Kurumi Katayama

Background Designer

Sumiko Aihara

Background Designer

Yohei Takamatsu

Background Designer

Liu Yuxuan

Background Designer

Yoshikazu Fukutome

Background Designer

Yusuke Watanabe

Background Designer

Natsumi Murakata

Background Designer

Hirofumi Sakagami

Background Designer

Yuki Funagakure

Background Designer

Wataru Nishizawa

Background Designer

Shunsuke Sakai

Background Designer

Tran Thanh Sang

Background Designer

Tran The Dat

Background Designer

Nami Maniwa

Background Designer

Seiki Tamura

Background Designer

Ayami Hidaka

Background Designer

Atsushi Morikawa

Background Designer

Kazuki Ikeda

Background Designer

Nguyen Huynh Anh

Background Designer

Emi Toya

Background Designer

Etsuko Abe

Background Designer

Yoshimi Mineda

Background Designer

Pham Nghia Tri

Background Designer

Keigo Yanagida

Background Designer

Kei Ichikura

Background Designer

Do Duy

Background Designer

Yukiko Ogawa

Background Designer

Mariko Tsukatsune

Assistant Editor

Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Effects

Sachiko Nishi

Sound Effects

Yuki Ikeda

Sound Recordist

Hideki Takemura

Online Editor

Yuta Uchida

Online Editor

Mayuna Naito

Color Grading

Mitsuki Tsugioka

Director of Photography

Yuki Kawashita

Director of Photography

Akito Matsuda

Original Music Composer

Liu Yang

Background Designer

Kashiko Kimura

Editor

Naoyuki Ito

Director

Keigo Hasegawa

Production Assistant

Tsunenari Oka

Production Assistant

Antonio Vivaldi

Music

Frédéric Chopin

Music

Reviews

Alunauwie

⭐ 9/10

September 17, 2025

Your Voice - KIMIKOE is a fantasy anime film that explores the profound impact of words, reminding viewers of their power to shape lives and relationships. While its classic-style animation and surface-level scenes may feel simple, the film still delivers meaningful messages through its music, themes of friendship, and emotional undertones. Suitable for children with parental guidance, this thought-provoking story encourages us to speak kindly, a… read the rest.