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Line 34: }} {{nihongo\|'''''Whisper of the Heart'''''\|耳をすませば\|Mimi o Sumaseba\|{{~~literally~~lit\|If You Listen Carefully\|lk=yes}}\|lead=yes}} is a 1995 Japanese [[Anime\|animated]] [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Yoshifumi Kondō]] and written by [[Hayao Miyazaki]] based on the [[#Production\|1989 manga of the same name]] by [[Aoi Hiiragi]]. It was animated by [[Studio Ghibli]] for [[Tokuma Shoten]], [[Nippon Television Network]] and [[Hakuhodo]]. The film stars [[Yoko Honna]], Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, [[Shigeru Muroi]], [[Shigeru Tsuyuguchi]] and [[Keiju Kobayashi]]. ''Whisper of the Heart'' was Kondō's only film as director before his death in 1998. Studio Ghibli had hoped that Kondō would become the successor to Miyazaki and [[Isao Takahata]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Yoshifumi Kondou Kondou Yoshifumi\|url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/#passing\|website=Nausicaa.net\|publisher=Nausicaa\|access-date=November 14, 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128201133/http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kondo/#passing\|archive-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> Line 61: [[File:Traffic circle in SakuraOka(Tama City Japan).JPG\|thumb\|right\|Sakuragaoka Park ([[Tama, Tokyo]])]] [[File:Konpira in SakuraOka(Tama City Japan).JPG\|thumb\|right\|Konpira in SakuraOka ([[Tama, Tokyo]])]] ''Whisper of the Heart'' was based on the manga ''Mimi o Sumaseba'' which was originally created by [[Aoi Hiiragi]]. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine ''[[Ribon]]'' between August and November 1989, and a single ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume was released on February 20, 1990. The volume was reprinted on July 15, 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-618338-2&mode=1\|title=耳をすませば\|publisher=[[Shueisha]]\|access-date=November 20, 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129114118/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-618338-2&mode=1\|archive-date=November 29, 2005}}</ref> A second manga by the same author titled ''Mimi o Sumaseba: Shiawase na Jikan'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''[[Ribon Original]]'' in August 1995 and released in a single volume on February 20, 1996. A spin-off of ''Mimi o Sumaseba'', titled ''Baron: Neko no Danshaku'', was ~~adapted~~published ~~into~~in March 2002, and an animated ~~movie~~film based on that story was released in July 2002 under the name ''[[The Cat Returns]]''.<ref>{{cite book \|url= https://www.tokuma.jp/book/b503716.html\|script-title=ja:アニメージュコミックスバロン猫の男爵\|access-date= September 6, 2024\|title= www.tokuma.jp\|language= ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= https://www.ghibli.jp/shuppan/old/books/data/baronneko.html\|script-title=ja:バロン猫の男爵\|access-date= September 6, 2024\|work= www.ghibli.jp\|language= ja}}</ref> During production, the backgrounds in the fantasy sequences of the film were drawn by [[Naohisa Inoue]] and the [[woodcut]] of the imprisoned violin-maker was created by Miyazaki's son [[Keisuke Miyazaki]], a professional engraver.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/11/18/ghibli-background-artist-naohisa-inoues-painting-technique-is-out-of-this-world/\|title=Ghibli background artist Naohisa Inoue's painting technique is out of this world\|publisher=RocketNews24\|last=Lund\|first=Evie\|date=November 18, 2014\|access-date=February 12, 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131080405/http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/11/18/ghibli-background-artist-naohisa-inoues-painting-technique-is-out-of-this-world/\|archive-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> Line 74: ===English dub release=== An English dub of this film was produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] in 2003, but it ~~wouldn't~~would not be released until March 7, 2006, when it came out on DVD.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Whisper Of The Heart\|url=http://movies.disney.com/whisper-of-the-heart\|website=Disney Movies\|publisher=Disney\|access-date=November 14, 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030245/http://movies.disney.com/whisper-of-the-heart\|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> [[Turner Classic Movies]] televised both the dubbed and subbed versions on January 19, 2006<ref>{{cite web\|title=Nausicaa\|url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latestnews_headlines-archive-1-2006.html\|website=nausicaa.net\|access-date=July 5, 2015\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194709/http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/newspro/latestnews_headlines-archive-1-2006.html\|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> as part of their month-long celebration of Miyazaki in honor of his birthday, January 5.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Whisper of the Heart\|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/114169%7c0/Whisper-of-the-Heart.html\|website=tcm\|publisher=Turner Classic Movies\|access-date=November 14, 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217171701/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/114169%7c0/Whisper-of-the-Heart.html\|archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> The reason for the long delay was due to rights issues surrounding "Take Me Home, Country Roads", as it is a major plot point in the movie.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2024}} The English title, ''Whisper of the Heart'', was created by Studio Ghibli and used on several officially licensed "character goods" released around the same time as the film was released in theaters in Japan. 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