The New York Times
In its sensitivity and attention to detail, "Ocean Waves" makes itself into something special, and kind of magical, and so proves very much a Ghibli gem.
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Ocean Waves
Studio Ghibli animation based on the namesake novel by Saeko Himuro and adapted for the screen by Keiko Niwa (When Marnie was There).
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Less1993Rating: PG76 minsJapanJapanese with English subtitlesStudio Ghibli
AnimatedDramaRomanceWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Tomomi Mochizuki (TV's 'Ranma 1/2', TV's 'Urusei Yatsura')
- Writer:
- Keiko Niwa
- Cast:
- Toshihiko SekiYoko SakamotoYuri AmanoKae ArakiJun'ichi KanemaruAi SatôNobuo TobitaAya Hisakawa
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Roger Ebert
A delicate, well-told drama that may lack the depth of something like Only Yesterday but proves that Miyazaki and Takahata's students were listening to their teachers.
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Ocean Waves is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV.