Liz and the Blue Bird
MOVIE FINISHED SPRING 2018 1 eps 83%
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Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, Liz and the Blue Bird, for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure. Interspersed with their story is the fantasy tale of Liz, drawn like a storybook, contrasting with the crisp realism of the school.
(Source: Shout! Factory)
(Source: Shout! Factory)
Studios:
Kyoto Animation
Characters
Nozomi Kasaki
MAIN
VA: Nao Touyama
Mizore Yoroizuka
MAIN
VA: Atsumi Tanezaki
Ririka Kenzaki
SUPPORTING
VA: Shiori Sugiura
Yuuko Yoshikawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuri Yamaoka
Natsuki Nakagawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Konomi Fujimura
Liz
SUPPORTING
VA: Miyu Honda
Shoujo
SUPPORTING
VA: Miyu Honda
Reina Kousaka
SUPPORTING
VA: Chika Anzai
Noboru Taki
SUPPORTING
VA: Takahiro Sakurai
Satomi Niiyama
SUPPORTING
VA: Houko Kuwashima
Hazuki Katou
BACKGROUND
VA: Ayaka Asai
Kumiko Oumae
BACKGROUND
VA: Tomoyo Kurosawa
Sapphire Kawashima
BACKGROUND
VA: Moe Toyota
Riko Nagase
BACKGROUND
Takuya Gotou
BACKGROUND
Masahiro Hashimoto
BACKGROUND
VA: Yuuichi Nakamura
Kanade Hisaishi
BACKGROUND
Lala Hitomi
BACKGROUND
Staff
Ayano Takeda
Original Story
Shouko Ikeda
Original Character Design
Naoko Yamada
Director
Tatsuya Ishihara
Supervisor
Futoshi Nishiya
Character Design
Mutsuo Shinohara
Art Director
Naomi Ishida
Color Design
Akiyo Takeda
Color Design
Kazuya Takao
Director of Photography
Kengo Shigemura
Editing
Tetsuo Umetsu
CG Director
Youta Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Reviews
AnimeDweeb
Rating: 234 (247 votes)
Understanding Yamada (and Me): The Meaning in Letting Go.
pseudo
Rating: 139 (147 votes)
To let go of something means you had it to begin with — to be saddened by that fact means what you had was precious.
Anto10
Rating: 85 (93 votes)
“To love someone also means to have the strength to let them go."
TheAnimeBingeWatcher
Rating: 61 (67 votes)
Tender, aching, and intimate, this breathtakingly human movie is a must-watch for anime fans everywhere.
fffillyy
Rating: 54 (65 votes)
The collaboration of Naoko Yamada as a director and Reiko Yoshida as the screenwriter is a match made in heaven.
Mcsuper
Rating: 53 (60 votes)
Pondering Upon Myself - The True Meaning of Friendship and Music
Stats
Average Score
83
Mean Score
83
Popularity
66,664
Favourites
4,011
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