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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neil.T" data-source="post: 617070" data-attributes="member: 4160">The Anthem of the Heart is a film that crept up in my estimation with each initial watch. I even had it rated as a 10-out-of-10 at one point on MyAnimeList before deciding that that might've been just a little bit over the top. Now I'm not so sure, though.Being released on Blu-ray only two months apart in the UK by Anime Limited, this film sometimes found itself pitted against A Silent Voice in fan discussion. My 10-out-of-10 score at the time was set to indicate which film was my favourite of the two, as controversial as [USER=5366]@WMD[/USER] may find that. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😛" title="Face with tongue    :stuck_out_tongue:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue:" />I have no intention of attempting to write any kind of in-depth appraisal here, so instead I'll just throw in some miscellaneous thoughts that I had while watching this time.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anthem of the Heart has its share of big moments. The first one for me is Takumi challenging Daiki over his insult towards Jun. His choice of phrasing in Japanese is a bit punchier than the English subtitles probably give him credit for. I would've translated it as "Who's the useless one here?"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another memorable Takumi moment is his rusty-sounding laugh after he tells Jun that she's like an open book. Japanese voice actor Kōki Uchiyama — who I'm currently enjoying as the tall, bespectacled Tsukishima as I belatedly watch season 4 of Haikyuu! on Crunchyroll, and will very soon also be hearing in the AUKN simulwatch of Barakamon — was really able to make it sound like Takumi hadn't really laughed like that for a long time, and it really hits you in that moment and has you think "Wait, I haven't heard Takumi laugh before. Or seen him really smile, for that matter."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jun gets a big moment, too, with her outburst at the diner, when she yells that words can never be taken back. That bit's gotten me every time I've watched it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Overall, the Anime Limited release of the film has a nice and snappy translation, helping to breathing life into the characters' words.</li> </ul>Actually, dude, she knew very well that Takumi could play the piano, and she also knew the whole traumatic story of why he stopped playing. Nito's obvious shock at Jun's revelation, though, was because she had no idea that he'd apparently started playing again at some point, and she was dismayed that she'd been left out of the loop.As one last (pretty irrelevant) observation here in closing, my avatar pic, which was created for <a href="https://forums.animeuknews.net/threads/the-discotek-media-thread.19309/post-615467" target="_blank">an entirely separate purpose</a>, ended up being rather appropriate for this simulwatch.</blockquote>

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