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Ocean Waves, known in Japan as I Can Hear the Sea (Japanese: 海がきこえる, Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime coming-of-age romantic drama television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Keiko Niwa (credited as Kaoru Nakamura) based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro.
On April 8, 2009, a one-minute high-definition (HD) trailer was released [17] followed by a longer trailer on June 16. [18] On July 29, the Japanese website of Yahoo! Movies streamed the first five minutes of the film [ 19 ] and Kadokawa offered the footage on their YouTube channel several days later to allow for international viewing. [ 20 ]
The visual aesthetic (often stylized as "AESTHETICS", with fullwidth characters) [20] incorporates early Internet imagery, late 1990s web design, glitch art, and cyberpunk tropes, [12] as well as anime, Greco-Roman statues, and 3D-rendered objects. [44] VHS degradation is another common effect seen in vaporwave art.
Anime enthusiasts have produced fan fiction and fan art, including computer wallpapers, and anime music videos (AMVs). [209] Many fans visit sites depicted in anime, games, manga and other forms of otaku culture. This behavior is known as "Anime pilgrimage". [210]
The anime was selected by The Verge as one of the best anime of 2018, saying that it is "genuine", [23] and by The New York Times as the #8 International Show of the Year, with TV critic Mike Hale describing it as "a funny and moving coming-of-age story that should translate across all boundaries of age or culture."
Jean, Nadia, and King are rescued from the ocean by a passing American battleship called the Abraham. Its captain, Melville, and his first mate Holland, are on the trail of a supposed "sea monster" responsible for sinking countless ships in the Pacific Ocean. Jean is intrigued to be aboard the vessel, but Nadia is gravely suspicious.
The series also placed third in Animage ' s "anime that should be remembered in the 21st Century". [194] In 1998, EX.org's readers voted Neon Genesis Evangelion the best US anime release [192] and in 1999, the second-best show of all time. [195] In 2007, a large-scale survey poll by TV Asahi voted Evangelion as the second most appreciated anime ...
Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー, Sutā Ōshan Sekando Sutōrī) is a seven volume manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. Based on the tri-Ace role-playing video game of the same name , it follows the exploits of Claude C. Kenny, a young ensign in the Earth Federation who finds ...