A SILENT VOICE Comes to Blu-ray, DVD & Digital on April 2, 2019 from Eleven Arts & Shout! Factory

Source: Shout! Factory press release Official Site: elevenarts.net/a-silent-voice, fathomevents.com/a-silent-voice (US) Special Thanks to Shannon Meehan

The captivating anime feature A SILENT VOICE (?? ???, Eiga Koe no Katachi, 2016) will be released on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack, DVD and digital download on April 2, 2019 from ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio and Shout! Factory. Winner of the 40th Japan Academy Award for Excellent Animation of the Year, A SILENT VOICE makes its highly anticipated debut on home entertainment following its North American theatrical release in late 2017. This release is presented in Japanese with subtitles, and with an English dub. A SILENT VOICE comes from the lauded director Naoko Yamada (LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD) and writer Reiko Yoshida. Among the film’s many accolades are Tokyo Anime Awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay and the Japanese Movie Critics Award for Best Animation. Based on the critically acclaimed manga by Yoshitoki Oima, A SILENT VOICE is a gorgeous anime film with a powerful message about bullying, depression and forgiveness. The moving coming-of-age drama depicts the struggles of adolescence through its memorable characters and stunning animation. When a deaf elementary school girl named Shoko is forced to transfer to a new school after a boy named Shôya constant bullies her, Shôya suffers over the consequences of his guilt for years. Upon entering high school, Shôya finally decides he must find Shoko, to make amends for what he did in elementary school and to become her friend. Along the way, he meets new and old faces, and struggles with many complicated relationships and feelings in “this beautifully rendered anime” (Total Film). Blu-ray + DVD Combo SKU: 826663197990 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Rating: Not Rated Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region: A/1 Discs: 2 Run Time: 130 Minutes Language: Japanese, English Subtitles: English SRP: $26.99 DVD SKU: 26663197983 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Rating: Not Rated Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region: 1 Discs: 1 Run Time: 130 Minutes Language: Japanese, English Subtitles: English SRP: $16.97

About ELEVEN ARTS

ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio is a Los Angeles-based distribution company known for bringing high-quality Japanese anime to North America. ELEVEN ARTS’ anime titles include GIRLS UND PANZER DER FILM, YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE, DIGIMON ADVENTURE tri, CHAPTER 1: REUNION the EVANGELION franchise, THE LAST: NARUTO THE MOVIE, BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE, THE ANTHEM OF THE HEART, SAILOR MOON R: THE MOVIE, YU-GI-OH!: THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS, SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE – ORDINAL SCALE – , LUPIN III: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO, A SILENT VOICE, MAGICAL GIRL LYRICAL NANOHA: REFLECTION, HAIKARA-SAN: HERE COMES MISS MODERN, MAQUIA: WHEN THE PROMISED FLOWER BLOOMS and LAUGHING UNDER THE CLOUDS GAIDEN, and mostly recently LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD.

About Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast entertainment distribution network which delivers culturally relevant programming, movie and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America and across multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Studios, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory Kids, Shout! Factory Films, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Timeless Media Group and Shout! Factory TV. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.

For more information on A SILENT VOICE, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: