Ocean Waves

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Ocean Waves
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Release date(s)	Japan 10 April 1993
Running time	72 min.
Language	Japanese
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Ocean Waves (海がきこえる Umi ga Kikoeru, also commonly known as I Can Hear the Sea), is a Television Movie Anime made by Studio Ghibli. It was directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and was based on the novel I can hear the sea by Saeko Himuro.

The story is set in the city of Kochi, on the Japanese island of Shikoku It concerns a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transferred from Tokyo. The theme of the story is how the initially arrogant and distant new girl eventually integrates herself into the class.

This Film was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule.

v • d • e  Studio Ghibli Films
Pre Ghibli Films
Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind  (1984)
Ghibli Films
Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Studio Ghibli Shorts
Nandarou (1992) • On Your Mark (1995) • Ghiblies (2000) • Ghiblies Episode II (2002) • Mei and the Kittenbus (2003) • The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006)
See also...
Ghibli Museum • Katsuya Kondō • Yoshifumi Kondō • Gorō  Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Kazuo Oga • Yasuo Ōtsuka • Toshio Suzuki • Isao Takahata •