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“Teens separated by space war struggle to stay connected as messages take years to travel.”
Voices of a Distant Star
ほしのこえ
7.1
4,684 rank · 165,555 viewers · 550 favorites
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Drama
Romance
Sci-Fi
Mecha
Space
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Synopsis
Teens separated by space war struggle to stay connected as messages take years to travel.
It is the year 2046, Noboru Terao and Mikako Nagamine are close friends who will soon be graduating junior high school. But after an alien attack on humanity, Mikako is selected for the UN military space expedition set to retaliate against the aliens. Separated, Noboru and Mikako attempt to keep in touch by sending emails to each other with their cell phones. Yet as the expedition journeys farther from Earth, the time it takes for them to transmit and receive each other's messages increases substantially. Hoshi no Koe revolves around the relationship between this couple as they try to stay connected despite the growing distance between them.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 86 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 86 viewers settled on.
85%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.21
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.21 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.6 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.9
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No
Score over time
↓ 2.71
Running avg · Jun 2007 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I thought the plot was great. No other way to put it. But the art was pretty sub-par. I think it defiantly could have been executed better as far as artork goes. But the overall plot was really...”
- 10 “This OAV is the most emotional and beautiful experience I have ever watched, successfully taking romance to a profound level that surpasses many full-length series. There are no criticisms to be...”
- 8 “What do you want to see in romance? Another lovey-dovey couple with trivial problem? No, i'm sure that you will be tired of those type of Anime or OVA. Voices of a Distant Star is another...”
Verbosity
Short · 37%
Medium · 37%
Long · 26%
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A Ova Production
CoMix Wave Films.- Format 1 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 24m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2002 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0233 catalog