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“Asuna discovers a mysterious melody that leads her to a hidden world with Shun, transforming her life into a requiem.”
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
星を追う子ども
7.5
2,118 rank · 229,792 viewers · 720 favorites
Adventure
Fantasy
Romance
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Synopsis
Asuna discovers a mysterious melody that leads her to a hidden world with Shun, transforming her life into a requiem.
If you could turn all your memories into a song, what would it resemble? Between being an exceptional student and taking care of the house alone during her mother's absence, Asuna Watase's only distraction is listening to her old crystal radio in her secret mountain hideout. One day, she accidentally tunes to a mysterious and melancholic melody, different from anything she has ever heard before. Soon after, an enigmatic boy named Shun saves her from a dangerous creature, unknowingly dragging Asuna on a long journey to a long lost land bound to surpass her very imagination, turning her once melodic life into an intricate requiem.
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Community consensus
Derived from 67 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 67 viewers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 2.13
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.13 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 3.01
Running avg · May 2011 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Makoto Shinkai is my favourite director and his works (especially 5cm/s and voices of a distant star) are some of my favourites. I was expecting a lot from his newest film, but Hoshi wo ou Kodomo...”
- 8 “This film is very different from all previous works of Makoto Shinkai. There is no stunning scenery of the sky, no wires, no kettles. In fact, it is much more similar to the works of Miyazaki, as...”
- 8 “I really like the movie and the story entertained me. I especially like the dark theme of death and loss. My main negative point is: They travel to Agartha after 40 minutes! The introduction takes...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 31%
Long · 36%
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- Format 1 × 116′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 56m all episodes
- Aired May 2011 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5872 catalog
Produced by
- Media Factory Producer
- Movic Producer
- Yahoo! Japan Producer
- Warner Music Japan Producer
- Marine Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor
- GKIDS Licensor