A Silent Voice to release in U.S. theaters this October

A Silent Voice will be released in U.S. theaters this October. A Silent Voice, a film that was released in Japan last year, launches in U.S. theaters on October 20, 2017. Eleven Arts will also screen the anime film Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection in the United States in October reported by Anime News Network.

 A Silent Voice is based on the manga of the same name by Yoshitoki Oima. A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption. After bullying a deaf girl at school and forcing her to transfer away, Ishida Shouya is himself bullied and ostracized by his classmates. Years later, he embarks on a path to redemption.

 A Silent Voice earned nearly $20 million in Japan. A Silent Voice is a 2016 Japanese anime teen drama film produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, featuring character designs by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kensuke Ushio.

The film won the Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s Anime Film of the Year and the Japan Movie Critics Awards’ Best Animation of the Year. The film's theme song, titled "Koi wo Shita no wa" (恋をしたのは), was performed by Aiko, while "My Generation" by The Who was used during the opening credit. It was the 19th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2016 and also the 10th highest-grossing Japanese film of the year in the country .