The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ.), abbreviated as Kokosake (ここさけ) and subtitled Beautiful Word Beautiful World, is a 2015 Japanese animated youth drama film produced by A-1 Pictures and released in 2015. The film was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada. Masayoshi Tanaka served as the chief animation director and designed the characters.[3] The trio, under the creative team name of Super Peace Busters, had previously worked on Toradora! and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. The film was released in theaters in Japan on September 19, 2015.[4]
The Anthem of the Heart received several accolades, including Best Animated Feature at the 36th Anima Festival, Best Rookie Voice Actor (Minase) at the 25th Japanese Movie Critics Awards; it was also nominated for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize and Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016.
Plot
As a young girl, Jun Naruse was very excitable and talkative.