Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Why this pick
Like A Silent Voice, this is a tender anime about guilt, vulnerability, and learning to meet another person on equal terms, with intimate character-focused pacing and emotionally earned change.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like A Silent Voice, this is a tender anime about guilt, vulnerability, and learning to meet another person on equal terms, with intimate character-focused pacing and emotionally earned change.
Why this pick
Its wounded teenagers struggle to express what they feel, finding connection through a shared creative project. It carries a similarly compassionate view of shame, isolation, and difficult communication.
Why this pick
This shares A Silent Voice’s restrained emotional intimacy: two guarded students slowly reshape each other’s lives, balancing everyday school details with sincere, cathartic feeling.
Why this pick
A reflective, humane animated drama about a troubled adolescent confronting the harm and pain within a family and school life. Its empathy for flawed people closely suits A Silent Voice.
Why this pick
Its quiet, luminous coming-of-age mood and two lonely students’ growing trust echo the melancholy tenderness of A Silent Voice, while adding a gentle fantastical framework.
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01 / THE STORY
A former class bully reaches out to the deaf girl he'd tormented in grade school. He feels unworthy of redemption but tries to make things right.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Shouko Nishimiya (voice)

Shouya Ishida

Shouko Nishimiya

Tomohiro Nagatsuka

Miyoko Sahara

Miki Kawai

Toshi Mashibasa

Miyako Ishida