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Eleven Arts to Screen A Silent Voice, Nanoha Reflection Films in U.S. Theaters in October

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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection anime films this October. A Silent Voice will screen at Anime Expo on Monday, July 3 at 4:00 p.m.

acquired the rights to distribute the film in the European Union, Russia, Turkey, and French-speaking African countries.

Crunchyroll describes the original manga's story:

I wish we had never met. I wish we could meet once again.
A boy who can hear, Shoya Ishida, and a transfer student who can't, Shoko Nishimiya. One fateful day, the two meet, and Shoya leads the class in bullying Shoko. But before long, the class shifts its target from Shoko to Shoya. Years later, Shoya feels strongly that he must see Shoko once again.

The film earned 2.3 billion yen in Japan, and was the 19th highest-grossing film released in Japan in 2016.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection will open in Japan on July 22. The project is planned as two films, although the second film's release date has not yet been revealed.

In the story, a pair of researchers stay behind on their dying planet of Eltria with their two daughters, Amitie and Kirie, in hopes of finding a way to revive the planet. But when the husband Granz falls ill it seems their dream of reviving the planet will die. Against her older sister's wishes, Kirie sets off with her childhood friend Iris to seek help from a distant alternate world. They arrive in Japan on Earth to search for the key to their planet's regeneration. There, they meet Nanoha Takamachi, Fate T. Harlaown, and Hayate Yagami.

theme song "Destiny's Prelude."

Tsuzuki's premiered in October.