Alternative title:
    ほしのこえ (Japanese)
    Hoshi no Koe (Japanese)

Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Genres: Drama, Mecha, Romance, science fiction

Plot Summary: A female mecha pilot tries to keep in touch with her boyfriend on earth while she is in space using cell phone text messages. The farther away they get from each other, the harder it is for the text messages to get to each other.
 

Ending Theme:
    "Through The Years And Far Away" by Low
 

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Music: Tenmon
Producer: Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Sound Producer: Kiyoshi Okabe
Sound Recording: Youji Nishimura
Voice Direction: Toshiki Kameyama

Makoto Shinkai as Noboru Terao (Original Version)
Mika Shinohara as Mikako Nagamine (Original Version)
Sumi Mutoh as Mikako Nagamine
Donna Burke as Operator of the Lynsithea

Production: CoMix Wave Inc.
 

Sound Effects: Pastral Sound

  There are two versions of this Anime; The original director's version, where the main characters are voiced by the director and his fiancee, and the Voice Actor's Version, where the main characters are voiced by a professional voice actor and actress.