The Anthem of the Heart

Jul 22, 2017

1h 59m

★ 7.4

Overview

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Aniplex

Cine Bazar

Fuji Television Network

dentsu

J Storm

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Cast

Takumi Sakagami

Kento Nakajima

Jun Naruse

Kyoko Yoshine

Natsuki Nito

Anna Ishii

Daiki Tasaki

Kanichiro Sato

Izumi Naruse

Nene Otsuka

Kazuki Joshima

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Itsuki Mishima

Jun Nishiyama

Kazuharu Yamaji

Kohei Fukuyama

Motoki Aizawa

Shusaku Kamikawa

Toshinori Iwaki

Ryôsuke Kawamura

Asuka Eda

Miho Kanazawa

Yoko Uno

Minori Hagiwara

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