I am happy to have found this movie at my local Best Buy. I'm so close on completing my collection. It's a very good movie

I Absolutely Love Whisper of the Heart because of the beautiful story and beautiful artwork I also love the voice acting and especially how Shizuku loves to read and wants to become a writer and I love how one of the characters is a cat, I love everything about this movie I love the beautiful detail of the artwork

Whisper of the Heart has been my favorite Ghibli/Miyazaki movie since it was released back in 1995. I saw it first as a fansub and bought every version released since then and this Bluray version is a nice addition to my collection. There is not much difference from the 2009 Bluray release -- new case artwork, but same voice cast. The video transfer is clean and clear and a pleasure to watch, and the score is faithfully captured and reproduced on the Bluray medium. As for the vocals... let me start by saying that I ALWAYS prefer to watch Anime in the original Japanese with subtitles. That being said, I found the English dubs on this version to be surprisingly good! Usually I find English dubs cringe-worthy and awkward to the point where the immersion is constantly broken, but here the English voice cast (mostly) does a good job. I found Harold Gould to be absolutely SUPERB as Seiji's grandfather, and Cary Elwes did a similarly splendid job as the Baron. I was also quite pleased by Jean Smart as Shizuku's mom. The performances by Ashley Tisdale and Martin Spanjers as the friends of Shizuku were more than adequate, though I found Courtney Thorne-Smith's portrayal of Shizuku's sister to be hit-and-miss. My biggest disappointment was with the voices for the two leading characters, Shizuku and Seiji (Brittany Snow and David Gallagher). While their performances are far from bad, I didn't feel as connected to the characters as I would like and it felt as if something was just "off". There were definitely good times where it felt right and natural, but overall Id say theirs was the weakest link (perhaps because such a large portion of the dialog does belong to them, though?) Overall, a very pleasant experience in English and an absolutely stellar one in Japanese -- I love this movie!!

One of the most inspirational films ever made in the entire world

If your a fan of Mary and the Witches Flower, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki Delivery Service, then you will love this film. Must own for anime fans!!