Eleven Arts to Screen A Silent Voice Film in U.S. Theaters in October 

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

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announced at its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it will host theatrical screenings for the

will screen at Anime Expo on Monday, July 3 at 4:00 p.m.

screened the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland in March.

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

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.

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.

is credited with the original work, and is also penning the script.

is performing the film\'s theme song "Destiny\'s Prelude."

includes four television anime series, two anime films, and numerous spinoff manga. The fourth television anime series,

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