History Anime / OceanWaves

* ShoutOut: A poster for Anime/PorcoRosso is seen at one point late in the film.

The movie concerns Taku Morisaki, a young man from Kochi, Japan, looking back on his high school days and recalling the LoveTriangle between himself; his best friend, class president Yutaka Matsuno; and beautiful transfer student Rikako Muto. During a class trip to Hawaii, Rikako cons Taku out of a large sum of money so she can go visit her father in Tokyo, but Taku unexpectedly gets mixed up in her plans and goes along with her. There, he learns that there's a lot more to the troubled young woman than he thought. Back at home, Taku's clandestine trip with Rikako causes friction between him and Yutaka, who's had feelings for Rikako ever since he met her.

* {{Gainaxing}}: The sports girl Taku ''thinks'' everyone is looking at, at first.

* AlphaBitch: Rikako acts like this to hide her frustration at her life.
%% * Broken Bird

* BerserkButton: Yutaka punches Taku in the face when he realises he has feelings for Rikako as well. He later apologises for this.
* BrokenBird

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[[caption-width-right:296: No wonder they can hear the Ocean]]

* YourCheatingHeart: It's heavily implied that Rikako's father has been cheating on her mother, which presumably is why they got divorced in the first place.

* LoveTriangle: Though it takes Taku a while to [[ObliviousToLove realise he has feelings for Rikako, or that Yutaka likes her too.]]

''Ocean Waves'' was the first Ghibli film not directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or Creator/IsaoTakahata. It was conceived as a test run for Ghibli's younger staff members to prove they could make a quality film quickly and cheaply. However, it went both over-budget and over-schedule, and was not considered a success. The film was released in Europe in 2008 and Australia in 2010 with English subtitles. [[NoExportForYou It was not picked up for release in North America,]] until 2016, when GKIDS announced that they would release the film in theaters in 2017, albeit subtitled only.

* LastNameBasis: Rikako is only ever referred to as 'Muto' throughout the film.

* ProductPlacement: A can of Sprite is shown prominently in one scene.

* Gainaxing: The sports girl Taku ''thinks'' everyone is looking at, at first.

''Ocean Waves'' was the first Ghibli film not directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or Creator/IsaoTakahata. It was conceived as a test run for Ghibli's younger staff members to prove they could make a quality film quickly and cheaply. However, it went both over-budget and over-schedule, and was not considered a success. The film was released in Europe in 2008 and Australia in 2010 with English subtitles. [[NoExportForYou It has never been picked up for release in North America.]]

* TomboyandGirlyGirl: Rikako and Yumi, with Rikako as the tomboy and Yumi as the girly girl.

* OnlyKnownByTheirSurname: Rikako is only ever referred to as 'Muto' throughout the film.

* LoveTriangle

''Ocean Waves'' was the first Ghibli film not directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or Creator/IsaoTakahata. It was conceived as a test run for Ghibli's younger staff members to prove they could make a quality film quickly and cheaply. However, it went both over-budget and over-schedule, and was not considered a success. The film was released in Europe in 2008 and Australia in 2010 with English subtitles; Disney owns the rights to distribute it in North America but as of yet has not done so.

A 1993 made-for-TV animated film from StudioGhibli, ''Ocean Waves'' (海がきこえる / ''Umi ga Kikoeru'', translated as ''I Can Hear the Sea'') was based on the novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro and directed by Tomomi Mochizuki.

''Ocean Waves'' was the first Ghibli film not directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or IsaoTakahata. It was conceived as a test run for Ghibli's younger staff members to prove they could make a quality film quickly and cheaply. However, it went both over-budget and over-schedule, and was not considered a success. The film was released in Europe in 2008 and Australia in 2010 with English subtitles; Disney owns the rights to distribute it in North America but as of yet has not done so.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Taku.

''Ocean Waves'' was the first Ghibli film not directed by HayaoMiyazaki or IsaoTakahata. It was conceived as a test run for Ghibli's younger staff members to prove they could make a quality film quickly and cheaply. However, it went both over-budget and over-schedule, and was not considered a success. The film was released in Europe in 2008 and Australia in 2010 with English subtitles; Disney owns the rights to distribute it in North America but as of yet has not done so.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Taku.

[[caption-width-right:296: No wonder the can hear the Ocean]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The other girls in Rikako's class harass her for not fitting in. [[spoiler:The main girl who gave her a hard time turns over a new leaf by the class reunion.]]* AlphaBitch: Rikako acts like this to hide her frustration at her life.

* AlphaBitch: Rikako acts like this to hide her frustration at her life.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Taku.
* TheOtherReindeer: The other girls in Rikako's class harass her for not fitting in. [[spoiler:The main girl who gave her a hard time turns over a new leaf by the class reunion.]]

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Taku.

* BottleFairy: Rikako downs three rum and Cokes at one point.