Mimi wo sumaseba

Plot summary

A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... could it be her "friend" from the library? The boy's grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker like his grandfather. Written by Dana Anthony {ranthony@intrex.net}

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets a boy her age whom she finds infuriating, but discovers to her shock that he is her 'Prince of Books'. As she grows closer to him, she realises that he merely read all those books to bring himself closer to her. The boy Seiji aspires to be a violin maker in Italy, and it is his dreams that make Shizuku realise that she has no clear path for her life. Knowing that her strength lies in writing, she tests her talents by writing a story about Baron, a cat statuette belonging to Seiji's grandfather. Written by Anonymous

Cast of Mimi wo sumaseba

	Youko Honna	...	Shizuku Tsukishima (voice)
	Kazuo Takahashi	...	Seiji Amasawa (voice)
	Takashi Tachibana	...	Yasunari Tsukishima (voice)
	Shigeru Muroi	...	Asako Tsukishima (voice)
	Shigeru Tsuyuguchi	...	The Baron (voice)
	Keiju Kobayashi	...	Chikyu-Ya' shujin (voice)
	Deanna Russo	...	High School Student
	Minami Takayama	...	Kosaka-sensei (voice)
	Yorie Yamashita	...	Shiho Tsukishima (voice)
	Mayumi Iizuka	...	Kinuyo (voice)
	Toshio Suzuki	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Mika Boorem	...	Kinuyo (voice: English version)
	Erin Chambers	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
	Suguru Egawa	...	(voice)
	Cary Elwes	...	The Baron (voice: English version)
	David Gallagher	...	Seiji (voice: English version)
	Harold Gould	...	Nishi (voice: English version)
	Naohisa Inoue	...	Tall friend of Mr. Nishi (voice)
	Shirô Kishibe	...	(voice)
	Abigail Mavity	...	Nao (voice: English version)
	Tatsuya Okada	...	(voice)
	James Sikking	...	Seiya (as James B. Sikking)
	Jean Smart	...	Asako (voice: English version)
	Brittany Snow	...	Shizuku (voice: English version)
	Martin Spanjers	...	Sugimura (voice: English version)
	Issei Takahashi	...	Seiji Amasawa
	Satoru Takahashi	...	(voice)
	Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Shiho (voice: English version)
	Ashley Tisdale	...	Yuko (voice: English version)
	Hiromi Yasuda	...	(voice)