KADOKAWA Corporation is working with Audible, Inc, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc to launch a streaming audiobook of the Five Centimeters Per Second novel, read by original movie cast members Kenji Mizuhashi, Satomi Hanamura, and Risa Mizuno on October 5th. Featuring scenes and character emotions that couldn't be depicted in the movie, the ten-year story is reborn, brilliantly, in audiobook form.

This is the second installment of the Makoto Shinkai Audiobook Project, following the audiobook version of the novelization of Your Name (read by Romi Park). To celebrate the streaming event, the promotional site will feature exclusive interview videos in which Kenji Mizuhashi discusses differences between the movie and the novel, difficulties unique to reading of prose, and his discussions with Makoto Shinkai after the recording. There are also backgrounds used in the movie as well as special vocal samples to help you experience the story.

■Further works coming to streaming:
-In the Garden of Words novel
-Your Name Another Side: Earthbound

"Makoto Shinkai Audiobook Project" Amazon Promotional Page
https://www.amazon.co.jp/b/ref=adbl_JP_pr_kimi_0064?ie=UTF8&node=5984099051