Ocean Waves, known in Japan as , is a 1993 Japanese anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990-1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network. "Ocean Waves" first aired on May 5, 1993 on Nippon TV. In 1995, the sequel, "I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love", was published. In the same year, a TV drama was produced mainly based on this work starring Shinji Takeda and Hitomi Satō.