A Silent Voice , IQ Score 175/200
A Silent Voice has an IQ Score of 175/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
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IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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- Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
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A Silent Voice scores 175/200 on the TVI IQ Score, placing it in the Masterclass tier. A boy who bullied a deaf classmate in elementary school spends his teenage years in penance, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.
The TVI Take
A boy who bullied a deaf classmate in elementary school spends his teenage years in penance. Yoshitoki Oima's manga adaptation handles bullying, disability, guilt, social anxiety, and suicidality with an emotional precision rare in any medium.
Educational about the long-term consequences of cruelty and the possibility of repair.
People & Production Naoko Yamada · Kyoto Animation · Japan 19 connections
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A Silent Voice scored 175/200 (Masterclass tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/a-silent-voice/
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