Be Forever Yamato：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Toshio Masuda
: Leiji Matsumoto
: Tomoharu Katsumata
(chief director)

Writing Credits

Leiji Matsumoto
(co-creator) and: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
(co-creator): Leiji Matsumoto
(screenplay) and: Toshio Masuda
(screenplay) and: Keisuke Fujikawa
(screenplay) and: Hideaki Yamamoto
(screenplay)

Cast

Kei Tomiyama
Susumu Kodai: Yôko Asagami
Yuki Mori: Shûsei Nakamura
Daisuke Shima: Shinji Nomura
Yoshikazu Aihara: Kazuo Hayashi
Yasuo Nanbu: Tôru Furuya
Tasuke Tokugawa: Yoshito Yasuhara
KenjirÃ´ Ãta: Ichirô Nagai
Dr. SakezÃ´ Sado: Ken'ichi Ogata
Analyzer: Takeshi Aono
ShirÃ´ Sanada: Mikio Terashima
ShÃ´ Yamazaki: Akira Kamiya
ShirÃ´ KatÃ´: Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Yamanami: Taichirô Hirokawa
Mamoru Kodai: Masatô Ibu
HeikurÃ´ TÃ´dÃ´: Keiko Han
SÃ¢sha (Mio Sanada): Miyuki Ueda
Starsha: Nachi Nozawa
Alphon: Tôru Ôhira
Skulldart: Mugihito
Kazan: Banjô Ginga
GrÃ´tas: Yumi Nakatani
SÃ¢da: Michio Hazama
Narrator

Produced by

Yoshinobu Nishizaki
executive producer / producer: Toru Yoshida
producer

Music by

Hiroshi Miyagawa

Cinematography by

Yukio Katayama
: Nobuyuki Sugaya

Editing by

Yutaka Chikura

Art Direction by

Geki Katsumata

Production Management

Tatsuo Shibayama
in charge of production: Kiyoshi Ãno
in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Hideki Takayama
assistant director: Kazunori Tanabashi
assistant director

Art Department

Fumio Akutsu
art advancement: Masaharu EndÃ´
storyboard artist (as Seiji EndÃ´): Takeshi Shirato
storyboard artist (as Takeshi Shirado): Aritsune Toyota
sci-fi designs: Tadanao Tsuji
artboards

Sound Department

ShÃ´hei Hayashi
recording director: Yasunori Honda
sound producer: Mitsuru Kashiwabara
sound effects editor: Mitsuhiro Koyama
sound producer: Atsumi Tashiro
sound director

Special Effects by

Yoshiaki Okada
special effects: ShÃ´ji SatÃ´
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Katsuhiro Miyamoto
camera operator: Hisao Taguchi
camera operator: Minoru Takaishi
camera operator: YÃ´ichi Takanashi
camera operator: Susumu Yamakawa
camera operator

Animation Department

Takashi Abe
animator: Noriko Akahoya
background artist: Teiichi Akashi
background artist: Yoshinobu Aohachi
animator: Kiyotoshi Aoi
inbetween checker: Yutaka Arai
inbetween checker: Masaharu EndÃ´
animator (as Seiji EndÃ´): Masanobu Fujioka
animator: Junko Furuya
cel painter: Mitsuko Goto
cel painter: Yukiyoshi Hane
animator (as Yoshiyuki Hane): Noriko Hara
inbetween artist: Teruo Hattori
inbetween artist: Akio Hayashi
xerographer: Kazuo Hayashi
animator: Toshiki Hirano
animator (as Toshihiro Hirano): Hiromi Hiwatari
background artist: Katsuyoshi Ichihara
background artist: ChÃ»ichi Iguchi
animator: Kumiko Iijima
background artist: Tatsuo Imamura
background artist: Yoshinobu Inano
animator: Mihoko Irie
cel tracer: Mario Ishiyama
inbetween artist: Katsumi Itabashi
mechanical designer: Mizuho ItÃ´
inbetween artist: Kaoru Izumiguchi
animator: Yumiko KaidÃ´
inbetween artist: Yoshinori Kanada
animation director / animator: Keiko Kanayama
inbetween artist: Hidetoshi Kaneko
background artist: Yoshinori Kanemori
animator: Michihiro Kaneyama
animator: RyÃ´ko KatÃ´
inbetween artist: Hiroyuki Kawano
inbetween artist: Tatsuji Kino
animator: Hiromi Kiyono
inbetween artist: Toshiaki Kobayashi
inbetween artist: YÃ»ko Kobayashi
background artist: KÃ´zÃ´ Masanobu
animator: Shigeo Matoba
animator: Yoshiaki Matsuda
inbetween artist: Keiko Matsumura
inbetween artist: Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki
inbetween artist: Yoshito Miki
inbetween artist: Toshio Mori
animator: Hiroshi Morita
cel checker: Masahiro Nakamura
cel advancement: Shiho Nakamura
inbetween artist: Takashi Nakamura
animator / assistant animation director: Tsunenaka Nozaki
animator: Yasuhiko Ogata
inbetween checker: Akihiro Ogawa
inbetween artist: Hiroshi Oikawa
animator: Kimiyo Okunishi
cel tracer: Takao Ozone
inbetween artist: Takao Sakano
inbetween artist: KyÃ´ko SatÃ´
inbetween artist (as KyÃ´ko Sato): Akio Serita
inbetween artist: Akitake Shinoda
animator: Tadashi Shirakawa
animator: Takeshi Shirato
animator (as Takeshi Shirado) / character designer (as Takeshi Shirado): Yoshinobu Susukida
inbetween artist (as Yoshinobu Usuda): Yayoi Suzuki
inbetween artist: Yasuyuki Tada
animator: Asao Takahashi
inbetween artist: Shin'ya Takahashi
animation director / animator / character designer: Kimiko Tamazawa
inbetween artist: Isamu Tanaka
inbetween artist: Tsutomu Tominaga
xerographer: Mao Torii
inbetween artist: Tadanao Tsuji
mechanical designer: Tsutomu Tsukada
cel checker: KyÃ´ko Uemura
background artist: Momoko Ueno
inbetween artist: Kazuhiko Utagawa
character designer / chief animation director: Takeshi Waki
background artist: Tadafumi Yamazaki
inbetween artist: Minoru Yamazawa
inbetween checker

Editorial Department

Shin'ichi Fukumitsu
assistant editor: Mari Kishi
assistant editor

Music Department

Yû Aku
lyricist

Additional Crew

Yasuyuki Asakawa
advertising: Mieko Hara
advertising: Etsuo Hashimoto
advertising: Kenji Kawasaki
production assistant: YÃ´ko Kuroishi
record keeper: Hiroshi Misono
production assistant: KÃ´ji Sekiguchi
production assistant: Masaya Tokuyama
advertising: Yasuto Yamaki
setting production (as Yasuhito Yamaki): Kazuo Yokoyama
literary producer