Cast & Crew

Directed by

Noriyuki Abe

Writing Credits

Masahiro Ôkubo
(screenplay) &
Michiko Yokote
(screenplay)
Tite Kubo
(manga)

Cast

Masakazu Morita
Ichigo Kurosaki
Fumiko Orikasa
Rukia Kuchiki
Hiroki Yasumoto
Yasutora 'Chad' Sado
Yuki Matsuoka
Orihime Inoue
Noriaki Sugiyama
Uryu Ishida
Romi Park
Toushiro Hitsugaya
Akira Ishida
Soujiro Kusaka
Kentarô Itô
Renji Abarai
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kenpachi Zaraki
Masaaki Tsukada
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Tessai Tsukabishi
Akio Ôtsuka
Shunsui Kyoraku
Noriko Shitaya
Ururu Tsumugiya
Jun Fukuyama
Yumichika Ayasegawa
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Ikkaku Madarame
Takako Honda
Jinta Hanakari
Hideo Ishikawa
Jushiro Ukitake
Rie Kugimiya
Karin Kurosaki / Nemu Kurotsuchi (voice)
Mitsuaki Madono
Kon
Shin'ichirô Miki
Kisuke Urahara
Hisayo Mochizuki
Yachiru Kusajishi
Satsuki Yukino
Yoruichi Shihoin
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Isshin Kurosaki
Ryûsei Nakao
Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Rintarô Nishi
Tetsuzaemon Iba
Ryôtarô Okiayu
Byakuya Kuchiki
Takahiro Sakurai
Izuru Kira
Aya Hisakawa
Retsu Unohana / Ying (voice)
Yukana
Isane Kotetsu / Yang (voice) (as Yukana Nogami)
Sayaka Ôhara
Masaki Kurosaki
Tarô Yamaguchi
Chojiro Sasakibe
Tetsu Inada
Sajin Komamura
Tomoko Kawakami
Soifon
Takayuki Sugô
Zangetsu
Hitomi Nabatame
Nanao Ise
Shôto Kashii
Marechiyo Omaeda
Kôichi Tôchika
Sentaro Kotsubaki
Kôki Miyata
Hanatarô Yamada
Katsuyuki Konishi
Shuhei Hisagi
Yutaka Aoyama
Yasochika Iemura
Brian Beacock
Yumichika Ayasegawa
JB Blanc
Sajin Komamura
Johnny Yong Bosch
Ichigo Kurosaki
Steve Cassling
Tetsuzaemon Iba
Cam Clarke
Yasochika Iemura
Jeannie Elias
Jinta Hanakiri / Kiyone Kotetsu (voice)
Richard Epcar
Zangetsu
Quinton Flynn
Kon
Grant George
Izuru Kira
Kyle Hebert
Soul Reaper
Kate Higgins
Karin Kurosaki / Nanao Ise / Retsu Unohana / Ying (voice)
Megan Hollingshead
Rangiku Matsumoto / Nemu Kurotsuchi (voice)
Neil Kaplan
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto
Janice Kawaye
Yuzu Kurosaki
Steve Kramer
Shunsui Kyoraku
Lex Lang
Marechiyo Omaeda
Wendee Lee
Yoruichi Shihoin / Ururu Tsumugiya (voice)
Michael Lindsay
Kisuke Urahara
David Lodge
Kenpachi Zaraki
Yuri Lowenthal
Soul Reaper
Mona Marshall
Young Ichigo Kurosaki
Daisuke Matsuoka
Hyorinmaru
Kaya Matsutani
Rangiku Matsumoto
Vic Mignogna
Ikkaku Madarame
Chinami Nishimura
Kiyone Kotetsu
Liam O'Brien
Jushiro Ukitake
Tara Platt
Yang / Central 46 Member (voice)
Jamieson Price
Yasutora 'Chad' Sado
Steve Prince
Uryu Ishida
Cindy Robinson
Kiyone Kotetsu / Jinta Hanakiri (voice)
Michelle Ruff
Rukia Kuchiki
Patrick Seitz
Isshin Kurosaki / Sentaro Kotsubaki (voice)
Ayumi Sena
Yuzu Kurosaki
Stephanie Sheh
Orihime Inoue / Isane Kotetsu (voice)
Dina Sherman
Yachiro Kusajishi
Keith Silverstein
Sojiro Kusaka
Michael Sorich
Tessai Tsukabishi
Spike Spencer
Hanataro Yamada
Steve Staley
Toshiro Hitsugaya / Shuhei Hisagi (voice)
Ellyn Stern
Masaki Kurosaki
Terrence Stone
Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Karen Strassman
Soifon
Travis Willingham
Hyorinmaru
Wally Wingert
Renji Abarai
Dan Woren
Byakuya Kuchiki / Chojiro Sasakibe (voice)

Produced by

Shunji Aoki
producer
Jason Bergenfeld
co-producer: Viz Media (english version)
Akira Mark Fujita
executive producer: Viz Media (english version) (as Akira Fujita)
Mikihiko Fukazawa
producer
Hidemi Fukuhara
executive producer: Viz Media (english version)
Ken Hagino
producer
Sôichirô Hashi
executive producer
Michiyuki Honma
planner
Haruyuki Iguchi
associate producer
Tetsuya Ishikawa
associate producer
Tomikazu Kirita
executive producer
Joshua Lopez
co-producer (english version)
Miki Macaluso
co-producer (english version) (as Miki Magaluso)
Kôichirô Natsume
executive producer
Yûji Nunokawa
executive producer
Hideki Okamura
executive producer
Sayaka Ono
associate producer
Hiroto Sawada
planner
Yoshishige Shimatani
executive producer
Yutaka Sugiyama
planner
Yoshio Takada
executive producer
Masato Takami
associate producer
Kazuhiro Takenaka
executive producer
Kazuhiko Torishima
planner
Noritaka Yamaji
executive producer
Mikiko Yasui
associate producer
Yukio Yoshimura
associate producer

Music by

Shirô Sagisu
(as Shiro Sagisu)

Cinematography by

Toshiyuki Fukushima

Editing by

Hidetoshi Okuno
Jun'ichi Uematsu
(as Junichi Uematsu)

Casting By

Jamie Simone
(english version)

Art Direction by

Tomoyuki Shimizu

Production Management

Denny Densmore
post-production supervisor: english version
Alvin Lu
production supervisor (english version)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Noriyuki Abe
unit director
Jun Kamiya
unit director
Jun'ya Koshiba
unit director
Kazunori Mizuno
unit director

Art Department

Noriko Abe
color designer / color key
Noriyuki Abe
storyboard artist
Hiromi Anzai
color designer / color key
Manabu Fukazawa
storyboard artist
Hideo Kamiya
color designer / color key
Akemi Kanaya
design works
Kôta Kitamura
design works
Kazunori Mizuno
storyboard artist
Mayumi Nagashima
color designer
Yoshikazu Okaniwa
design works
Tetsuhito Saitô
storyboard artist
Mamoru Sasaki
property master
Sawako Takagi
artboards
Kôichi Usami
special design
Tetsu Yamamoto
design works

Sound Department

Michael Clark
recording engineer: english version
Mark Ettel
re-recording mixer: english version
Yôko Hirose
sound producer: Zack Promotion
Keiichi Katsuki
sound mixer
Jirô Miyazawa
sound mixer
Yosuke Morita
assistant recording director: Zack Promotion
Akiko Mutô
sound effects: Sound Box
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recordist
Norio Nishizawa
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Miho Suzuki
special effects

Visual Effects by

Hisashi Akimoto
3d: Studio BACU
Ayumi Inoue
digital painter: T2 Studio
Fumie Kawamata
digital painter: T2 Studio
Haruna Kiryû
digital painter: T2 Studio (as Haruna Kiryu)
Rie Kurihara
digital painter: T2 Studio
Yukie Matsuzaki
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Shinnosuke Nagare
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Takaki Okunaga
system administrator
Jae-Youp Sang
3d: T2 Studio
Katsufumi Satô
2d effects
Hitomi Shimoganna
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Toshiki Taketani
background digital support
Kasumi Wada
digital painter: T2 Studio
Mami Yariwake
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office

Camera and Electrical Department

Kazuto Izumida
photography: T2 Studio (as Kazuto Izumita)
Teruyuki Kawase
photography: T2 Studio
Sang Yun Kim
photography: T2 Studio
Teruhisa Mizuhara
photography: T2 Studio
Norikazu Numata
photography: T2 Studio
Jae-Youp Sang
photography: T2 Studio
Katsufumi Satô
photography: T2 Studio
Tomoyuki Shiokawa
photography: T2 Studio
Nozomi Shitara
photography: T2 Studio
Kazumasa Someya
photography: T2 Studio
Tomohiro Takahashi
photography: T2 Studio
Shinobu Ôhata
photography: T2 Studio (as Shinobu Ohata)
Hiroshi Ôizumi
photography: T2 Studio

Animation Department

Misao Abe
key animator
Toshiko Abe
background artist: Studio Loft
Kumiko Akahori
cel painter: Studio Targe
Manabu Akita
key animator
Mi Kyoung An
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Sang Min An
background artist: Nara Animation Studio
Katsushi Aoki
background artist: Madhouse
Katsumi Aoshima
key animator
Eri Baba
second key animator
Toshiko Baba
key animator
Kyung Sun Bae
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Yong Oh Bae
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Eun-Soon Byun
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Hye Soon Byun
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Sung Ill Cha
key animator: Nara Animation Studio
Jia Yi Chen
background artist: Shanghai Superman
Yuki Chika
key animator
Hun Cho
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Hye Jung Cho
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Do Young Choi
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Eun Mi Choi
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Hee Eun Choi
key animator: Nara Animation Studio
Ki-Jeong Choi
cel painter: DR Movie
Seong Sook Choi
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Yun Hee Choi
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Hyun Ok Chun
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Yeon-Soon Chung
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Yûko Dangi
key animator
Masaaki Endô
key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Eichi Esu
key animator
Ayuko Etô
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Ken'ichi Fujisawa
second key animator
Rie Fujiwara
key animator
Manabu Fukazawa
animation director / key animator
Kazuo Fukuda
second key animator
Tsuyoshi Fukumoto
background artist: Studio Loft
Tarô Gotô
background artist: Studio Wyeth (as Taro Goto)
Kumiko Hachisuka
cel painter: Konohana
Kenji Hachizaki
key animator
Junko Hagihira
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Myung Sun Han
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Seung Jin Han
key animator: Nara Animation Studio
Akitoshi Hanyûda
background scanner: Scan-ya
Tetsuya Hasegawa
key animator
Takashi Hashimoto
effects animation director
Akiyuki Hatanaka
cel painter: Studio Targe
Kaori Higuchi
key animator
Kazunobu Hoshi
key animator
Yûji Hosogoe
animation director / key animator
Mieko Hosoi
key animator
Kazumi Hosokawa
cel painter: Studio Targe
Ji Na Hwang
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jun-Pil Hwang
background artist: DR Movie
Keizô Ichikawa
key animator (as Keizo Ichikawa)
Misuzu Ichinose
inbetween animation: OH Production
Hiroyoshi Iida
key animator
Takuya Iida
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Emi Ikebuchi
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Akiko Ikeda
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Yôko Ikeda
cel painter: Studio Targe (as Yoko Ikeda)
Ruriko Ikejiri
background scanner: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Michiko Ikushima
cel painter: Studio Killy
Tomoe Imamura
cel checker: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Junko Ina
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Asako Inayoshi
key animator
Tomoshige Inayoshi
key animator
Kaoru Inoda
background artist: Madhouse
Atsuko Inoue
key animator
Ayumi Inoue
cel painter: T2 Studio
Miho Inoue
second key animator: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Mai Ishida
second key animator
Keiko Ishihara
key animator
Tomomi Ishii
key animator
Yasuko Ishii
inbetween animation: Pierrot Animation Room
Kaori Ishikawa
cel painter: Studio Killy
Katsutoshi Isshi
second key animator
Shunsuke Itai
second key animator
Kotomi Itayama
cel painter: Studio Targe
Toshiyuki Itô
cel painter: Studio Targe
Toshiko Iwakiri
cel painter: Studio Killy
Yoshishige Iwakiri
cel painter: Studio Killy
In Hwa Jang
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Woo Cheol Jang
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Eun Kyung Jeon
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Ji Hyon Jeong
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Eun Hee Jung
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Hye Ra Jung
cel painter: DR Movie
Yu Seon Jung
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Fumie Kaneko
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Yuki Kasahara
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Takahito Katayama
key animator
Shigeki Kawai
second key animator
Fumie Kawamata
cel checker: T2 Studio
Akio Kawamura
animation director / key animator
Kumiko Kawashima
key animator
Shirô Kigi
key animator
Satonobu Kikuchi
key animator
Ah Jin Kim
cel painter: DR Movie (as A Jin Kim)
Bo Min Kim
second key animator
Bok-simm Kim
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Bu Kyung Kim
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Hae Min Kim
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Hui Young Kim
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Hyejeong Kim
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio (as Hye Jeong Kim)
Jie Youn Kim
background artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jung-Hwan Kim
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Kyun Suk Kim
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Mi Joung Kim
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Mi Seuk Kim
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Min Ju Kim
cel painter: DR Movie
Min-kyoung Kim
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Moon Sub Kim
background artist: DR Movie
Seuk Won Kim
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
So Young Kim
key animator: Nara Animation Studio (as So Young Kim)
Young Hee Kim
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Emiko Kimura
cel painter: Konohana
Fumiyo Kimura
key animator
Hideyuki Kimura
second key animator
Makoto Kimura
background scanner: Scan-ya
Emi Kirikihara
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Haruna Kiryû
cel painter: T2 Studio (as Haruna Kiryu)
Yoshiyuki Kishi
second key animator
Yûko Kobayashi
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Ryô Kodama
key animator
Kimiko Kojima
cel checker: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Gen'ichirô Kondô
key animator (as Genichiro Kondo)
Jin Kong
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Megumi Koyama
second key animator
Hisashi Koyanagi
cel painter: Studio Targe
Jeung Ou Ku
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Masashi Kudô
character designer/animation director / key animator
Yoshihiro Kudô
second key animator
Rie Kurihara
cel painter: T2 Studio
Ken'ichi Kutsuna
key animator (as Kenichi Kutsuna)
Fumiaki Kôta
key animator (as Fumiaki Kota)
Hyun Eun Lee
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Hyung Moo Lee
background artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jeung Ug Lee
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Jin-hong Lee
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Mi-yeun Lee
cel painter: DR Movie
Sae Yeun Lee
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Seon Mi Lee
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Sun Lee
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Gab Sook Lim
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng (as Kab Seuk Lim)
Hyuk Soo Lim
background artist: Nara Animation Studio
Shin'ichi Machida
key animator
Yukiko Makishima
cel painter: Studio Targe
Toshihiko Masuda
key animator
Yûko Matsui
key animator
Kazuko Matsumura
key animator
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
key animator
Yukie Matsuzaki
cel checker: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hong Yi Min
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Kyoung Ae Min
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Ryûsuke Minami
cel painter: Studio Targe
Yûko Minowa
cel painter: Studio Targe (as Yuko Minowa)
Takayo Mitsuwaka
key animator
Haruo Miyagawa
key animator
Naoko Miyahara
cel painter: Studio Targe
Takeshi Miyamoto
key animator
Masatsugu Miyashita
key animator
Kazuya Miyoshi
animation director / key animator
Ji Yeon Moon
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Mayuko Mori
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Hiroshi Morita
background scanner: Scan-ya
Hiroki Moritomo
key animator
Yûji Moriyama
animation director
Eriko Murakami
key animator
Tomoko Murakami
second key animator
Tomoe Muramatsu
background scanner: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Shinnosuke Nagare
cel checker: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hitoshi Nagasaki
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Kaoru Nagasawa
background scanner: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Emi Nakai
second key animator
Ryôji Nakamori
key animator (as Ryoji Nakamori)
Minoru Nakamura
background production
Naoki Nakamura
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator
Rie Nakanishi
key animator
Hiroyuki Nakata
key animator
Yukiko Nakatani
second key animator
Satoru Nakaya
key animator
Eiki Niisato
second key animator
Hiroyuki Notake
key animator
Ayae Ogasawara
cel painter: Studio Targe
Atsushi Ogata
key animator
Hiroshi Ogawa
second key animator
Takeshi Ogawa
background scanner: T2 Studio
Shingo Ogiso
animation director / key animator
Ikumi Oka
inbetween animation: Pierrot Animation Room
Takeshi Okada
key animator
Katsusuke Okamura
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Kazuhiro Oki
key animator
Yaeko Okunaga
inbetween checker
Kazumasa Orii
key animator
Madoka Ozawa
key animator
Wen Pan
background artist: Shanghai Superman
Eun Joo Park
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Eun-a Park
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jeong Ah Park
cel painter: DR Movie
Kyung-suk Park
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Se Yun Park
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Sun Hwan Park
background artist: DR Movie
Yun Hee Park
cel painter: DR Movie
Hyun Ug Ryu
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Su Hyun Sa
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Hiroki Saito
second key animator
Akiko Saitô
background scanner: Scan-ya
Michiko Saitô
background scanner: T2 Studio (as Michiko Saito)
Yukiko Saitô
second key animator
Kazuo Sakai
key animator
Rikako Sakaki
key animator
Tomoaki Sakiyama
key animator
Mamoru Sasaki
key animator
Takeshi Sasaki
key animator
Hiroaki Satô
background scanner: Scan-ya
Keita Sawatani
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Minako Sekihara
inbetween animation: OH Production
Yayoi Sekine
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Song-hee Seo
cel painter: DR Movie
Hiroyuki Shimizu
key animator
Megumi Shimizu
key animator
Tomoyuki Shimizu
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Yoshiharu Shimizu
key animator
Yoshiko Shimizu
cel checker: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Yuri Shimizu
background scanner: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Hitomi Shimoganna
cel checker: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Makoto Shimojima
key animator
Eun-kyung Shin
cel painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Hye Mi Shin
cel painter: DR Movie
Young Hee Shin
key animator: Nara Animation Studio
Hiromi Shiro
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Yûichi Suehiro
background artist: Atelier BWCA (as Yuichi Suehiro)
Ryôko Sugiura
second key animator (as Ryoko Sugiura)
Ji Young Sung
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Kazuhiko Suzuki
background artist: Studio Loft
Natsuko Suzuki
key animator
Yôko Suzuki
key animator
Hiroki Takagi
animation director / key animator
Sawako Takagi
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Sayuri Takagi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Naomi Takahashi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Noriko Takahashi
key animator
Asami Takano
inbetween animation: OH Production
Momoko Takatsu
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Yôko Takayanagi
inbetween animation: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hiroto Tanaka
key animator
Sayuri Tanasaki
cel painter: Studio Targe
Jun'ichi Taniguchi
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Michiko Taniguchi
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Hiromichi Tanikawa
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kinuko Tawara
cel painter: Konohana
Hiroko Tezuka
inbetween checker
Teruaki Tokumaru
key animator
Kumiko Tokunaga
second key animator: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Mifumi Tomita
second key animator: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Mitsuko Toyoshima
inbetween checker
Hiromi Tsuchiya
cel painter: Studio Killy
Tôji Tsuchiya
cel painter: Studio Targe
Daisuke Tsumagari
second key animator
Kazue Tsunoda
inbetween artist
Mihoko Uda
inbetween animation: OH Production
Ichirô Uno
key animator
Kôichi Usami
key animator
Yasunari Usuda
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kôji Usui
cel painter: Studio Targe
Kasumi Wada
cel painter: T2 Studio
Haru Watanabe
inbetween animation: Pierrot Animation Room
Yoriko Watanabe
cel painter: Konohana
Keum Young Woo
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
second key animator
Makiko Yagihashi
cel checker: Pierrot Digital Animation Room
Reiko Yamada
inbetween checker
Hirômi Yamakawa
key animator
Yûko Yamamoto
key animator
Satomi Yamanaka
second key animator
Akira Yamauchi
key animator
Naoki Yamauchi
key animator
Shiho Yanase
background artist: Studio Wyeth
Sun-Yeun Yang
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Mami Yariwake
cel checker: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Bo Reum Yi
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jeong Ah Yim
cel painter: DR Movie
Young Hye Yoo
cel painter: Nara Animation Studio
Eun Joo Yoon
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio (as Eun-ju Yoon)
Miyoko Yoshida
cel painter: Studio Killy
Yûko Yoshida
key animator
Toshiyuki Yoshimura
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Choong-hyun You
background artist: DR Movie
Sang Hee Yu
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Li Na Yuan
background artist: Shanghai Superman
Joung Hye Yun
inbetween artist: Nara Animation Studio
Jia Qing Zhou
background artist: Shanghai Superman
Xiao Zhu
inbetween animation: Pierrot Animation Room
Rieko Ôiwa
background artist: Studio Wyeth (as Rieko Ohiwa)
Mika Ôkubo
second key animator: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Masaya Ônishi
animation director / key animator
Yasue Ôno
key animator

Editorial Department

David Butterworth
additional video composition (english version)
Asami Doshita
lab management
Yoshio Ide
color management
Jun'ichi Inoue
lab desk
Tomo Ishii
hd 24p editing: Sony PCL
Hideki Itô
hd coordinator: Sony PCL
Yoshihito Katô
lab producer
Sean Kelley
additional editor: video: english version
Keiji Kondô
lab producer
Terry Marlin
editor: video: english version
Etsushi Masuda
film recording
Tomoki Takemura
hd 24p editing: Sony PCL
Haruyasu Yamazaki
hd coordinator: Sony PCL
Tomio Yoshikawa
color timing

Music Department

Mark Berrow
musician: violin
Nigel Black
musician: french horn
Catherine Bott
musician: soprano
Thomas Bowes
musician: violin
Andrew Busher
musician: tenor
Freedom Gospel Choir
background vocals
Caroline Dale
musician: cello
David Daniels
musician: cello
Peter Hanson
musician: violin
Matthew Hargreaves
musician: bass
Masaya Hayashi
main theme tie-in producer: Sony Music Records
Stephen Henderson
music contractor
Patrick Kiernan
musician: violin
Yuito Kimura
main theme tie-in producer: Sony Music Entertainment
Boguslav Kostecki
musician: violin
Julian Leaper
musician: violin
London Studio Orchestra
music performed by
Martin Loveday
musician: cello
Rita Manning
musician: violin
Deborah Miles-Johnson
musician: mezzo-soprano
Tôru Mogi
main theme tie-in producer: Sony Music Records
Perry Montague-Mason
orchestra leader
Martin Owen
musician: french horn
Andy Parker
musician: viola
Anthony Pleeth
musician: cello
Jonathan Rees
musician: violin
Shirô Sagisu
music arranger (as Shiro Sagisu)
Cathy Thompson
musician: violin
Christopher Tombling
musician: violin (as Chris Tombling)
Richard Watkins
musician: french horn
Dave Woodcock
musician: violin
Mike Wyzgowski
choir lyrics
Akiko Yodo
music production staff producer
Warren Zielinski
musician: second violin
Ryô Ôyama
music production staff producer (as Ryo Ôyama)
Rachel Bolt
musician: viola (uncredited)
Peter Lale
musician: viola (uncredited)
Chris Laurence
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Mary Scully
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Allen Walley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White
musician: viola (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Nozomu Aminaka
production desk
Noriyuki Aoki
floor coordinator
Daisuke Arakawa
production runner
Tatsuo Asaga
general affairs
Hideto Azuma
planning cooperation: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Mutsumi Chino
production runner
Pancha Diaz
creative consultant (english version)
Takehiko Emi
advertising manager
Fumihito Fukuju
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Daisuke Fukunaga
trailer director
Keisuke Furusawa
production committee: Bandai
Tadao Hanashi
production committee: TV Tokyo
Tomoo Hayashi
production committee: Dentsû
Atsushi Higashiyama
production committee: Dentsû
Takayuki Hirobe
production committee: TV Tokyo
Masahiko Ibaraki
planning cooperation: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Minami Ichikawa
production committee: Toho
Mikio Igarashi
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Yû Inagaki
advertising manager
Tokio Inoue
production assistant: Viz Media: english version
Gyun Jeong Jeong
production collaborator
Haeng Gueon Jeong
production collaborator
Se Kwon Jeong
production collaborator
Emi Katô
production work
Miho Kawakoshi
production committee: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genki Kawamura
production committee: Toho
Yûsuke Kikuchi
advertising producer
Ayako Kouno
production runner (as Ayako Kawano)
Kôichi Machiyama
production runner (as Koichi Machiyama)
Naohiko Matsuzawa
production runner
Tatsuma Minamikawa
production runner
Aya Mizobuchi
production committee: Dentsû
Seong Ho Moon
overseas liaison
Reina Morooka
production collaborator: Nomad
Shinji Motoyama
production committee: Sega
Hirokazu Nagaoka
production collaborator: M.S.J. Musashino Seisakujo
Atsushi Nakazaki
planning cooperation: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Takeshi Ochi
production committee: Aniplex
Hiroshi Ogawa
production assistant
Hiroyuki Okino
production committee: Shûeisha
Hikaru Onoda
production committee: Toho
Kazuteru Oshikiri
production collaborator: ism
Takeshi Saitô
production committee: Bandai
Hisashi Sasaki
planning cooperation: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Chihiro Sasayama
advertising manager
Miki Satô
production work
Nanaki Satô
production runner
Shigeharu Sekiguchi
production collaborator: Piggy
Osamu Shimizu
production collaborator: ARMS
Seiji Shimoyamada
production committee: Dentsû
Yôko Shinada
production committee: TV Tokyo
Tomohito Shinka
production runner
Makoto Shiohara
production runner
Keitarô Shirahama
production runner (as Keitaro Shirahama)
Kazumi Suzuki
production committee: TV Tokyo
Tomohiro Takahashi
production runner
Ritsuya Takashige
setting production
Hiromichi Uchida
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Masao Ueda
production committee: Aniplex
Kayo Ueno
production runner
Tôru Umeoka
production collaborator: Madhouse
Ken'ichirô Ushiki
production committee: Shûeisha (as Kenichiro Ushiki)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
advertising manager
Kazuko Yamamoto
production committee: Aniplex
Akihiro Yamauchi
production committee: Toho
Masayuki Ôhira
trailer producer
Masahiro Ôkubo
literary supervisor
Ken Ôsaki
production committee: Sega
Tsuneo Ôyama
production committee: Shûeisha

Thanks

Atsushi Kamimura
special thanks
Shôji Matsui
special thanks (as Shoji Matsui)
Shigehiro Suzuki
special thanks
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