Brave Story：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Makoto Bessho
: Kôichi Chigira
: Mahiro Maeda
: Yukio Takahashi
: Tomihiko Ôkubo

Writing Credits

Miyuki Miyabe
(novel): Ichirô Ôkouchi
(screenplay): Reiko Yoshida
(screenplay cooperation)

Cast

Takako Matsu
Wataru Mitsuya: Eiji Wentz
Mitsuru: Joe Cappelletti
Toron: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Goddess of Fortune / Princess Zofie (voice): Miki Imai
Goddess of Destiny: Tarô Ishida
Bishop Daimon: Shirô Itô
Monk Rau: Ayako Kawasumi
Mysterious Girl: Kirin Kiki
Onba: Steve Kramer
Ki-Kima: Satomi Kôrogi
Jozo: Wendee Lee
Kacchan / Kuniko Mitsuya (voice): Sherry Lynn
Mina: Mona Marshall
Wataru Mitsuya / Mitsuru Ashikawa (voice): Liam O'Brien
Ishioka / Young Bishop (voice): Cindy Robinson
Katsu / Aya Ashikawa (voice): Chiwa Saitô
Meena: Stephanie Sheh
Mysterious Girl: Rie Shibata
Yunababa: Michael Sorich
Master Guru Lau: Terrence Stone
Bishop Daimon / Circus Ringmaster (voice): Katsumi Takahashi
Akira Mitsuya: Yoshiko Tanaka
Kuniko Mitsuya: Kirk Thornton
Akira Mitsuya: Takako Tokiwa
Kutz: Yô Ôizumi
Kee-Keema

Produced by

YÃ»ji Hori
associate producer: Koji Kajita
producer: Chihiro Kameyama
executive producer: Hiroyoshi Koiwai
producer: Tomoyuki Ogata
assistant producer: Hisaaki Sakabe
associate producer: Production I.G: Daisuke Sekiguchi
producer: Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu
animation producer

Music by

Ben Watkins
(as Juno Reactor)

Cinematography by

Hiroo Yoshioka

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama
: Megumi Uchida

Production Management

Toyokazu Hattori
production management: Jun Matsumoto
production management: Hirofumi NaitÃ´
production supervisor: Akihiro Nakamura
production manager: KÃ´ichi Sasabe
production management: Kazuyuki Tachibana
production manager: Toshio Yoshitomi
production management

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Makoto Bessho
unit director: Tetsuo Ichimura
assistant unit director: Shunsuke Ishikawa
assistant unit director: Masayuki Kaihatsu
tv-cm director: Mahiro Maeda
unit director: KÃ´ji Shiranita
tv-cm director: Yukio Takahashi
unit director: Tomihiko Ôkubo
unit director (as Tomihiko Ohkubo)

Art Department

Kôichi Chigira
storyboard artist: Akihiro Hirasawa
artboards: Bihou: Makoto Kobayashi
artboards: Bihou: Tadashi KudÃ´
art director: Studio Pinewood: Mahiro Maeda
storyboard artist: Yukiko Maruyama
art director: Atelier Musa: Michiyo Miki
art director: Design Office Mechaman: Toshiharu Murata
artboards: Ogura KÃ´bÃ´: KÃ´ki Nagayoshi
art director: HED Works: Hiromasa Ogura
artboards: Ogura KÃ´bÃ´: Kazuo Ogura
art director: Kusanagi: Yoshinori Shiozawa
artboards: Bihou: YÃ»suke Takeda
art director: Bamboo (as Yusuke Takeda): Shin'ichi Tanimura
art director: Studio Easter: KaichirÃ´ Terada
monster designer: Hitoshi Ueda
artboards: Bihou: Yoshimitsu Ôhashi
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Tsutomu Asakura
recording staff: James Austin
engineering services (as Jim Austin): Christopher Barnett
engineering services: Christopher Barron
digital transfer: Tim Burby
digital editorial services: Dustin Cawood
sound effects assistant editor: John Countryman
digital transfer: Noah Davis
sound effects assistant editor: Edwin Dunkley
video services (as Ed Dunkley): Sean England
foley recordist: Megan Fouts
client services (as Megan Tompkins): Jonathan Greber
digital transfer: Howie Hammermann
engineering services (as Howard Hammerman): Ellen Heuer
foley artist: Yoshifumi Hosoya
post production supervisor: Elephant Studio: David C. Hughes
supervising sound effects editor (as David Hughes): David Hunter
digital editorial services: Takeshi Imaizumi
recording staff: Yumi Kaneko
post production supervisor: Elephant Studio: KÃ´ji Kasamatsu
assistant sound director (as Koji Kasamatsu): Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East: Mike Lane
client services: Brian Magerkurth
machine room operator: Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East: Tom Myers
re-recording mixer / sound designer: Yasushi Nagura
sound recordist: Nathan Nance
machine room operator: Mitsue Narahara
recording staff: Gordon Ng
client services: Noboru Nishio
digital optical recordist: Larry Oatfield
foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield): Juan Peralta
mix technician: Eva Porter
client services: Frank Rinella
foley mixer (as Frank Aglieri-Rinella): Ronald G. Roumas
machine room operator (as Ron Roumas): Yoshimi Sugiyama
sound production manager: Fumiaki Tanaka
recording staff: Dennie Thorpe
foley artist (as Denise Thorpe): John Torrijos
video services (as John' J.T.' Torrijos): YÃ´ta Tsuruoka
sound director: Futoshi Ueda
optical re-recording: Jana Vance
foley artist: Satoshi Yano
recording staff: Larry Oatfield
sound editor (uncredited): Robert Shoup
sound editor (uncredited): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Takatoshi Abe
special effects: Ayumi Arahata
special effects: Shin Inoie
special effects: Chiemi Irisa
special effects: Keiko Itogawa
special effects: Masaya Suzuki
special effects: Kumiko Taniguchi
special effects

Visual Effects by

Naoki Ao
3d cgi: Kaoru Chiba
3d background effects: HED Works: Motoko Fujikuro
digital production manager: Naoya Fukushi
3d cgi: DNA: YÃ»ichi Furuichi
2d design works (as Yuichi Furuichi): Kentaroh Honma
3d cgi: Satoru Ichikawa
3d cgi: Shinichi Izawa
3d cgi: Wao World: Deok Soon Jang
3d cgi: Azusa Kakoi
3d background effects: Atelier Musa: Tomoaki Kaneko
3d cgi: Masaki KatÃ´
3d background effects: Atelier Musa (as Masaki Kato): Masaaki Kawai
3d background effects: Scan-ya: Makoto Kimura
3d background effects: Scan-ya: Inaho Komori
3d cgi: DNA: Naoko Kosakabe
3d background effects: HED Works: Yoshimi Mineda
3d background effects: Atelier Musa: TaijirÃ´ Miwa
digital production manager: Hiroko Murai
3d background effects: HED Works: KÃ´ki Nagayoshi
3d background effects: HED Works: YÃ»ko Nakata
3d background effects: HED Works: YÃ´suke NanjÃ´
2d design works (as Yosuke Nanjo): Tomomi Noguchi
3d background location lead director: Toshiyuki Nukanobu
3d cgi: Tae Song Oh
3d cgi: Akira Okamoto
3d background effects: Noriaki Okunishi
3d cgi: Wao World: Raruhu
3d cgi: DNA: Yuji Sakamoto
3d character lead director: Hiroaki SatÃ´
3d background effects: Scan-ya: Masahiro SatÃ´
3d background effects: HED Works: Eiko Shinozaki
3d background effects: Atelier Musa: Hiroshi Shiroi
3d director: YÃ»ko Sugiyama
3d background effects: HED Works: Kazuhiro Suzuki
3d cgi advancement: Sebastian SÃ¶derlund
3d cgi: Toshiki Taketani
background scanning/corrections: Hiroyuki Tsubaki
3d background effects: HED Works: Takeya Uemura
3d cgi: Wao World: Yasufumi Wada
3d background effects: HED Works: Tatsuji Watabe
digital production manager: Katsura Yamazaki
3d background effects: Atelier Musa: Hiroki Yoshioka
digital production manager: ShÃ»ichi Ãkubo
3d background effects: Atelier Musa (as Shuichi Okubo): Miki Ãmori
3d background effects: Atelier Musa: Noriyuki Ãtorii
digital production manager (as Noriyuki Ãtori)

Camera and Electrical Department

Tsunetaka Ema
digital photography/2d vfx: Megumi Enomoto
digital photography/2d vfx: Kenji Fujita
digital photography/2d vfx: Yukihiko Ichikawa
digital photography/2d vfx: Telecom Animation Film: Haruhide Ishiguro
digital photography/2d vfx: Shunsuke Ishikawa
photography advancement: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi
additional photography: Shin'ya KatÃ´
digital photography/2d vfx: Hinata Kinoshita
digital photography/2d vfx: Naoki Kitamura
digital photography/2d vfx: Tadashi Kitaoka
digital photography/2d vfx: Yasuhiro Kobari
digital photography/2d vfx: Iori Mineta
digital photography/2d vfx: Junko Miyagawa
digital photography/2d vfx: Telecom Animation Film: Osamu Motoyama
digital photography/2d vfx: ShintarÃ´ Nakamura
digital photography/2d vfx: Takeo Ogiwara
digital photography/2d vfx: Ayumi Ushijima
digital photography/2d vfx: Hiroo Yoshioka
digital photography/2d vfx

Animation Department

Keisuke Abe
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Misao Abe
animator: Eiji Abiko
animator: Miiko Adachi
animator: YÃ»suke Adachi
animator: AZETA Pictures: Kei Ajiki
animator: Katanao Akai
animator: Ayumi AndÃ´
scanning (as Yuyumi AndÃ´): Takafumi Anzai
animator: Naomi Aoki
digital painter: Wish: Issei Aragaki
animator: Palm Studio: Tatsuo Arai
animator: Studio Gash: Sayuri Arakaki
digital painter: Wish: Masatsugu Arakawa
animator: Naoki Arakawa
animator: YÃ»ta Aramaki
animator: Anime House: Seiko Asai
animator: Akiko Asaki
animator: YÃ»suke Asaoku
animator: Tama Production (as Yusuke Asaoku): Hitomi Aso
animator: Studio Takuranke: Taichi Atarashi
animator: Studio Wanpack: Shunpei Azumi
animator: Palm Studio: Makoto Bessho
animator: Shan Dong Cao
animator: R.I.C.: RyÃ»suke Chayama
animator (as Ryuusuke Chayama): Yuriko Chiba
animator / character designer / chief animation director: Hee Wook Choi
animator: G&G Entertainment: Jai Hun Choi
animator: U-ni Animation: Moon Sook Choi
animator: G&G Entertainment: Yoon Seon Choi
animator: U-ni Animation: ShintarÃ´ DÃ´ge
animator: Production I.G (as Shintaro Doge): Natsuki Egami
animator: Masahiro Emoto
animator: Yumi Enozawa
inbetween checker: KÃ´ji EtÃ´
background artist: Studio Easter: Akinori Fudesaka
animator: Hitomi Fujii
animator: Wish: Yoshinori Fujii
animator: Studio Dove [: YÃ»ko Fujii
animator: Studio Gimlet (as Yuko Fujii): Miho Fujimori
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Tomoko Fujino
digital painter: Wish: Toshiyuki Fujisawa
animation director: Yuka Fujisawa
animator: P.A. Works: Naoko Fujitani
animator: Studio Takuranke: Rie Fujiwara
animator: Studio Mu: Yoshikazu Fujiwara
animator: Anime R (as Yoshizaki Fujiwara): Sawa Fukami
animator: Ashi Production: Michio Fukuda
animator: Tomoko Fukui
animator: Tomoko Fukunaga
animator: Studio Mu: ShÃ´ichi Funaki
animator: Studio Mark (as Shoichi Funaki): Toshiko Furukawa
digital painter: Wish (as Hisako Furukawa): Takefumi Furuyama
animator: Studio Gash: Chiaki Furuzumi
animator: Studio Mu: Jing Gao
animator: R.I.C.: Yukari GotÃ´
digital painter: Wish (as Yukari Goto): Hee-Euk Gwak
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Keita Hagio
animator: Studio Gimlet: Mami Hagiwara
animator: Sakura Create: Junko Hakamada
digital painter: Wish: Jung-Kyun Han
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Tae Hyun Han
animator: G&G Entertainment: Miyuki Hara
animator: Mook Animation: Noriko Hara
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Hiroki Harada
animator: Anime R: YÃ´ko Hasegawa
animator: Studio Mark: Natsumi Hattori
animator: Studio Takuranke: Aki Hayashi
animator: Mook Animation: Naoko Hayashi
animator: Studio Wanpack: Shin Kyung Hee
animator: G&G Entertainment: Jun'ichi Higashi
background art coordinator: Studio Easter: YÃ»ko Higashi
animator (as Yuko Higashi): Masaaki Hino
digital painter: Wish: Takashi Hirabayashi
animator: Palm Studio: Mayumi Hiraide
digital painter: Wish: Akio Hirakawa
animator: Araki Productions: Kumiko Hirama
animator: Radical Party: Jun Hirata
animation production assistant: Palm Studio: Makoto Hirose
animator: Studio Mu: RyÃ´ Hokama
animator: Anime Spot (as RyÃ´ Sotoma): Miyuki Honda
animator: Studio Wanpack: Chang Hee Hong
animator: Production I.G: Naoko Horikawa
digital painter: Wish: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
animator: Osamu Horiuchi
animation director: Synergy Japan: Kazunobu Hoshi
animator: Kimiko Hoshi
animator: Mayu Hoshino
animator: Trans Arts: YÃ»ji Hosogoe
animation director / animator: Akemi Hosoya
digital painter: Wish: ShÃ´hei Hosoya
animator: A-Line: Yumi Hunamoto
animator: Studio Cockpit: Mina IchijÃ´
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Kei Ichikura
background artist: Studio Easter: Chieko Ichimanda
inbetween checker: Misuzu Ichinose
animator: OH Production: Reina Igawa
animator: Palm Studio: Taeko Igo
animator: Kino Production: Natsuko Iimori
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Tomoe Iizuka
digital painter: Wish: Saka Ikeda
animator: Anime R: Satoyoshi Ikeda
animator: Anime Spot: Takahiro Ikezoe
animator: Telecom Animation Film: YÃ´ Imano
animator: OH Production (as Yo Imano): Toshiko Inada
animator: Studio Takuranke: Takayuki Inagaki
animator: Marie Ino
animator: Studio Cockpit: Shingo Inomata
animator: Noside: Akiko Inoue
digital painter: Wish: Ayumi Inoue
digital painter: Wish: Izumi Inoue
digital painter: Wish: KyÃ´ Inoue
background artist: Kusanagi: Rie Ishigami
animator: Studio Line: Rumi Ishiguro
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Yasuo Ishii
animator: Wish: Eriko Ishikawa
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Kayo Ishikawa
digital painter: Wish: Mai Ishikawa
animator: Studio Live: Mariko Ishikawa
animator: Production I.G: Naoki Ishikawa
cel production: Ai Ishimori
animator: Studio Wanpack: Takuya Ishimoto
animator: Noside: Kiyomi Ishiwata
animator: Studio Live: Akihiko Isozaki
digital painter: Wish: Toshiko Itokawa
digital painter: Wish: Atsuko ItÃ´
cel checker: Kaori ItÃ´
animator: Studio Takuranke: Yoshiki ItÃ´
cel checker: YÃ»ji ItÃ´
animator: Wish: Nobuyuki Iwai
animator: Anime Spot: Yoshitake Iwakami
animator: Nakamura Production: Chizuko Iwasa
animator: YÃ»ya Iwashita
animator: Studio Line (as Yuya Iwashita): Yoshimi Iwata
animator: Studio Wanpack: Hee Jung Jang
animator: G&G Entertainment: Tomoaki Kado
animator: Hisashi Kagawa
animation director / animator: Hitomi KaihÃ´
animator: Ashi Production (as Hitomi Kaiho): Mayumi Kakuhari
animator: Shintarou Kame
animator: Noside: Tomomi Kamiya
animator: Anime Spot: Taeko Kanai
animator: Mook Animation: Hiroyuki Kanbe
animation director / animator: Hidetaka Kaneko
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Yuri Kanemaru
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Miho Kaneshiro
animator: A-Line: Atsushi Kasano
animator: Studio Angle: Hitomi Kashihara
digital painter: Wish: Satoshi Kashiwagi
animator: Sunshine Corporation: YÃ» Kashiwakura
animator: Feel: Tomomi Kasukawa
animator: Studio DEEN: Tomoko Katase
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Tomonori Katayama
animator: Palm Studio: Masaru Kato
animation director: Satomi Katsuki
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Hitoshi Katsura
animator: Studio Gimlet: Kimiko Katsuyama
animator: Studio Angle: Aya KatÃ´
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Masaru KatÃ´
animator: Rie KatÃ´
digital painter: Wish (as Rie Katoh): Rika KatÃ´
animator: Studio Gimlet (as Rika Kato): Tomonori KatÃ´
background assistance: Bamboo (as Tomonori Kato): Tsurugi KatÃ´
animator (as Tsurugi Kato): Yoshitaka KatÃ´
animator: Palm Studio: Erukin Kawabata
animation director / animator: Terumi Kawabe
animator: M.S.C.: Momoko Kawai
animator: Last House: Yasuaki Kawakami
animator: Sakura Create: TÃ´ru Kawamura
digital painter: Wish: Yuki Kawamura
animator: Anime R: Yukinori Kawamura
animator: Anime R: Iriko Kawano
animator: Studio DEEN: Yuki Kawashima
animator: Production I.G: Kazuko Kikuchi
color designer/cel checker: KÃ´ichi Kikuchi
animator: Studio Elle (as Koichi Kikuchi): Satonobu Kikuchi
animator: Tomoko Kikuchi
animator: M.S.C.: KÃ´ichi Kikuta
animator: Xebec: Du Sook Kim
animator: G&G Entertainment: Eun Young Kim
animator: U-ni Animation: Hey-Mi Kim
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Jae Hyung Kim
animator: U-ni Animation (as Kim Jae-Hyung): Jung Soon Kim
animator: G&G Entertainment: Kyung Hee Kim
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Soo Hyen Kim
animator: U-ni Animation: Soon-Sim Kim
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Sun Young Kim
animator: G&G Entertainment: Ui Young Kim
animator: Tama Production: Wol Soon Kim
animation production assistant: Telecom Animation Film (as Jun Kingetsu): Yoon Ji Kim
animator: Production I.G (as Yoon Ji Kimu): Yoshie Kimoto
animator: Studio Mu: Kunihiko Kimura
animator: Studio Gimlet: Tomomi Kimura
animator: Aya Kinbe
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Rika Kingetsu
digital painter: Wish: Mika Kinoshita
animator: Production I.G: Makiko Kitada
animator: Studio Cockpit: Yuka Kitano
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Youn Hee Ko
animator: U-ni Animation: Chizuru Kobayashi
animator: Xebec: Rie Kobayashi
animator: Studio Mark: Sachiko Kobayashi
animator: Anime Spot: Yumi Kobayashi
animator: Studio Cockpit: Kihei Kodaira
animator: RyÃ´ Kodama
animator: Palm Studio: ShÃ´hei Kohara
animator: Erina Kojima
animator: Sakura Create: Kayo Kojio
digital background artist: Ayako Komatsu
animator: Studio DEEN / animator: Studio Deen: Kiyomi Komatsubara
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Junko Komiyama
animator: Yoshimi Komoriya
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Ikuyo KondÃ´
animator: Production I.G: Rie KondÃ´
inbetween checker: Studio Takuranke: Yasutaka KondÃ´
background assistance (as Yasutaka Kondo): Mayumi Kowada
animator: Studio Line: Masahiro Koyama
animation director / animator: Mayu Kubota
animator: Studio Wanpack: Reika Kuchii
animator: Studio MAT: Mika Kumasu
animator: Studio Angle: Takashi Kumazen
animator: Mari Kunii
animator: Kino Production: Shin'ichi Kuniyasu
animator: OH Production (as Shinichi Kuniyasu): Hiroshi Kuri
animator: Noside: Rie Kurihara
digital painter: Wish: KÃ´ichirÃ´ Kuroda
animator: AZETA Pictures: Takeshi Kusaka
animator: ShÃ´ko Kushibiki
animator (as Shoko Kushibiki): YÃ´ko Kutsusawa
animator: Xebec: Ai Kuwabara
animator: Delta Peak Production: Misa Kuwabara
animator: Yoshiaki Kyôgoku
animator: Production I.G: Yoshitaka KÃ´no
animator: Eun-Jung Lee
animator: G&G Entertainment (as Jung Eun Lee): Hyun Mi Lee
digital painter: U-ni Animation: Jin Hee Lee
animator: Sang Min Lee
animator: Seung Mee Lee
animator: G&G Entertainment: Jin Wook Lim
animator: U-ni Animation: Mahiro Maeda
animator: Makoto Makabe
animator: Studio Live: Yasuyoshi Maki
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Takashi Mamezuka
animator: Production I.G: Hitomi Maruyama
animator: Anime Spot: Osamu Maruyama
animator: Wish: Asami Masuda
animator: Studio Angle: Yuki Masuda
animator: Production I.G: Takamasa Masuki
background assistance: Bamboo (as Takamasa Mashiki): Shôichi Masuo
animation director / animator: Hidenori Matsubara
animator: Ayato Matsuda
animator: Kino Production: Chieko Matsuda
animator: Studio DEEN: Teruyuki Matsue
animator: G&G Direction: Hitomi Matsui
animator: Anime R: Hiroki Matsumoto
background artist: Studio Easter: Kentarou Matsumoto
animator: Studio Takuranke: Yumi Matsumoto
digital painter: Wish: Wataru Matsumura
animator: Studio Elle: Masahiko Matsuo
animator: Anime R: Akira Matsushima
animator: Kazuya Matsushita
animator: Studio Angle: Masahiro Matsushita
animator: Production I.G: Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
animator: Studio MAT (as Sadatoshi Matsusaka): Hisashi Mawatari
animator: Michiyo Miki
background artist: Design Office Mechaman - ending sequence: Tomoaki Mimiura
animator: Production I.G: Tomoyuki Minagawa
animation director / animator: Rika Mishima
animator: Satoshi Mishima
animator: Studio Elle: Naho Mitsuishi
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Susumu Mitsunaka
animator: Kimihiro Miura
animator: Telecom Animation Film: KÃ´ji Miura
animator: Palm Studio: Kazuhiro Miwa
animator: Kaori Miyagawa
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Sawako Miyamoto
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Mayumi Miyaoka
animator: P.A. Works: Tomoko Miyata
inbetween checker: Yasuko Miyazaki
animator: Rie Mizorogi
animator: Production I.G: Miyuki Mizumaki
scanning: Yoshio Mizumura
animator: Ai Mochida
animator: Anime Roman: Jun Mori
animator: Studio Mark: Mitsue Mori
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Yukiko Mori
animator: Kazuya Morimae
animator: Kazuo Morimoto
animator: Studio Wanpack: Shie Morita
animator: Studio MAT: Takeshi Morita
animator: Anime R: KÃ´ji Motoyama
animator: Palm Studio (as Kohji Motoyama): Jirou Murakami
animator: Trans Arts: Tomomi Murakami
animator: Palm Studio / digital painter: Wish: Yoshie Murakami
digital painter: Wish: Satsuki Muramatsu
animator: Studio Cockpit: Takashi Muratani
animator: Norihiro Naganuma
animator: Akemi Nagao
cel checker: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Sayuri Nagashima
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: Ami Nagata
animator: Studio Live: YÃ´ichi Nagayama
animator: Delta Peak Production: Eriko Nagoya
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Keiko Nakaji
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Mizuho Nakajima
animator: Noside: Tomoko Nakajima
inbetween checker: Emi Nakano
inbetween checker: Takuya Nakano
animator: Xebec: Fusako Nakao
cel checker: Kazumi Nakatsu
animator: A-Line: Katsuichi Nakayama
animator: Miyuki Nakayama
animator: Production I.G: Tomoko Nakayama
animator: Feel: Hiromi Nanbu
animator: Studio Mu: Yoshitaka Narasaki
cel production: Akira Narita
animator: Studio Dove [ / animator: Studio Dove: Terumi Narita
digital painter: Wish: Haruyo Nebu
animator: Production I.G: Hirotaka Nii
animator: Studio Mark: Kanayo Nishi
animator: Studio Takuranke: Maki Nishi
animator: Delta Peak Production: Toshiki Nishi
background artist: Kusanagi: Asako Nishida
animator: Hiromi Nishikawa
animator: Studio Takuranke: Takayo Nishino
background assistance: Bamboo: YÃ´hei Nishiwaki
digital painter: Wish: Chie Nishizawa
animator: Keisuke Nitano
animator: Studio Wanpack: Tomoko Nitta
animator: Anime R: YÃ»ya Niwa
animator: Studio Mark: Hiroaki Noguchi
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Asami Nomaguchi
digital painter: Wish: Kayo Nomichi
animator: Studio Mark: YÃ´hei Nomura
animator: Nakamura Production: YÃ´ko Nomura
animator: Palm Studio (as Youko Nomura): Shin'ichi Nozaki
animator (as Shinichi Nozaki): Mayumi Oda
animator: YÃ»ta Odajima
animator: AZETA Pictures: YÃ» Ogasawara
animator: Tama Production: Tomoyuki Ogata
animator: Anime House: Yoshiaki Ogino
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Satsuki Oguri
animator: Studio Elle: Hye Rim Oh
animator: G&G Entertainment: Jin Hee Oh
animator: G&G Entertainment: Akiko Ohora
animator: Xebec: Dong Sik Ok
animator: U-ni Animation (as Dong Shick Ok): Tatsuya Oka
animator: Ritsuko Okabe
animator: Ashi Production: Shiho Okamiya
digital painter: Wish: Hiromi Okamoto
digital painter: Wish: Naoko Okazaki
animator: Kazuhiro Oki
animator: Atsushi Okuda
animation director / animator: Nobu Okuda
animator: Studio MAT: Emiko Okui
scanning: Manami Okumura
animator: Studio DEEN: Akira Ono
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Kazumi Ono
animator: Xebec: Michihiko Ozawa
animator: Studio Takuranke: Kyoung-jin Park
animator: G&G Entertainment: Mi-ra Park
animator: Sea Yun Park
animator: G&G Entertainment: Qin Xia Qiang
animator: R.I.C.: Mi Han Qiao
animator: R.I.C.: Ryuichi Saito
animator: Chizue SaitÃ´
cel checker: Eiko SaitÃ´
animation director: Hiroyuki SaitÃ´
animator: Studio Gash (as Hiroyuki Saito): Hisashi Saitô
animator: Kotoe SaitÃ´
animator: Production I.G (as Kotoe Saitou): RyÃ»tarÃ´ Sakaguchi
animator: Sakura Create: Haruyo Sakai
animator: Palm Studio: Masako Sakai
animator: AZETA Pictures: Miyuki Sakai
animator: Reiko Sakai
animator: Production I.G: Katsuyuki Sakairi
animator: Radix: ShÃ»ji Sakamoto
animator: Yutaka Sakamoto
inbetween checker: Atsumi Sakasai
animator: Anime House: Kunihiko Sakurai
animator: Sachie Sakurai
animator: Studio Mark: Aika Sakuramoto
animator: Tama Production: Hisashi Samejima
animator: Eri Sano
animator: Anime R: Aimi Sanumi
animator: G&G Direction: Naoko Sasaki
cel production: Atsushi Sato
animator: Studio Angle: Asuka SatÃ´
animator: AZETA Pictures: Kanako SatÃ´
inbetween checker: Telecom Animation Film (as Kanako Sato): Masashi SatÃ´
animator: Buyu: Masayuki SatÃ´
animator: Miyuki SatÃ´
cel checker: Yuki SatÃ´
animator: Production I.G: YÃ´ko SatÃ´
animator (as Yoko Sato): Yûzô Satô
animator: Keiko Sawada
animator: Anime Spot: Tomoyo Sawada
animator: Xebec: Atsushi Sekiguchi
animator: Chaos Project: Minako Sekihara
animator: OH Production: Yasuhiro Sekine
inbetween checker: Yoshie Sekito
animator: Studio Takuranke: Ja Mi Seo
animator: AZETA Pictures: Noriko Shibata
animator: Palm Studio: Tatsuya Shibata
animator: Tsutomu Shibuya
animator: Nakamura Production: Wakako Shigemoto
animator: Feel: Ritsuko Shiina
animator: Eri Shikita
animator: Wish: Ken'ichi Shima
animator: Madhouse (as Kenichi Shima): Junko Shimizu
background artist: Studio Easter: Kei Shimizu
animator: Studio Angle: Hisako Shimozuma
animator: Production I.G: Mayu Shinoda
animator: Studio DEEN: Miyuki Shinoda
animator: Sakura Create: Tomohiro Shinoda
animator: Production I.G: Michiko Shinohara
background assistance: Bamboo: Jun Shirai
inbetween checker: Yumiko Shirai
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Akasaka Shunji
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Tsukasa Sorimachi
animator: Radix: Akira Sotoya
animator: wish: KÃ´ichi Suenaga
animator: Telecom Animation Film (as Koichi Suenaga): ShÃ´ Sugai
animator (as Shou Sugai): Tomoko Sugano
animator: Radix: Akiko Sugata
animator: Production I.G: Michiyo Sugawara
animator: Ashi Production: Keiichi Sugiura
animator: Studio Wanpack: Noriko Sugiyama
animator: Studio Cockpit: Tamori Suizu
animator: Studio Takuranke: Takaya Sunagawa
animator: Sunshine Corporation: Naoko Sunahara
digital painter: Wish: Mariko Suzuki
animator: Satoko Suzuki
digital painter: Wish: Shunji Suzuki
animation director: Yasuko Suzuki
animator: Wish: Jung Chang Taek
animator: G&G Entertainment: Aya Takada
animator: p.a. works: Sachiyo Takada
animator: YÃ´ichi Takada
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Shin'ichirÃ´ Takagi
animator: Ayako Takahashi
digital painter: Wish: Hideki Takahashi
animator: Hisayoshi Takahashi
background artist: Studio Pinewood: Katsuyuki Takahashi
animator: Buyu: Narumi Takahashi
animator: Trans Arts: Noriko Takahashi
animator: Nozomi Takahashi
animator: Studio Line: Tomoko Takahashi
digital painter: Wish: Yukie Takahashi
animator: Radical Party: KÃ´ichi Takai
animator: Anime R: Asami Takano
animator: OH Production: Itsuko Takeda
animator: Kaoru Takeda
animator: Noside: Hiromi Takeno
digital painter: Wish: Setsuko Takenouchi
animator: Minaki Takeshita
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
animator: KyÃ´ko Takeuchi
animator: Studio Live (as Kyoko Takeuchi): Mayumi Takeuchi
animator: Studio Mark: Hikaru Takigawa
digital painter: Wish: Hatsumi Takizawa
animator: Studio Live: Emi Tanaka
animator: Studio Takuranke: Jin Tanaka
animator: Studio Angle: Masaki Tanaka
animator: Sadahiko Tanaka
background assistance: Yae Tanaka
animator: Studio Angle: YÃ»ichi Tanaka
animation director (as Yuichi Tanaka): Akiko Taniguchi
animator: Madhouse Studios: Shigenori Taniguchi
animator: Shin'ichi Tanimura
background artist: Studio Easter: Manabu Tanzawa
animation director / animator: Fumiko Tateyama
animator: Anime Spot: Akemi Tejima
digital painter: Wish: KaichirÃ´ Terada
animation director / animator: Kumiko Terada
animator: Studio Takuranke: Masako Terada
animator: Radical Party: Shin'ya Terashima
digital painter: Wish (as Shinya Terashima): Hitoshi Tokumaru
background & cel painting advancement: Kaori Tokunaga
animator: Sakura Create: Norimoto Tokura
animator: Sato Tominaga
animator: Studio Mu: Nobuo Tomizawa
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Kazuhide Tomonaga
animator: Telecom Animation Film: Miki Tozawa
animator: Studio Mark: Jinko Tsuji
animator: OH Production: Miyo Tsukahara
digital painter: Wish: Ayumi Tsukamoto
animator: Nakamura Production: Takenori Tsukuma
animator: Anime R: Etsuko Tsunoda
animator: A-Line: Hisako Tsurukubo
animator: Xebec: Tatsuhiko Tsuruta
animator: A-Line: ShÃ»tarÃ´ Tsuzaka
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: RyÃ»ji Tsuzuku
animator: Studio Mark 1st: Akiko Uchida
animator: g&g direction: Maki Uchida
animator: Erika Uchiyama
animator: Studio Mark: Mihoko Uda
animator: OH Production: Emi Ueda
animator: Anime R: Hitoshi Ueda
animator: Mika Ueda
animator: Studio Gimlet: Mizue Ueda
digital painter: Wish: Takako Uemura
digital painter: Wish: Noriko Umeda
animator: Studio Gimlet: Naomi Urakami
animator: Studio Gimlet: Kasumi Wada
digital painter: Wish: Takaaki Wada
animation director: Li Jin Wang
animator: R.I.C.: Atsuko Watanabe
animator: Studio Live: Hiroshi Watanabe
animator: Palm Studio: Misa Watanabe
animator: Nozomu Watanabe
animator: Studio DEEN: Yukie Watanabe
animator: Studio Cockpit: Yurihiko Watanabe
animator: Studio Mark: Kayoko Yabuki
animator: KÃ´ji Yabuno
animator: Kaori Yamada
animator: Buyu / animator: Studio Wanpack: Maki Yamada
digital painter: Wish: Naoko Yamada
background assistance: Bamboo: Tomoya Yamada
animator: Sunshine Corporation: YÃ»ko Yamada
animator: Wish: Atsushi Yamagata
animation director / animator: Yuka Yamamitsu
digital painter: Wish: Akihiro Yamamoto
animator: Hiroyo Yamamoto
animator: Studio Gimlet: Ken'ichirÃ´ Yamamoto
animator: Anime R: Mizue Yamamoto
digital painter: Wish: Tomoko Yamamoto
color designer/cel checker: Telecom Animation Film / digital painter: Telecom Animation Film: YÃ»ko Yamamoto
animator: Anime R: ShunryÃ´ Yamamura
animator: Studio Wanpack: Masahiro Yamanaka
animator: Saho Yamane
background artist: Kusanagi: Mayuko Yamaoka
animator: Buyu: Masashi Yamashita
animator: Studio Angle: Eriko Yamauchi
animator: Wish: Masami Yamauchi
animator: Trans Arts: Midori Yamauchi
animator: Mook Animation: Rena Yamauchi
animator: Anime Spot: Kumiko Yamazaki
digital painter: Wish: Yong Joon Yang
animator: U-ni Animation: Miyuki Yano
animator: Shin'ichi Yokota
animator: Palm Studio: TÃ´ru Yonemoto
animator: Seon-Hee Yoo
animator: Sun Yeon Yoon
animator: G&G Entertainment: Haruka Yoshida
digital painter: Wish: Makoto Yoshida
animator: Studio Wanpack: Minami Yoshida
animator: Madhouse: Noriko Yoshida
animator: Studio Mark: Risako Yoshida
animator: Chaos Project: Takahiko Yoshida
animator: Tôru Yoshida
animator: YÃ»ichi Yoshida
animator: Buyu: Aya Yoshii
digital painter: Wish: Shin'ichi Yoshikawa
animation director (as Shinichi Yoshikawa): Chiaki Yoshimura
digital painter: Wish: Yoshihiro Yoshioka
animator: Chaos Project: Sang Hee Yu
animator: G&G Entertainment: Jun Yukawa
animator: Studio Live: Eri Yuzuki
animator: Studio Mark: Kai Yan Zhang
animator: R.I.C.: Yan Wei Zhou
animator: R.I.C.: Yanli Zhou
animator: R.I.C.: Eri Ãba
animator: Studio ZaendÃ´: Dai Ãhara
animator: Studio Line: Yoshimitsu Ôhashi
animator: Chika Ãmori
digital painter: Wish: Yasue Ãno
animator: Studio MAT: YÃ»ji Ãsawa
animator: Studio Elle: Tsubasa Ãshima
animator: Studio Dove [: Kazuyasu Ãshita
digital painter: Wish: Tomoyuki Ãshita
animator: Studio Gimlet: Kumiko Ãta
inbetween checker (as Kumiko Ohta): Michiyo Ãtani
digital painter: Wish: YÃ»ichirÃ´ Ãtsubo
animator: Kino Production (as Yuichiro Otsubo): Masumi Ãtsuka
digital painter: Telecom Animation Film (as Masumi Otsuka): Yae Ãtsuka
animator: Nahoko Ãwani
digital painter: Wish

Editorial Department

Aya Hida
additional editor: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timer: Takehisa Katsumata
lab management: Rie Matsubara
assistant editor (as Rie Matsuhara): Wataru Matsumoto
color management: Masashi Okoshi
film recording: YÃ»ko Shimura
lab coordinator

Music Department

Taz Alexander
vocalist: Ann Barnard
music preparation: Kevin Burkle
musician: Celtic fiddle: Paul Chivers
music program engineer: Nigel Clayton
musician: piano: James Duncan
musician: guitar: Greg Ellis
musician: percussion: Peter Fuchs
music scoring mixer: Junji Fujita
music producer: Future Vision Music: Edward 'Ted' Gratwick
music production: selecteddata: Jun ItÃ´
music production: selecteddata: Shun'ichi Kishimoto
music producer: EPIC Records Japan: YÃ»ko Kuwana
music producer: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing: Oliver Ledbury
additional orchestration: Xavier Morel
music assistant: Kayoko Oku
music production: selecteddata: Pom
studio technician: Elizabeth Purnell
additional orchestration: Nic Raine
additional orchestration: Martin Ruhland
assistant engineer: The Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
music performed by: Graham Sutton
music editor: YÃ»ichi Suzuki
music production: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing: Paul Talkington
orchestra recording coordinator: Mabi Thobejane
musician: percussion: Marion Turner
orchestra manager: Chris Walker
additional orchestration: Allan Wilson
orchestrated and conducted by: YÃ´ Yamazaki
music production assistance

Additional Crew

Takeshi AndÃ´
advertising art director: Yukihiko Asaki
production assistant: Daisuke Gomi
production committee: Fumiko Haji
production assistant: Jun Harada
copyright producer: Masahiro Harasaki
web designer: Takaya Ikesumi
web designer: KÃ´suke Ishige
trailer creative director: Masato Ishiyama
advertising: DaigÃ´ ItÃ´
trailer director: Kia Kaneko
web designer: Hisataka Kasama
pre-production manager: Masaaki KatÃ´
web designer: Miyuka Kidachi
advertising: Anthony Kimm
English subtitles: Shin'ya Kishiro
trailer producer: Masataka Komazawa
advertising producer: Haruyo Kubo
merchandising supervision / merchandising supervisor: Yoshinori Kunieda
production desk: Production I.G: Takako Masaoka
advertising: Mitsutaka Nakamura
production committee: Tomohiro Nemoto
production assistant: Yumiko Nishi
interpreter: Masahiro SaitÃ´
production desk: Hiroyuki Shimizu
production assistant: Kenji Shimizu
production committee: Jun Sugino
advertising: Eiji Sumitomo
production desk: Chikako Suzuki
advertising: Yuki Taniguchi
advertising: Hitoshi Tokumaru
setting production: Akemi Tominaga
advertising graphics designer: Masahito Tsuchida
production assistant: Yasushi Uchida
production committee: Makoto Yamaguchi
production committee: Wataru Yamamoto
production assistant: Taishi Yokoyama
web designer: Masaaki Yukawa
production committee: Masao Ãba
production assistant

Thanks

KÃ´ji Bessho
in memory of