Buddha: The Great Departure：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kôzô Morishita

Writing Credits

Osamu Tezuka
(manga): Reiko Yoshida
(screenplay)

Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Siddhartha: Sayuri Yoshinaga
Narrator / Chapra's Mother (voice): Tomo Adachi
(voice): Kenji Akabane
(voice): Chafûrin
(voice): Kôzô Dôzaka
(voice): Daichi Endô
(voice): Hiroyuki Endô
(voice): Mikako Fujita
(voice): Kenji Fukuda
(voice): Shin'ya Fukumatsu
(voice) (as Shinya Fukumatsu): Issei Futamata
(voice): Tesshô Genda
General Budai: Yukiko Hanioka
(voice): Yurika Hino
Maya: Sayaka Hirao
(voice): Chad Horii
(voice) (as Chado Horii): Mayu Isshiki
(voice): Ryô Iwasaki
(voice): Nobuaki Kanemitsu
(voice): Kiyokazu Kanze
King Suddhodana: SaburÃ´ta Kanze
Joteka: Shinji Kawada
(voice): Naomi Kawai
(voice): Taketoshi Kawano
(voice): Kokoro Kikuchi
(voice): Masafumi Kimura
(voice): Takefumi Kimura
(voice) (as Rinsun): Miwa Kohinata
(voice): Etsuko Koide
(voice): Kazunari Kojima
(voice): Kazue Komiya
(voice): Motoi Koyanagi
(voice): Yukari Kubo
(voice): Kaori Kurita
(voice): Tomoka Kurotani
Princess Marikka: Satomi Kôrogi
Baby Siddhartha: Tomoaki Maeno
Chapra's Friend: Ami Michizoe
(voice): Hirokazu Miura
(voice): Tomoko Miyadera
(voice): ShunzÃ´ Miyasaka
(voice): Hiromu Miyazaki
(voice): Nana Mizuki
Migaila: Ichirô Nagai
Asita: Ai Nagano
(voice): Takashi Nagasako
(voice): Hiroshi Naka
(voice): Tomoko Nakamura
(voice): YukitarÃ´ Namura
(voice): Haruhi Nanao
(voice) (as Haruhi Terada): Tôru Nara
(voice): Yuka Nishigaki
(voice): Mamiko Noto
Princess Yasodhara: Kanae Oki
(voice): Daisuke Ono
Channa: Ai Orikasa
Young Siddhartha: Romi Park
Tatta's Older Sister: KenzÃ´ RyÃ»
Executioner 2: FÃ»ko SaitÃ´
(voice): Yuka Saitô
(voice): KeikÃ´ Sakai
(voice): Masato Sakai
Chapra: Manabu Sakamaki
(voice): Takahiro Sakurai
Naradatta: Izumi Sawada
(voice): Bin Shimada
(voice): Rei Shimoda
(voice): Tarusuke Shingaki
Man Who Threatened Chapra: Gô Shinomiya
(voice): Mie Sonozaki
(voice): Takayuki Sugô
(voice): TarÃ´ Suruga
Executioner 1: Junko Takeuchi
Young Chapra: Satoshi Taki
(voice): Takuma
(voice): Keisuke Tanabe
(voice): Yukitoshi Tokumoto
(voice): Masaaki Tsukada
(voice): Satoshi Tsuruoka
(voice): Kana Ueda
(voice): Hiroko Ushida
(voice): Hiroki Yasumoto
(voice): ShÃ´jirÃ´ Yoshida
(voice): Kiyohito Yoshikai
(voice): Sayaka Ôhara
Pajapati: Takashi Ôhara
(voice): Shintarô Ôhata
(voice): Ikue Ôtani
Tatta: YÃ»ta Ãwada
Messenger

Produced by

Hideyuki Fukuhara
executive producer: Takeo Hisamatsu
planning: Nagao Hitachi
planning: William Ireton
executive producer: Mutsumi Kido
producer: Naoya Kinoshita
executive producer: Takafumi Koshiyama
planning: Junichi KÃ´zuki
planning: Kenkichi Matsushita
planning: Takayuki Matsutani
executive producer: Yûsuke Okada
executive producer: Hiroyuki Sakurada
producer: Yoshihiro Shimizu
planning: Hiroshi Takahashi
executive producer: Yumiko Takebe
planning: Rioko Tominaga
producer (as Riuko Tominaga): Isao Tsukamoto
executive producer: Yoshimitsu Ôhashi
planning

Music by

Michiru Ãshima

Cinematography by

Kenji Takahashi

Editing by

Shin'ichi Fukumitsu

Art Direction by

ShinzÃ´ Yuki

Production Management

Tetsuo Inagaki
assistant production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yasunori GotÃ´
assistant director: Hideki Hiroshima
additional unit director: Gô Koga
unit director: Yasunori Koyama
assistant unit director: Masato Mitsuka
assistant unit director

Art Department

KentarÃ´ Akiyama
artboards (as Kentaro Akiyama): YÃ»ji Hakamada
design works: Sadaaki Honma
artboards: Yumi Hosaka
artboards: Teppei Hotta
assistant color key: Megumu Ishiguro
storyboard artist (as Iku Ishiguro): Naomi Kiyota
assistant color key: Takashi Kurahashi
artboards: Akira Kuramoto
artboards: Kôzô Morishita
storyboard artist: ShuntarÃ´ Mura
design works: Tetsuji Nakamura
storyboard artist: KÃ´ji Nashizawa
design works (as Koji Nashizawa): Yuri Sanan
artboards: Midori Tanaka
assistant art director: Tsutomu Tsukada
color key: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
storyboard artist: Yoshitaka Yashima
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Yasuyuki Konno
sound effects: Yukio Nagasaki
sound director

Camera and Electrical Department

Megumi Fujisaka
photography: Kazuto Furuya
photography: Haruhi GotÃ´
photography (as Haruhi Goto): Takumi Haneda
photography: Takeshi Katsurayama
photography: YÃ´suke Motoki
photography: Noriyuki Murakami
photography: YÃ»ichirÃ´ Nagata
photography (as Yuichiro Nagata): Azusa Tamura
photography: Yui Tanaka
photography: Yuki Teramoto
photography: Rie Yamazaki
photography: Takashi Yanagida
assistant cinematographer: Kazumi Yokoo
assistant cinematographer: Minoe Ãkubo
photography

Animation Department

Misao Abe
key animator: KentarÃ´ Akiyama
background artist: Kazunori Aoki
key animator: Kumiko AtÃ´
inbetween artist: Eugene Ayson
second key animator: Miho Azuma
key animator: Noel AÃ±o-Nuevo
second key animator (as Noel Anonuevo): Paul AÃ±o-Nuevo
second key animator (as Poll Anonuevo): Romeo AÃ±onuevo
second key animator (as Romeo Anonuevo): Nam-yeol Baek
animation director / key animator: Victor Balanon
second key animator: Ricardo Caboteja
inbetween artist: Francis Caneda
second key animator: David Castillo
inbetween artist: Yue Li Chai
inbetween artist: Zhan Dong Chen
second key animator: Jian Ming Cheng
inbetween artist: Shigeru Chiba
second key animator: Jojo de Fiesta
inbetween artist: Ying Di
inbetween artist: Hitomi Fujii
key animator: Nana Fujiki
inbetween artist: YÃ»ichirÃ´ Fujimoto
inbetween artist: Yasunaga Fukamoto
second key animator: Mariko Fukita
inbetween artist: Yurie Fukuda
inbetween artist: Keiji Fukuhara
key animator: Kana Furuhashi
second key animator: Chigusa Haga
inbetween artist: YÃ»ji Hakamada
animation director / key animator: Yukiyoshi Hane
key animator: Jun'ichi Hashimoto
key animator: YÃ»ki Hayashi
assistant animation director / key animator: Yoshiyuki Hijikata
second key animator: Mai Hikawa
inbetween artist: Toshiyuki Hirai
inbetween artist: Masamune Hirata
inbetween artist: Hiroyuki Honda
key animator: Sadaaki Honma
background artist: Yumi Horie
key animator: Yumi Hosaka
background artist: Akemi Hosono
key animator: Wei-Ni Huang
inbetween artist: Toshinori Iino
background artist: Masato Ikeda
inbetween artist: Osamu Imai
background artist: Mariko Inagaki
key animator: Yumiko Ishii
key animator: Osamu Ishikawa
key animator: Chika Isoguchi
background artist: Ayumi ItÃ´
key animator: Masato ItÃ´
background artist: ShÃ»ichi ItÃ´
key animator: Nobuyuki Iwai
key animator: Hisashi Kagawa
animation director: YoshirÃ´ Kajiwara
background artist: Yayoi Kamigaki
key animator: Satomi Kamikubo
second key animator: Tomomi Kamiya
key animator: Hiromi Kamiyama
background artist: Emiko Kanayama
background artist: Miho Kaneshiro
second key animator: Satomi Kani
key animator: Payad Karimu
second key animator: Miyuki Katayama
key animator: Fumihiro KatÃ´
inbetween artist: Toshio Kawaguchi
key animator: Yuka Kawai
background artist: Ayaka Kawasaki
key animator: Moe Kinba
inbetween artist: Mariko Kiyota
inbetween artist: Junji Kobayashi
inbetween checker: Eri Kojima
key animator: Takashi Kurahashi
background artist: Akira Kuramoto
background artist: Miki Kurihara
inbetween artist: Fusako Kurokawa
second key animator: ShÃfeng Li
second key animator (as Shi Feng Li): Lin Lin Lu
inbetween artist: Joe Luna
inbetween artist: Bong LustaÃ±as
inbetween artist: Hiroshi Maejima
key animator: Hideaki Maniwa
character designer / chief animation director: Nobuhiro Masuda
key animator: Akiko Matsuo
key animator: Kaori Matsuoka
second key animator: Hisashi Mawatari
inbetween artist: Tatsuya Michikawa
inbetween artist: Yoshiko Mikami
inbetween artist: Tatsuya Miki
inbetween artist: Yoshiko Minami
inbetween artist: Nana Miura
key animator: Ayumi Miyakoshi
background artist: Ami Mizorogi
second key animator: Takayoshi Mizuguchi
inbetween artist: Hideaki Mogi
inbetween artist: Mitsuhiro Mori
inbetween artist: Hiroki Morimune
second key animator: ShuntarÃ´ Mura
assistant animation director / key animator: Kayoe Murakoshi
inbetween artist: Eri Murota
inbetween artist: Emiko Naga
background artist: Shinji Nagaoka
background artist: SeishirÃ´ Nagaya
inbetween artist: Wataru Nakagawa
key animator: Toyoaki Nakajima
second key animator: Chieko Nakamura
background artist: Hideki Nakamura
background artist: Michinosuke Nakamura
key animator: Nobuki Nakamura
inbetween checker: Shinobu Nakamura
inbetween artist: Takayuki Nakao
inbetween artist: Ayumi Namiki
second key animator: YÃ»ichi Namiki
inbetween artist: Asako Narasaki
second key animator: KÃ´ji Nashizawa
key animator: Nagisa Nishida
background artist: Kayoko Nishimori
inbetween artist: Takeshi Nishino
key animator: Kana Noda
inbetween artist: Kiyoshi NÃ´ji
key animator: Jun Ogura
inbetween artist: Shino Ohara
background artist: Reiko Okada
background artist: Takashi Okamura
inbetween checker: Reiko Okano
image leader: YÃ»suke Okuno
inbetween artist: Chong Qiao
inbetween artist: Erickson Ramos
inbetween artist: Patton Reyes
inbetween artist: Hai Xia Rong
second key animator: YÃ»suke Saeki
inbetween artist: Keita Saito
second key animator (as Keita SaitÃ´): Shinji SaitÃ´
background artist: Yuri Sanan
background artist: Chie SatÃ´
background artist: KyÃ´ko SatÃ´
inbetween artist: Tomoko SatÃ´
inbetween artist: Eiko Sawada
background artist: Shinji Seya
key animator: Yu Wei Shao
inbetween artist: Akio Shimada
background artist: Masahiro Shimanuki
animation director / key animator: Ken'ichi Shimizu
key animator: Yutaka Shimizu
inbetween artist: YÃ»ko Shimohira
inbetween artist: Ayaka Shimoji
inbetween checker / second key animator: Takashi Shinohara
key animator: Naohiro Shintani
second key animator: Shiori Shirasaki
inbetween artist: Norifumi Shiro
key animator: Yuka Shirota
second key animator: Nozomu Shishido
second key animator: Satoshi Shishikura
second key animator: Chika Sonoyama
second key animator: Yumi Sudarehata
second key animator: Toshiharu Sugie
key animator: Takahiro SÃ´da
key animator: Nobuyoshi SÃ´zaki
key animator: Kae Takakura
key animator: Kumiko Takayanagi
key animator: Yoshihiro Takeda
key animator: Rina Takenawa
inbetween artist: Kaori Tanabe
key animator: Setsuya Tanabe
inbetween artist: KÃ´hei Tanaka
inbetween artist: Midori Tanaka
background artist: Miki Tanaka
background artist: Nobuaki Tanaka
key animator: Noboru Tatsuike
background artist: Ken Tokushige
background artist: Mihoko Tomita
inbetween artist: Hiroki Tozuka
inbetween artist: Hiroyuki Uchida
second key animator: Tomomi Ueda
inbetween artist: Rika Uehara
background artist: Hideyuki Usutani
key animator: Kazuhiko Utagawa
key animator: Takeshi Waki
background artist: Ai Ping Wang
inbetween artist: YÃ´ Watabe
background artist: Hiroko Watanabe
inbetween artist: KÃ´dai Watanabe
second key animator: Motoki Yagi
second key animator: Momoko Yamada
second key animator: Shin'ya Yamada
second key animator: YÃ»ichirÃ´ Yamada
second key animator: Yukitoshi Yamaguchi
inbetween artist: KeizÃ´ Yamaminami
second key animator: Takuya Yamamoto
key animator: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
animation director / key animator: Satomi Yamanaka
second key animator: Jun Yamazaki
inbetween artist: Mihoko Yamazaki
inbetween artist: Xiao Juan Yang
inbetween artist: Yoshitaka Yashima
key animator: Nanae Yonemoto
key animator: Hitoshi Yoshida
key animator: KÃ´suke Yoshida
second key animator: Masateru Yoshimura
inbetween checker: Rie Yoshino
second key animator: Makoto Yoshizaki
second key animator: ShinzÃ´ Yuki
background artist: Tomoko Zama
background artist: Ping Ping Zhang
second key animator: Ruo Nan Zhang
inbetween artist: Jun Gui Zhao
inbetween artist: Manabu Ôhashi
key animator: Mai Ãkubo
inbetween artist: Hikaru Ãkura
inbetween artist: Miki Ãmori
background artist: RyÃ´ Ãnishi
key animator (as Ryo Onishi) / key animator: Takami Ãshima
inbetween artist: Akihiro Ãta
second key animator: Masanobu Ãtani
background artist: Yasuhiko Ãyama
second key animator

Editorial Department

Kiminori Yoshida
assistant editor

Music Department

DÃ´zan Fujiwara
shakuhachi: Gen'ichi Tsushima
music producer

Additional Crew

Shigeyuki Akagane
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Tomohiro Amano
production committee: Kinoshita Group: Takashi Hanawa
production committee: Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd.: Satoshi Hattori
production committee: Kinoshita Group: Sachiya Hiro
historical advisor: Eiji ItÃ´
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Minori Kajimoto
record keeping: Akira Katsuhara
production committee: Toei Animation: Kazuo KatÃ´
production committee: Toei Video: Katsunori Kobayashi
production assistant: Takayuki Mochihara
production committee: Warner Bros Pictures: Daiki Mori
production committee: Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd.: Satoshi Nakano
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Izuru Naoto
production committee: Tezuka Production: Hiromi Seki
production committee: Toei Animation: Fumio Shimizu
production committee: Warner Bros Pictures: Shin'ichirÃ´ Tanemura
production committee: Kinoshita Group: Eiji Tsukamoto
production assistant: Sumio Udagawa
production committee: Tezuka Production: Noriyasu Ueki
production committee: Warner Bros Pictures: Hiroaki Yoshida
production committee: Toei Video: Jun Yoshida
production committee: Toei: Hiroyuki Yumoto
production committee: Tezuka Production: Manabu Ãshima
production committee: Toei: Akihiro Ãta
production committee: Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd.