Major: The Ball of Friendship

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Takao Kato

Writing Credits

Takuya Mitsuda
(manga series)
Michihiro Tsuchiya
(screenplay)
Takuya Mitsuda
(creator: based on manga by)

Cast

Motoko Kumai
Goro Shigeno (Young)
Shôtarô Morikubo
Goro Shigeno (Adult)
Shunsuke Sakuya
Hideki Shigeno
Junko Noda
Momoko Shigeno
Takehito Koyasu
Shigeharu Honda
Koji Ochiai
Joe Gibson

Produced by

Masamichi Fujiwara
planner
Naohiko Furuchi
producer
Kenichiro Hori
planner
Minami Ichikawa
executive producer
Masato Ishii
executive producer
Tetsuo Kamemura
planner
Hisako Matsumoto
executive producer
Hikozô Matsuyama
planner
Yûsuke Miyawaki
executive producer (as Yusuke Minawaki)
Toshihiro Nakazawa
executive producer
Tomoya Negishi
assistant producer
Masatomo Nishizawa
animation producer
Kôji Shibata
planner
Kôsuke Shirai
planner (as Kosuke Shirai)
Yoshito Takaya
executive producer
Kenichi Yamakawa
executive producer

Music by

Kôtarô Nakagawa

Cinematography by

Kôji Aoki
director of photography (as Koji Aoki)
Katsuaki Kamata
director of photography

Editing by

Toshio Henmi

Art Direction by

Toshihiro Kohama

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Akihiro Enomoto
unit director
Takao Kato
unit director
Norihiko Nagahama
unit director
Seung Hui Son
unit director
Hideya Takahashi
unit director

Art Department

Kiyoshi Abe
hakataminami uniform designer: Mizuno Corporation
Kazuyuki Asaga
prop designer
Akihiro Enomoto
storyboard artist
Taketomo Ishikawa
additional storyboard artist
Takao Kato
storyboard artist
Katsuhiko Kitada
prop designer
Takuya Mitsuda
Original Character Design
Yoshito Takamine
assistant art director

Sound Department

Takeshi Imaizumi
sound recording
Kuniko Itô
sound recording
Kiyotaka Kawada
sound effects: Swara Production
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
sound producer
Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Takeshi Nishina
sound producer
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
Yumiko Shibusawa
sound recording
Takeshi Takadera
sound director
Naotsugu Uchida
sound mixer
Futoshi Ueda
optical re-recording
Tsutomu Ueno
sound effects assistant
Hiroki Urakari
sound production supervisor

Visual Effects by

Takumi Ebina
3d cg director
Takahiro Itô
motion capture actor: Arispo
Mayumi Kaneko
3d cg
Haruki Kashiwakura
3d cg: Gonzo
Kumiko Katayama
3d cg
Mari Katô
3d cg: Gonzo
Tsukasa Kawasaki
3d cg
Min Hee Kim
3d cg
Tetsuya Kobayashi
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Wataru Kogawa
motion capture coordinator: Katsugekiza
Keiko Koyama
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Tatsuya Maki
3d cg: Gonzo
Manabu Morita
3d cg: Active Design
Akira Murayama
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Kazuhiro Nishida
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Kimio Odagawa
3d cg: Active Design
Minoru Onda
3d cg: Active Design
Ryûta Ono
3d cg: Gonzo
Masahiro Saitô
3d cg producer
Akiko Sakuma
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Hirotsugu Shimoyama
3d cg: Gonzo
Hidemitsu Shiono
3d cg: Gonzo
Hideaki Takeda
3d cg: Gonzo
Keisuke Tanaka
3d cg: Active Design
Isshin Tashiro
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Reina Toguchi
motion capture actor: Sho Kosugi Production
Ryuji Tominaga
3d cg: Links Digiworks
Akihisa Tonouchi
3d cg: Active Design
Megumi Uchiyama
3d cg
Katsuyuki Yakushiji
3d cg
Keiichiro Yanagino
3d cg: Gonzo
Masaaki Yoshizawa
3d cg production advancement
Yasuo Ôno
3d cg: Gonzo

Camera and Electrical Department

Satoshi Fujita
photography: Studio Twinkle
Kazuaki Funakura
additional photography: Xebec
Daiki Horino
photography: Studio Twinkle
Shin'ichi Igarashi
photography: Studio Twinkle (as Shinichi Igarashi)
Kôshirô Iwamoto
photography: Studio Twinkle
Masayuki Iwata
photography: Studio Twinkle
Ayumu Kaikiri
photography: Studio Twinkle
Masahito Kawakami
photography: Studio Twinkle
Tatsuya Kikuchi
photography: Studio Twinkle
Yôhei Konishi
photography: Studio Twinkle (as Yohei Konishi)
Satoshi Kunitsune
photography: Studio Twinkle
Tatsuya Miyazaki
additional photography: Xebec
Seiichi Morishita
photography
Yoshihiro Musha
photography: Studio Twinkle
Yûmi Negishi
photography: Studio Twinkle
Masayoshi Nishiyama
additional photography: Xebec
Hitoshi Saitô
photography: Studio Twinkle (as Hitoshi Saito)
Hiroshi Sawada
photography: Studio Twinkle
Saori Takagi
photography: Studio Twinkle
Kenji Takehara
photography: Studio Twinkle
Hiroyuki Tanaka
photography: Studio Twinkle
Katsutoshi Ôi
photography: Studio Twinkle

Animation Department

Naoto Abe
key animator
Ryôtarô Akao
key animator: Studio Gamei (as Ryotarou Akao)
Namie Akiba
inbetween artist: AIC
Yurie Amano
key animator: Studio Giants
Rie Aoki
key animator: Studio Graffiti
Yasutetsu Aoki
key animator
Issei Aragaki
key animator
Miyuki Arai
key animator
Rie Arai
cel painter: Studio Run Road
Yukio Araie
key animator (as Shinya Yukio) / key animator
Kazuyuki Asaga
action animation director / key animator
Kaoru Asanuma
inbetween animation/cel painting assistance: Triple A
R. Boonruksa
background artist: Bihou
S. Bovonsin
background artist: Bihou
L. Chanchai
background artist: Bihou
Takayuki Chiba
key animator
Khanh Do
3d background artist: Bihou
Hiroshi Dobashi
key animator: Mushi Production
Natsumi Doi
inbetween artist
Eiichi Endô
key animator
Shiho Fujii
cel painter: AIC
Masanobu Fujioka
key animator: Dream Force
Kentarô Fujita
key animator: Mushi Production
Maki Fujita
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Natsuko Fujiwara
key animator
Fumio Fukushima
key animator: Mushi Production
Toyoaki Fukushima
key animator: Dream Force
Nobuyuki Furukawa
key animator
Sawako Furuya
inbetween artist
Nguyen Giao
background artist: Bihou
W. Gorbkit
background artist: Bihou
Nobuyoshi Habara
additional animation director
Yûko Hamada
cel painter: Studio Road (as Yuko Hamada)
Tomoko Hamanaka
inbetween artist: IngresA
Yoshimi Haneda
cel painter: AIC
Ichirô Hattori
key animator: Dream Force
Shinkirô Hattori
key animator
Daisuke Hiramaki
key animator
Taeko Hori
animation director / assistant character designer
Mariko Horie
assistant inbetween checker
Mayu Hoshino
key animator
Harumi Hosokawa
cel painter: AIC
Vui Huynh
background artist: Bihou
Chieko Ichimanda
inbetween checker
Ayumi Ikeda
cel painter
Tatsuya Ikeda
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yoshimi Imagawa
key animator: Mushi Production
Natsuki Inoue
key animator: Studio Graffiti
Takashi Irie
key animator: Studio Giants
Hiromi Ishigami
key animator: Studio Graffiti
Mitsuru Ishihara
animation director / key animator
Kazuhiko Ishii
key animator
Kazumi Ishii
inbetween artist: AIC
Mariko Ishikawa
key animator
Takashi Ishikawa
inbetween artist: AIC
Taketomo Ishikawa
animation director / key animator
Tetsuya Ishikawa
key animator: Studio Gamei
Hiroyuki Itai
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Eriko Itô
key animator
Taeko Itô
key animator: Studio Sign
Chie Iwamoto
cel painter: Studio Road
Masahiro Iwasaki
inbetween artist: Gainax (as Masahiro Iwasaki)
C. Jakkrit
background artist: Bihou
R. Jutima
background artist: Bihou
Hiroyuki Kaji
inbetween artist: AICinbetween artist: AIC
Eiji Kaneda
key animator
K. Kanokwan
background artist: Bihou
Ayako Karatani
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Rina Kasuya
assistant inbetween checker
Emiko Kataoka
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yasuko Katayama
cel painter: AIC
Tomoko Katsube
inbetween artist
Yoshimi Katsumata
key animator: Studio Giants
Hatsue Katô
character designer (as Hatsue Kato) / key animator (as Hatsue Kato)
Kôji Kawaguchi
key animator: Mushi Production (as Koji Kawaguchi)
Toshihiro Kawakami
key animator: Dream Force
Wataru Kayahara
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Jun'ichi Kigawa
key animator
Hyo Kim
3d background artist: Bihou
Yong Jae Kim
key animator
Yoshie Kimoto
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Erika Kimura
key animator
Ryôka Kinoshita
background artist: Bihou (as Ryoka Kinoshita)
Seiji Kishimoto
additional animation director
Michi Kishino
key animator
Yûta Kiso
key animator
Chiaki Kitabayashi
cel painter
Katsuhiko Kitada
action animation director / assistant character designer / key animator
Akemi Kitamura
key animator: Studio Giants
Masahiro Kitazaki
key animator: Mushi Production
Yûki Koike
key animator: Studio Graffiti
Makiko Kojima
cel painter: Studio Road
Izumi Kondô
inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yûko Koshida
cel painter: Studio Road (as Yuko Koshida)
Aya Kuginuki
background artist: Bihou
Kazunari Kume
key animator
Yuka Kuroda
inbetween artist: AIC
Naoyoshi Kusaka
key animator: Studio Giants
Yui Kusakabe
inbetween artist: IngresA
Toshifumi Kusunose
key animator: Dream Force
Megumi Kouno
inbetween artist: Gainax
Shinsaku Kôzuma
key animator
Yeon Joung Lee
3d background artist: Bihou
Meiju Maeda
additional animation director / key animator
Nagisa Maeshima
cel painter
D. Manit
background artist: Bihou
Junpei Matsumoto
inbetween artist: IngresA
Tamae Matsuoka
color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Masahiro Matsushita
key animator
Riki Matsuura
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Tsutomu Matsuura)
Aiko Matsuyama
cel painter: AIC
Mikie Matsuyama
inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
P. Maysaya
background artist: Bihou
Kôta Michishita
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Kouta Michishita)
Kumi Minami
cel painter: Studio Run Road
Le Minh
background artist: Bihou
Satoru Minowa
key animator
Yasushi Mito
3d background artist: Bihou
Kiyotsugu Miura
key animator: Dream Force
Shôsuke Miyashita
inbetween artist: AIC
Yasuko Miyazaki
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Taeko Mizuno
cel painter: Studio Road
Yuki Moriyama
cel painter: Studio Road
Usaku Myôchin
animation director / key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Jun'ichi Nagano
key animator: Studio Sign
Miharu Nagano
key animator
Yuriko Nagaya
key animator
Rieko Nakai
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Daisuke Nakajima
key animator: Studio Giants
Tomomi Nakamura
inbetween artist
Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator
Naomi Nakano
cel painter: Studio Road
Takuya Nakano
key animator
Yuta Nakano
key animator: Studio Giants
Kôichi Nakaya
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Koichi Nakaya)
Yumiko Narita
3d background artist: Bihou
Chan Nguyen
background artist: Bihou
Dao Nguyen
background artist: Bihou
Kham Nguyen
background artist: Bihou
Phong Nguyen
background artist: Bihou
Thao Nguyen
3d background artist: Bihou
Nguyen Ninh
3d background artist: Bihou
Rie Nishimura
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yasushi Nishiya
inbetween artist
Masayuki Nomoto
key animator: Studio Giants
Takumo Norita
animation director / key animator
Yûji Ogata
key animator
Tatsuya Oka
key animator
Yûichi Oka
supervising animation director
Jun Okabe
background artist: Bihou
Sayuri Okada
color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Yuno Okamoto
cel painter: AIC
Tadayoshi Okimura
key animator
Shûko Okutani
key animator (as Shuko Okutani)
Yukiko Ono
background artist: Bihou
Yôko Ono
key animator (as Yoko Ono)
Miharu Onoda
cel painter: AIC
Makoto Orita
key animator
Naoko Ozaki
3d background artist: Bihou
Takao Ozone
key animator: Mushi Production
K. Pisan
background artist: Bihou
K. Rotchanapong
background artist: Bihou
Fumiaki Sahara
key animator
Momo Saitô
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Hideki Sakai
inbetween artist
Satoshi Sakai
key animator
Saori Sakiguchi
inbetween artist: IngresA
Mieko Sakurai
3d background artist: Bihou
Daisuke Sakô
key animator
Shôta Sannomiya
inbetween artist: Gainax (as Shota Sannomiya)
L. Satima
background artist: Bihou
Atsushi Satomi
background artist: Bihou
Hitomi Satô
key animator
Yûko Sera
key animator
Hiromi Shimada
cel painter: AIC
Miyuki Shimizu
key animator
Yukiko Shimizu
key animator: Dream Force
Hisako Shimozuma
key animator
M. Shutimapon
background artist: Bihou
Asuka Shutô
inbetween artist
Kumiko Sone
cel painter: Studio Road
Aimi Sudou
inbetween artist: IngresA
Kazune Sugano
inbetween artist: Studio 4°C
Kôichi Sugitani
key animator
Yûki Sumiya
inbetween artist: AIC
T. Supatida
background artist: Bihou
S. Supattra
background artist: Bihou
Masahiro Suwa
key animator
Isamu Suzuki
inbetween artist: AIC
Isamu Suzuki
assistant inbetween checker
Kantarô Suzuki
key animator (as Kantaro Suzuki)
Michie Suzuki
background artist: Bihou
Yasuyuki Suzuki
key animator: Mushi Production
Yumiko Taguchi
inbetween artist: Studio 4°C
Narumi Takahashi
key animator
Noboru Takahashi
key animator
Akio Takami
character designer / supervising animation director
Kiichi Takaoka
key animator
Ryôhei Takeshita
key animator
Kyôko Taketani
key animator
Kazumasa Takeuchi
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Masaaki Takiyama
key animator: Studio Giants (as Shintetsu Takiyama)
Kenji Tamashiro
background artist: Bihou
Yuka Tanabe
key animator
Heihachirô Tanaka
key animator: Mushi Production
Miho Tanaka
cel painter: Studio Run Road
Toshihiko Tanaka
inbetween artist: IngresA
Yuriko Taniguchi
cel painter: Studio Run Road
Yasushi Tanizawa
key animator: Studio Sign
Masaiku Tayori
inbetween artist: IngresA
Yutaka Terada
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Miki Teshima
inbetween artist: AIC
Emi Tezuka
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Dong Thai
3d background artist: Bihou
Truong Thuy
background artist: Bihou
Madoka Togami
inbetween artist: IngresA
Nobuyuki Tokinaga
key animator
Kazuyuki Toshida
key animator: Mushi Production
Quang Tran
3d background artist: Bihou
Mikio Tsuchiya
key animator
Satoshi Tsuchiya
color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Shûichi Tsuji
background artist: Bihou (as Shuichi Tsuji)
Takeshi Tsuji
3d background artist: Bihou
Shinko Tsurumoto
key animator
Vo Tuan
background artist: Bihou
Hisashi Tôjima
inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Uchida
key animator
Minoru Ueda
key animator
Hikari Umemiya
inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yui Ushio
key animator
Isamu Utsuki
key animator: Mushi Production
Natsumi Watanabe
cel painter: AIC
Yukari Watanabe
key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yukiko Watanabe
key animator
Shin'ya Yamada
key animator (as Shinya Yamada)
Mayumi Yamamoto
key animator: Mushi Production
Makiko Yamanaka
cel painter: Studio Road
Satomi Yamanaka
key animator
Shin'ichi Yamaoka
animation director / character designer
Yasuko Yamashita
inbetween artist: IngresA
Masami Yamauchi
key animator
Shôjurô Yamauchi
key animator (as Toshio Yamauchi)
Sayuri Yanagi
cel painter: AIC
Mika Yokoi
cel painter: Studio Run Road
Hanae Yokota
cel painter: Studio Road
Yûki Yoshioka
cel painter: AIC (as Yuki Yoshioka)
Akiko Ôba
cel painter: Studio Run Road (as Akiko Ohba)
Futoshi Ônami
additional animation director / key animator
Takeshi Ôtani
key animator

Editorial Department

Masayasu Arimatsu
hd editor
Yoshito Ashino
hd editing studio desk
Yoshio Ide
technical advisor
Jun'ichi Inoue
lab coordinator
Yoshihito Katô
lab producer
Yôko Koizumi
color timing
Mayumi Komori
assistant editor: Jay Film
Keiji Kondô
lab producer
Etsushi Masuda
film recording
Jin Nogawa
assistant editor: Jay Film
Mitsuhiro Shôji
hd color correction (as Mitsuhiro Shoji)

Music Department

Teruaki Ise
music mixing engineer
Norihide Tanaka
music producer
Naohiro Yazaki
main theme tie-up coordinator

Additional Crew

Takamasa Arima
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Hideo Baba
production assistant
Mikito Bizenjima
production committee: Shôgakukan
Tomohiko Egami
publicist
Daijirô Fujimoto
home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akira Fujita
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Eiko Hasegawa
production assistant
Tomonori Hasegawa
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Masato Hayashi
development assistance
Kengo Hirano
advertising producer
Tsuyoshi Hirota
system administrator
Yasushi Ide
advertising manager
Tomotaka Iida
production committee: Shôgakukan
Hitoshi Iijima
production assistant
Tomokazu Iizumi
production committee: Avex Entertainment
Hitomi Ishikawa
production work
Katsumi Ishikawa
production committee: Mainichi Newspaper
Yasuko Itô
production committee: Sponichi 60th Anniversary Commemorative Committee
Ryôichi Izawa
production committee: Shôgakukan
Fujiko Kataoka
trailer production
Hiroe Katsuta
publicist
Tomohiro Katô
production committee: Toho
Shôzô Kawahara
production committee: Shôgakukan (as Shozo Kawahara)
Kiyonori Kumagai
supervisor
Takazawa Kunihito
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production (as Kunihito Takazawa)
Mika Makita
home page production
Naoko Marukawa
literary supervision
Yukari Matsumura
setting production
Hirohisa Mino
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Reibun Miyashita
production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Hidefumi Morimi
production assistant
Kôichi Morita
title logo design: bishop
Yûichi Murata
production committee: Toho
Motomu Mutaguchi
home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akihiro Narita
production committee: Shôgakukan
Nobutaka Nishida
home page production
Masahiro Nojima
production committee: NHK Enterprise
Kôji Numajiri
home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akiyoshi Ogawa
production committee: Shôgakukan
Mayumi Okanoe
advertising manager
Hikaru Onoda
production committee: Toho
Akira Ozeki
advertising manager
Masaya Saito
advertising manager
Iku Saitô
title logo design: bishop
Kenji Shimazaki
home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Yukinao Shimoji
animation production manager
Kimio Shiomi
production committee: Mainichi Newspaper
Masakazu Shioura
production committee: NHK Enterprise
Tomokazu Sodesaki
development assistance
Yukiyoshi Sumi
home page production: T2I Entertainment
Eiichirô Takane
trailer production
Emiko Takashina
production work
Tatsuhiko Takeuchi
production assistant
Takeshi Toda
production assistant
Shin'ichirô Tsuzuki
development assistance
Fumio Ueda
supervisor
Ayano Watanabe
home page production: Web Studio
Akiko Yagi
production assistant
Shun Yamada
production assistant
Yasuyuki Yamada
production assistant
Kazunari Yamanaka
production committee: Toho
Akihiro Yamauchi
production committee: Toho
Sawako Yasuhara
production committee: NHK Enterprise
Eriko Yazaki
production committee: Shôgakukan
Yûichi Yokoyama
home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Hiroyuki Ôizumi
production committee: Avex Entertainment
Yasue Ôno
production committee: Shôgakukan

Thanks

Kyûji Fujikawa
special cooperation: Hanshin Tigers
Akihiro Higashide
special cooperation: Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hirokazu Ibata
special cooperation: Chunichi Dragons
Toshiaki Imae
special cooperation: Chiba Lotte Marines
Atsunori Inaba
special cooperation: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Masanori Ishikawa
special cooperation: Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Chihiro Kaneko
special cooperation: Orix Buffaloes
Yûichi Kawajiri
special thanks: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Tarô Kinoshita
special thanks: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Chikara Onodera
special cooperation: Saitama Seibu Lions
Yasuhiko Saitô
special thanks: Mizuno Corporation
Hayato Sakamoto
special cooperation: Yomiuri Giants
Toshiya Sugiuchi
special cooperation: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Masahiro Tanaka
special cooperation: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Seiichi Uchikawa
special cooperation: Yokohama BayStars
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