My Neighbors the Yamadas：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Writing Credits

Hisaichi Ishii
(based on the comic strip by): Isao Takahata
(screenplay)

Cast

Yukiji Asaoka
Matsuko: Tôru Masuoka
Takashi: Masako Araki
Shige: Hayato Isohata
Noboru: Naomi Uno
Nonoko: Akiko Yano
Ms. Fujiwara: Kosanji Yanagiya
Haiku Poem Reader: Tamao Nakamura
Shige's Friend: Chôchô Miyako
Grandman Kikuchi: Jim Belushi
Takashi: Jeff Bennett
Additional Voices: Alex Buck
Additional Voices: A.J. Buckley
Additional Voices: Corey Burton
Additional Voices: Dixie Carter
Additional Voices: Erin Chambers
Additional Voices: Maree Cheatham
Additional Voices: Flo Di Re
Additional Voices: Melissa Disney
Additional Voices: Suguru Egawa
(voice): Arata Furuta
(voice): Amber Hood
Additional Voices: Tress MacNeille
Shige: Akira Matsuda
(voice): Edie McClurg
Additional Voices: Jim Meskimen
Additional Voices: Jon Miller
Additional Voices: Liliana Mumy
Nonoko: Trenton Rogers
Additional Voices: Ashley Rose
Additional Voices: Daryl Sabara
Noboru: Satoru Saitô
(voice): Jeremy Shada
Additional Voices: Molly Shannon
Matsuko: David Ogden Stiers
The Narrator: Sadanobu Terashita
(voice): Yasuko Tomita
Information Clerk of Department Store: Mizuho Tsushima
(voice): Matthew Underwood
Additional Voices: Billy West
Additional Voices: Atsushi Yamanishi
(voice)

Produced by

Rick Dempsey
executive producer (english version): Michael Johnson
producer: Buena Vista [us]: Ned Lott
producer (english version): Takashi Shoji
producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
executive producer: SeiichirÃ´ Ujiie
producer

Music by

Akiko Yano

Cinematography by

Atsushi Okui

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

Ned Lott

Art Direction by

YÃ´ji Takeshige
: Naoya Tanaka

Production Management

David Candiff
post-production manager (english version): KÃ´ji Hoshino
production manager: Yoshiyuki Momose
production manager: Nozomu Takahashi
production manager: Osamu Tanabe
production manager

Art Department

Kanako Moriya
color assistant: Osamu Tanabe
storyboard artist: Michiyo Yasuda
color director: Noboru Yoshida
assistant art director

Sound Department

Petra Bach
supervising adr editor (english version): Randy Coppinger
english dialogue recorded by: Tom E. Dahl
re-recording mixer: William Komar
english dialogue recorded by: Cecilia Perna
english dialogue recorded by: James A. Sandweiss
english dialogue recorded by: Hajime Takagi
assistant re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects (as Kunji Tanifuji)

Visual Effects by

Masafumi Inoue
cg production

Animation Department

Masashi Andô
animator (as Masashi Ando): Seiko Azuma
inbetween animator: David Encinas
inbetween animator: Kaori Fujii
inbetween animator: Yoshikazu Fukutome
background artist: Katsugo Furuya
animator: Shôgo Furuya
animator: Makiko Futaki
animator: Hideki Hamasu
animator (as Hideki Hamazu): Shinji Hashimoto
animator: Suzuka Higa
inbetween animator: Sayaka Hirahara
background artist: RyÃ´ko Ina
background artist (as Ryouko Ina): Takeshi Inamura
animator (as Takeshi Imamura): Tomoe Ishihara
background artist: Nozomu ItÃ´
inbetween animator (as Nozomu Ito): Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween animator: Megumi Kagawa
animator: Naomi Kasugai
background artist: Yumiko Kitajima
inbetween animator: Komasa
inbetween animator: Katsuya KondÃ´
animator: Rie KondÃ´
inbetween animator: Ken'ichi Konishi
animation director: Akiko Kouchi
inbetween animator: Misuzu Kurata
animator: Kiyoko Makita
inbetween animator: Suzuko Mano
inbetween animator: Mariko Matsuo
animator: Masaru Matsuse
animator: Hiroyuki Morita
animator: Masako Nagata
background artist: Rie Nakagome
inbetween animator: Katsutoshi Nakamura
inbetween animator: Mai Nakazato
inbetween animator: Rie Niidome
inbetween animator: Masako Niki
animator: Sumie Nishido
inbetween animator: Hiromi Nishikawa
inbetween animator: Shingo Nishiyama
inbetween animator: Mitsu Noguchi
inbetween animator: Aya Onishi
inbetween animator: Kazuyoshi Onoda
animation checker: Hiroaki Sasaki
background artist: Mizue Sashihara
inbetween animator: Eriko Shibata
inbetween animator: Kazuko Shibata
inbetween animator: Ritsuko Shiina
inbetween animator: Hiroshi Shimizu
animator: Takahito Sugawara
inbetween animator: Sachiko Sugino
animator: Kenji Sugiyama
inbetween animator: Makiko Suzuki
inbetween animator: Mariko Suzuki
animation checker: Atsushi Tamura
inbetween animator: Kumiko Tanihira
inbetween animator: Hitomi Tateno
animation checker: Akiko Teshima
inbetween animator: Akiko Toba
inbetween animator: Yayoi Toki
inbetween animator (as Yoyoi Toki): Etsuko Tomita
animator: Keiko Tomizawa
inbetween animator: KÃ´jirÃ´ Tsuruoka
inbetween animator (as Koujirou Tsuraoka): Alexandra Weihrauch
inbetween animator: Hisako Yaji
inbetween animator: Ken'ichi Yamada
animator: Tamami Yamada
inbetween animator: Akiko Yamaguchi
animator: Eiji Yamamori
animator: Yukari Yamaura
inbetween animator: Kikuyo Yano
background artist: Morihiko Yano
inbetween animator: Mayu Yazawa
inbetween animator: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
inbetween animator: Ken'ichi Yoshida
animator: Hideaki Yoshio
animator: Masaaki Yuasa
animator: Minoru Ãhashi
inbetween animator (as Minoru Ohashi): Shin'ya Ãhira
animator: Mayumi Ãmura
inbetween animator (as Mayumi Ohmura): Kumiko Ãta
inbetween animator (as Kumiko Ohta): Atsuko Ãtani
animator: Kumiko Ãtani
inbetween animator: Shinji Ãtsuka
animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Editorial Department

Chris DeLaGuardia
color timer (english version): Cory Hansen
post-production coordinator

Music Department

Jeff Bova
music arranger: Tomoyoshi Ezaki
music engineer: Mario Klemens
conductor: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra: Toshihiro Masuda
music engineer: Dave O'Donnelle
music engineer: Akio Ohmori
music supervisor: Eihiko Ohno
music mixer: Neko Saito
orchestrator: Akiko Yano
music arranger: Kinji Yoshino
music engineer

Additional Crew

Rick Dempsey
dialogue director: Akio Ichimura
production committee: Studio Ghibli: Vicki Rondou
production support (english version)

Thanks

Robert Bagley
with special thanks to (as Robert H. Bagley): Sara Bleick
with special thanks to (as S.J. Bleick): Bill Fadness
with special thanks to (as William Fadness): Kevin E. Keech
with special thanks to (as Kevin Keech): Mary Meacham
with special thanks to (as Mary Meacham Hogg): Hermann H. Schmidt
with special thanks to (english version): Bruce Tauscher
with special thanks to (english version)