Cast & Crew

Directed by

Naoto Hashimoto
Gisaburô Sugii
(chief director)

Writing Credits

Mitsuru Adachi
(manga)
Tomoko Konparu
(screenplay)

Cast

Noriko Hidaka
Minami Asakura
Yûji Mitsuya
Tatsuya Uesugi
Yôsuke Akimoto
Coach Uemura
Shigeru Chiba
Shingo Uesugi
Eriko Chihara
Fumiko Shimizu
Rica Fukami
Akio's mother
Banjô Ginga
Shôhei Harada
Kobuhei Hayashiya
Kôtarô Matsudaira
Unpei Hayashiya
Rakugo Performer
Mitsuaki Hoshino
Ishigaki
Kazuhiko Inoue
Akio Nitta
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Ogawara
Sakurako Kishiro
Announcement
Kôichi Kitamura
Shigenori Nishio
Kazue Komiya
Haruko Uesugi
Masato Kubota
Batter
Masae Maeda
Miss quaver
Hiroshi Masuoka
Toshio Asakura
Ryûsei Nakao
Isamu Nishimura
Takumi Nishio
Maruyama
Masayuki Omoro
TV announcer
Katsumi Suzuki
Mihara
Yoshino Takamori
Izumi Nishikubo
Hiromi Tsuru
Sachiko Nishio

Produced by

Ken Fujita
producer
Masamichi Fujiwara
producer
Masaru Kakutani
planner
Yoshirô Kataoka
producer
Tadashi Oka
producer
Isao Sekiya
planner
Shigeji Tsuiki
production producer
Ren Usami
planner
Yûkichi Ôhashi
executive producer

Music by

Hiroaki Serizawa

Cinematography by

Shigeo Sugimura

Editing by

Masashi Furukawa

Art Direction by

Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Production Management

Katsutoshi Kanesaka
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Takashi Ui
assistant director

Art Department

Masako Fukunaga
color key
Osamu Kobayashi
storyboard artist
Keiko Yokoyama
color designer

Sound Department

Fusanobu Fujiyama
sound director
Tadami Itô
sound recordist: Niisaka Recording
Shôji Katô
sound effects editor: Anime Sound Production (as Shôji Kato)
Tôru Noguchi
sound effects editor: Anime Sound Production
Hitoshi Yamada
sound recordist: Niisaka Recording
Katsuhisa Yoshino
sound assistant

Special Effects by

Setsuko Tamai
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Kenji Akazawa
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Shôji Aoyagi
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Mikiko Ishizuka
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Katsuya Kozutsumi
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Terumi Satô
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Yasuhiro Shimizu
camera operator: Studio Gallop
Hiroshi Tamura
camera operator: Studio Gallop

Animation Department

Hisako Abe
cel painter: SHAFT
Tsukasa Abe
animator: Studio Gallop
Marisuke Eguchi
animation director
Hideyuki Funakoshi
inbetween artist: Ajiadô
Naoko Furuya
cel painter: SHAFT
Yumiko Gotô
inbetween artist
Izumi Haneishi
cel painter: SHAFT
Hiroshi Hara
animator: Ajiadô
Chiaki Hirai
inbetween artist: Ajiadô
Kyôko Horie
cel painter: SHAFT
Tachiko Horie
animator
Yûko Ikuno
animator: Ajiadô
Atsushi Ioki
background artist: Studio Jack
Mitsuru Ishii
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Tomoko Ishizuka
inbetween artist: Ajiadô
Hiroko Kazui
animator: Ajiadô
Fumiyo Kimura
inbetween artist: Ajiadô
Kazumi Kobayashi
animator: Studio Gallop
Mitsuko Kodaka
cel painter: SHAFT
Hideto Kojima
animator: Studio Victory
Osamu Kurosawa
inbetween artist: Studio Victory
Tsuneo Maeda
chief animation director
Ikue Matsuzaki
inbetween artist
Chiyoe Misawa
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kazumasa Miyamoto
inbetween artist
Masakuni Miyasaka
inbetween artist: SHAFT
Masako Moriyama
cel painter: SHAFT
Yuriko Moriyama
inbetween artist: SHAFT
Masahiko Murata
assistant animation director
Kaoru Nakajima
animator
Kazuko Nakajima
background artist: Studio Jack
Tsutomu Nishikura
background artist: Studio Jack
Seiji Nomura
animator
Nobuhiro Okasako
animator: Studio Victory (as Tsunehiro Okasako)
Tadayoshi Okimura
animator: Studio Victory
Ken Okiyama
inbetween artist
Hatsue Saitô
background artist: Studio Jack
Jiro Saruyama
inbetween checker
Tôru Satô
animator: Studio Gallop
Yukiya Senda
animator
Kazuko Shibata
animator
Yumiko Shimamura
inbetween artist
Keiko Shimizu
animator: Studio Gallop
Yuriko Shiojima
inbetween artist: SHAFT
Satoru Shiraishi
inbetween artist: Studio Victory
Reiko Suzuki
animator: Ajiadô
Katsumi Takao
background artist: Studio Jack
Shin'ichi Tsuji
animator
Sumio Udagawa
inbetween artist: Studio Victory
Tetsuya Yamamoto
animator: Studio Gallop
Akitoshi Yokoyama
animator: Studio Gallop
Kazushige Yusa
animator
Masahiko Ôta
inbetween artist

Editorial Department

Naoko Ikenobe
additional editor
Miki Kadoi
assistant editor

Music Department

Akira Sasajima
music producer: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Tatsuo Ôba
music producer: Tôhô Music Publishing
Mareya Ôishi
music producer

Additional Crew

Satoru Katayama
titles
Minoru Maeda
screen structure
Kazuko Matsuda
production work
Makoto Ôsawa
production assistant
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