Cast & Crew

Directed by

Mamoru Hosoda

Writing Credits

Yasutaka Tsutsui
(novel)
Satoko Okudera
(screenplay)

Cast

Riisa Naka
Makoto Konno
Takuya Ishida
Chiaki Mamiya
Mitsutaka Itakura
Kosuke Tsuda
Ayami Kakiuchi
Yuri Hayakawa
Mitsuki Tanimura
Kaho Fujitani
Yuki Sekido
Miyuki Konno
Utawaka Katsura
Makoto's Father
Midori Ando
Makoto's Mother
Fumihiko Tachiki
Fukushima-sensei
Keiko Yamamoto
Obasan
Shiori Yokohari
Moriko Uesugi
Sonoka Matsuoka
Sekimi Nowake
Takayuki Handa
Kato
Maho Kurashima
Female Newscaster A
Taeko Hase
Additional Voices
Keiko Aizawa
School Nurse / Answering Machine (voice)
Kiyomi Tanigawa
Home Economics Teacher / Female Newscaster B (voice)
Atsuko Yuya
Additional Voices
Hiroshi Kudo
Additional Voices
Arashi Matsutani
Riverbed Boy A
Fumiya Togawa
Riverbed Boy B
Yumi Kawaguchi
Riverbed Boy C
Atsushi Sato
Additional Voices
Yuji Tanaka
Additional Voices
Tsubasa Ueda
Male Student
Shouya Sugiyama
Suzuki
Teppei Takayama
Tanaka
Fuijo Chiba
Yamada
Haruki Watanabe
Additional Voices
Nagisa Adaniya
Female Student
Mami Tokuyama
Female Student
Sayaka Yoshida
Female Student
Yôji Matsuda
Sôjirô Takase
Tadashi Nakamura
Old Security Guard
Sachie Hara
Kazuko Yoshiyama
Bari Suzuki
Additional Voices
Shannon Chan-Kent
Miyuki Konno
Trevor Devall
Additional Voices
Brian Dobson
Mr. Fukushima
Brian Drummond
Makoto's Father
Andrew Francis
Chiaki Mamiya
Saffron Henderson
Kazuko Yoshiyama
Maryke Hendrikse
Sekimi Nowake
Mark Hildreth
Additional Voices
Emily Hirst
Makoto Konno
David Kaye
Additional Voices
David Kaye
Additional Voices
Kristie Marsden
Yuri Hayakawa
David Robert Moore
Sojiro Takase
Nicole Oliver
Makoto's Mother
Kyle Rideout
Additional Voices
Tabitha St. Germain
Moriko Uesugi
Natalie Walters
Kaho Fujitani
Alex Zahara
Kousuke Tsuda

Produced by

Jennifer Fairweather
co-producer: Ocean Productions Inc
Shin'ichirô Inoue
producer
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
chief producer
Jungo Maruta
producer
Masao Maruyama
planner
Chiyako Slawinski
associate producer (english version)
Takeshi Yasuda
executive producer

Music by

Kiyoshi Yoshida

Cinematography by

Yoshihiro Tomita
director of photography

Editing by

Shigeru Nishiyama

Art Direction by

Nizô Yamamoto
(as Nizou Yamamoto)

Production Management

Yukiko Ninokata
production manager
Takeshi Yasuda
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tomohiko Itô
assistant director

Art Department

Kazuyuki Hashimoto
assistant art director
Toshio Hirata
artwork: Shiraume Ni Tsubaki Kikuzu
Chikako Kamata
color key
Tomohiro Maruyama
assistant art director
Osamu Masuyama
assistant art director
Hiroshi Someya
artwork: Shiraume Ni Tsubaki Kikuzu

Sound Department

Yoshihiro Akase
sound producer: Dax Production
Tetsu Hirata
sound producer: Dax Production
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Shizuo Kurahashi
sound effects: Sound Box
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
Yoshio Obara
sound recordist
Futoshi Ueda
optical recording
Karl Willems
adr director (english version)
Omoi Yonehara
sound effects: Sound Box

Special Effects by

Ayumi Arahata
special effects: Team Taniguchi
Keiko Itogawa
special effects: Team Taniguchi
Kumiko Taniguchi
special effects: Team Taniguchi

Visual Effects by

Yuichiro Ando
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Makoto Awano
texture work: DR Tokyo
Takayuki Chiba
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Hiromi Hayashi
cg
Saeko Kimura
texture work: DR Tokyo
Takashi Koyama
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Masayuki Narai
line coordinator: DR Tokyo
Takeshi Sanada
cgi: Asahi Production
Osamu Sasaki
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Toru Shinozaki
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Nobuyuki Suchi
cgi: Spooky Graphic
Yûdai Takahashi
cgi: Asahi Production
Daisuke Tsuchida
texture work: DR Tokyo
Morihito Ôhara
digital harmony (as Morihito Ohara)

Camera and Electrical Department

Kazuto Furuya
photography: Asahi Production
Masatoshi Goake
photography: Asahi Production
Yûki Hama
photography: Asahi Production (as Yuki Hama)
Takumi Haneda
photography: Asahi Production
Ryô Iijima
photography: Asahi Production
Kenji Itô
photography: Asahi Production
Takeshi Katsurayama
photography: Asahi Production
Yûichirô Nagata
photography: Asahi Production (as Yuichiro Nagata)
Kôsuke Nakanishi
photography: Asahi Production
Daichi Nogami
photography: Asahi Production
Toshihiro Sasaki
photography: Asahi Production
Kenji Takahashi
photography: Asahi Production
Yui Tanaka
photography: Asahi Production
Taeko Tobita
photography: Asahi Production
Natsumi Yajima
photography: Asahi Production
Kazuhiro Yamada
photography: Asahi Production
Takashi Yanagida
photography: Asahi Production
Kazumi Yokoo
photography: Asahi Production
Minoe Ôkubo
photography: Asahi Production

Animation Department

Junko Abe
key animator
Miyuki Abe
in-between animation checker: Madhouse
Takahiko Abiru
in-between animation checker: Madhouse
Kôichi Aida
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Kouichi Aida)
Eun Hee An
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Ayumi Andô
digital paint artist: Wish (as Ayumi Andou)
Rei Aoi
key animator
Hiroyuki Aoyama
animation director
Ken Arai
background artist: Kaieisha
Sayuri Arakaki
digital paint artist: Wish
Naoyuki Asano
key animator
Yuki Atsumi
digital paint artist: Wish
Dong-wook Baek
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Eun-Soon Byun
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Eun Soon Byun)
Hye Soon Byun
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Takahiro Chiba
key animator
Jung Hee Choi
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Ki-Jeong Choi
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Ki Jeong Choi)
Soon Lee Choi
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Won Suk Choi
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Noriaki Endou
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Kazumi Fujita
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Shigeru Fujita
assistant animation director
Michio Fukuda
key animator
Yoshikazu Fukutome
background artist: Kaieisha (as Kaichi Fukudome)
Hiroshi Gôroku
background artist: Ogura Workshop (as Hiroshi Gouroku)
Kenji Hachizaki
key animator
Kaori Hagiwara
background artist: Moon Flower
Shin'ya Hasegawa
key animator (as Shinya Hasegawa)
Ayako Hata
key animator
Yûta Hattori
animation cel manager
Chihiro Hayashi
key animator
Daiki Hayashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Fumie Hayashi
cel checker: Madhouse
Kaori Hino
background artist: Kaieisha
Sayaka Hirahara
background artist: Kaieisha
Sachiyo Hiraide
inbetween checker
Tetsuo Hirakawa
key animator
Shûichi Hirata
background artist (as Shuichi Hirata)
Naoko Horikawa
digital paint artist: Wish
Yoshinori Horikawa
cel checker: Madhouse
Misuzu Ichinose
inbetween checker: OH Production
Yûya Igarashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Yuuya Igarashi)
Naoko Ikeuchi
key animator
Kazuaki Imai
key animator
Yô Imano
inbetween animator: OH Production (as Yo Imano)
Junko Ina
background artist: Kaieisha
Ryôko Ina
background artist: Kaieisha (as Ryoko Ina)
Kunihiko Inaba
background artist: Kaieisha
Akiko Inoue
digital paint artist: Wish
Izumi Inoue
digital paint artist: Wish
Risa Ishibashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Kyouko Ishida
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Masashi Ishihama
animation director
Naoki Ishikawa
digital paint artist: Wish
Shiho Itou
background artist: Kaieisha
Atsuko Itô
digital paint artist: Wish (as Atsuko Ito)
Hideki Itô
key animator (as Hideki Ito)
Yoshiki Itô
digital paint artist: Wish
Kuniko Iwaya
background artist: Kaieisha (as Kuniko Iwatani)
Kazuyo Izawa
background artist: Moon Flower
Maiko Izumi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Cheol-Ho Jang
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Chel-Ho Jang)
In Hwa Jang
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Hwa-jang In)
Youn Hee Jeong
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Hee-jeong Yeun)
You Kyung Jung
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Michiko Kado
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Kanta Kamei
key animator
Kim Kang-in
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Kang In Kim)
Tetsurô Karai
key animator (as Tetsuro Kaku)
Naomi Kasugai
background artist: Kaieisha
Hiroshi Katô
background artist: Biho (as Hiroshi Kato)
Rie Katô
digital paint artist: Wish (as Rie Katoh)
Takashi Kawaguchi
key animator
Masaaki Kawai
background scanning: Scan-ya
Sayaka Kawai
inbetween animator: Madhouse
Toshihiro Kawamoto
key animator (as Yoshiaki Toki)
Tôru Kawamura
digital paint artist: Wish
Kumiko Kawana
key animator
Akiko Kazato
background artist: Ogura Workshop
Bok-simm Kim
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Eunsun Kim
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Eun Sun Kim)
Jin-ah Kim
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as A Jin Kim)
Jung-Hye Kim
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Jung Hye Kim)
Min Ju Kim
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Min-kyoung Kim
inbetween animator: DR Movie
So Young Kim
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Yong-jae Kim
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Young Jae Kim)
Makoto Kimura
background scanning: Scan-ya
Rika Kingetsu
digital paint artist: Wish
Mika Kinoshita
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Maiko Kinouchi
inbetween checker: Madhouse
Naruyo Kiriyama
background artist: Kaieisha
Nobuyuki Kitajima
key animator
Mayumi Kitamura
key animator
Yuko Kitamura
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Yumi Kitani
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Mika Kobayashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Yuka Koiso
inbetween animator: Madhouse
Maki Kokubo
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Naoko Komatsu
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Hideto Komori
key animator
Keiichi Kondô
key animator (as Keiichi Kondo)
Naoto Kondô
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Naoto Kondou)
Yasutaka Kondô
background artist: Kaieisha (as Yasutoshi Kondou)
Hiromi Kosuda
inbetween animator: OH Production
Eriko Kubokawa
key animator
Chikashi Kubota
animation director
Shin'ichi Kuniyasu
inbetween animator: OH Production (as Shinichi Kuniyasu)
Masato Kuri
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Seiko Kuroda
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Tatsuya Kushida
background artist: Biho
Masayuki Kuwahara
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Choi-hee Kyoung
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Hee Kyoung Choi)
Eun Kyoung Lee
inbetween animator: DR Movie (as Eun Kyung Lee)
Hyo Sun Lee
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Hyun-Woo Lee
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Jeong Eun Lee
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Jin Hee Lee
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Kun-hae Lee
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Woo-youn Lee
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Yong-won Lee
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Hiromi Masuda
key animator (as Yumi Masuda)
Toshihiko Masuda
key animator
Keisuke Masunaga
key animator
Keishi Matsumoto
background supervisor
Seiki Matsumura
inbetween animator: Madhouse
Tokuyuki Matsutake
key animator (as Noriyuki Matsutake)
Tadashi Matsuzaki
key animator
Risa Mimura
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Yasunori Miyazawa
key animator
Hisashi Mori
key animator
Hiroshi Moriwaki
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Sachiho Motoda
background artist: Moon Flower
Takashi Mukôda
key animator (as Takashi Mukouda)
Tomomi Murakami
digital paint artist: Wish
Yoshie Murakami
digital paint artist: Wish
Izumi Muta
background artist: Kaieisha
Mi Ae Na
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Moon-hee Na
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Moon Hee Na)
Norihiro Naganuma
key animator
Akemi Nagao
digital paint artist: Wish
Masako Nagata
background artist: Kaieisha
Sayaka Nakagawa
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Satoko Nakamura
background artist: Kaieisha
Reiko Nakanishi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Fusako Nakao
digital paint artist: Wish
Manabu Nakatake
key animator
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
key animator
Yasuhiro Nakura
assistant animation director / key animator
Yoshitaka Narasaki
digital paint artist: Wish
Tatsuzô Nishida
key animator (as Tatsuzou Nishida)
Takuo Noda
key animator
Mami Nomaguchi
digital paint artist: Wish
Chiaki Numata
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Takako Numata
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Kazuo Oga
background artist
Hiromasa Ogura
background artist: Ogura Workshop
Kaoru Ohta
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Jun Okabe
background artist: Biho
Shiho Okamiya
digital paint artist: Wish
Emiko Okui
digital paint artist: Wish
Satomi Okumura
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Tetsu Onitsuka
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Jun Ono
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Jung Ah Park
digital paint artist: DR Movie (as Jeong Ah Park)
Kyung-suk Park
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Mi-joung Park
inbetween animator: DR Movie
Yong Kyoung Park
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Yun Hee Park
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
character designer
Haruka Saijô
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Haruka Saijou)
Akiko Saitô
background scanning: Scan-ya
Chizue Saitô
digital paint artist: Wish (as Chizue Saitou)
Ikue Sakamoto
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Tadashi Sakazaki
key animator
Kayo Sakazume
inbetween checker: Madhouse
Kunihiko Sakurai
key animator
Kiyoshi Samejima
background artist: Kaieisha
Mamoru Sasaki
key animator
Hiroaki Satô
background scanning: Scan-ya
Miyuki Satô
digital paint artist: Wish (as Miyuki Sato)
Ryoochimo Sawa
key animator
Hidehiko Sawada
key animator
Atsushi Sekiguchi
key animator
Kanami Sekiguchi
key animator
Ryôko Sekiya
inbetween animator: Madhouse (as Ryouko Sekiya)
Atsuko Shibata
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Kazuko Shibata
key animator
Tomotaka Shibayama
key animator
Yûji Shigekuni
key animator (as Yuuji Shigekuni)
Ken'ichi Shima
inbetween animator: Madhouse (as Kenichi Shima)
Hiroshi Shimizu
key animator
Keiko Shimizu
key animator
Nobumasa Shinkawa
key animator
Toshiharu Sugie
key animator
Nagisa Sunagawa
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Naoko Sunahara
digital paint artist: Wish
Yôko Suzuki
cel checker: Studio Elle
Sari Tagawa
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Akira Takada
key animator
Ayumi Takagi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Hideki Takahashi
key animator
Mitsugu Takahashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Tae Takahashi
background scanning: Scan-ya
Tomoko Takahashi
digital paint artist: Wish
Yukiko Takahashi
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Atsuko Takahata
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Asami Takano
inbetween animator: OH Production (as Mami Kouno)
Noriaki Takei
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Hiromi Takeno
digital paint artist: Wish
Yôji Takeshige
background artist
Hikaru Takigawa
digital paint artist: Wish
Seiki Tamura
background artist: Anime Workshop Basara
Fumiko Tanaka
cel checker: Studio Elle
Mika Tanba
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Akiko Taniguchi
inbetween animator: Madhouse
Norimoto Tokura
key animator
Yôko Tomaru
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Youko Tomaru)
Megumi Tonegawa
inbetween checker: Madhouse
Masako Torikata
cel checker: Madhouse
Jinko Tsuji
inbetween checker: OH Production
Mihoko Uda
inbetween animator: OH Production
Hitoshi Ueda
key animator
Tsugumi Ueno
key animator
Ichirô Uno
key animator
Noriko Wada
background artist: Moon Flower
Takaaki Wada
key animator
Aiko Wakatsuki
key animator
Misato Watanabe
background artist: Kaieisha (as Misato Watabe)
Takaaki Yamashita
key animator
Kumiko Yamazaki
digital paint artist: Wish
Mi Ye Yang
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Kikuyo Yano
background artist: Kaieisha
Yûko Yazaki
key animator (as Yuko Yazaki)
Jeong Ah Yim
digital paint artist: DR Movie
Ayumi Yokoo
digital paint artist: Studio Elle
Aki Yoshida
cel checker: Studio Elle
Haruka Yoshida
digital paint artist: Wish
Minami Yoshida
inbetween animator: Madhouse
Yûsuke Ôkubo
digital paint artist: Studio Elle (as Yusuke Okubo)
Takashi Ômori
background artist: Kaieisha (as Takashi Omori)

Casting Department

James Campbell
casting coordinator: english version
Theresa MacFarlane
casting director: english version
Shinji Masuda
casting director: Unique Brains

Editorial Department

Yûji Kihara
hd editor: Q-Tec
Tomohiro Nemoto
hd editor: Q-Tec
Mitsuhiro Shôji
hd color correction: Q-Tec (as Mitsuhiro Shoji)
Kentarô Tsubone
offline editing: REAL-T (as Kentaro Tsubone)

Music Department

Masataka Fukuda
music engineer
Haruki Mino
piano solos
Kozue Okada
music producer
Hanako Oku
main theme
Masayuki Onoe
music producer
Hal Oppenheim
composer: stock music
Kiyoshi Yoshida
music arranger (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Kazama Chiaki
production runner
Tomio Fujisawa
font designer: Spooky Graphic
Miki Fujita
advertising producer
Yuki Hasegawa
title designer & adverting artist: Metamo
Noriyuki Hirano
production committee: Q-Tec
Takayuki Ikeda
production committee: Happinet
Nobuhiro Itô
production committee: Q-Tec
Yasuhiro Kamima
production committee: Memory-Tech
Shigeru Kanematsu
title designer & adverting artist: Metamo
Yasushi Kanno
advertising manager
Takeshi Kikuchi
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Takayuki Kitayama
trailer production: Gal Enterprise
Hironori Komori
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Ranmaru Kotone
comic: Monthly Shônen Ace Manga
Michiyo Koyanagi
advertising manager
Hitoshi Kurihara
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Hiroyuki Kuroiwa
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Tôru Kôno
ad copy: Robot
Jungo Maruta
production
Satoshi Matsui
production committee: Happinet
Kevin McKeown
adaptation: English version
Katsuhiko Mihashi
production committee: Q-Tec
Hiroshi Mizukoshi
production committee: Nippon Herald Films
Hiroki Nagashima
advertising manager
Yôsuke Nishiyama
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten (as Yosuke Nishiyama)
Nobuyuki Okada
production committee: Nippon Herald Films
Yûsuke Sakuraba
production committee: Memory-Tech
Izumi Shibutani
production desk
Michio Suzuki
production committee: Happinet
Satoru Suzuki
production committee: Nippon Herald Films
Tomoko Suzuki
production committee: Nippon Herald Films
Tomoya Takahashi
production chief
Akira Tamatsuki
advertising manager
Chiaki Terada
production committee: Memory-Tech
Sara Tomizuka
advertising manager
Sôichi Tsuji
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Risa Uda
title designer & adverting artist: Metamo
Kathleen Westlake
adaptation: English version
Karl Willems
voice director: English version
Takafumi Yamauchi
production committee: Nippon Herald Films
Takashi Yokozawa
production committee: Kadokawa Shoten
Ae Sun Yoo
production runner
Hiroshi Yumoto
production committee: Memory-Tech
Mutsumi Ôishi
production committee: Happinet
All Filters