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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (movie)

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© Makoto Shinkai/CMMMY



 
Alternative title:
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Japanese)
Journey to Agartha
Voyage vers Agartha (French)
Ловцы забытых голосов (Russian)
星を追う子ども (Japanese)
追逐繁星的孩子 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: belonging, journey
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story centers on Asuna, a girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to meet a boy again, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
User Ratings: 511 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 97 votes (sub:79, dub:16, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 133 votes (sub:121, dub:9, ?:1, others:2
1 Lithuanian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 132 votes (sub:114, dub:12, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 85 votes (sub:67, dub:14, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:26, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:1, ?:1, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 681 users, rank: #1300 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.106 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5705, rank: #374 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 8.053 (Very good), rank: #349 (of 5554) (seen all: 8.07 / seen some: 5.80 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.043 (Very good), rank: #243 (of 4225)
Running time: 116 minutes
Vintage: 2011-05-07
Premiere date:
2011-05-07 (Japan)
2011-12-17 (Malaysia, Comic Fiesta 2011)
2012-09-13 (Australia, Reel Anime)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Hello Goodbye & Hello" by Anri Kumaki
Review:
Children Who Chase Lost Voices Blu-Ray (Nov 26, 2012)
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Blu-Ray (Region A)
    Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Blu-Ray) 2012-11-13 (from $23.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Children Who Chase Lost Voices (DVD) 2012-11-13 (from $17.44)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai
Music: Tenmon
Character Design: Takayo Nishimura
Art Director: Takumi Tanji
Animation Director: Takayo Nishimura

Assistant Animation Director:
Hirofumi Nakata
Taisuke Iwasaki
In-Between Animation: Yuumi Enozawa
Key Animation:
Hideoki Kusama
Hirofumi Nakata
Kiyoshi Tateishi
Manabu Nakatake
Manabu Oohashi
Masaru Oshiro
Naoto Hosoda
Taisuke Iwasaki
Takashi Tomioka
Takayo Nishimura
Yoshiharu Sato
Production Committee:
Mariko Takeda (CoMix Wave Films)
Nobuhiro Kamata (Yahoo JAPAN!)
Shin Fujimaki (Marine Entertainment)
Shintaro Inoue (CoMix Wave Films)
Tatsuhiro Nitta (Media Factory)
Tsutomu Yanagimura (Yahoo JAPAN!)
Yoshinori Hasegawa (MOVIC)
Yumi Wakabayashi (Yahoo JAPAN!)
Storyboard Cooperation: Takayo Nishimura
Theme Song Composition: Anri Kumaki
Theme Song Lyrics: Anri Kumaki
Theme Song Performance: Anri Kumaki (ED)
Voice Direction: Yuji Mitsuya
Executive Producer:
Hiroaki Kitano (Yahoo JAPAN)
Katsuji Nagata (Media Factory)
Masaki Yasuda (MOVIC)
Naohiro Futono (Marine Entertainment)
Noritaka Kawaguchi (CoMix Wave Films)
Hisako Kanemoto as Asuna Watase
Kazuhiko Inoue as Ryūji Morisaki
Miyu Irino as
Shin
Shun

Fumiko Orikasa as Asuna's Mother
Junko Takeuchi as Mimi
Rina Hidaka as Mana
Sumi Shimamoto as Risa
Tamio Ohki as Old Man (from Amaurot)

Ai Horanai as Student
Aki Kanada as Student
Hiroko Midorikawa as Villager
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Villager
Kanae Itō as Seri
Kazuhiro Fujiwara as Villager
Keiko Katsukura as Elder
Kenji Hamada as Commander of Arned Priest
Mao Kobayashi as Student
Mariko Nagahama as Villager
Mayumi Tsuchiya as Student
Mika Ishibashi as Villager
Naomi Matamura as Villager
Risa Mizuno as Ms. Ikeda
Saya Horigome as Student
Shigeki Ōyabu as Villager
Takashi Hondō as Villager
Takeshi Maeda as Asuna's Father
Tomomi Saito as Student
Toshiki Masuda as Villager
Yuka Terasaki as Miki
Yūtarō Honjō as Villager
Yuuna Inamura as Yuu Yazaki

Hiroko Midorikawa
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Executive producer:
David Del Rio
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Audio Engineer: Cesar Iserny
BD Authoring: David Williams
Commentary Translation: Jackie McClure
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Sound Design: Christopher Bourque
Subtitle Script: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Corey Hartzog as Shun
David Matranga as Ryuji Morisaki
Hilary Haag as Asuna Watase
Leraldo Anzaldua as Shin

Brittney Karbowski as Seri
Emily Neves as Mana
George Manley as Commander of Arned Priest
Sam Roman as Old Man of Amaurot
Shannon Emerick as Lisa Morisaki
Shelley Calene-Black as Asuna's Mother
Susan Koozin as Elder

Andrew Love
Justin Doran
Kalob Martinez
English companies
Distributor:
GKids (USA)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand.)
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
New Video Group
Section23 Films (North America)
Viz Media Europe (EUROPE)
Licensed by:
Kaze (UK and Ireland)
Sentai Filmworks
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Benoit Dupac
Lucille Boudonnat as Asuna Watase
Nicolas Djermag as Ryûji Morisaki
French companies
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing: Anaphi Studio
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze (Italy)
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dialogbuch: Detlef Klein 
Dialogue Director: Detlef Klein
Übersetzung: Simone Gisler
Constantin von Jascheroff as Shun
David Wittmann as Shin
Matthias Klie as Ryūji Morisaki
Maxi Häcke as Asuna Watase

Anja Rybiczka as Mana
Ghadah Al-Akel as Lisa Morisaki
Katrin Zimmermann as Asuna's Mother
Lydia Morgenstern as Seri
Shalin Rogall as Yu
Silvia Missbach as Ikeda

Christoph Banken as Asuna's Father
Eva-Maria Werth as Presbyterin
Tilo Schmitz as Kommander
Uli Krohm as Ältester
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: VSI Synchron GmbH
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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