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The Garden of Words (movie)

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©Makoto Shinkai/CoMix Wave Films


Alternative title:
El jardín de las palabras (Spanish)
Il giardino delle parole (Italian)
Jardín de las palabras (Spanish)
Kotonoha no Niwa (Japanese)
O Jardim das Palavras (Portuguese)
言の葉の庭 (Japanese)
言葉之庭 (Chinese (Taiwan))
언어의 정원 (Korean)
Genres: drama, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches …
User Ratings: 1058 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 237 votes (sub:187, dub:37, raw:2, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Persian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 318 votes (sub:245, dub:54, ?:1, raw:1, others:17
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Arabic subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Very good: 235 votes (sub:173, dub:40, raw:3, others:19
10 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 152 votes (sub:120, dub:28, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 66 votes (sub:50, dub:12, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian edited dub
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:22, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1452 users, rank: #853 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.302 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4906, rank: #301 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.233 (Very good+), rank: #319 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.24 / seen some: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.223 (Very good+), rank: #195 (of 7243)
Running time: 46 minutes
Vintage:
2013-04-28
2018-03-28 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
2013-04-28 (Australia, Gold Coast Film Festival)
2013-05-31 (Japan)
2018-03-28 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Rain" by Motohiro Hata
News: Show:
Anime Limited Updates (Sep 9, 2016)
Interview:
Interview: Makoto Shinkai (Apr 30, 2013)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Garden of Words - Collector's Edition [SteelBook] (Blu-ray) delayed/cancelled
    The Garden of Words (Blu-ray) 2013-08-06 (from $55.00)
    The Garden of Words (Blu-ray) 2020-12-08 (from $17.99)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    The Garden of Words [UK] (Blu-ray) 2014-02-10 (from $23.38)
DVD (Region 1)
    The Garden of Words (DVD) 2013-08-06 (from $42.05)
DVD (Region 2)
    The Garden of Words [UK] (DVD) 2014-02-10 (from $17.72)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai
Storyboard: Makoto Shinkai
Unit Director: Makoto Shinkai
Original creator: Makoto Shinkai
Character Design: Kenichi Tsuchiya
Art Director: Hiroshi Takiguchi
Animation Director: Kenichi Tsuchiya
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Director of Photography: Makoto Shinkai
Producer: Noritaka Kawaguchi

3DCG Chief: Yoshitaka Takeuchi
3DCG Effects: Kanji Kawaai
5.1ch Mixing Engineer: Kazuya Yoshimi
Artist Producer: Ryoji Chimura
Assistant Unit Director: Makoto Ōga
Clothing Research: Nana Minamoto
Color setting: Shiho Kuriki
Color Setting Assistant:
Chinatsu Totsuka
Rieko Sekine
Editing: Makoto Shinkai
Financial Affairs: Taisuke Kurata (Comix Wave Films)
In-Between Check:
Etsuko Tamakoshi
Kaori Suzuki
Lab Manager: Hiromitsu Takayama
Mix Engineer: Daisuke Kashiwa
Music Director: Chie Miyasaka
Music Mixing: Hiroshi Hiranuma
Music Performance:
Hiroo Yamaguchi (bass)
Makoto Minagawa (piano/wurlitzer/other instruments)
Mio Okamura (violin)
Mio Okamura Strings (strings)
Motohiro Hata (vocal/chorus/acoustic guitar)
Noriyasu "Ka-suke" Kawamura (drums)
Seigen Tokuzawa (cello)
Yukio Nagoshi (electric guitar)
Music producer:
Tomohiro Ogawa (Comix Wave Films)
Music Production Management: Atsushi Kubo
Music Recording: Hiroshi Hiranuma
Music Supervision: Hideaki Takahashi
Online Editor: Kazuta Hattori
Overseas Promotion:
Kazuki Sunami
Satoru Aoki
Photography Assistant:
Airi Ichikawa
Chihiro Omi
Photography Chief: Yōko Miki
Poster Illustration: Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
Production Accounting: Mariko Takeda (Comix Wave Films)
Production Advancement:
Hiroto Morinaga (The Answer Studio)
Shinji Okamura (Comix Wave Films)
Takashi Nakame (The Answer Studio)
Yuta Hori (Comix Wave Films)
Production producer:
Kōhei Kenmochi (The Answer Studio)
Kouichirou Itou (Comix Wave Films)
Yūichi Sakai (Comix Wave Films)
Yukari Kiso (The Answer Studio)
Promotion Writer: Mizuo Watanabe
Recording: Daiki Hachimaki
Recording Adjustment: Haru Yamada
Recording Assistant: Naomi Fujita
Recording engineer:
Daisuke Kashiwa
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Screenplay Assistant: Saya Matsuda
Shoe Design Assistant: Madoka Iki
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Effects Assistant: Hideaki Ogata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akifumi Tada (ED)
Makoto Minagawa (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Chisato Ōe (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Chisato Ōe (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Motohiro Hata (ED)
Kana Hanazawa as Yukino
Miyu Irino as Takao

Fumi Hirano as Takao's mother
Megumi Han as Satō
Mikako Komatsu as Aizawa
Risa Mizuno as News Announcer
Suguru Inoue as Matsumoto
Taishi Murata as
Student B
Weather Forecast
Takeshi Maeda as Shōta Akizuki
Wataru Sekine as Takao Akizuki (child)
Yuka Terasaki as Rika Teramoto
Yūki Hayashi as Moriyama

Japanese companies
5.1ch Mixing Studio: Sound Crew Studio
Animation Production: CoMix Wave Films
Animation Production Assistance: The Answer Studio Co., Ltd.
Digital Lab: Imagica
Film Lab: Imagica
Promotion Assistance:
Hive & co., ltd.
joint
Recording Studio: Studio Don Juan
Special Support: Balance Entertainment
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Script: Steven Foster
Translation: Anna Exter (Extras)
Executive producer:
David Del Rio
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Toru Iwakami (2020 release)
Producer:
Griffin Vance (2020 release)
John Ledford (2020 release)

Additional Translation: Javier Lopez
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2020 release)
Audio Engineer:
Bryan Leach
Stanley Thomas
BD Authoring:
David Williams
Joel McCray (2020 release)
Ryan Anthony (2020 release)
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2020 release)
Janice Williams (2020 release)
Joey Goubeaud (2020 release)
Son Phan Le (2020 release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2020 release)
Bryson Baugus (2020 release)
E.W. Rector, III (Original release, 2020 release)
Iman Kibble (2020 release)
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Luke La Padula (2020 release)
Mariana Valverde (2020 release)
Ned Gayle (2020 release)
Ryan Anthony (2020 release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2020 release)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le (2020 release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2020 release)
Sound Design: Christopher Bourque
Subtitle Formatting:
Christopher Williams
Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Timing: Anna Exter (Extras)
Subtitling: Nathan Lopez (2020 release)
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (2020 release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Maggie Flecknoe as Yukari Yukino
Patrick Poole as Takao Akizuki

Allison Sumrall as Sato
Blake Shepard as Young Takao
Brittney Karbowski as Brother's Girlfriend
Crash Buist as Takao's Brother
David Matranga as Mr. Ito
Hilary Haag as Aizawa
Mike Yager as Matsumoto
Shelley Calene-Black as Takao's Mother

English companies
Blu-ray Production: Sentai Studios (2020 release)
Broadcaster:
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (Barbados)
CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago)
MHTV (Marshall Islands)
Distributor:
New Video Group
Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (Shinkai Weekend; expired)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK, Ireland, and Isle of Man)
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Sentai Filmworks
Production: Seraphim Digital
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Grégory Laisné

Adaptation: Julien Notais
French companies
Broadcaster: Grand Rex (From 18 Oct. 2013)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: WanTake
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
José Aparicio (Latin American dub)
Translation:
Marina Catalan (Latin American dub)
Paco Galindo (Spain dub)
Stanley Thomas (Latin American dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Audio Engineer: Andres Morales (Latin American dub)
Screen Inserts: Alfonso Vallés (Spain dub)
Andrea Villaverde as Yukari Yukino (Miami dub) 
Andrea Valentina Villaverde as Yukari Yukino (Miami dub)
David Jenner as Takao Akizuki (Spain dub)
Luis Carreño as Takao Akizuki (Miami dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Yukari Yukino (Spain dub)

Arami Malaise as Satō (Miami dub)
Maria Jose Estevez as Aizawa (Miami dub)

Angel de Gracia as Takao's Brother (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as
Sato (Spain dub)
Takao Akizuki (Spain dub; child)
Carmen Calvell as Takao's Mother (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Professor Ito (Spain dub)
Jordi Nogueras as Matsumoto (Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as
Aizawa (Spain dub)
Brother's Girlfriend (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra (Spain dub)
Alberto Vilar (Spain dub)
Ariadna Giménez (Spain dub)
Cesc Martínez (Spain dub)
José Aparicio (Miami dub)
Nathalie Varona (Miami dub)
Orlando Noguera (Miami dub)
Sebastián Reggio (Miami dub)
Sergio Mesa (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal Encuentro (subtitled)
Canal UCR (Costa Rica)
Canal+ Xtra (Spain)
Cinema + (Colombia)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Vale TV (Venezuela)
Distributor: Madness Entertainment (AniFest 5)
Dubbing: Studios VOA (Latin American dub, Miami)
Dubbing Studio: Takemaker (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Sentai Filmworks (Mexico)
The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Maria pia di Meo

Dubbing Assistant: Andrea Moresco
Dubbing Engineer: Francesco Vicini
Mixing: Mauro Lopez
Chiara Colizzi as Yukari Yukino
Emanuele Ruzza as Takao Akizuki

Edoardo Stoppacciaro as Shōta Akizuki
Eleonora Vanni as Aizawa
Francesca Teresi as Madre di Takao
Rossella Celindano as Rika Teramoto
Simone Veltroni as Matsumoto
Italian companies
Distributor:
Dynit
Nexo Digital
Sound: C.T.A.
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Frank Preissler
Script: Frank Preissler
Ricardo Richter as Takao Akizuki
Rubina Kuraoka as Yukari Yukino

Amadeus Strobl as Matsumoto
Dana Friedrich as Takao's Mother
Inken Baxmeier as Aizawa
Jan Makino as Shouta Akizuki
Jaron Löwenberg as Itou-sensei
Julia Stoepel as Shouta's Girlfriend
Sarah Tkotsch as Satou
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: VSI Berlin
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
ERTU (Egypt)
Qatar Today TV (Qatar)
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian cast
(none)
Tatyana Litvinova as Yukari Yukino
Yuri Romanov as Takao Akizuki

Alexander Filchenko as Mr. Ito
Lyudmila Guskova as Takao's Mother
Mikhail Kadanin as Takao's Older Brother
Vyacheslav Arinchekhin as Matsumoto
Yekaterina Astredinova as
Girlfriend of Takao's Older Brother
Sato

Russian companies
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
E-Paraná (Brazil)
TV Zimbo (Angola)
TVM (Mozambique)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by:
The Japan Foundation (Brazil; PALOP)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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