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My Neighbors the Yamadas (movie)

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Alternative title:
A Yamada család
Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun (Japanese)
Meine Nachbarn die Yamadas (German)
Mes voisins les Yamadas (French)
Mis vecinos los Yamadas (Spanish)
Rodzina Yamadów (Polish)
ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん (Japanese)
隔壁的山田君 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary: My Neighbors the Yamadas uses a distinctive animation style to tell a series of vignettes about the title family. These vignettes vary from leaving the young girl behind at the mall to the father confronting a motorcycle gang for disturbing the peace. The "real" story is often interrupted by metaphorical interludes, featuring the husband and wife navigating the ship of their family through the sea of life to the father becoming a superhero to chase down the aforementioned delinquents. The film is a feel-good family drama that expresses various themes about living with fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, daughters and sons, and brothers and sisters. And sharp grandmas.
User Ratings: 322 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:7, Fre.dub:1)
 Excellent: 72 votes (sub:58, dub:10, raw:2, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 86 votes (sub:63, dub:16, Fre.sub:2, raw:1, Rus.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:50, dub:13, Rus.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 28 votes (sub:21, dub:5, Pol.edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:17, dub:3, Ger.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 482 users, rank: #1112
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.553 (Very good-.44), std. dev.: 1.7584, rank: #853
Weighted mean: 7.516 (Very good-.48), rank: #798 (seen all: 7.57 / seen some: 6.12 / won't finish: 5.10)
Bayesian estimate: 7.516 (Very good-.48), rank: #603
Running time: 104 minutes
Production cost: ¥2,360,000,000
Vintage: 1999
Premiere date:
1999-08-17 (Japan, Opened on 245 screens)
2001-01-20 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Releases: We have 7
Links: We have 2
Comment:
Rated PG in the US "for mild thematic elements" by the MPAA.
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Related reviews:
    My Neighbors the Yamadas

Related releases:
    My Neighbors the Yamadas (DVD) 2005-08-16 (from $21.36)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Isao Takahata

Screenplay: Isao Takahata

Music: Akiko Yano

Original story: Hisaichi Ishii

Art director:
Naoya Tanaka
Youji Takeshige

Animation director: Kenichi Konishi

Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui

Executive producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Producer:
Michael Johnson (Buena Vista)
Seiichiro Ujiie
Takashi Shouji
Toshio Suzuki

Additional Sound Effects:
Masatoshi Toyoshima (Auto Shop Toyoshima)
Tomoyuki Okumura
You Sasaki

Advance Work: Masayuki Miyaji

Advertising Producer: Toshihiko Murai

Animation Check:
Hitomi Tateno
Kazuyoshi Onoda
Mariko Suzuki

Assistant Art Director: Noboru Yoshida

Assistant director:
Chiaki Tanaka
Kenji Imura
Tamaki Kojo

Assistant Editor:
Kaoru Saito
Kei Uchida
Keiko Mizuta

Assistant producer: Daisuke Kadoya

AVID Editor: Toshihiko Kojima

Background:
Hiroaki Sasaki
Kikuyo Yano
Masako Nagata
Naomi Kasugai
Ryoko Ina
Sayaka Hirahara
Tomoe Ishihara
Yoshikazu Fukutome

Casting:
Motohiro Hatanaka (Pug Point)
Murasaki Miyauchi (Pug Point)
Ryuuji Usui (Pug Point)
Yasuyo Toyota (Pug Point)

CG Production:
Hiroki Yamada
Masafumi Inoue
Masashi Inoue 
Miki Sato
Miki Satou 
Mitsunori Kataama
Noriyuki Kitakawachi
Suguru Karube
Yoichi Mitsui 
Yoichi Senzui
Yuki Yamada 

Color Assistant: Kanako Moriya

Color director: Michiyo Yasuda

Continuity/Scene Location:
Osamu Tanabe
Yoshiyuki Momose

Digital Film I/O: Hideo Tsuji

Digital Paint:
Akihiro Oyama
Akiko Nasu (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Fumiko Oda
Hiroaki Ishii
Hiroko Shimazu (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Kanako Takahashi (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Kazuko Yamada
Kumi Nanjo (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Masayo Iseki
Megumi Ishido (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Naomi Atsuta
Naomi Mori
Rie Okada
Ryou Sugino
Ryuuichirou Taira (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Yukie Nomura
Yukiko Kakita (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Yumiko Takahashi (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio)
Yumiko Ukai

Digital Recording:
Akio Takahashi (Omnibus Japan Sanbuzaka Studio)
Chifumi Karasawa (MIT Studio)
Hiroki Ikeda (Omnibus Japan Sanbuzaka Studio)
Masahiro Fukuhara (MIT Studio)
Matsuyasu Kanai (Sanwa Recording Studio)
Miwao Kasuga (Sanwa Recording Studio)

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Extension Animation: Hideyoshi Hamasu

Film Coordination: Yoshiro Nishio

Film Development:
Hideo Tsuji
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Shin Nakamura

Film Preview Production: Keiichi Itagaki (Gull Enterprises)

In-Between Animation:
Komasa
Akiko Kouchi
Akiko Teshima
Akiko Toba
Alexandra Weihrauch
Atsushi Tamura
Aya Onishi
David Encinas
Emiko Iwayagi 
Emiko Iwayanagi
Eriko Shibata
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Hiromi Nishikawa
Hisako Yaji
Kaori Fujii
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuko Shibata
Keiko Tomizawa
Kenji Sugiyama
Kiyoko Makita
Koujirou Tsuruoka
Kumiko Ohta
Kumiko Ohtani
Kumiko Tanihira
Mai Nakazato
Mai Takasato 
Makiko Suzuki
Mayu Yazawa
Mayumi Ohmura
Minoru Ohashi
Mitsu Noguchi
Mizue Sashihara
Morihiko Yano
Nozomu Ito
Rie Kondo
Rie Niidome
Ritsuko Shiina
Seiko Azuma
Shingo Nishiyama
Sumie Nishito
Suzuka Higa 
Suzuka Hiyoshi
Suzuko Mano
Takahito Sugawara
Tamami Yamada
Toshie Nakagome
Yayoi Toki
Yukari Yamaura
Yumiko Kitajima

Key Animation:
Ai Kagawa
Akiko Yamaguchi
Atsuko Ohtan 
Atsuko Otani
Eiji Yamamori
Etsuko Tomita
Hideaki Yoshio
Hideki Hamasu
Hideyoshi Hamasu 
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroyuki Morita
Katsuya Kondo
Ken'ichi Yamada
Kenichi Yoshida
Mariko Matsuo
Masaaki Yuasa
Masako Niki
Masaru Matsuse
Masashi Ando
Misuzu Kurata
Sachiko Sugino
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinji Otsuka
Shinya Ohira
Shougo Furuya
Takeshi Inamura

Lab Coordination: Takehisa Kawamata

Merchandising Development:
Koichi Asano
Tomoko Imai

Music Mixer: Eihiko Ohno

Music Orchestration: Neko Saito

Music producer:
Jun Tagata (New Friends)
Kazumi Inaki
Kazumi Inashiro (Studio Ghibli) 

Optical: Shin Nakamura

Photography:
Junji Yabuta
Wataru Takahashi

Production Affairs:
Rieko Izutsu
Shinsuke Nonaka
Takashi Nagai

Production Chief: Toshiyuki Kawabata

Production Committee:
Akihiko Ishii
Akio Ichimura
Atsushi Takahashi
Eiko Fujitsu
Hajime Akimoto
Hiroshi Morie
Junko Ito
Junya Saito
Kazuaki Ito
Masao Miyaji
Masashi Okumura
Sanae Mitsugi
Satoshi Onoda
Shogo Komagata
Taisei Ishisako
Toshio Hagiwara
Yasutaka Ootsuka

Production Desk:
Atsushi Kamimura
Yuichiro Mochizuki

Production manager:
Nozomu Takahashi
Osamu Tanabe
Yoshiyuki Momose

Publicity:
Minako Nagasawa
Tamami Yamamoto

Re-recording: Hiroshi Fukushima

Recording:
Hajime Takagi (TV Tokyo Center)
Minoru Koike (TV Tokyo Center)

Recording engineer:
Dave O'Donnelle (New York session)
Eiji Uchinuma (Tokyo session)
Kinji Yoshino (Tokyo session)
Tomoyoshi Ezaki (Prague session)
Toshihiro Masuda (Tokyo session)

Recording Production: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Sound Arrangement: Hideshi Inoue 

Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito

Sound Effects Assistant:
Daisuke Murakami
Mariko Takazawa
Takahisa Ishino

Sound Recording Producer: Tadayuki Nukazuka (Omnibus Production)

Special Effects:
Keiko Itogawa
Kunji Tanifuji

SR-D Re-Recording: Shou Nishio

Subtitle Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Supervision: Akio Ohmori

Theme Song Arrangement:
Akiko Yano
Jeff Bova

Theme Song Composition: Akiko Yano

Theme Song Performance: Akiko Yano

Theme Song Produced By:
Akiko Yano
Jeff Bova

Title Logo: Hisaichi Ishii

Titles:
Kaoru Mano
Masako Ogami (Marin Post)

内線作画: Masaya Saito

出版担当:
Chikako Sasaki
Mika Yasuda
Mine Shibuya
Naho Takahata
Yukari Tai

制作担当:
Koji Hoshino
Naoya Fujimaki
Seiji Okuda

協力:
Junji Yabuki
Kouhan Kawauchi
Kyouko Hatakeyama
Miki Andou
Shinobu Ishikawa

宣伝プロデューサー:
Chihiro Tsukue
Fumiyo Sasada
Hiroi Hosokawa
Hiroyuki Orihara
Masaru Tsuchiya
Masaya Tokuyama (special adviser)
Michiyo Koyanagi
Mieko Hara
Morikazu Wakizaka
Naoto Okamura
Nozomi Fukuda

技術協力: Mikio Mori

整音: Shuji Inoue

海外プロモート担当:
Haruyo Moriyoshi
Mikiko Takeda
Stephen Albert

配給担当: Shokichi Arai

 

Hayato Isobata as Noboru

Masako Araki as Shige

Naomi Uno as Nonoko

Touru Masuoka as Takashi

Yukiji Asaoka as Matsuko

Akiko Yano as Fujiwara-Sensei

Kosanji Yanagiya as Haiku Reader

Miyako Chouchou as Special Appearance

Tamao Nakamura as Special Appearance

Akira Matsuda as Ghibli cheering section

Akira Saitou as Ghibli cheering section

Arata Furuta as Ghibli cheering section

Haruki Tsuji as Ghibli cheering section

Hideaki Yoshino as Ghibli cheering section

Jun Yamanishi as Ghibli cheering section

Junpei Mano as Ghibli cheering section

Kazuhiro Shindou as Ghibli cheering section

Michiko Nishida as Ghibli cheering section

Minori Ohnishi as Ghibli cheering section

Miyuki Kawamoto as Ghibli cheering section

Mizuho Tsushima as Ghibli cheering section

Rie Tanaka as Ghibli cheering section

Sadanobu Terashita as Ghibli cheering section

Shinta Furuta as Ghibli cheering section 

Shouichi Furutashima as Ghibli cheering section

Takumi Kanazawa as Ghibli cheering section

Yasuko Tomita as Ghibli cheering section

Yoshiko Fujiyama as Ghibli cheering section

Yousuke Inaba as Ghibli cheering section

Yuujirou Itou as Ghibli cheering section

Yuuta Komatsuzaki as Ghibli cheering section

Isao Imai

Ryuutarou Kamioka

Suguru Edgawa

Tsurubei Shoufukutei

Japanese companies 

Casting: Pug Point

Cooperation:
Asahi Newspaper Company
Nintendo
Silver Ren
Yomiuri Television

Digital Paint: Takahashi Production/T2 Studio

Digital Recording:
MIT Studio
Omnibus Japan Sanbuzaka Studio
Sanwa Recording Studio

Film Developing: Imagica

Film Preview Production: Gull Enterprises, Inc.

Music Production:
New Friends
Studio Ghibli

Production:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Japan)
Tokuma Shoten

Production Studio: Studio Ghibli

Recording: Tokyo TV Center

Recording Production:
Omnibus Production 
Omnibus Promotion

Recording Studio: Abaco Creative Studio (Tokyo session)

Sound Effects:
Murakami House
Nakazawa House

Soundtrack CD Production: Tokuma Japan Communications

Supporting Animation:
Anime Torotoro
Group Donguri
Studio Cockpit
Studio Takuranke

English cast 
English staff 

Translation: Jim Hubbert

Executive producer: Rick Dempsey

Producer: Ned Lott

Adaptation:
Eric Garcia
Leo Chu

Casting: Ned Lott

Voice Direction:
Ned Lott
Rick Dempsey

Daryl Sabara as Noboru

Jim Belushi as Takashi

Liliana Mumy as Nonoko

Molly Shannon as Matsuko

Tress MacNeille as Shige

David Ogden Stiers as Narrator

Akira Matsuda as Ghibli Booster

Arata Furuta as Ghibli Booster

Atsushi Yamanishi as Ghibli Booster

Haruki Tsuji as Ghibli Booster

Hideaki Yoshino as Ghibli Booster

Junpei Mano as Ghibli Booster

Kazuhiro Shindou as Ghibli Booster

Minori Ohnishi as Ghibli Booster

Miyoko Nishida as Ghibli Booster

Miyuki Kawamoto as Ghibli Booster

Mizuho Tsushima as Ghibli Booster

Rie Tanaka as Ghibli Booster

Sadanobu Terashita as Ghibli Booster

Satoru Saito as Ghibli Booster

Shoichi Kotajima as Ghibli Booster

Takumi Kanazawa as Ghibli Booster

Yasuko Tomita as Ghibli Booster

Yoshiko Fujiyama as Ghibli Booster

Yousuke Inaba as Ghibli Booster

Yuki Ito as Ghibli Booster

Yuuta Komatsuzaki as Ghibli Booster

A.J. Buckley

Alex Buck

Amber Hood

Ashley Rose Orr

Billy West

Corey Burton

Dixie Carter

Edie McClurg

Erin Chambers

Flo Di Re

Jeff Glen Bennett

Jeremy Shada

Jim Meskimen

Jon Miller

Jordan Orr

Marlee Cheatham

Matthew Underwood

Melissa Disney

Trenton Rogers

English companies 

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)

Licensed by: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Philippe Carbonnier

Adaptation: Marion Bessay

 

Aurélia Bruno as Nonoko 

Colette Venhard as Shige

Colette Venhardt as Shige 

François Blanchard as Matsuko 

Françoise Blanchard as Matsuko

Laura Préjean as Nonoko

Nicolas Marié as Takashi

Tony Marot as Noboru

Bernard Alane as Le narrateur

Jérome Keen as
commentateur de base-ball
Le chauffeur de bus

Joel Zaffarano as Le motard

philippe Valmont as
Le facteur
le policier
Tanaka

Sylvain Lemarié as
l'épicier
Le vendeur de fleur

French companies 

ADR Production: Dôme Production

Broadcaster:
Arte (from 8 June 2005)
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from January 2009)
TPS Cineculte (from June 2006)

Distributor: TF1 Vidéo

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Gerd Meyer as Takashi

Kathrin Simon as Matsuko

Maddalena Kerrh as Shige

Patrick Roche as Noboru

Paulina Bohlmann as Nonoko

Claus Brockmeyer as Narrator

German companies 

Annouced: Universum-Films


Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 

Distributor: Monolith Films

Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Deltamac (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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