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Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom? (movie)

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Alternative title:
Fireworks
Fireworks - Vanno visti di lato o dal basso? (Italian)
Luces en el cielo (Spanish)
Luzes no Céu: Fireworks (Portuguese)
Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? (Japanese)
打ち上げ花火、下から見るか?横から見るか? (Japanese)
煙花 (Chinese (Taiwan))
쏘아올린 불꽃, 밑에서 볼까? 옆에서 볼까? (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: One day during summer vacation, a group of boys try to view a fireworks display from the town lighthouse to see if they look round or flat when viewed from the side. Meanwhile, one of the boys, Norimichi, receives an invitation from his crush Nazuna to run away with her.
User Ratings: 147 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 39 votes (sub:27, dub:10, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 28 votes (sub:14, dub:8, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:18, dub:6, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:13, dub:5)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 206 users, rank: #3763 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.497 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8676, rank: #5757 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.477 (Decent+), rank: #5676 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.48)
Bayesian estimate: 6.564 (Good−), rank: #4994 (of 7243)
Vintage: 2017-08-18
Premiere date:
2017-08-18 (Japan)
2017-09-15 (Taiwan)
2017-09-28 (Hong Kong)
2017-10-05 (Australia)
2017-10-15 (UK, Scotland Loves Anime)
2017-10-20 (USA, Animation Is Film Festival)
2017-10-26 (New Zealand)
2017-11-01 (Indonesia)
2017-11-10 (Vietnam)
2017-11-15 (Ireland)
2017-11-30 (Malaysia)
2017-11-30 (Singapore)
2017-12-01 (China)
2017-12-13 (Philippines)
2017-12-28 (Thailand)
2018-01-03 (France)
2018-01-11 (South Korea)
2018-01-27 (Germany, Akiba Pass Festival)
2018-02-11 (Austria, Akiba Pass Festival)
2018-02-14 (Mexico)
2018-03-06 (Colombia)
2018-03-12 (Argentina)
2018-03-12 (Peru)
2018-03-20 (Brazil)
2018-04-20 (Spain)
2020-02-13 (Italy)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Uchiage Hanabi" by Kenshi Yonezu ft. DAOKO
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Remake of the 1993 live-action TV drama of the same name by Shunji Iwai.
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Fireworks (BD+DVD) 2018-11-20 (from $12.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Fireworks (DVD) 2018-11-20 (from $9.13)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Screenplay: Hitoshi Ōne
Storyboard: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Original creator: Shunji Iwai
Character Design: Akio Watanabe
Chief Animation Director: Hiroki Yamamura
Art design: Naoya Tanaka
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Cgi Director:
Kazuyuki Kamada (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Keisuke Sasagawa (TRICK BLOCK)
Shin'ya Takano (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Takumi Endo (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Director of Photography:
Rei Egami
Takayuki Aizu
Tasuku Ozu
Executive producer: Yoshihiro Furusawa
2D Artwork: Gaku Watanabe
Animation Production Assistant: Noritomo Yonai (Lay-duce)
Art Setting: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Assistant Director: Seimei Kidokoro
Assistant Unit Director: Naoaki Shibuta
Book Editing: Risa Imai
Casting Assistant: Satoshi Mashida
CG Animation: Takehiro Fukui
Cg Artist:
Asuka Ogiwara (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Ayaka Kishimoto (TRICK BLOCK)
Eishoku Etō (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Hitomi Nakajima (TRICK BLOCK)
Keita Okada (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Ken Yamaguchi (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kenji Iwasaki (TRICK BLOCK)
Masanori Tsutsumi (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Naruya Miyaoka (TRICK BLOCK)
Nobuhiko Suzuki (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Noriya Sakamoto (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Ryoko Terashima (TRICK BLOCK)
Shoko Kaneya (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Yoshiki Hanawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Yūki Satō (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Yuri Yokokawa (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Yuushi Hatakenaka (TRICK BLOCK)
CG Chief Manager:
Hisato Shima (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Keigaku Hayashi
CG Compositor: Reiko Takamatsu
CG Line Producer: Shunji Sakai
CG Producer: Kazuhiro Nishikawa
CG Production Manager:
Juri Nishimura
Youji Asano
CG Technical Director:
Peng Lu
Takahiro Tsunekawa
Digital Cinema Mastering:
Mitsuhiro Yabe (Cine La Pista)
Naoka Tamura (Cine La Pista)
Editing: Rie Matsubara (Seyama Editing Room)
In-Between Animation:
Aki Kobayashi (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Akiko Ikemure (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Ayano Niwa (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
Ayano Yamazawa (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Chika Kanai (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Hiromi Arai
Hiroto Nagata
Ji Seon Bae (Lay-duce)
Kaaya Ishida (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Kaho Katsuya
Kazuki Kawada
Miki Kaneko (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Nagi Kondō
Nagisa Sekiguchi
Nahoko Asahi
Naoaki Shibuta
Natsumi Yamamoto (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Ryōta Karasawa (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
Satomi Tanigaki (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Shuhei Miwa (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
Yō Himuro (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
Yui Hirano
Yui Yokoyama (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
Yūki Hino (LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio)
In-Between Check:
Aki Kobayashi (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Akiko Ikemure (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Hiromi Arai
Insert Song Arrangement:
Giorgio Cancemi ("if")
Satoru Kōsaki ("Ruri-Iro no Chikyu"; "Forever Friends")
Insert Song Composition:
Giorgio Cancemi ("if")
Natsumi Hirai ("Ruri-Iro no Chikyu")
REMEDIOS ("Forever Friends")
Insert Song Lyrics:
GIORGIO 13 ("if")
Kana Nishino ("if")
REMEDIOS ("Forever Friends")
Takashi Matsumoto ("Ruri-Iro no Chikyu")
Insert Song Performance:
Daoko ("Forever Friends")
Kana Nishino ("if")
Suzu Hirose ("Ruri-Iro no Chikyu")
Merchandization Manager:
Emi Haraguchi
Tetsuya Yoshikawa
Mix Engineer: Keiji Kondo (SIGN SOUND)
Music Management: Yuri Misumi (MONACA)
Music Production Assistant:
Keiichi Hirokawa (MONACA)
Keiko Osaki
Ken Nanba
Maki Adachi
Masashi Uramoto (Soi Co., Ltd.)
Ryūichi Takada (MONACA)
Tomomitsu Kaneko
Yoshinori Adachi (MIXER'S LAB)
Musician Coordinator: Kazuo Sudo (HOTWAVE)
Official Site Production:
Hirohiko Okumura
Mika Takagi
Official Writer: Mizuo Watanabe
Online Editor:
Jin Hon'ami (Sony PCL)
Moe Suzuki (Sony PCL)
Opening Production Assistant: Nobutaka Yoda (10GAUGE)
Original Art Design: Kentarō Akiyama
Original Game Creator: Riki ("Kirakira Star Night DX")
Paint:
Aki Kobayashi (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Akiko Ikemure (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Ayano Yamazawa (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Chika Kanai (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Miki Kaneko (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Nene Murata (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Satomi Tanigaki (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Photography:
Daichi Iseki (MADBOX)
Harukuni Morikawa (Studio Elle)
Hiyori Hashimoto (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kenta Abe (Larx Entertainment)
Kimihiro Terao (MADBOX)
Kōdai Itō (Larx Entertainment)
Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Miki Kasai (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Naoki Etō (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Naotaka Watanabe (Asahi Production)
Rei Egami (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Satoko Nakamura (Larx Entertainment)
Susumu Ikeda (Studio Elle)
Taisuke Tegawa (Larx Entertainment)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Takuya Miyashita (MADBOX)
Takuya Nishida (Studio Elle)
Tasuku Ozu (Asahi Production)
Tatsuya Nomura (Larx Entertainment)
Tetsuya Kasajima (MADBOX)
Tetsuya Nishimura (Studio Elle)
Yoshihiro Kajiwara (Studio Elle)
Yoshiko Oka (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Yuusaku Murakami (Studio Elle)
Photography Manager:
Daisuke Nakayama
Tomoya Inoue
Planning: Genki Kawamura
Production: Genki Kawamura
Production Committee:
Ai Kashima (TOY'S FACTORY)
Ai Okamoto (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Akihiro Yamauchi (TOHO)
Atsushi Takahashi (TOHO)
Daiji Horiuchi (KADOKAWA)
Daijō Kudō (KADOKAWA)
Fumihito Fukino (TOY'S FACTORY)
Hanako Yamashita (Aniplex)
Haruna Hirose (Lawson HMV Entertainment)
Hideo Hirata (TOY'S FACTORY)
Hikaru Onoda (TOHO)
Hiromasa Habu (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Hiroshi Iioka (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Hiroshi Kamiya (TOY'S FACTORY)
Hiroshi Wakao (SHAFT)
Hisashi Usui (TOHO)
Kazufumi Kikushima (KADOKAWA)
Kazuko Yamamoto (Aniplex)
Kenichirō Tsujimura (LINE)
Kyōko Ōta (Aniplex)
Masanori Miyake (Aniplex)
Miku Ooshima (SHAFT)
Misuzu Tsumura (TOHO)
Naoya Moritani (Lawson HMV Entertainment)
Natsuko Fukuhara (SHAFT)
Rina Narushima (Lawson HMV Entertainment)
Shiori Ōsawa (Lawson HMV Entertainment)
Shōko Yamada (TOHO)
Taichi Ueda (TOHO)
Takayuki Ōshima (TOHO)
Takeshi Kikuchi (KADOKAWA)
Tomoko Kuzushima (LINE)
Tomonori Ochikoshi (Aniplex)
Toshimasa Ōura (TOHO)
Tsutomu Aihara (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Yoshiharu Kakoi (TOY'S FACTORY)
Yoshiki Maki (SHAFT)
Yūji Hamada (LINE)
Yūsuke Asano (LINE)
Production Cooperation: Yasuaki Watanabe (Inubosaki Brunton Association)
Production manager: Tadao Iwaki
Production producer: Kazuteru Sōmiya
ProTools Operation Engineer: Keiji Kondo (SIGN SOUND)
Publicity Design Assistant: Shiho Sasaki
Publicity Producer:
Tomoko Hazuma
Yūta Mizuki
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Recording engineer: Keiji Kondo (SIGN SOUND)
Setting Production: Ken'ichirō Yano
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Production Manager: Tomomi Yano
Studio Coordinator:
Hideki Ito
Tomomi Takemura
Sub-Character Design: Hiroki Yamamura
Theme Song Composition: Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Lyrics: Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Performance:
Daoko
Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Producer: Kenshi Yonezu
Trailer Director: Nobutaka Yoda
Trailer Production Advancement:
Eiichirō Takane
Mei Tokutake
Masaki Suda as Norimichi Shimada
Suzu Hirose as Nazuna Oikawa

Mamoru Miyano as Yūsuke Azumi
Takako Matsu as Nazuna's mother

Atsumi Tanezaki as Reporter
Chiwa Saito as Nurse
Fumihiko Tachiki as Pyrotechnician
Jun Inoue as Announcer
Kana Hanazawa as Miura-sensei
Konomi Kohara as Student
Michiko Neya as Norimichi's mother
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Yūsuke's father
Nobuo Tobita as Norimichi's father
Shinichirō Miki as Nazuna's mother's fiancé
Shintarō Asanuma as Junichi
Shūichi Uchida as Student
Takahiro Sakurai as Mitsuishi Sensei
Tarusuke Shingaki as Food Stall Owner
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kazuhiro
Yu Shimamura as Nurse
Yūki Kaji as Minoru
Yūmi Hirota as Student
Japanese companies
Animation Production: SHAFT
Animation Production Assistance: Lay-duce
Digital Cinema Mastering Studio: Cine La Pista
Distributor: TOHO
Graphics Production: BALCOLONY.
Insert Song Production:
Fuji Pacific Music ("Forever Friends")
Sony Music Artists ("if")
Sony Music Publishing Japan, Inc. ("if")
Sun Music Publishing, Inc. ("Ruri-Iro no Chikyu")
TV Tokyo Music ("if")
Mixing: Sign Sound
Music Management: MONACA
Music Production: Toho Music
Musician Coordination: HOTWAVE
Online Editing: Sony PCL
Opening Production Assistance: 10GAUGE
ProTools Operation: Sign Sound
Recording: Sign Sound
Recording Studio:
studio2001:
studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Theme Song Production:
Sony Music Records
TOY'S FACTORY Inc.
English staff
English cast
Additional Director: Michael Schneider
Audio Engineer: Michael Schneider
Casting: Stephanie Sheh
Insert Song Performance: Brooklyn Nelson
Mixing: Oscar Garcia
Printmaster: Gary J. Coppola
Production Assistant: Chelsea Rodgers
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng
Song Adaptation: Stephanie Sheh
Special Thanks To:
Lacey Nelson
Oliver Bennett
Spotting: Marianne Miller
Subtitling: Yōko Iwasaki
Brooklyn Nelson as Nazuna Oikawa
Ryan Shanahan as Norimichi Shimada

Aaron Dalla Villa as Yusuke Azumi
Julie Ann Taylor as Nazuna's Mother
Laurie Hymes as Miura-sensei

Aiden Raheb as Minoru
Andrew Lent as Kazuhiro
Colin A. Favor as
Norimichi's Father
Yusuke's Father
Griffin Puatu as Junichi
Michael Sinterniklaas as Mitsuishi-sensei
Mike Pollock as Pyrotechnician
Ron Allen as Nazuna's Mother's Fiance
Stephanie Sheh as Norimichi's Mother

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor: Shout! Factory (USA)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Hoopla
Netflix (English-speaking territories)
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; June 2020)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
GKIDS (North America)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Jean-Pierre Leblan

Adaptation: Eric Lajoie
Spotting: Michael Seguin (All The Anime)
Kaïna Blada as Nazuna
Nicolas Dussaut as Norimichi

Alan Aubert as Kazuhiro
Alexandre Coadour as Jun'ichi
Grégory Laisné as Minoru
Yann Pichon as Yusuke

Nathalie Bienaime as Mère De Norimichi
Nayeli Forest as Madame Miura
French companies
Distributor: @Anime
Dubbing: MJM PostProd
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Gabriel Gama
Translation:
Diana Nolan
Jennifer Medel
Marc Bernabé (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Eliot Gama
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Rodolfo Miranda (Madness Entertainment)

Adaptation: Gabriel Gama
Insert Song Performance: Cari Monrós (Spain dub; as Nazuna Oikawa)
Mix Engineer: Ángel Pardo
Production manager:
Eliot Gama
Jhoana Palacios
Recording engineer: Ángel Pardo
Translation Supervisor: Verónica Calafell (Spain dub)
Álvaro Esteve as Norimichi Shimada (Spain dub)
Cari Monrós as Nazuna Oikawa (Spain dub)
Desireé González as Nazuna Oikawa
Gabriel Gama as Yūsuke Azumi
Gabriel Ramos as Norimichi Shimada

Claudia Motta as Teacher Miura
María José Chabrera as Nazuna's Mother (Spain dub)
Rubén Felis as Yusuke Azumi (Spain dub)

Aída Baida Gil as Teacher Miura (Spain dub)
Alan Bressant as Hanabishi
Álex Moreno as Norimichi's Father (Spain dub)
Alfonso Obregón as Nazuna's mother's boyfriend
Alvaro Álvarez as Norimichi's dad
Carles Teruel as Junichi (Spain dub)
Diana Huicochea as Norimichi's mom
Ernest Sendín as Teacher Mitsuishi (Spain dub)
Gerardo Ortega as Junichi
Héctor Ireta de Alba as Kazuhiro
Héctor Mena as Minoru
José Manuel Oliva as Yusuke's Father (Spain dub)
Nina Romero as Minoru (Spain dub)
Omar Lozano as Nazuna's Mother's Fiance (Spain dub)
Rafael Escalante as Mitsuishi
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Pyrotechnician (Spain dub)
Rosa López as Norimichi's Mother (Spain dub)
Rubén Aranda as Kazuhiro (Spain dub)
Silvia Tarín as Nurse (Spain dub)

Marc Balaguer (Spain dub)
Marta Aparicio (Spain dub)
Quique Lencina (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Movistar CineDoc&Roll (Spain)
Distributor:
Cinemark (Colombia; Argentina; subtitled)
Madness Entertainment (Latin America)
Sofa Digital (Latin America, digital)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Madness Entertainment (Latin America)
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Theatrical Distribution: Cinemark (Colombia)
Theatrical Releaser: Cinemark (Colombia | Theatrical)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Massimiliano Alto
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo
Executive producer: Romina Franzini

Dialogues: Massimiliano Alto
Dubbing Assistant: Giulia Nofri
Mixing: Andrea Pochini
Alex Polidori as Norimichi Shimada
Sara Labidi as Nazuna Oikawa

Alessandro Campaiola Ward as Yūsuke Azumi

Alessio Puccio as Kazuhiro
Federico Campaiola as Junichi
Federico Viola as Junichi
Mattia Fabiano as Minoru
Italian companies
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Hilke Flickenschildt

Casting: Tilo Srocke
Lisa Mitsching as Nazuna Oikawa
Patrick Keller as Norimichi Shimada

Alexandra Wilcke as Nazunas Mother
Marco Eßer as Minoru
Patrick Baehr as Kazuhiro
Sebastian Fitzner as Yuusuke Azumi
Till Völger as Jun'ichi

Axel Lutter as Hanabishi
Fabian Oscar Wien as Young Man
Karlo Hackenberger as Mitsuishi
Maria Jany as Norimichi's Mother
Roland Wolf as Nazuna's Stepfather

German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime
Dubbing: EuroSync GmbH
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Anthony Steven San Juan as Norimichi Shimada
Marick Dacanay as Nazuna Oikawa

Blair Arellano as Junichi Tajima
Mark Ivan Uy as
Kazuhiro
Minoru
Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Marta Rhaulin

ADR Engineer: Gisela Rengifo
Assistant Director: Arnaldo Tavares
Executive Director: Luís Fajin (Universal Cinergia)
General Manager: Kaitlyn O'Neill
Production: Merida Gonzalez
Re-Recording Mixing:
Mitch Furman
Tony Suarez
Screen Inserts: Arnaldo Tavares
Script Supervising: Marta Rhaulin
Technical Quality Control: Tony Suarez
Video Editing: Tony Suarez
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Universal Cinergia Dubbing (Miami, FL)
Distributor:
Madness Entertainment (Brazil)
Sofa Digital (Brazil, digital)
Licensed by: Madness Entertainment (Brazil)
Theatrical Distribution: Cinemark (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: ifilm
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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