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The Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie)

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©Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave Films


Alternative title:
Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place
El Lugar Prometido en Nuestra Juventud (Spanish)
El lugar prometido en nuestros primeros días (Spanish)
El lugar que nos prometimos (Spanish)
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Japanese)
La Tour Au-delà Des Nuages (French)
Más Allá de las Nubes el Lugar Prometido (Spanish)
Más Allá de las Nubes, la Tierra Prometida (Spanish)
O Lugar Prometido em Nossa Juventude (Portuguese)
Oltre le nuvole, il luogo promessoci (Italian)
Ziemia kiedyś nam obiecana (Polish)
За облаками (Russian)
ماوراء الغيوم، مكان الوعد (Arabic)
雲のむこう、約束の場所 (Japanese)
雲之彼端，約定的地方 (Chinese (Taiwan))
구름의 저편, 약속의 장소 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.
User Ratings: 2550 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 583 votes (sub:416, dub:128, raw:5, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:29
12 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
4 Russian dubbed
3 French subtitled
3 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 694 votes (sub:513, dub:146, ?:5, raw:4, others:26
11 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 German dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 553 votes (sub:389, dub:128, ?:4, raw:2, others:30
11 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
3 German subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 382 votes (sub:268, dub:90, ?:3, raw:2, others:19
4 Italian subtitled
4 French subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 153 votes (sub:111, dub:37, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 So-so: 99 votes (sub:78, dub:18, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 33 votes (sub:26, dub:5, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 28 votes (sub:20, dub:7, raw:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 3877 users, rank: #245 (of 10071)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.171 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6816, rank: #422 (of 10254)
Weighted mean: 8.079 (Very good), rank: #469 (of 10254) (seen all: 8.10 / seen some: 5.71 / won't finish: 3.46)
Bayesian estimate: 8.076 (Very good), rank: #308 (of 7740)
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage:
2004-11-20
2018-03-31 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
2004-11-20 (Japan - Cinema Rise Roadshow)
2005-05-10 (U.S. Theatrical Premiere)
2013-07-20 (Philippines, PH-Japan Friendship Month)
2018-03-31 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Release dates: We have 5
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Koe" (きみのこえ) by ♥ [Ai Kawashima]
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
The Place Promised in Our Early Days DVD (Jul 29, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Blu-ray) 2022-06-07 (from $17.64)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Makoto Shinkai Collection - [AU] (Blu-ray) 2020-12-09
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star [UK] [CE] (BD+DVD) 2016-11-21
DVD (Region 1)
    Shinkai Collection - Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star (DVD) 2005-12-06 (from $36.84)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days (DVD) 2005-07-12 (from $29.00)
DVD (Region 2)
    Shinkai Collection - Voices of a Distant Star / Place Promised In Our Early Days (DVD) 2007-09-03 (from $131.01)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days (DVD) delayed/cancelled
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days - [UK] (DVD) 2006-10-16 (from $40.64)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days / Voices of a Distant Star Twin Pack (DVD) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Yoshio Suzuki (asst - pt II)
Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai
Storyboard: Makoto Shinkai
Music:
Ariko Hanawa (Viola)
Emiko Shiroyama (Violin Performance)
Hiroyuki Koike (First Violin)
Ikuko Momose (Cello)
Kazuhisa Saito (Viola)
Makiko Shizuwa (Second Violin)
Rei Koike (Second Violin)
Seiichi Takahashi (Piano)
Tenmon
Tomio Yajima (Cello)
Toshio Okazawa (Guitar)
Yuki Eguchi (First Violin)
Original creator: Makoto Shinkai
Character Design: Ushio Tazawa
Art:
Makoto Shinkai
Takumi Tanji
Chief Animation Director: Ushio Tazawa
Animation Director:
Shinichiro Kajiura (pt II)
Ushio Tazawa (pt I, III)
Sound Director: Makoto Shinkai
Director of Photography: Makoto Shinkai
Producer: Makoto Shinkai

Accounting: Yumiko Kikuchi
Additional Arrangement: Toshio Okazawa
Animation Cooperation:
Akira Hosogaya (pt I)
Chika Kojima (pt II)
Mayumi Kitamura (pt I)
Rie Usui (pt I)
Ryousuke Sekiguchi (pt I)
Tetsuo Hirakawa (pt I)
Tetsuya Koshizaki (pt II)
Yen Okishiji (pt I)
Animation producer: Naoki Hiramatsu
Assistant Animation Director:
Hiromi Suzuki
Takayo Nishimura
Background Art:
Akiko Majima
Akira Hirosawa
Arata Toma
Hong Ji Eun
Kiyoshi Ochiai
Makoto Shinkai
Takumi Tanji
Tasuku Watanabe
Yasushi Ebihara
Background Art Cooperation:
Change Sung Hee
Kaoru Akiya
Kim Seong Sik\
Sanae Miura
Yūko Tanaka
Bela Cielo Design/Model: Makoto Shinkai
Casting:
Makoto Matsuda
Shōko Nogami
Cel Harmony Brushing:
Akiko Majima
Akira Hirosawa
Takumi Tanji
CG: Makoto Shinkai
CG Modeling Cooperation:
Motoya Nara
Yūki Satō (CW)
Color Check: Miyoko Ichinose (Studio M)
Color design: Makoto Shinkai
Color setting: Miyoko Ichinose (Studio M)
Cooperation:
Chieko Misaka
Hiroki Yamaguchi
Kazumi Yamada (Meteor)
Nozomi Seike
Park Soon Hong (DNA)
Toko Yamada (Meteor)
Digital Paint:
Ayumi Maruyama (Studio M)
Daiki Hayashi (Studio L)
Hiromi Osone (TANTO)
Hiroshi Moriwaki (Studio L)
Junko Kaneuchi (Studio M)
Keiko Gouda (Studio M)
Madoka Ohki (Studio M)
Mima Satou (Studio M)
Sari Tagawa (Studio L)
Yasuko Hisaoka (TANTO)
Yosuke Anai (TANTO)
Yumi Sugakawa (Studio M)
Yumie Yaginuma (TANTO)
Yuuko Sawamura (Studio M)
Dolby Cooperation:
Mikio Mori (CFE)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi (CFE)
DVD Booklet Design:
Chiharu Ochiai
Makoto Shinkai
DVD Booklet Production: Makoto Shinkai
DVD Extras Editor: Yukihiro Ishikawa
DVD Extras Photography:
Hideaki Nokina (IKEDA-YA)
Masatoshi Sakamoto (IKEDA-YA)
Mitsutaka Yamashiro (M&M)
DVD Extras Production: Chiharu Ochiai (CoMix Wave)
DVD Production Assistance:
Hiromichi Nakajima (CoMix Wave)
Kazuki Sunami (CoMix Wave)
Editing: Makoto Shinkai
Engineering Assistant: Shinichi Takizawa
HD Film Conversion:
Daisuke Atsumi
Osamu Suzuki
In-Between Animation:
Akinori Anzai (XEBEC)
Aya Takano (asread)
Chizuru Kobayashi (XEBEC)
Daisuke Hiramaki (XEBEC)
Daisuke Itō (TANTO)
Katsuhiko Kitada (XEBEC)
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (XEBEC)
Mihoko Tomita (Kagura)
Satomi Kashihara (XEBEC)
Shūhei Hosokawa (TANTO)
Tomoyo Sawada (XEBEC)
Yōko Kutsuzawa (XEBEC)
Yuji Emoto (TANTO)
Yuki Ohta (Kagura)
Yuuji Takano (TANTO)
In-Between Check:
Harumitsu Shimizu
Masahiro Suwa (TANTO)
Miho Ueno (TANTO)
IQ Editing: Yoshinari Yamazaki
IQ Editing Assistance: Yuuko Hasegawa
Key Animation:
Akio Uchino (pt II)
Daiji Suzuki (pt I)
Daisuke Iwasaki (pt I)
Fujio Inose (pt II)
Hiroaki Shimizu (pt III)
Hiromi Suzuki (pt III)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (pt III)
Katsuyuki Shimizu (pt I)
Kayo Nomichi (pt II)
Kazuyuki Ueda (pt I)
Kenji Yamazaki (pt III)
Kiyomitsu Sato (pt III)
Kiyoshi Tateishi (pt III)
Kunitoshi Watanabe (pt III)
Maiko Okada (pt II)
Miho Aoki (pt III)
Mitsuhiro Iwasaki (pt II)
Naoto Hosoda (pt I, II, III)
Ruriko Watanabe (pt II)
Ryōtarō Makihara (pt I, III)
Ryōzō Sugiyama (pt III)
Satoshi Hata (pt I)
Shigemi Aoyagi (pt II)
Shinichi Tatsuta (pt II)
Takayo Nishimura (pt I, III)
Takayuki Gorai (pt I)
Tatsuya Urano (pt II)
Yasuhito Murakami (pt III)
Yōko Iizuka (pt II)
Lab Coordinator: Yuko Shimura
Lab Manager: Hiromitsu Senoo
Lab Technical Supervisor: Seiji Saito
Legal Work: Hideki Takahashi
Line Producer: Kouichirou Itou
Mix Engineer:
Kazuhiko Miyamoto
Makoto Sumiya (Tokyo TV Center)
Mixing Assistance: Keiichiro Morimoto (Tokyo TV Center)
Music Performance: Rie Koike (Violin)
Official Website Production: Takako Kamai
Overseas Promotion: Kazuki Sunami
Performance Coordinator: Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft)
Photography Assistant:
Masanori Muta (CW)
Yoko Nishimura (CW)
Post Production Director: Yūji Mitsuya
Production Assistant: Azusa Tomita
Production Coordination: Kensuke Minakawa (EDOYA)
Production Staff:
Hiromichi Nakajima
Hiroshi Nishijima
Ichiro Fukushima
Project Manager: Noritaka Kawaguchi
Promotion Design: Chiharu Ochiai
Promotion Producer: Naomi Toda
Publicity:
Hiroko Matsumaru
Kenta Matsumaru
Recording Assistant: Tomohiro Sunaoshi (JINNAN STUDIO)
Recording Coordination: nbkz Sakai (CW)
Recording Director: Bungo Fujiwara (TWOFIVE)
Recording engineer:
Hitoshi Yamada (JINNAN STUDIO)
Kazuhiko Miyamoto
Research Cooperation:
Shinichiro Yoshida (Skating)
Shinta Yoshida (Skating)
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō (Anime Sound Production)
Sound Effects Assistant:
Rie Komiya (Anime Sound Production)
Shinji Kazama (Anime Sound Production)
Sound Engineer: Noriko Mihara (Sound Inn)
Sound Engineer Assistance: Yutaka Une (Sound Inn)
Sound Producer:
Fusanobu Fujiyama (JINNAN STUDIO)
Kisuke Koizumi (JINNAN STUDIO)
Special Thanks To:
Daisuke Umezu
Haruhisa Shinzaki
Hideki Ito
Hikaru Kondo
Hiroaki Takeuchi
Junichi Kobayashi
Kenichiro Kuroiwa
Masahiro Yoshida
Masaya Sakamoto
Masayasu Takigawa
Norio Ikawa
Satoru Niitsu
Takahiro Otsuki
Tatsuo Yanagino
Toshimitsu Kawanaka
Yasuki Hamano
Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Yoshikazu Miyagawa
Yutaka Kamata
Subtitle Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Theme Song Arrangement: Tenmon
Theme Song Composition: Tenmon
Theme Song Lyrics: Makoto Shinkai
Theme Song Performance: Ai Kawashima (as ♥)
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hiroki Fujisawa
Masato Hagiwara as Takuya Shirakawa
Yuuka Nanri as Sayuri Sawatari

Kazuhiko Inoue as Tomizawa
Risa Mizuno as Maki Kasahara
Unshō Ishizuka as Okabe

Brett Coleman as US military officer
Eiji Takemoto as
Ezo Works employee
Voice of TV news
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Arisaka
Hirochika Kamize as Patrol boat warning
Ian O'Neal as NSA officer
Kousuke Kujirai as Male student
Maki Saitō as
Female student
Nurse
Masami Iwasaki as
Ezo Works employee
Hospital director
Train/station announcer
Rie Nakagawa as
Hiroki's girlfriend
Nurse
Takahiro Hirano as
College student
Ezo Works employee
Takeshi Maeda as
College student
Radio broadcaster
Yuki Nakao as Female student
Japanese companies
Bela Cielo Design/Model: aflo_module
Co-Production: asread
Development: Imagica
Digital Paint:
FAI International
K-Production
Kyoe Sung Production
Studio Elle
Tanto
Trace Studio M
Triple A
Uni-Animation
Digital Paint Cooperation: asread
Distribution Cooperation: Phantom Film
Distributor: CoMix Wave Films
Dolby Cooperation: Continental Far East Inc.
DVD Production Cooperation:
Eiko Recording
Imagica
Gun Specialist: Cobra
In-Between Animation:
asread
FAI International
K-Production
Kagura
Kyoe Sung Production
Tanto
Triple A
Uni-Animation
Xebec
In-Between Cooperation: asread
MA Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Post Production: Imagica
Production:
CoMix Wave Films
Shinkai Creative
Promotion Cooperation:
BBG Division
Itochu Electronics
Web Trailer Distribution
Recording Studio:
aLIVE RECORDING STUDIO
Jinnan Studio
Sound Inn Studios
Research: Skating
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Project Translator: Masako Ollivier
ADR Script: Steven Foster
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Steven Foster

Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Anime Limited UK release)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Fumiko Chino
DVD Menu Design:
Fumiko Chino
Patrick Givens
DVD Packaging Design: Fumiko Chino
Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing:
Matt Wittmeyer
Wade Shemwell
Packaging Design: Martin Hovezak (ADV Films UK; Shinkai Collection)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya
Sara Muir
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Recording engineer: Adam Jones
Senior Translator: Shoko Oono
Sound Design:
Matt Wittmeyer
Wade Shemwell
Special Thanks To: Cassandra Phillips-Sears
Subtitle Script: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Chris Patton as Hiroki Fujisawa
Jessica Boone as Sayuri Sawatari
Kalob Martinez as Takuya Shirakawa

Adam Jones as Emishi Plant Worker
Andrew Love as Emishi Plant Worker
Andy McAvin as Tomizawa
Hilary Haag as Female Student
Illich Guardiola as Arisaka
Jacob A. Gragard as Emishi Plant Worker
James Z. Erivayer as Graduate Student
Jay Hickman as Graduate Student
John Swasey as Okabe
Kira Vincent-Davis as Maki Kasahara
Lesley Tesh as Female Student
Mariela Ortiz as Female Student
Matthew Crawford as Male Student

Carl Ruthers
Chris Nelson
Jacob Jones
John Gremillion
Rob Mungle
English companies
ADR Recording: ADV Studios
Broadcaster:
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago)
MHTV (Marshall Islands)
The Anime Network
Distributor:
101 Films (UK and Ireland; cancelled)
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Shout! Factory (North America; 2022)
DVD Production: ADV Studios
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (expired; United Kingdom and Ireland only)
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; December 2020)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
GKIDS (2022)
French staff
French cast
Alexandre Crépet as Hiroki Fujisawa
David Manet as Takuya Shirakawa
Mélanie Dermont as Sayuri Sawatari

Alexandra Correa as Fille
Alice Ley as Kana
André Pauwels as Officier
Maia Baran as Maki Kasahara
Martin Spinhayer as Chef Okabe
Olivier Cuvelier as Tomizawa
Pablo Hertsen as Arisaka
Patrick Brüll as Docteur
Tony Beck as Travailleur
French companies
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Screen Inserts: Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta (Spain dub)
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal Encuentro (subtitled)
Canal UCR (Costa Rica)
Cinema + (Colombia)
Movistar CineDoc&Roll (Spain)
Movistar+ Xtra (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
Movistar+ (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Spanish cast
Cari Monrós as Sayuri Sawatari (Spain dub)
Rubén Felis as Hiroki Fujisawa (Spain dub)
Sergio Mesa as Takuya Shirakawa (Spain dub)

Eva Bau as Maki Kasahara (Spain dub)
José Manuel Oliva as Tomizawa (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Okabe (Spain dub)

Boris Sanz (Spain dub)
Dario Torrent (Spain dub)
Greta Ruiz (Spain dub)
Jorge Tejedor (Spain dub)
Nina Romero (Spain dub)
Silvia Cabrera (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Maria pia di Meo

Dubbing Assistant: Annalisa Marcelli
Mixing: Mauro Lopez
Sound: Gianandrea Rossi
Agnese Marteddu as Sayuri Sawatari
Alessio Puccio as Hiroki Fujisawa
Davide Perino as Takuya Shirakawa

Fabrizio Russotto as Okabe
Ludovica Bebi as Maki Kasahara
Roberto Certomà as Tomizawa

MASSIMO TRIGGIANI as Arisaka
Italian companies
Distributor:
Dynit
Nexo Digital
Dubbing: C.D. Cine Dubbing
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Sound: C.D. Cine Dubbing
German staff
German cast
(none)
Mia Diekow as Sayuri Sawatari
Tim Knauer as Hiroki Fujisawa
Tobias Schmidt as Takuya Shirakawa

Eberhard Haar as Okabe
Mario Grete as Tomizawa
German companies
Distributor: Rapid Eye Movies
Dubbing: Digital Media Technologie GmbH
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Qatar Today TV
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: XL Media
Dubbing: XL Media
Translation: XL Media
Russian cast
(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)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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