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The Place Promised in Our Early Days (movie)

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Related anime:
    (The) Place Promised in Our Early Days (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Japanese)
За облаками (Russian)
Там, за облаками, в месте обетованном (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))
Themes: military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
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: 1648 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 450 votes (sub:328, dub:97, Spa.sub:9, raw:4, ?:2, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Spa.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 460 votes (sub:357, dub:84, raw:4, Ger.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, ?:3, Rus.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 348 votes (sub:257, dub:67, Spa.sub:8, ?:4, Por.sub:4, Ger.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Dut.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 219 votes (sub:160, dub:43, Fre.sub:4, Rus.sub:4, Spa.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Por.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 80 votes (sub:64, dub:13, Ger.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 43 votes (sub:34, dub:8, ?:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:15, dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:13, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, Rus.edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2467 users, rank: #216
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.365 (Very good+.36), std. dev.: 1.6239, rank: #183
Weighted mean: 8.279 (Very good+.27), rank: #182 (seen all: 8.30 / seen some: 6.11 / won't finish: 2.93)
Bayesian estimate: 8.274 (Very good+.27), rank: #110
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage: 2004-11-20
Premiere date:
2004-11-20 (Japan - Cinema Rise Roadshow)
2005-05-10 (U.S. Theatrical Premiere)
Releases: We have 4
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Koe" by ♥
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
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Related reviews:
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days DVD

Related releases:
    Shinkai Collection (DVD) 2005-12-06 (from $26.97)
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days (DVD) 2005-07-12 (from $16.94)

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: Kiyonori Hiramatsu

Assistant Animation Director: Hiromi Suzuki

Assistant Engineer: Shinichi Takizawa

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
Yuko Tanaka

Bela Cielo Design/Model: Makoto Shinkai

Casting:
Makoto Matsuda
Shouko Nogami

Cel Harmony Brushing:
Akiko Mashima
Akira Hirosawa
Takumi Tanji

CG Modeling Cooperation:
Motoya Nara
Yuki Sato (CW)

CG Work: Makoto Shinkai

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)
Mio Sato (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

HD Film Conversion:
Daisuke Atsumi
Osamu Suzuki

In-Between Animation:
Akinori Anzai (XEBEC)
Aya Takano (asread)
Chizuru Kobayashi (XEBEC)
Daisuke Hiramaki (XEBEC)
Daisuke Ito (TANTO)
Katsuhiko Kitada (XEBEC)
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (XEBEC)
Mihoko Tomita (Kagura)
Satomi Kashihara (XEBEC)
Shuuhei 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)
Hijiri Takeishi (pt III)
Hiroaki Shimizu (pt III)
Hiromi Suzuki (pt III)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (pt III)
Katsuyuki Shimizu (pt I)
Kayo Nomichi (pt II)
Kazuyuki Ueda (pt I)
Kiyomitsu Sato (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)
Ryoutarou Makihara (pt I, III)
Ryozo Sugiyama (pt III)
Satoshi Hata (pt I)
Shigemi Aoyagi (pt II)
Shinichi Tatsuta (pt II)
Takayo Nishimura (pt I, III)
Takayuki Gorai (pt I)
Takeshi Yamazaki (pt III)
Tatsuya Urano (pt II)
Yasuhito Murakami (pt III)
Yoko 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)

Official Website Production: Takako Kamai

Overseas Promotion: Kazuki Sunami

Performance Coordinator: Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft)

Photography Assistance:
Masanori Muta (CW)
Yoko Nishimura (CW)

Post Production Director: Yuji 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 Coordinator: 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: Shoji Kato (Anime Sound Production)

Sound Effects Assistance:
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: Hiroaki Takeuchi

Subtitle Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Thanks To:
Daisuke Umezu
Haruhisa Shinzaki
Hideki Ito
Hikaru Kondo
Junichi Kobayashi
Kenichiro Kuroiwa
Masahiro Yoshida
Masaya Sakamoto
Masayasu Takigawa
Norio Ikawa
Satoru Niitsu
Takahiro Otsuki
Tatsuo Ryuno
Toshimitsu Kawanaka
Yasuki Hamano
Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Yoshikazu Miyagawa
Yutaka Kamata

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

Unshou Ishizuka as Okabe

Bretto 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 Saitou 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:
F.A.I. International
K Production
Kyesung Production, Inc.
Studio L
Studio M
Tanto
Triple A
Uni-Animation

Digital Paint Cooperation: asread

Distribution Cooperation: Phantom Film

Distributor: CoMix Wave Inc.

Dolby Cooperation: Continental Far East Inc.

DVD Production Cooperation:
Eiko Recording
Imagica

Gun Specialist: Cobra

In-Between Animation:
asread
F.A.I. International
K Production
Kagura
Kyesung Production, Inc.
Tanto
Triple A
Uni-Animation
Xebec

In-Between Cooperation: asread

MA Studio: Tokyo TV Center

Post Production: Imagica

Production:
CoMix Wave Inc.
Shinkai Creative

Promotion Cooperation:
BBG Division
Itochu Electronics
Web Trailer Distribution

Recording Studio:
aLIVE RECORDING STUDIO
Jinnan Studio
Sound Inn Studios

Research: Skating

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Steven Foster

ADR Script: Steven Foster

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Steven Foster

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Menu Design:
Fumiko Chino
Patrick Givens

DVD Packaging Design: Fumiko Chino

Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Mix:
Matt Wittmeyer
Wade Shemwell

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya
Sara Muir

Production manager: Joey Goubeaud

Project Translator: Masako Ollivier

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: The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

French staff 
French cast 

Dubbing Director: Anthony Delclève

Adaptation: Frédéric Alameunière

 

Alexandre Crépet as Iroki

David Manet as Takuya

Mélanie Dermont as Sayuri

Martin Spinhayer as Chef Okabe

French companies 

Distributor: Fox Pathé Europa

Dubbing: NDE Production


German cast 
German staff 
(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 Movie

Dubbing: Digital Media Technologie GmbH (Hamburg)

Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: XL Media

Dubbing: XL Media

Translation: XL Media

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

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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