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Living for the Day After Tomorrow (TV)

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[ adapted from Asatte no Houkou (manga) ]
Alternative title:
A Direction of the Day After Tomorrow
Asatte no Houkou (Japanese)
В другую сторону (Russian)
あさっての方向。 (Japanese)
後天的方向 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: Karada is a young girl who hates being treated like a child and who wishes to be grown up. Shoko is an aloof, unhappy young woman who has just returned from overseas. When they meet by coincidence one night at a local shrine where they both like to make wishes, they exchange ages.
User Ratings: 615 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 35 votes (sub:30, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 133 votes (sub:124, raw:2, ?:1, dub:1, others:5
5 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 182 votes (sub:161, dub:9, raw:4, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 161 votes (sub:154, dub:4, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 60 votes (sub:50, raw:5, dub:2, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1097 users, rank: #885 (of 5565)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.611 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3981, rank: #980 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 7.537 (Very good−), rank: #963 (of 5555) (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 7.19 / won't finish: 5.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.537 (Very good−), rank: #744 (of 4230)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2006-10-05 to 2006-12-21
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Hikari no Kisetsu" by Suara
Ending Theme:
"Sweet Home Song" by Yuumao
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Living for the Day After Tomorrow DVD (Apr 14, 2010)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Living for the Day After Tomorrow - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2010-04-13 (from $22.37)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Series Composition: Seishi Minakami
Script:
Seishi Minakami (7 episodes
eps 1-11 odd, 12
)
Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 2-10 even)
Screenplay:
Seishi Minakami
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 11)
Katsushi Sakurabi (OP, ED; 4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 12
)
Kazuya Komai (ep 3)
Kiyotaka Ohata (eps 2, 8)
Kouichi Takada (eps 5, 9, 12)
Manabu Nakamura (eps 6-7, 10)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Takashima (eps 1, 5, 10)
Katsushi Sakurabi (OP, ED)
Kazuo Yamada (eps 3, 12)
Kenichiro Watanabe (ep 3)
Masahito Otani (ep 8)
Masami Furukawa (eps 4, 9)
Toshiaki Miki (ep 6)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (eps 2, 7, 11)
Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune
Original creator: J-ta Yamada
Character Design:
Ikuko Ito
J-ta Yamada (asst; eps 5, 7, 9-12)
Art Director: Shichiro Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director:
Ikuko Ito (eps 1-11 odd)
Shinya Hasegawa (eps 2-12 even)
Tomoko Ito 
Animation Director:
Akiko Nakano (eps 4, 9)
Hiroyuki Kaidou (eps 6, 10)
Ikuko Ito (OP, ED; eps 1, 3)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 2, 6, 11)
Masahiro Fujii (eps 7, 12)
Mitsuharu Kajigaya (ep 10)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (eps 10, 12)
Ryoichi Oki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 12
)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 3)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 12)
Souichirou Sako (ep 10)
Sumie Kinoshita (eps 5, 10)
Tomoko Ito (eps 1, 3) 
Tsuyoshi Kawada (eps 8, 11)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kazuya Iwai
Producer:
Katsumi Koike
Ken Ookawara
Kozue Kananiwa
Rie Tanabe
Shinya Tagashira

2D Graphics: Yoshihide Mukai (eps 2-12)
2nd Key Animation:
Emiko Kobayashi (eps 7, 12)
Fusako Nomura (eps 6-7)
Hiroki Antoku (ep 12)
Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 2)
Mai Matsuura (eps 1-2, 5-7)
Michiru Shinoda (ep 2)
Motonao Komiya (eps 6, 10)
Satomi Yamanaka (ep 10)
Souichirou Sako (ep 12)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 10)
3D CG:
Kenichi Yoshimoto (ep 4)
Kentaro Ono (eps 1-2, 6, 11)
Toshirō Hamamura (eps 1-4, 6, 11)
Animation producer: Yuji Matsukura
Assistant producer:
Kouichi Ueyama
Megumi Tsukada
Yuko Fujino
Background Art:
Akio Shimada (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-6)
Akira Kuramoto (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-12)
Ikuyo Kiyota (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-12)
Osamu Imai (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-4)
Sonoko Takeda (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-12)
Tomoe Kimura (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-12)
Tomotaka Kubo (Kobayashi Production; eps 2-12)
Yoko Saito (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-12)
Yoshio Ito (Kobayashi Production; eps 1-12)
Clean-Up Animation:
Akihiro Nakagawa (eps 4, 9)
Akiko Uchida (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10, 12
)
Asuka Hino (8 episodes
eps 2, 5-8, 10-12
)
Ayako Suenaga
Ayako Takahashi (ep 4)
Junko Hashimoto (ep 9)
Junko Suenaga (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-8, 12
)
Kyousuke Ishikawa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 10
)
Maya Muranaga (eps 1, 8, 10-12)
Mayumi Misehashi (eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Miho Kimura (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Mika Funabashi (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 10-12
)
Miyuki Ishida (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8, 12
)
Noboru Yoneda (eps 4, 9)
Satoko Suzuki (ep 4)
Syouko Mori (eps 1, 5, 7-8)
Tomoe Iitsuka (eps 4, 9)
Tomomi Andou (eps 1, 12)
Yui Ozawa (eps 4, 9)
Yukie Noguchi (eps 4, 9)
Yukiko Itou (ep 8)
Clean-up Inspection:
Asuka Hino (ep 1)
Kyousuke Ishikawa (ep 1)
Maya Muranaga (eps 2, 7)
Miho Kimura (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 11-12
)
Satoko Suzuki (eps 4, 9)
Syouko Mori (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 12
)
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Color setting:
Kyousuke Ishikawa (eps 8, 12)
Maya Muranaga (eps 2, 5)
Mayumi Misehashi (eps 1, 6)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 7, 11)
Satoko Suzuki (eps 4, 9)
Syouko Mori (ep 3)
Editing:
Shigeru Nishiyama (REAL-T)
Ending Animation: Yuko Ito
In-Between Animation:
Ei Zengo (eps 4, 9)
Emiko Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 11
)
Ena Nishikawa (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Hiroyuki Hojo (eps 4, 9)
Mai Matsuura (ep 6)
Mami Shimizu (eps 4, 9)
Masato Hirai (eps 4, 9)
Miki Yoshietsu (eps 4, 9)
Takehiko Kageyama (eps 1-2, 6)
Tomoko Kameyama (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Yoko Ito (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Yu Murakami (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-12
)
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Nobuko Hagino
Nobuko Ogino (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Takako Kawano (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Yoshiko Shimizu (eps 4, 9)
Key Animation:
Akihide Muraji (ep 3)
Akiko Nakano (eps 4, 9)
Akio Kitahara (ep 6)
Asami Watanabe (ep 11)
Atsushi Yoshida (ep 6)
Aya Nagumo (eps 1, 6, 10)
Ayaka Suga (ep 7)
Ayumi Hasegawa
Chie Kinoshita (eps 2, 7)
Erika Uchiyama (ep 5)
Fusako Nomura (OP; ep 8)
Genichi Murakami (eps 6, 11)
Harumi Miura (eps 6, 11)
Hideoki Kusama (eps 8, 12)
Hirokazu Hayami (ep 5)
Hiroki Antoku (eps 2, 7, 12)
Hiroki Handa (ep 10)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 7)
Hiroshi Tomioka (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 12
)
Hiroshi Yakou (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 12
)
Hiroshi Yoneda (ep 5)
Hitomi Fujii (ep 6)
Ikuko Ito (ep 1)
Jun'ya Kikuchi (ep 12)
Junko Matsushita (eps 6, 11)
Kaori Saito (eps 6, 11)
Katsushi Sakurabi (OP)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 2, 7, 10)
Kazu Naka (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Koyama (OP)
Kazuki Miura (ep 6)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 1, 11)
Kazunori Shibata (eps 3, 8)
Kazuya Nakanishi (eps 7, 10, 12)
Kazuyuki Ueda (eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Keiko Umino
Ken Mukaigawara (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Kenji Yokoyama (eps 2, 7)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 10)
Koji Iwaki (ep 5)
Mai Matsuura (ep 8)
Makoto Ito (ep 6)
Masahiro Fujii (eps 7, 12)
Masakazu Yamazaki (ep 10)
Masaki Tanigawa (ep 7)
Mataro Anji (ep 8)
Mayumi Yamamoto (eps 6, 11)
Megumi Tokuda (ep 5)
Michio Satô (eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Miho Kojima (eps 5, 10)
Miki Kato (ep 5)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (ep 8)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 7)
Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 11)
Nao Tokunaga (eps 2-3, 7)
Naoya Dougen (eps 6, 11)
Natsumi Tamura (ep 10)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 1)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 6)
Noriko Yoshida (ep 5)
Rumi Miyata (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Ryoichi Oki (ED; eps 1, 8)
Ryozo Sugiyama (eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Ryuji Totake (ep 5)
Saiji Kawanishi (ep 10)
Sawa Tanaka (ep 9)
Setsuko Umino (eps 4, 9)
Shigeki Kimoto (OP)
Shiho Tamai (eps 7, 10)
Shingo Kurakari (ep 10)
Shinkirō Hattori (ep 9)
Shinsuke Yasuda (eps 1, 3, 12)
Shintaro Muraki (eps 2, 7, 10)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 2)
Shougo Yamaguchi (ep 5)
Soichi Higuchi (ep 1)
Soko Kajiyama (ep 5)
Souichirou Sako (ep 7)
Sumie Kinoshita (OP; eps 1, 8)
Takao Ozone (ep 4)
Takeshi Morita (ep 5)
Takeyoshi Omagari (ep 12)
Tatsuya Shiraishi (eps 7, 10)
Tomoko Kagawa (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Ohshita (ep 5)
Toshifumi Niijima (ep 2)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Satou (eps 5-6, 11)
Tsuguo Sakamoto (eps 5-6)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (OP; ep 11)
Wataru Hasegawa (ep 5)
Yasutetsu Aoki (eps 8, 12)
Yoko Iizuka (eps 4, 9)
Yoko Kadokami (OP)
Yoshie Sakata (eps 2-3, 7-8)
Yoshihiro Matsumoto (eps 6, 11)
Yoshiko Shimizu (ep 9)
Yosuke Sotoyama (eps 2-3, 8, 10)
Yuji Gotou (eps 2, 6-7, 10)
Yuji Tanaka (eps 2, 7, 10)
Yukako Tsuzuki (OP)
Yuki Imoto (OP)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 5)
Yuko Ito
Yumi Shimizu (eps 2, 7)
Yuriko Ikehara (ep 7)
Yuuko Kamiyama (eps 4, 9)
Yuuko Kobori (ep 5)
Opening Animation:
Fusako Nomura
Hiroshi Tomioka
Katsushi Sakurami
Kazuhiro Koyama
Sumie Kinoshita
Tsuyoshi Kawada
Yuki Imoto
Yuko Ito
Photography:
Atsushi Satou (eps 2-12)
Hajime Omura (eps 1-12)
Hiroshi Hayashi (ep 1)
Jun Shiota (eps 1-2)
Kazuya Iwai (eps 1-12)
Masaki Nogami (eps 1-3)
Noriko Akutagawa (eps 1-12)
Shingo Fukuyo (eps 1, 12)
Yoshio Ookouchi (eps 2, 4-12)
Yutaka Kurosawa (ep 1)
Planning:
Naohiro Futono
Norihisa Abe
Satoshi Kawano
Shigeru Tateishi
Shunji Inoue
Yoshihisa Nakayama
Planning Collaboration:
Daisuke Kobayashi (Big Shot)
Keiko Watanabe
Makoto Hagimori (Mag Garden)
Yoshimi Nakajima (Big Shot)
Production Advancement:
Gen Takeuchi (ep 1)
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 3, 8, 12)
Kō Kamisawa (ep 5)
Miho Arai (eps 4, 9)
Takahiro Ishikawa (eps 2, 10, 12)
Takayoshi Nakano (eps 6, 11)
Yuji Komuro (ep 7)
Production Advancement Chief: Gen Takeuchi (eps 5, 10-12)
Production manager: Masao Ohashi
Publicity:
Mika Saiki
Mizuho Tanaka
Recording Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda
Recording Assistant: Megumi Igarashi
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects: Ryusuke Shiino (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11
)
Special Thanks To: Yuichi Yamada
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Okubo (OP)
Tomoki Kikuya (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Michio Igasa (OP)
Yuumao (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
BABY FAZE (OP)
Yuumao (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Suara (OP)
Yuumao (ED)
Video Editing:
Akihiro Kanetaka (Tokyo Laboratory)
Website Design: Norihiro Fujita
Ayumi Fujimura as Karada Iokawa
Shizuka Itou as Shōko Nogami

Akeno Watanabe as Tōko Amino
Ami Koshimizu as Kotomi Shiozaki
Katsuhito Nomura as Tetsumasa Amino
Satoshi Hino as Hiro Iokawa

Akane Murakami as Restaurant owner (ep 8)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Taxi driver (ep 8)
Azuma Sakamoto as Friend B (ep 5)
Fumi Oda as Harue Amino
Hajime Iijima as Karada's father
Iho Matsukubo as Old lady (ep 3)
Izumi Kikuchi as Yuka Isogai
Jin Domon as Takumi Yoshimura
Kenichi Mine as Staff (ep 7)
Miho Miyagawa as
Child B (ep 5)
Mother (ep 7)
Mio Yasuda as Karada's mother
Naoki Koshida as Customer (ep 6)
Tadahisa Saizen as Masao Okudera
Taku Kimura as
Shipping man (ep 3)
Youth (ep 8)
Takuma Suzuki as Tadashi Isogai
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Night-life man (ep 7)
Yuko Gibu as Child A (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
APPP (ep 11)
GAINAX (eps 6, 11)
Garan (ep 1)
KURENAIGUMI (eps 1-2, 6, 12)
STUDIO GAO (eps 1, 6, 11)
Tatsunoko Production (eps 6, 11)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art: Kobayashi Production
Broadcaster: TBS (2006-10-05)
Clean-Up Animation:
BJ (eps 4, 9)
cube A motion (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Frontline (eps 4, 9)
Nendai Animation (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 10-12
)
Studio Easter (ep 3)
Studio Gash (ep 3)
Tamazawa Animation House (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
asread (eps 2-3, 8)
BJ (eps 4, 9)
cube A motion (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Frontline (eps 4, 9)
Nendai Animation (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 10-12
)
SHAFT (ep 3)
Studio DEEN (ep 3)
Tanto (ep 8)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 8)
TNK (eps 3, 5)
Xebec (eps 5-6, 8)
Key Animation:
Anime Aru
BJ (ep 4)
STUDIO GAO (ep 5)
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
Asatte Production Committee
Bandai Visual
GENCO
J.C. Staff
Lantis
Mag Garden
MOVIC
TBS
Production Cooperation: BJ (eps 4, 9)
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English companies
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
Hulu
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
English cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: GMA Network (coming soon)
Tagalog cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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