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Kids on the Slope (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sakamichi no Apollon (Japanese)
坂道のアポロン (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Objectionable content: Mild
Copyright notice: © Yuki Kodama, Shogakukan/KIDS ON THE SLOPE Committee
Plot Summary: Summer 1966: Kaoru Nishimi has moved to live with relatives in Kyūshū. He's been an aloof honor student his whole life, but that starts changing when he meets Sentarō Kawabuchi, the school's notorious bad boy. Through him, he learns the appeal of jazz and forms his first real friendships.
User Ratings: 1317 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 281 votes (sub:235, dub:31, ?:2, raw:1, others:12
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 499 votes (sub:437, dub:46, ?:1, others:15
10 Spanish subtitled
2 Arabic subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 328 votes (sub:284, dub:29, raw:1, ?:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 129 votes (sub:107, dub:18, ?:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 49 votes (sub:39, dub:3, raw:1, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1862 users, rank: #650 (of 9535)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.540 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2607, rank: #160 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.472 (Very good+), rank: #166 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.52 / seen some: 8.10 / won't finish: 4.44)
Bayesian estimate: 8.462 (Very good+), rank: #71 (of 7243)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2012-04-12 to 2012-06-28
2017-09-30 to 2017-10-21 (Chile, ETC)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Sakamichi no Melody" by YUKI
Ending Theme:
"Altair" by Motohiro Hata
Insert song:
"But not for Me" by Furukawa Masayoshi (ep 4)
"Lullaby of Birdland" by Aoi Teshima (ep 5)
"My Favorite Things" by Nanri Yuuka (ep 11)
Trivia: We have 7
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kids on the Slope - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2013-05-07 (from $62.95)
    Kids on the Slope - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2021-04-13 (from $26.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Kids on the Slope - Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-05-07 (from $79.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script:
Ayako Katō (eps 1-11 odd)
Yūko Kakihara (eps 2-12 even)
Episode Director:
Hisatoshi Shimizu (eps 2, 8)
Jun Shishido (ep 6)
Kotomi Deai (eps 1, 7, 11)
Minoru Yamaoka (eps 5, 10)
Sayo Aoi (ep 4)
Shinichiro Watanabe (ep 12)
Shizutaka Sugahara (ep 3)
Yui Umemoto (ep 9)
Unit Director:
Akemi Hayashi (ED)
Kazuto Nakazawa (OP)
Music: Yoko Kanno
Original creator: Yuki Kodama
Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki
Art Director: Shinichi Uehara
Chief Animation Director:
Katsuya Yamada (ep 9)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Animation Director:
Akemi Hayashi (ED)
Ayumi Yamada (ep 11)
Chiharu Satō (piano/performance; eps 5-12)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 1, 7, 12)
Eiji Abiko (eps 6, 11)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 2, 12)
Kazunori Aoki (ep 5)
Kazuto Nakazawa (OP)
Manabu Akita (ep 4)
Marie Tagashira (ep 4)
Masayuki Yoshida (ep 9)
Michinosuke Nakamura (ep 3)
Miyuki Oshiro (ep 8)
Sorato Shimizu (ep 10)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 8)
Cgi Director: Yuushi Koshida
Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
Producer:
Daisuke Konaka
Noriko Ozaki (Fuji TV)

3D Animation:
Makiko Tanida (OP)
Shingo Kiyomiya (OP)
Yuushi Koshida (OP)
Advertising: Hiroyuki Seta (Fuji TV)
Animation Assistant:
Chisato Kawaguchi (ep 10)
Momoko Nagakawa (ep 10)
Sonomi Sugimura (ep 10)
Art Setting: Naruyo Uehara
Assistant Animation Director:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 10)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 10-11)
Daisuke Niinuma (eps 1, 4)
Eiji Abiko (eps 2, 8)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 7, 10-11)
Makoto Koga (ep 8)
Manabu Akita (eps 1, 7, 10)
Michinosuke Nakamura (ep 5)
Momoko Yamada (ep 5)
Nana Miura (ep 5)
Nobuteru Yuki (ep 12)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 8)
Yūichirō Fujimoto (ep 5)
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Katsuya Yamada (ep 5)
Assistant Director: Kotomi Deai (eps 6, 9-10, 12)
Assistant Episode Director: Jun Shishido (ep 12)
Background Art:
Akane Iwakuma (Ogura Kobo; ep 8)
Akiko Hamanaka (Ogura Kobo; ep 8)
Anri Ishida (See Throu Studio; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9
)

Asuka Komiyama (Imaginet; ep 3)
Ayumi Takasaki (Imaginet; ep 3)
Emiko Koizumi (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Fuminao Akai (See Throu Studio; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Geki Katsumata (Cosmo Arts; ep 8)
Hiroaki Matsui (See Throu Studio; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Hiromi Hiwatari (Studio Loft; ep 8)
Hironori Ishikawa (Cosmo Arts; ep 8)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Hiroyuki Itō (Studio 4°C; ep 10)
Kazuhiro Arai (DR Movie; ep 12)
Kazuo Okada (Tezuka Production; eps 3, 8)
Kazuya Fukuda (See Throu Studio; eps 4, 6, 9)
Ken'ichi Tatefuji (See Throu Studio; eps 1-2)
Kenshin Kō (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Kiyoto Miyashita (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Koji Nagasawa (Ogura Kobo; ep 8)
Kyoko Kitano (Cosmo Arts; ep 8)
Mamiko Shiotani (See Throu Studio; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9
)

Masaki Yoshizaki (DR Movie; ep 12)
Masami Saito (Tezuka Production; eps 3, 5, 8, 12)
Masato Shibata (Tezuka Production; eps 3, 5, 8, 12)
Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Minoru Ōkouchi (Imaginet; ep 3)
Natsumi Ueno (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Osamu Hasada (Studio 4°C; ep 10)
Osamu Tayama (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Ryō Kōno (DR Movie; ep 12)
Sanae Tomoto (See Throu Studio; 7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Sayuri Niki (See Throu Studio; 6 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Seiko Yoshioka (Ogura Kobo; ep 8)
Shiho Yanase (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Shomi Tonegawa (Ogura Kobo; ep 8)
Shōtarō Jinno (See Throu Studio; 7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Takaaki Hagio (See Throu Studio; 6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12
)

Takuya Iida (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Tetsuhiko Nagashima (Tezuka Production; eps 5, 8)
Tomoko Momose (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Toshiaki Mitsunaka (Imaginet; eps 3, 5)
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Tsuyoshi Fukumoto (Studio Loft; ep 8)
Yasunari Usuda (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Production; eps 8, 12)
Yōsuke Kagawa (See Throu Studio; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yuichi Suehiro (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Yuichiro Nakajima (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Yuka Kawashima (Atelier Buuka; ep 10)
Yuka Ōno (Studio 4°C; ep 10)
Yūki Makino (See Throu Studio; 6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yukio Abe (DR Movie; ep 12)
Background Production: Takahiko Mutō (ep 5)
Bass Performance: Keisuke Torikoshi (as Tsutomu Mukae)
Brass Band Organizaer: Yoichi Murata (ep 6)
CG Producer: Eiji Inomoto
CG Technical Director: Yoshiaki Higa
Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Color design: Chikako Kamata
Color Key:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 4, 7, 9, 12)
Azusa Sasaki (ep 8)
Chikako Kamata (eps 1-2, 12)
Hiroko Umezaki (ep 6)
Miyoko Kobayashi (ep 3)
Nemu Nakajima (eps 7, 9)
Satoshi Takezawa (ep 10)
Tomomi Kato (eps 5, 11)
Yukie Noguchi (OP; ED; ep 4)
Yumi Aburaya (ep 3)
Compilation: Hanako Ōhashi (Fuji TV)
Creative Producer: Masao Maruyama
Dialect Leadership: Katsuhisa Hōki
Drama Illustrations: Rie Uchida (eps 6, 10)
Drums Performance:
Shun Ishiwaka (as Sentaro Kawabuchi)
Takashi Matsunaga (as Kaoru Nishimi)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Finish Check:
Ami Kutsuna (eps 2, 4, 7, 12)
Azusa Sasaki (ep 8)
Chikako Kamata (eps 1, 12)
Hiroko Umezaki (ep 6)
Miyoko Kobayashi (ep 3)
Nemu Nakajima (ep 7)
Satoshi Takezawa (ep 10)
Tomomi Kato (eps 5, 11)
Yukie Noguchi (ep 4)
Yumi Aburaya (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Akihiro Ōtake (eps 1-2)
Bahi JD (ep 7)
Daiki Itō (ep 5)
Hironao Takahashi (ep 5)
Jikō Abe (Ordet; ep 10)
Ken Endō (Ordet; ep 10)
Kōta Andō (ep 5)
Kunoko Akiyama (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Mamiko Sekiya (Ordet; ep 10)
Masahiro Yoshida (ep 5)
Masayo Tamaki (Ordet; ep 10)
Moeko Mitsuki (ep 8)
Risa Takai (Ordet; ep 10)
Shō Hamada (eps 1-2)
Shū Honma (ep 5)
Shunsuke Igarashi (ep 5)
Takashi Mio (ep 5)
Takuya Azuma (ep 5)
Tomohiro Ueda (ep 8)
Tomomi Kajiki (eps 1-4, 7, 12)
Toshiya Kōno (Ordet; ep 10)
Yoshiko Mikami (eps 1-2)
Yūta Azuma (ep 5)
In-Between Check:
Akiko Kino (ep 8)
Hidetaka Kaneko (ep 5)
Takashi Okamura (ep 3)
Tomomi Kajiki (OP, ED; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Yuka Chōmei (ep 10)
Insert Song Performance: Aoi Teshima (Lullaby of Birdland; ep 5)
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 10)
Aika Kawasaki (eps 1, 6, 12)
Akemi Hayashi (ep 12)
Akihiko Ota (ep 10)
Akiko Kawashima (ep 5)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 4)
Akiko Nakamura (ED)
Akira Sato (ep 11)
Akitsugu Hisagi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 12
)

Asuka Hayashi (ep 10)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 6)
Atsuko Nozaki (eps 2, 7, 9, 12)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (eps 1-2, 9)
Ayumi Yamada (eps 7, 11-12)
Azumi Kuniyoshi (eps 7, 11)
Bahi JD (ep 7)
Chi Woon Bae (ep 9)
Chiharu Satō (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 8, 11-12
)

Chihiro Hayashi (ep 1)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 6)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 2, 7, 9)
Daisuke Niinuma (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-9, 12
)

Daisuke Tateishi (ep 3)
Eiji Abiko (eps 7, 12)
Emi Kouno (ep 4)
Emi Tezuka (ep 11)
Emiko Shimura (eps 11-12)
Eri Yamazaki (eps 7, 9)
Erika Arakawa (ep 2)
Erika Okada (eps 7, 9)
Fumiko Kishi (eps 1, 4, 11)
Hanako Enomoto (ep 4)
Harumi Takagi (ep 9)
Haruna Gōzu (eps 9, 11)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 8)
Hiroko Kaneda (ep 10)
Hironori Tanaka (ep 1)
Hirotoshi Arai (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Kasugai (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Ogura (ep 1)
Hisashi Abe (ep 12)
Hitomi Ochiai (ep 9)
Itaru Saito (ep 3)
Jae Young Jang (ep 5)
Jun'ichi Kitamura (ep 11)
Kaoru Miura (ep 8)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 7, 12)
Kazuhiro Muto (ep 5)
Kazuki Ito (ep 8)
Kazumi Inadome (ep 2)
Kazunari Kume (ep 8)
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 11)
Kazunori Aoki (eps 3, 5, 9, 12)
Kazuto Nakazawa (all for OP; eps 11-12)
Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 10)
Kei Hyōdō (ep 2)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 6)
Kentarō Tokiwa (ep 6)
Kiko Morifuji (ep 6)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 7)
Kiyoshi Nohji (ep 11)
Kiyoshi Tateishi (ep 12)
Kōdai Iwata (ep 6)
Kōichi Sugitani (ep 11)
Koichiro Ueda (ep 11)
Koji Haneda (ep 9)
Kōji Nobuhara (ep 4)
Kōta Michishita (ep 1)
Kōtarō Nakamori (ep 9)
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 5)
Kumiko Kasuga (ep 5)
Kumiko Takayanagi (ep 6)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 2)
Madoka Ozawa (ep 7)
Mai Takehara (ep 5)
Maimu Matsushima (ep 10)
Manabu Akita (eps 1, 8-9, 12)
Marie Tagashira (eps 1, 4)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 12)
Masami Kobayashi (eps 6, 11)
Masayoshi Nishida (ep 12)
Masayuki Yoshida (eps 2, 4, 9, 12)
Masumi Hoshino (ep 11)
Matsuko Taira (ep 10)
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 1)
Michihiro Kosaka (eps 4, 11)
Michiko Noda (ep 3)
Michiko Takahashi (eps 6, 9)
Michinosuke Nakamura (eps 3, 5, 9, 12)
Mika Takazawa (ep 2)
Mina Ōsawa (ep 12)
Misao Abe (ep 4)
Miwako Shibata (ep 5)
Miyako Yatsu (eps 9, 11)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 3)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 1, 8)
Miyuki Ueda (ep 4)
Momoko Nagakawa (ep 10)
Momoko Yamada (ep 3)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 11)
Nagisa Nakajima (ep 4)
Naho Ijima (ep 10)
Nahoko Kosugi (ep 2)
Nana Fujiki (eps 9, 11)
Nana Miura (eps 3, 5)
Natsue Chibayama (ep 5)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (eps 5, 8)
Nobutake Ito (ep 7)
Noriko Itō (ep 6)
Park-Hyun In (ep 10)
Rei Ikagawa (ep 8)
Rei Masunaga (ep 4)
Rie Nakajima (eps 2, 7)
Rie Nishimura (ep 6)
Risako Yoshida (ep 6)
Ryōko Mita (ep 7)
Ryōta Furukawa (eps 11-12)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 8)
Sachiko Yajima (ep 7)
Saori Koike (ep 6)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 4)
Sawako Miyamoto (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7-9, 12
)

Sayaka Takase (ep 10)
Sayo Aoi (ep 9)
Seiki Tanaka (ep 8)
Shigeru Chiba (ep 3)
Shigeyuki Miya (eps 2, 4)
Shin Itagaki (ep 12)
Shingo Okano (ep 9)
Shinji Seya (ep 3)
Shinya Nakamura (ep 10)
Shō Yamamoto (ep 11)
Shoji Aoki (ep 8)
Shouhei Hamaguchi (ep 9)
Shuji Maruyama (ep 1)
Shuta Osabe (ep 4)
Soji Ninomiya (ep 1)
Sonomi Sugimura (ep 10)
Sorato Shimizu (ep 10)
Sun Hyun Hong (ep 10)
Sunyong Yang (ep 5)
Susumu Watanabe (ep 3)
Takahito Katayama (ep 1)
Takashi Kojima (ED; ep 1)
Takashi Shinohara (ep 3)
Takayo Mitsuwaka (ep 8)
Takayo Nishimura (eps 1, 7, 11-12)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 8)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 8)
Takeshi Moriyama (ep 2)
Tarō Kumamoto (ep 9)
Teruyo Katō (ep 5)
Tetsuo Hirakawa (ep 7)
Tomohiro Kamitani (ep 11)
Tomomi Kamiya (eps 7, 12)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 2)
Tomoyo Sawada (ep 11)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 8)
Toshiharu Kudō (ep 4)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 4)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 8)
Toshio Kawaguchi (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Hashimoto (eps 2, 7)
Tsutomu Matsūra (ep 9)
Tsuyoshi Kuwahara (eps 1, 4, 11)
Wataru Yamamoto (ep 6)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 11)
Yōko Kutsuzawa (ep 9)
Yōko Ono (ep 8)
Yoko Sano (ep 1)
Yoko Takada (ep 9)
Yoshiaki Iketani (ep 10)
Yoshiki Hirai (ep 10)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 12)
Yoshiko Shimizu (ep 5)
Yoshiya Yamamoto (ep 8)
Young-Beom Kim (eps 9, 12)
Yūichirō Fujimoto (eps 3, 5)
Yuka Hasegawa (eps 1, 6)
Yukari Miyagawa (ep 5)
Yūki Iwai (eps 2, 6)
Yuki Kodama (ep 12)
Yuki Koike (eps 1, 7, 9, 12)
Yuki Nagano (eps 7, 9)
Yūki Nakano (ep 10)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 5)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 8)
Yumi Kobayashi (ep 1)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 6)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 5)
Yumiko Totsu (ep 6)
Yutaka Minowa (ep 12)
Yuya Tsukada (ep 10)
Layout: Bahi JD (ep 7)
Logo Design: Yumi Dan
Mix Engineer: Masashi Yabuhara
Music Arrangement:
DJ Mitsu the Beats
mabanua
Music Composition:
DJ Mitsu the Beats
mabanua
Music Director: Keisuke Tominaga
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano
Olympus Music Performance:
Chiharu Mikuzuki (bass)
Matarou Misawa (percussion)
SLOPES (chorus)
Tsuneo Imahori (guitar)
Yasuo Sano (drums)
Online Editor:
Emi Maruo (Q-Tec; eps 11-12)
Eriko Asai (Q-Tec; eps 1-7)
Gen Itakura (Q-Tec)
Haruka Yasumoto (ep 10)
Motoki Shirai (Q-Tec; ep 3)
Ryu Ōba (Q-Tec; ep 8)
Yoshito Ashino (Q-Tec)
Original Work Assistance:
Yasuko Yamauchi (Shogakukan Monthly Flowers Editorial Dept.)
Yayoi Sashiyado (Shogakukan Monthly Flowers Editorial Dept.)
Photography:
Daiki Ishigami (Kichijoji Tron; OP)
Daisuke Horino (Studio Twinkle)
Hiroaki Tanaka (Studio Twinkle)
Katsutoshi Ooi (Studio Twinkle)
Kouhei Konishi (Studio Twinkle)
Michiyo Kiyota (Kichijoji Tron; OP)
Shinichi Igarashi (Studio Twinkle)
Tomohiko Komiya (Kichijoji Tron; OP)
Yoshihiro Musha (Studio Twinkle)
Yoshihisa Oyama (ED)
Piano Performance: Takashi Matsunaga (as Kaoru Nishimi)
Planning Assistant: Junya Okamoto
Production Advancement:
Airi Yamada (ep 5)
Akihiko Ōsawa (ep 8)
Hiroki Satō (eps 4, 11-12)
Kazuki Enami (ep 10)
Masao Tsuda (assist. ep. 10)
Masashi Tanaka (ep 2)
Masato Matsunaga (eps 6, 9, 12)
Shintarō Hashimoto (eps 3, 5)
Taisuke Furuya (eps 3, 5)
Toyo Shōji (assist. ep. 10)
Wataru Kawagoe (ep 12)
Publicity Assistance:
Kaori Sakai
Ken'ichi Sakurai
Recording: Daiki Hachimaki
Recording Assistant: Haruka Matsushita
Recording Director: Shōji Hata
Screen Setting: Yuusuke Takase
Setting Production: Atsuo Ishino
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects Assistant: Sachiko Nishi
Sound Manipulation:
Keiji Urata
Shunsuke Sakamoto
Yōichi Takeda (eps 1-3, 5, 9)
Special Effects:
Ayumi Arahata (Team Taniguchi)
Kaori Kobayashi (Team Taniguchi)
Kumiko Taniguchi (Team Taniguchi)
Storyboard Cleanup: Sawako Miyamoto (ep 12)
Sub-Character Design:
Akitsugu Hisagi (ep 9)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (eps 1-7, 12)
Eiji Abiko (ep 11)
Sorato Shimizu (ep 10)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 8)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (eps 1-10)
Theme Song Arrangement: Yoko Kanno (OP, ED)
Theme Song Composition: Yoko Kanno
Theme Song Lyrics:
Motohiro Hata (ED)
YUKI (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Motohiro Hata (ED)
YUKI (OP)
Trumpet Performance: Shinpei Ruike (as Junichi Katsuragi)
Vocals: Masayoshi Furukawa (ep 4)
Ryōhei Kimura as Kaoru Nishimi
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sentarō Kawabuchi

Aya Endō as Yurika Fukahori
Junichi Suwabe as Junichi Katsuragi
Yuuka Nanri as Ritsuko Mukae

Akane Yamaguchi as Kaoru's Aunt's Friend (ep 4)
Aki Nagao as
Girl (ep 9)
Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Ako Mayama as Sentarou's Grandmother (ep 4)
Amina Satō as
Friend (ep 6)
Mariko
Ayaka Shimoyamada as
Female Student (eps 3, 12)
Girl (eps 8-9)
Ayumu Murase as
Boy (ep 2)
Shigetora Maruo
Daisuke Endō as
Boy (eps 4, 10)
Committee Member (ep 7)
Okada (ep 5)
Student (ep 6)
Student on Roof (ep 12)
Haruka Mikami as Girl (ep 8)
Jeff Manning as Male Customer (ep 4)
Junichi Yanagita as
Boy (ep 2)
Colleague (ep 12)
Senior (eps 1, 7)
Junta Terashima as Boy (ep 2)
Kaito Aoi as Hasegawa (ep 5)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Priest (ep 12)
Kenichi Suzumura as Muroi (ep 8)
Kenji Hamada as Yurika's Father (eps 8-9)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Priest (eps 4, 11)
Kumiko Nakane as Kaoru's Aunt's Friend (ep 4)
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Sentarou's Father (eps 4, 11)
Maaya Uchida as Girl (ep 8)
Marie Miyake as Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Masaki Terasoma as Kaoru's Father (eps 1, 5)
Masako Joh as
Kaoru's Aunt
Yurika's Mother (eps 8-9)
Megumi Iwasaki as
Photography Club Girl (ep 8)
Taiichi (eps 3-6, 10-11)
Megumi Munegawa as Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Seiji Matsuoka
Nozomi Furuki as
Kaoru Nishimi (young; ep 1)
Tokie (eps 2, 7-10, 12)
Nozomi Sasaki as Nurse (ep 11)
Risa Kayama as Kouta (7 episodes
eps 3-6, 8, 10-11
)
Shinya Takahashi as Senior (ep 7)
Shohei Yamaguchi as Ryunosuke Yamaoka
Shoko Tsuda as Sentarou's Mother (eps 3, 11)
Takahiro Sakurai as Arita (ep 8)
Takako Honda as Kaoru's Mother (ep 5)
Takumi La Verne as Sentarou (young; ep 4)
Tsutomu Shiori as Homeroom Teacher (ep 1)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Boy (ep 2)
Yūichi Iguchi as
Boy (eps 4, 10)
Student (eps 6-7)
Student on Roof (ep 12)
Yume Miyamoto as
Girl (ep 9)
Sachiko (7 episodes
eps 3-6, 8, 10-11
)
Zenki Kitajima as
Mukai
Tsutomu Mukae
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A.C.G.T (ep 11)
APPP (ep 2)
Ashi Productions (ep 5)
Asterism (eps 8, 11)
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (ep 3)
Big Owl (eps 8, 10)
Bridge (ep 11)
CL Corporation (ep 8)
Def.c (ep 8)
DR Movie (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8-9, 11
)

Ginga-ya (ep 4)
Graphinica (ep 9)
HEBARAKI (eps 6, 9)
J-Cube Animation (ep 5)
Jinbun (ep 4)
Jumondo (ep 8)
Mouse (ep 5)
Nakamura Production (ep 5)
STUDIO GAO (ep 5)
Studio Liberty (eps 8, 10)
Studio Mark (ep 8)
TNK (ep 8)
Wao World (eps 2, 9-11)
Wish (eps 2, 4)
YABES (ep 5)
Yuhodo (eps 2, 4, 8)
ZEXCS (ep 6)
Animation Assistance: Office No. 8 (ep 10)
Animation Production:
MAPPA (eps 1-12)
Tezuka Productions (eps 3, 5)
Backgrounds:
Atelier BWCA (ep 10)
Cosmos Arts (ep 8)
DR Movie (ep 12)
Imagnet (eps 3, 5)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 4, 6-7, 9)
Ogura Kobo (ep 8)
See Throu Studio (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Seoul Loft (ep 8)
Studio 4°C (ep 10)
Studio Loft (ep 8)
Tezuka Productions (eps 8, 12)
Editing: Graphinica
Finish Animation:
AI (ep 2)
Big Owl (eps 8, 10)
Brain's Base (ep 1)
Cheng Pin Animation (ep 5)
CJT (eps 6, 9, 11-12)
CL Corporation (ep 8)
DEFA (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 9, 11
)

DR Movie (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 11-12
)

Fan Out (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 11-12
)

Hayashi (eps 11-12)
J&K Corporation (ep 5)
J-Cube Animation (ep 5)
Jinbun (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Jumondo (eps 3, 5, 12)
LIDEN FILMS (ep 6)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 3)
R.I.C (ep 10)
Studio Cj (eps 1-2, 4, 7)
Studio Elle (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9-12
)

Triple A (eps 9, 11)
xenron (ep 12)
In-Between Animation:
AI (ep 2)
Big Owl (eps 8, 10)
Cheng Pin Animation (eps 3, 5)
CJT (eps 6, 9, 11-12)
CL Corporation (ep 8)
DR Movie (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 11-12
)

Fan Out (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 11-12
)

Hayashi (ep 12)
ingresA (eps 1-2)
J&K Corporation (ep 5)
J-Cube Animation (ep 5)
Jinbun (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Jumondo (eps 3, 5, 12)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 3)
Ordet (ep 10)
R.I.C (ep 10)
Studio Cj (eps 1, 4, 7)
xenron (ep 12)
Music Production Cooperation:
Grand Funk Inc.
Sony Music Entertainment
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Original Work Assistance: Monthly Flowers
Photography Assistance:
Chōkyō (eps 1, 7)
DEFA (ep 3)
Digital Network Animation (ep 3)
G&G Direction (eps 3-5, 11)
Graphinica (eps 6, 11)
M.S.C (eps 4, 11)
Satelight (ep 6)
Scan-ya (eps 1, 7)
Studio Elle (eps 4, 6)
Wao World (ep 4)
Production Assistance:
LIDEN FILMS (ep 11)
Nomad (ep 8)
Ordet (ep 10)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 5)
Production Cooperation: Yamaha
Publicity Assistance: K Press
Recording Studio: Studio Don Juan
Sound Production: Dax Production
Sound Production Assistance: Sogo Gakuen Human Academy
special effects: Team Taniguchi
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Script: Steven Foster
Translation: Sheldon Drzka
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Audio Engineer: Jason Grundy
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Spotting: Clint Bickham
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Script: Sam Pinansky
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Andrew Love as Sentaro Kawabuchi
Chris Patton as Kaoru Nishimi

Blake Shepard as Seiji Matsuoka
David Matranga as Junichi Katsuragi
David Wald as Tsutomu Mukae
Maggie Flecknoe as Yurika Fukahori
Rebekah Stevens as Ritsuko Mukae

Chris Martinez as Taichi
Cynthia Martinez as Mariko
Greg Ayres as Shigetora Maruo
Hilary Haag as Sachiko
Kalob Martinez as Yamaoka
Luci Christian as Kota

English companies
Broadcaster:
Aniplus Asia
CVM TV (Jamaica)
Neon Alley
Distributor:
MVM (UK & Ireland)
Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Hanabee Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Sentai Filmworks
Production:
Sentai Studios (2021 release)
Seraphim Digital
French cast
French staff
Michaël Maino as Kaoru Nishimi
Pascal Gimenez as Sentarô Kawabuchi

Amandine Longeac as Ritsuko Mukae
Julien Dutel as Junichi Katsuragi
Sandra Vandroux as Yurika Fukahori

Angelique Heller as Shigetora Maruo
Delphine Saroli as Mariko
Jean-Marc Galera as Tsutomu Mukae
Justine Hostekint as
Seiji Matsuoka
Sentarô's mother
Laurent Pasquier as Kaoru's father

French companies
Broadcaster:
J-One (from 23 March 2015)
Nolife
Distributor: Dybex (DVD & BRD)
Dubbing: PILON Studio Son
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Mariano Ascione
ADR Script: Alejandro Bono

Mix Engineer: Noel Romero
Diego Brizzi as Sentarō Kawabuchi
Santiago Florentín as Kaoru Nishimi

Ángeles Lescano as Yurika
Ignacio de Anca as Junichi Katsuragi
Sol Nieto as Ritsuko Mukae

Alejandro Bono as Shigetora Maruo
Alejandro Graue as Yamaoka
Lucas Medina as Tsutomu Mukae
Patricio Lago as Seiji Matsuoka

Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
ETC...TV (Chile)
SENPAI TV (Chile)
Dubbing Studio: Estudio Mandinga
Internet Streaming: HBO Max (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Artworks Entertainment (2022)
The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Alfredo Rollo
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco
ADR Script: Rodrigo Rossi

Mix Engineer: Daniel Lima
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Artworks Digital Studio
Internet Streaming: HBO Max
Licensed by:
Artworks Entertainment (2022)
The Japan Foundation (Brazil)

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