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Nintama Rantaro (TV 18)

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Episode titles: We have 90

Vintage: 2010-03-29 to 2010-09-16 (18th Series, 90 eps)

Ending Theme:

"Yume no Tane" (ゆめのタネ) by NYC

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Hideo Kawauchi

Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa

Script:
Kazuhisa Sakaguchi
Kento Shimoyama
Yoshio Urasawa

Storyboard:
Hidekazu Oka
Hiroaki Akagi
Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Kazuki Onoki
Ken'ichi Nishida
Kenichiro Watanabe
Masahiro Okamura
Mitsuharu Yoshida
Norio Yazawa
Setsuko Shibuichi
Shinichiro Osawa
Takuo Suzuki
Tetsu Kimura
Tomoko Iwasaki
Yukio Nishimoto
Yūta Murano

Episode Director:
Hidekazu Oka
Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Masahiro Okamura
Mitsuharu Yoshida
Sadanori Kaneda
Shinichiro Osawa
Takechika Narikawa
Takuo Suzuki
Yoshio Suzuki

Art Director: Koichi Ejima

Animation Director:
Hideyuki Funakoshi
Ichiro Hattori
Kazue Tamari
Kazuyuki Ikai
Kiyomitsu Sato
Koji Watanabe
Makoto Yoshizaki
Masahiro Kase
Mitsuyuki Mutsuzaki
Shinichi Suzuki
Taeko Oda
Takahiro Gotō
Tetsuya Kobayashi
Toshihiro Uranaka
Tsuyoshi Ichiki
Yasuhiro Endo
Yayoi Yoshikawa
Yukio Okano
Yuko Ikuno

Sound Director: Akira Ookuma

Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Sasaki

Executive producer: Atsuya Hirooka

Producer: Ikuko Shimogawara

Animation producer: Ryūichirō Matsuyama

Animation Production Manager:
Akima Hirose
Hirokazu Yokoyama
Hisato Shimoshige
Takashi Toriyama
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Yū Adachi
Yui Nishihori
Yūko Ishiyama
Yūta Murano

Background Art:
Ayumi Fukuda
Harumi Kawaguchi
Jun Ikeda
Keiko Makino
Keiko Motoyama
Kumiko Inoue (10 episodes

eps 10, 13, 30, 33, 47-48, 57, 66, 69, 75

)
Mieko Ichihara
Takashi Nishimura
Takuya Sodeyama
Yuka Kurumizawa
Yumi Kudou

Color design: Toshiko Nakajima

Color Key:
Akiko Tokō
Ayako Usui
Keiko Takiguchi
Toshiko Nakajima

Editing:
Masaki Sakamoto
Seiji Morita

Finish Animation:
Jian Jun Gu
Li Xia Yang

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Fujii
Hui Li
Isao Nanba
Miho Gotō
Ming Hong Zhou
Saki Yanagisawa
Tomonori Ebisawa
Yuki Miyamoto

In-Between Check:
Minako Nagasawa
Tetsuo Hara
Yoji Egawa

Key Animation:
Aki Kuki
Akiko Taniguchi
Akira Shinoda
Akira Watabe
Ami Nagata
Asami Miyazaki
Aya Nasuno
Chie Kinoshita
Eizo Kawada
Emiko Endo
Emiko Niiyama
Etsuko Miura
Fumiko Kon
Fumiyasu Saito
Goro Taki
Haruo Miyagawa
Hiroki Kawazoe
Hiromi Sakamoto
Hiroshi Iino
Hitomi Fujii
Hoshihito Ekusu
Ichiro Hattori
Jun Takizawa
Kanae Komatsu
Kanako Tsuji
Kazuaki Imai
Kazue Tamari
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Kazuhito Ōmiya
Kazuko Shibata
Kazunori Shibata
Kazutoshi Imai
Kei Ohara
Kengo Yamazaki
Kenichi Maejima
Kiyomitsu Sato
Kyoko Chino
Mai Kuwabara
Makiko Shinohara
Makiko Takamichi
Mami Akagawa
Mayumi Kusunoki
Michishiro Yamada
Midori Uchiyama
Mie Takiguchi
Miki Yokose
Mitsuo Tano
Mitsuyuki Mutsuzaki
Miyoko Yanagino
Naoto Abe
Natsumi Hara
Niki Izumimoto
Noriko Sato
Rie Harada
Ryoko Nakamura
Sachiko Ono
Sachiko Tamamura
Satoshi Ohashi
Seiji Okada
Shigeru Uchihara
Shinya Kokaji
Shinya Nogami
Shouji Endo
Taeko Igo
Taeko Oda
Takahito Nakazawa
Takashi Kawaguchi
Takumi Koyama
Tamotsu Tomaru
Tatsuo Miura
Tetsuya Kobayashi
Tokunori Shimizu
Toshiki Yoshida
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Tsunenaka Nozaki
U Yeong Jeong
Yasuhiro Endo
Yoshihiro Tanaka
Yoshiteru Kobayashi
Yuka Aono
Yukie Matsumoto
Yūto Shindō
Yuuichi Nakajima

Photography:
Akio Saitô
Hayato Yoshitani
Kōhei Yamamoto
Nori Nakamura
Tatsuya Miguchi
Teppei Kondō

Recording: Nao Murakoshi

Sound Effects: Masahiro Shoji

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