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Giovanni's Island (movie)

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© 2014 JAME


Alternative title:
Giovanni no Shima (Japanese)
Giovannis Insel (German)
L'île de Giovanni (French)
L'isola di Giovanni (Italian)
La isla de Giovanni (Spanish)
ジョバンニの島 (Japanese)
喬望尼之島 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, drama
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: In the aftermath of WWII, Soviet Union soldiers occupy the small island of Shikotan and from this occupation a friendship forms between a young Japanese brothers, Junpei and Kanta and a Russian girl, Tanya striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history.
User Ratings: 72 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:7, raw:1, others:4
3 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 2 votes (dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 98 users, rank: #5211 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.694 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4107, rank: #1255 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.690 (Very good−), rank: #1163 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.69)
Bayesian estimate: 7.656 (Very good−), rank: #954 (of 7243)
Running time: 102 minutes
Vintage: 2014-02-22
Premiere date:
2014-02-22 (Japan)
2014-03-22 (USA, New York International Children's Film Festival)
2014-10-10 (UK, London Film Festival)
2014-11-21 (Hungary, Anilogue)
2014-12-04 (Spain - Cinesa)
2015-05-06 (Italy, Future Film Festival)
Review:
Giovanni no Shima (Apr 15, 2014)
News: Show:
Animax Updates (Sep 17, 2015)
Anime Limited Updates (Jan 13, 2015)
Anime Limited Updates (Jan 7, 2015)
Edinburgh SLA Line-Up (Sep 22, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Giovanni's Island [AU] (Blu-ray) 2015-03-11
    Giovanni's Island [UK] (Blu-ray) 2015-01-12 (from $20.39)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Giovanni's Island (BD+DVD) 2023-02-21 (from $15.86)
    Giovanni's Island [UK] [Ultimate Edition] (BD+DVD) 2015-01-12 (from $81.93)
DVD (Region 2)
    Giovanni's Island (DVD) 2015-01-12 (from $18.35)
DVD (Region 4)
    Giovanni's Island (DVD) 2015-03-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Unit Director: Masaki Tachibana
Music: Masashi Sada
Original Concept: David Wolman
Original creator: Shigemichi Sugita
Original Character Design: Atsuko Fukushima
Character Design: Nobutake Ito
Animation Director: Nobutake Ito
Art design: Akane Iwakuma
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Cgi Director: Eiji Inomoto
Director of Photography: Yumiko Nakata
Executive producer: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
2D Work: Makiko Yamazaki
Animation producer: Fuminori Honda
Art Advancement: Yumiko Yoshizawa
Assistant Animation Director:
Eiji Abiko
Kunihiko Sakurai
Assistant producer: Tetsushi Suzuki
Assistant Unit Director: Yoko Tsukada
Associate producer: Francesco Prandoni
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa (Inspired)
Atsushi Morikawa (Inspired)
Hitomi Haga (Inspired)
Natsumi Niima (Inspired)
Shinsuke Kinoshita (Inspired)
Shūichi Kusamori (Inspired)
Yuka Ōno (Inspired)
Yuki Funagakure (Inspired)
Battleship Animation Director: Masatsugu Arakawa
Business Manager: Kunio Yamada
CG Animation:
Ayaka Yamaguchi (Orange)
Katsunao Ohno (Orange)
Kōya Tsukahara (Orange)
Makiko Tanida (Orange)
Ryuichi Ikeuchi (Orange)
Shingo Kiyomiya (Orange)
Takayo Takeda (Orange)
CG Modeling Chief: Kana Suzuki
Chief Art Director: Santiago Montiel
Chief Production Manager:
Toru Ogi
Yoshitaka Hori
Color Check Assistant: Yumiko Katayama
Color design: Kumiko Yusa
Color Design Assistant: Youko Watanabe
Color Management: Toshiki Yura
Color Management Staff: Masakazu Morinaka
Color setting: Youko Watanabe
Color Setting Assistant: Yumiko Katayama
Creative: Yuki Endo
Dancer: Kurumi Uchida
Digital Cinema Mastering:
Kei Asai
Mizue Yamada
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Editing Coordinator: Hironori Takagi
Illustration: Senbon Umishima ("Galactic Railway" Image Scene)
In-Between Animation:
Aiko Sakata (Tezuka Productions)
Aimi Nishiuchi (Anitus Kobe)
Akane Ōtani (Anime Torotoro)
Akiko Ikeda (Pierrot)
Akiko Ōtsuka (Studio Takuranke)
Akiyo Okuda
Alexandra Weihrauch
Asako Matsumura
Asami Ōta (Anitus Kobe)
Asami Tachikawa (Production I.G)
Ayaka Saitou (Anime Torotoro)
Chiaki Yoshimura (MSC)
Chie Masuda (OLM)
Chikako Noma (OLM)
Emi Ikebuchi (Pierrot)
Emi Nakano
Emi Ōta
Emi Shibutani (Tezuka Production)
Emi Tamura
Erika Nishihara (Anitus Kobe)
Eun Ju Park (Dr. Movie)
Fumie Kaneko (Pierrot)
Hanako Egami (Anitus Kobe)
Haruka Sakai (Studio Gimlet)
Haruna Ōba (OLM)
Hayate Nakamura (Khara)
Hee Jung Kim (DR Movie)
Hikari Tanaka (Anitus Kobe)
Hiroaki Otsuji (Anitus Kobe)
Hiromi Itō (OLM)
Hiromi Masuko
Hironori Shimoji (P.A.Works)
Hiroyuki Kobashi (Production I.G)
Hitoshi Katsura (Studio Gimlet)
Hong Yi Min (DR Movie)
Hun Mi Park (DR Movie)
Hyun-Jung Lee (DR Movie)
Jae Yeon Choe (DR Movie)
Ji Young Sung (DR Movie)
Ji-Hyun Kim (DR Movie)
Jin Gong (Dr. Movie)
Jun Shirai
Jung Hee Shin (Dr. Movie)
Jung Hoon Kim (DR Movie)
Junko Nishimura
Kanako Awada (P.A.Works)
Kaori Fujii
Kaori Itō (Studio Takuranke)
Katsuya Yoshii (Khara)
Kazue Yoshida
Keika Ushimaru (Production I.G)
Keizō Suzuki (Studio Takuranke)
Kengo Takebana
Keum Young Woo (DR Movie)
Kimiko Nakagawa (Anitus Kobe)
Kiyomi Okuda (OLM)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Kuang Li (Taiguan Anime)
Kumiko Tanihira (Anime Torotoro)
Kumiko Terada (Studio Takuranke)
Kyung Mi Ham (DR Movie)
Kyung Suk Jo (Dr. Movie)
Maho Takagi (Khara)
Mai Nakazato (Anime Torotoro)
Mai Teshima (Anitus Kobe)
Maiko Nogami
Makiko Suzuki
Mamiko Hyūga (P.A. Works)
Manami Abe (Studio MAT)
Manami Goto (Production I.G)
Marumi Sugita (Production I.G)
Masakiyo Koyama (Anime Torotoro)
Masako Akita
Masaru Okuwaki (Studio Takuranke)
Masayo Andō
Masayo Okuzumi (OLM)
Mayumi Ōmura
Mi Sun Hwang (DR Movie)
Miho Araki (Anitus Kobe)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Miki Itou
Misa Koyasu
Misaki Kikuta
Mitsuki Chiba
Miyu Kimura (Anitus Kobe)
Miyuki Nakagawa (Studio Gimlet)
Momoko Aida (Anitus Kobe)
Moyo Takahashi
Namiko Ishidate (P.A. Works)
Nanako Hyuga (Production I.G)
Naoko Kawahara
Naoya Wada
Natsuko Tamura (Studio MAT)
Natsumi Yamashita (Anitus Kobe)
Nayuta Mori (Anitus Kobe)
Reika Kuchii (Studio MAT)
Reiko Sakai
Reina Ono (Tezuka Productions)
Rie Eyama (Studio Takuranke)
Ryōsuke Mizuno
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Sachika Hida (Production I.G)
Saki Konishi (P.A. Works)
Saki Noguchi (P.A. Works)
Sang Mi Jang (Dr. Movie)
Saori Hosoda (Studio Gimlet)
Saori Kishii (MSC)
Sayaka Yamai (Khara)
Se Won Kim (Dr. Movie)
Serika Yamada (Anitus Kobe)
Seung Suk Shin (Dr. Movie)
Shinichiro Yamada
Shiori Fujisawa
Sho Sugita (P.A.Works)
Shōko Nagasawa
Shōkoku Ono (Khara)
Shunsuke Fujita (Studio Gimlet)
Soon Ah Han (Pierrot)
Su Jung Han (DR Movie)
Sun Yeoun Yang (Dr. Movie)
Sung Yoon Bang (Dr. Movie)
Takanori Suzuki (OLM)
Tamaki Ishii (Pierrot)
Tomoko Murakami (Pierrot)
Tomoko Sugata
Tomomi Kakutani (Production I.G)
Tomomi Kamatani (P.A. Works)
Tomomiki Takase (P.A.Works)
Tomoyo Nishida
Tomoyo Okuda
Xiao Xiu Zhou (Taiguan Anime)
Yaeko Kodama (Pierrot)
Yasumi Ogura
Yoko Matoba (Anitus Kobe)
Yong Zhao (Taiguan Anime)
Yoshie Noguchi
Yoshiko Inoue (Production I.G)
You Hwa Park (Dr. Movie)
Young Ji Kim (Dr. Movie)
Yu Fen Cheng
Yu-Jung Kim (Dr. Movie)
Yui Matsuura
Yui Ōzaki
Yuka Katsuya (Pierrot)
Yuka Matsumura
Yuka Miyoshi (P.A. Works)
Yuka Tobita (Production I.G)
Yukari Furiya (Anime Torotoro)
Yukari Yamaura (Anime Torotoro)
Yuki Deguchi (Studio Gimlet)
Yuki Fuse (Khara)
Yuki Yokoyama (Production I.G)
Yukiko Kunitake
Yūko Katō (Production I.G)
Yuko Tagawa
Yun Hee Cho (Dr. Movie)
Yun Sung Cho (DR Movie)
Yuri Nakao (Pierrot)
Yuzumi Enosawa
Korean ADR Supervisor: Hee-Jung Kang
Lab Coordinator: Yuriko Satō
Lab Manager: Teru Ogawa
Line Producer: Shinji Kousaka
Military Research: Atsuji Kaneko
Music Production:
Toru Uehara
Yoshiaki Matsuda
Official Site Production:
Keiichi Satō
Kojiro Iida
Shoji Ōhashi
Orchestra Conductor: Toshiyuki Watanabe
Paint:
Asami Eguchi (Studio Road)
Eiko Matsushima
Emiko Ueno (Production I.G)
Erika Fujita (Production I.G)
Erika Kiyono (Studio Road)
Fujiko Oomori (Production I.G)
Haruna Sakaguchi (Studio Road)
Hiroaki Ishii
Hiromi Takahashi
Hye Sook Hwang (DR Movie)
Izumi Hirose (Production I.G)
Jin-Hee Lee (DR Movie)
Joung Hyoun Park (DR Movie)
Jung Eun Lee (DR Movie)
Kaho Endo (Studio Road)
Kanako Takayanagi
Kazu Doi (Production I.G)
Kazuko Karube
Kumiko Satō (Production I.G)
Kumiko Sone (Studio Road)
Maina Wada (Studio Road)
Makiko Suzuki (Production I.G)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road)
Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G)
Mayumi Satō (Production I.G)
Mayumi Yoshida (Studio Road)
Min Jung Kim (DR Movie)
Misato Aida
Mun Kyung Lee (DR Movie)
Nana Takei
Naomi Mori
Naomi Nakano (Studio Road)
Narumi Sakai (Production I.G)
Natsumi Watanabe (Production I.G)
Noriko Arisawa (Production I.G)
Rie Arai (Studio Road)
Rie Furushiro
Rina Itō (Production I.G)
Sayoko Noda (Production I.G)
Se Hee Jeong (DR Movie)
Se Na Park (DR Movie)
Seong Ho Moon (DR Movie)
Seung Ah Han (DR Movie)
Shiho Sunohara (Studio Road)
Shinji Matsubara (Production I.G)
Su Jung Kim (DR Movie)
Tomomi Kitani (Production I.G)
Tomoya Niimi
Yoshito Kikuchi (Studio Road)
Young Hye Yoo (DR Movie)
Yu Jin Jo (DR Movie)
Yuka Takeda (Production I.G)
Yuki Kadomatsu (Studio Road)
Yuki Komatsu
Yukie Tamura
Yūko Fujita (Production I.G)
Yuko Koshida (Studio Road)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G)
Paint Check: Yuri Okada
Photography Supervision: Hironori Takagi
Post-Production Director: Shigemichi Sugita
Production Advancement:
Akina Hasegawa
Kouya Hasegawa
Production Advancement Assistant:
Emi Nobori
Ichizu Takahashi
Tomoyuki Kajishita
Production manager: Mariko Aoki
Prop Design: Senbon Umishima
Publicity Manager:
Mika Minegishi
Takayuki Osaki
Publicity Producer: Yasushi Kanno
Russian ADR Consultant:
Jenya
Yoshimi Satō
Russian ADR Recording: Sergei Kolpakov
Russian Culture Research: Podarko Pyotr
Screenplay Cooperation: Shunsaku Ikehata
Setting Production: Yumiko Yoshizawa
Sketch Animation: Hisashi Mori
Sound Adjustment: Koji Kasamatsu
Special Effects: Akira Saitō
Special Support: Hiroshi Eno
Sub-Character Design: Eiji Abiko
Technical Director: Kyosuke Sakai
Theater Publicity:
Mika Nakayama
Tomokazu Fukunaga
Trailer Production: Aya Hatakeyama
Vehicle Animation Director: Masatsugu Arakawa
Vehicle Design: Masatsugu Arakawa
Visual Effects:
Akira Saitō
Hisashi Ezura
Web Supervisor: Yoshiko Shimabukuro
Junya Taniai as Kanta Senō
Kota Yokoyama as Junpei Senō

Hiroshi Inuzuka as Chief
Kanako Yanagihara as Micchan
Kaoru Yachigusa as Sawako (Present)
Kaoru Yawagusa as Sawako (Present) 
Masachika Ichimura as Tatsuo Senō
Saburo Kitajima as Genzō Senō
Tatsuya Nakadai as Junpei Senō (Present)
Yukie Nakama as Sawako

Hiroshi Shimozaki as Islander
Mau Konishi as Girl
Ryō Naitō as Islander
Sanjūni Tashiro as Islander
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Production I.G
Background Art: Inspired
CG Studio: Orange
Digital Lab: Imagica
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Making: FILM
Motion Capture Studio: Dynamo Pictures
Music Production: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Music Production Assistance:
Sada Pro
U Can
Music Recording: Sound City
Post-Production Studio:
delfi Sound
Jinnan Studio
Victor Studio
Publicity: Leo Enterprises
Publicity Design:
Robot
ROBOT Communications
Recording Studio: Bunkamura Studio
Title Logo Design: SCIVONE
Trailer Production: Gal Enterprise
Web Publicity: Flag
Website Production: SCIVONE
English staff
English companies
Translation: David Fleming
Additional Translation: Francesco Prandoni
QA Translator: Jake Jung
Script Adaptation: Wendee Lee
Voice Direction: Wendee Lee
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Shout! Factory (USA)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
GKIDS (USA)
Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
English cast
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Frédéric Souterelle

Adaptation: Jessica Bluthe
Sound Engineer: Guillaume Sablon
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ (DVD & Blu-Ray)
Dubbing: WanTake
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Cesar Lechiguero (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Screen Inserts: Sergio Capelo (Spain dub)
Subtitling: Nadia García Díaz (Selecta Visión; extras)
Eva Andrés as Tanya (Spain dub)
Inma Sancho as Kanta Seno (Spain dub)
Silvia Cabrera as Junpei Seno (Spain dub)

Boris Sanz as Tatsuo Seno (Spain dub)
Cari Monrós as Micchan (Spain dub)
Cesar Lechiguero as Genzo Seno (Spain dub)
Dario Torrent as Hideo (Spain dub)
Eva Bau as Sawako (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Junpei Seno (Spain dub; old)

Cari Monrós (Spain dub)
Carlos Cárdenas (Spain dub)
Cesar Lechiguero (Spain dub)
Edu Borja (Spain dub)
Enric Puig (Spain dub)
José Luis Siurana (Spain dub)
Marta Aparicio (Spain dub)
Rafa Albert (Spain dub)
Rosa López (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Canal+ Xtra (Spain)
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD and Blu-ray)
Dubbing Studio: Alboraia Art Studio (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming: Filmin (Spain)
Licensed by:
ConComics Cine
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: GAMILAX
Dubbing Assistant: Sabina Razzi
Dubbing Engineer:
Mario Frezza
Walter Carboni
Synchronization: Damiano Marchese
Arturo Sorino as Kanta Senō
Diego Follega as Junpei Senō

Alberto Angrisano as Tatsuo Seno
Angelo Nicotra as Genzo Seno
Carolina Gusev as Tanya

Graziella Polesinanti as Sawako (anziana)
Pietro Biondi as Junpei (anziano)
Silvio Anselmo as Capovillaggio
Virginia Brunetti as Mitchan
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Anime Generation
TIMvision
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Ulrike Lau
Script: Peer Pfeiffer
Translation: Thilo Mardaus
Ben Hadad as Junpei Senou
Claude Albert Heinrich as Kanta Senou
Daria Käufel as Tanya

Almut Zydra as Micchan
Barbara Adolph as Sawako (old)
Bernd Vollbrecht as Tatsuo Senou
Gregory Kofman as Koshkin
Gundi Eberhard as Sawako
Kaspar Eichel as Genzou Senou
Rainer Fritzsche as Hideo
Rüdiger Evers as Junpei Senou (old)

Josefin Hagen as Child's Mother
Reinhard Scheunemann as Village Headman
German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime
Dubbing: EuroSync GmbH
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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