remind me tomorrow
remind me next week
never remind me

Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

BELLE (movie)

Have you seen this? want to / seen some / seen all

Alternative title:

Belle: Smok i piegowata księżniczka (Polish)

Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime (Japanese)

竜とそばかすの姫 (Japanese)

용과 주근깨 공주 (Korean)

Genres: drama, fantasy, romance, science fiction

Themes: family, music, musical, social-networking, technology, virtual reality

Plot Summary: Suzu Naito is a shy, socially awkward 17 year old high school student traumatized by her mother’s death in her youth. Despite her anxieties she has maintained several childhood friendships including her mischievous best friend and computer wiz Hiroka Betsuyaku, who decides to challenge the existing social hierarchy by reinventing Suzu via the singing social media persona Belle, on the U site. This leads to conflict in Suzu’s real and virtual lives.

User Ratings: 78 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)

Excellent: 25 votes (sub:16, dub:4, edit.dub:1, others:4

1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled

)

Very good: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:4, ?:1, others:2

1 French subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled

)

Good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:4, others:1

1 Polish subtitled

)

Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)

So-so: 3 votes (raw:1, dub:1, sub:1)

Not really good: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)

Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)

Bad: -

Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 100 users, rank: #4822 (of 8900)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.667 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7879, rank: #1247 (of 9011)
Weighted mean: 7.632 (Very good−), rank: #1219 (of 9011) (seen all: 7.63)
Bayesian estimate: 7.611 (Very good−), rank: #993 (of 6778)

Running time: 122 minutes

Vintage: 2021-07-15

Premiere date:

2021-07-15 (France, Cannes Film Festival)

2021-07-16 (Japan)

2021-09-29 (South Korea)

2021-10-08 (Taiwan)

2021-10-28 (Hong Kong)

2021-11-04 (Macau)

2021-12-29 (France, Cinemas)

2021-12-30 (Portugal)

2022-01-12 (Indonesia)

2022-01-20 (Italy)

2022-01-20 (Mexico)

2022-01-29 (Romania, pre-screening)

2022-02-04 (Romania)

2022-02-17 (Hungary)

2022-02-18 (Finland)

2022-02-20 (Colombia)

2022-03-17 (Italy)

2022-03-25 (Spain)

Opening Theme:

"U" by Belle & millennium parade

Ending Theme:

"A Million Miles Away" by Kaho Nakamura

Insert song:

"Alle psallite cum luya" by Ryoko Moriyama, Sachio Nakao, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yoshimi Iwasaki and Michiko Shimizu

"Blunt Worlds" by ermhoi

"Lend Me Your Voice" by Kaho Nakamura

"Song" by Kaho Nakamura

Official website:

GKIDS

「竜とそばかすの姫」公式サイト (Japanese)

Studio Chizu

Review:

Belle (Jul 27, 2021)

News: Show: 10 +58 +26 unverified

BELLE Anime Film's Japanese TV Airing on Friday Canceled (Updated) (Jul 8, 2022)

Belle, Future Boy Conan, In/Spectre Released Monday (Updated) (Jun 26, 2022)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 15-21 (May 17, 2022)

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Film Wins Japan Academy Film Prizes' Animation of the Year (Mar 11, 2022)

Belle, Rurouni Kenshin The Final Films Win VFX-Japan Awards (Mar 5, 2022)

Kensho Ono, Megumi Ogata Win 16th Annual Seiyū Awards (Mar 5, 2022)

GKIDS Releases Belle Anime Film Digitally on May 3, Home Video on May 17 (Feb 28, 2022)

Belle Film's Japanese Blu-ray to Include Previously Unseen Footage as Bonus (Feb 3, 2022)

Power Rangers: Dino Fury Show Nominated for GLAAD Media Award, Belle Gets Gold List Honorable Mention (Feb 2, 2022)

VFX-Japan Awards Reveal 2022 Nominees (Feb 2, 2022)

Interest:

Crunchyroll Announces Nominees for 6th Annual Anime Awards (Jan 18, 2022)

Belle, BEASTARS Show How the 3D Models Change Depending on the Angle (Jan 18, 2022)

Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Theme Song to Feature at 2021 Kōhaku Song Contest (Nov 22, 2021)

Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Receives 14-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes (Jul 19, 2021)

Interviews:

Interview: BELLE English Dub Cast (Jan 23, 2022)

BELLE Lead Composer Taisei Iwasaki (Jan 21, 2022)

Press Releases:

Studio Chizu in Concert 2022 - One-Year Anniversary of the Release of “Belle” - (Aug 12, 2022)

Belle Collector's Edition Coming to 4K UHD™ on August 30, 2022 (Jun 3, 2022)

Now Available on Digital and Blu-ray --Critically Acclaimed Animated Film BELLE (May 17, 2022)

Critically Acclaimed Belle: Available on Digital Platforms May 3rd and on Blu-Ray May 17th (Feb 28, 2022)

GKIDS' 'BELLE' Crosses $3 Million Box Office (Jan 28, 2022)

GKIDS Releases Official English Music Videos For Mamoru Hosoda's Belle (Jan 14, 2022)

GKIDS Releases English-Dubbed Opening Scene for Oscar® Nominated Director Mamoru Hosoda's "Belle" (Jan 11, 2022)

Belle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – English Edition Album of Score & Vocal Music From the Mamoru Hosoda Film by Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell & Yuta Bandoh (Jan 8, 2022)

Studio Chizu Unveils 30-Second Teaser for Upcoming Mamoru Hosoda Film, “BELLE” (Feb 18, 2021)

Other articles: Show: 3 +2 ref. +6 unverified

The Best Anime of 2021 - MrAJCosplay, Monique Thomas, James Beckett & The Best Songs (Dec 29, 2021)

BELLE Director Mamoru Hosoda at the Animation is Film Festival (Oct 27, 2021)

Belle Is Mamoru Hosoda's 1st Film to Get IMAX Screenings (Jun 30, 2021)

You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register

Blu-ray (Region A)

BELLE - [4K] [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2022-08-30 (from $49.99)

Blu-ray + DVD combo

BELLE (BD+DVD) 2022-05-17 (from $19.99)

BELLE [SteelBook] [Target Exclusive] (BD+DVD) 2022-05-17

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Screenplay: Mamoru Hosoda

Music:
Ludvig Forssell
Miho Hazama
Taisei Iwasaki
Yuta Bando

Original creator: Mamoru Hosoda

Art Director: Nobutaka Ike

Animation Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama

Cgi Director:
Kazuhito Ezawa (LAPIZ)
Makoto Kuwabara (GEMBA)
Ryo Horibe
Ryō Sasaki (Astro Bros.)
Shinpei Maruyama (GEMBA)
Yohei Shimozawa

Director of Photography:
Jumi Lee
Kei Machida
Manabu Kamitōno

Executive producer:
Hibiki Ito
Nobuaki Tanaka
Takeshi Kikuchi
Yuka Saitō

Producer:
Genki Kawamura
Nozomu Takahashi
Toshimi Tanio
Yuichiro Saito

2D Effects Animator: Tatsuya Asakura (Astro Bros.)

Acquisition Manager: Lucie Desquiens (CHARADES)

Advertising: Ai Shigematsu

Animation Manager:
Yosuke Takayama
Yōta Shirasu

Animation Reference Actor:
Hanaka Terada
Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Archive Affairs: Leticia Gōkura

Art Manager: Mizuki Suda

Assistant Art Director: Kinichi Okubo (Deho Gallery)

Assistant Director: Taisuke Mori

Assistant Unit Director: Ryo Nakano

Associate producer:
Kei Kushiyama
Mami Okazaki
Shuzo Kasahara
Takuya Yoshioka
Yohann Comte
Yuya Machida

Background Art:
Akira Hirosawa (Comix Wave Films)
Ayahi Shimomura (Deho Gallery)
Ayumi Kojima (Deho Gallery)
Eriko Nakamura (Deho Gallery)
Hiroshi Nitta (Telecom Animation Film Art Dept.)
Hitomi Haga (Deho Gallery)
Junko Ina (Deho Gallery)
Kaoru Takino (Deho Gallery)
Katsushi Aoki (Deho Gallery)
Kikuyo Yano (Deho Gallery)
Kotomi Kuwabara (Comix Wave Films)
Kunihiko Inaba (Deho Gallery)
Mao Izawa (Comix Wave Films)
Osamu Nakajima (Deho Gallery)
Ryoko Ina (Deho Gallery)
Shunsuke Negishi (Comix Wave Films)
Tamiko Kanamori (Telecom Animation Film Art Dept.)
Tasuku Watanabe (Comix Wave Films)
Toshie Honda (Deho Gallery)
Yasuhiro Yamako (Telecom Animation Film Art Dept.)
Yuki Nomura (Deho Gallery)
Yuna Murooka (Comix Wave Films)

Casting Director:
Hoshiko Ōguchi (Unique Brains)
Satoshi Mashida (Unique Brains)

CG:
Masashi Takayashiki (Chiptune)
Shigeki Nemoto (Chiptune)
Tsukasa Saitō (Chiptune)

CG Animation:
Airi Kobayashi (GEMBA)
Hironori Motooka (Astro Bros.)
Josee Hange (TYFFON)
Masataka Nonaka (Astro Bros.)
Ryuusuke Ishida (Astro Bros.)
Takayuki Minato (Astro Bros.)
Wakako Aizawa (Astro Bros.)
Yuji Ootake (Astro Bros.)
Yukiho Nishimoto (GEMBA)

CG Animation Artist:
Akira Yamamoto (Image Logic)
Akizumi Kagawa (Digital Frontier)
Anna Ōta (Digital Frontier)
Anri Fukada (LAPIZ)
Bin Ruan (Beetle Studio)
Chao An (Beetle Studio)
Eisuke Motoike (Digital Frontier)
Guan Long Wang (Beetle Studio)
Han Li (Beetle Studio)
Haruka Matsumoto (Digital Frontier)
Hiroaki Wada (Image Logic)
Hiroshi Sakamoto (Digital Frontier)
Hiroyuki Katada (Canna Japan)
Jin Ling Xue (Beetle Studio)
Junpei Suzuki (Digital Frontier)
Kazuki Matoba (MORIE)
Keiji Yamaguchi (Digital Frontier)
Kenta Satō (Digital Frontier)
Kiyoshi Ishimaru (Digital Frontier)
Koetsu Ogawa (MORIE)
Kōhei Yamaguchi (Digital Frontier)
Kōta Karuo (Digital Frontier)
Kotaro Azuma (MORIE)
Kunji Ishida (Image Logic)
Midori Hasegawa (Type Zero)
Nanako Kumagai (Graphinica)
Naomi Shirai (RIZ)
Naoto Tokumaru (Digital Frontier)
Rami Ōhashi (Digital Frontier)
Ren Jufuku (Image Logic)
Ryō Ichikawa (Type Zero)
Ryō Watabe (Digital Frontier)
Ryōichi Nakama (Studio KHARA)
Sayoko Haba (Digital Frontier)
Shinichirou Hata (Digital Frontier)
Shūgo Harada (Canna Japan)
Shuhei Kumamoto (BIGFOOT)
Shuichi Osawa (Digital Frontier)
Shūji Matsukawa (Digital Frontier)
Shūya Sugawara (MORIE)
Sōichirō Kuroki (Digital Frontier)
Takamasa Fukuda (RIZ)
Takamasa Kanai (Digital Frontier)
Taketo Shimada (LAPIZ)
Takuro Togo (Digital Frontier)
Teppei Katsuta (Digital Frontier)
Tomomi Iwabuchi (Digital Frontier)
Tomonori Miyawaki (Digital Frontier)
Tsutomu Yokoyama (Image Logic)
Wataru Kamoda (Image Logic)
Wilfried Bigot (Digital Frontier)
Xi Yang Liu (Beetle Studio)
Xiao Wei Liu (Beetle Studio)
Yasutaka Akama (Digital Frontier)
Yoko Miyauchi (Digital Frontier)
Yoshiyuki Emura (Digital Frontier)
Yu Tanaka (Digital Frontier)
Yūichirō Sado (Digital Frontier)
Yuki Haratake (Digital Frontier)

CG Animation Director: Takaaki Yamashita

CG Animation Lead:
Kenji Okamoto (RIZ)
Kōsei Fushimi (Image Logic)
Ryo Tanbara (MORIE)
Seiya Hayashi (Image Logic)
Tsuyoshi Uno (Graphinica)
Yasuhiro Hattori (GEMBA)
Yosuke Yamada (Digital Frontier)

CG Animation Manager: Masataka Aoji (RIZ)

CG Animation Supervisor:
Takahiro Takahashi (TYFFON)
Takeshi Kamekawa (Digital Frontier)
Yukinobu Fujimatsu (Digital Frontier)

CG Background Artist:
Guillaume Riondel (Digital Frontier)
Kazuki Kuno (Digital Frontier)
Ken Tsuchiya (Digital Frontier)
Liang Peng Song (Digital Frontier)
Sadeeva Chintana (Digital Frontier)
Sakura Kuroiwa (Digital Frontier)
Satoshi Kawaguchi (Digital Frontier)
Shamina Ulyana (Digital Frontier)
Taiki Kamiya (Digital Frontier)
Tsutomu Nakazawa (Digital Frontier)
Yūki Fukuchi (Digital Frontier)
Yūki Masui (Digital Frontier)

CG Background Lead:
Chen Chen Wei (Digital Frontier)
Eun Suk Choi (Digital Frontier)
Ryota Minamoto (Digital Frontier)
Tsubasa Harigae (Digital Frontier)

CG Character Artist:
Chie Watanabe (Digital Frontier)
Dae Hyun Eom (Digital Frontier)
Hiroki Itokazu (Digital Frontier)
Hyeok Jin Kim (Digital Frontier)
Kōhei Ran (Digital Frontier Taiwan)
Koji Uchino (Digital Frontier)
Kōtarō Fukuda (Digital Frontier)
Michiru Fukuhara (Digital Frontier)
Naoto Ikeda (Digital Frontier)
Sachiko Okada (Digital Frontier)
Shin Nakata (Digital Frontier)
Shō Tsuboya (Digital Frontier)
Tomoyo Ikegami (Digital Frontier)
Wei Liang Leow (Digital Frontier)
Yosuke Toyoyama (Digital Frontier)
Zhen Ting Jiang (Digital Frontier)

CG Character Design:
Emmanuel Edeko
ippatu
Jin Kim
Kageichi Akiya
Mina Okazaki
Yoriyuki Ikegami
Yoshio Okazaki

CG Character Lead: Suguru Satō (Digital Frontier)

CG Lead Animator: Yasuhiko Takahashi (Astro Bros.)

CG Manager: Riku Shikata

CG Modeler:
Kotarō Arai (GEMBA)
Yūsuke Fukuda (GEMBA)

CG Pre-Production Coordinator:
Hiroyuki Endō (Digital Frontier)
Seren Kohiyama (Digital Frontier)

CG Producer:
Hidetake Uchida (Canna Japan)
Hiroshi Moriguchi (Graphinica)
Jun'ya Kimura (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)
Keita Shutō (Type Zero)
Kōta Morie (MORIE)
Masayoshi Watanabe (Canna Japan)
Naoto Kimura (Anima)
Nobuhiro Suzuki (Digital Frontier)
Shun Funahashi (Digital Frontier)
Takehisa Yoshimura (GEMBA)
Takuji Yasuda (Image Logic)
Toru Hirata (LAPIZ)
Wataru Senzaki (Digital Frontier Taiwan)
Yū Hatsushika (Studio GOONEYS)
Yuusaku Toyoshima (Digital Frontier)

CG Production Coordinator:
Chika Kurihara (Digital Frontier)
Kayo Ichimura (Megalis)
Miho Matos (Digital Frontier)
Minami Sano (Digital Frontier)
Tetsuaki Fujii (Digital Frontier)
Zhen Ru Ji (Digital Frontier)

CG Production Desk:
Kaori Nagahama (Digital Frontier)
Yōsuke Tatsuta (Digital Frontier)

CG Production Manager:
Aiko Yoneyama (Digital Frontier)
Chang Ming Sun (Beetle Studio)
Jie Mu (Beetle Studio)
Jin Jia Liu (Digital Frontier Taiwan)
Kōji Takase (Graphinica)
Ming Lou Que (Digital Frontier Taiwan)
Nanako Egami (Wafu Animation)
Nao Tsuchiya (Digital Frontier)
Peng Wang (Digital Frontier)
Rinka Wada (Beetle Studio)
Sakie Takaba (Digital Frontier)
Shūta Kosugi (Digital Frontier)
Takatoshi Yoshikane (Digital Frontier)
Tatsuya Nishiyama (Astro Bros.)
Yōsuke Ōno (MORIE)
Yuna Ōtsuka (GEMBA)

Choir Director: Ben Parry (London Voices)

Choir Performance:
London Voices
Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime Extra Singers
Suginami Junior Chorus

Choreography: Masako Yasumoto

Co-Assistant Unit Director: Aya Okada

Co-production Manager: Jonas Benhaiem (CHARADES)

Color: Mitsuhiro Shoji (Q-Tec)

Color design: Osamu Mikasa

Color Design Assistant: Noriko Komada

Color setting:
Ami Kutsuna
Emiko Okada

Color Setting Chief: Noriko Komada

Composite Artist:
Frank Medgyesy (Anima)
Fumika Saitō (Digital Frontier)
Haruki Murao (Digital Frontier)
Hikaru Yoshijima (Digital Frontier)
Hiroshi Yamada (Digital Frontier)
Hitoshi Miyake (Digital Frontier)
Kazuo Mitsuyama (Anima)
Kazuya Akiyama (Image Logic)
Kenta Kawashima (Digital Frontier)
Kōta Hibino (Image Logic)
Manami Tamaki (Digital Frontier)
Marine Boudry (Anima)
Masanori Ikeda (Digital Frontier)
Reimi Tomio (Digital Frontier)
Ryo Kawaguchi (Digital Frontier)
Ryūsei Akemoto (Digital Frontier)
Saya Nomura (Digital Frontier)
Shōgo Kanemoto (Image Logic)
Takahito Nakayama (Digital Frontier)
Yasuhiro Ohtsuka (Digital Frontier)
Yukie Nakajima (Anima)
Yusuke Tani (Digital Frontier)

Composite Lead:
Akira Onodera (Digital Frontier)
Ryō Tomomura (Digital Frontier)
Takamasa Hatakeyama (GEMBA)
Tatsuya Tsukamoto (Image Logic)

Compositor:
Bui Minh Nguyen (GEMBA)
Hayato Takanashi (GEMBA)
Takeyuki Katō (Megalis)
Tomoya Nakamura (GEMBA)

Concept Art:
Alice Dieudonné (Cartoon Saloon)
Almu Redondo (Cartoon Saloon)
Isamu Kamikokuryō
Maria Pareja (Cartoon Saloon)
Ross Stewart (Cartoon Saloon)
Tomm Moore (Cartoon Saloon)

Costume Design:
Daisuke Iga
Kunihiko Morinaga (ANREALAGE)
Megumi Shinozaki (edenworks)

Crowd Artist:
Kōta Asano (Digital Frontier)
Tomochika Ijū (Digital Frontier)

Crowd Lead: Takuya Iida (Digital Frontier)

Design Assistant:
Ai Yonekura (Creators in Pack)
Daichi Haketa
E o Kaku PETER
Emi Asanuma
Hiroyuki Kodama (Creators in Pack)
Kōhei Totani
Le Yamamura
Mio Imamura (DIPREX)
Noriko Shimada
PALOW.
Satoho Waku
Yu Jia Wang
Yumi Ishii

Dialogue Editing:
Hiroaki Satō (molmol)
Hisafumi Tsuzuki

Digital Art:
Erina Nishikawa (Type Zero)
Harue Miyamoto (Type Zero)
Miyu Konishi (Type Zero)
Nodoka Kiro (Type Zero)
Yoshimasa Tomohara (Type Zero)

Domestic Legal Affairs:
Hikaru Akiyama
Takashi Shinomiya

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Editing Assistant: Maki Sendo

Effects Artist:
Haruki Yoshioka (Digital Frontier)
Hayato Kita (Digital Frontier)
Hiroshi Takabayashi (Digital Frontier)
Jun Ogishima (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)
Kōki Mine (Digital Frontier)
Nanako Uragami (Megalis)
Naohiro Sakami (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)
Peng Koon Lee (Digital Frontier)
Reiya Hashimoto (Digital Frontier)
Ryōta Hamaguchi (Megalis)
Sao Yoshimoto (Digital Frontier)
Seiya Tokuda (Digital Frontier)
Takuya Kuribayashi (Digital Frontier)
Tomoya Fukuda (Digital Frontier)
Xiao Jun Lao (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)
Yūya Emi (Digital Frontier)
Yūya Kitamura (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)

Effects Lead:
Akira Karakida (Digital Frontier)
Gen Ito (Digital Frontier)
Kan Matsumoto (Digital Frontier)
Kazuhiro Imamiya (Griot Groove LiNDA Team)
Kensuke Kusamoto (Digital Frontier)
Ryō Tsunoda (Digital Frontier)
Takahiro Matsui (Digital Frontier)

Effects Supervisor: Junpei Yamashita (Megalis)

Facial Animation Artist:
Kensaku Ishiyama (Digital Frontier)
Masahiro Mushigami (Digital Frontier)
Michika Hatakeyama (Digital Frontier)
Misa Kumai (Digital Frontier)
Shōichi Ichimura (Digital Frontier)

Facial Animation Lead: Shōei Takao (Digital Frontier)

Facial Rigging Artist:
Kensaku Ishiyama (Digital Frontier)
Masahiro Mushigami (Digital Frontier)
Michika Hatakeyama (Digital Frontier)
Misa Kumai (Digital Frontier)
Shōichi Ichimura (Digital Frontier)

Facial Rigging Lead: Shōei Takao (Digital Frontier)

Festival Sales: Nicolas Rebeschini (CHARADES)

Festivals Coordinator: Margaux Namura (CHARADES)

Festivals Manager: Nicolas Rebeschini (CHARADES)

Financial Tax Manager:
Haruka Asakawa
Katsuyoshi Kuno
Keiichi Uezumi
Masahiro Fukushima
Tomoko Maniwa

Foley Artist:
Akira Itō
Sakura Katsumata

Foley Editor: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Head Of Business Affairs: Pauline Boucheny (CHARADES)

In-Between Animation:
Aika Goto (MADHOUSE)
Akiko Teshima (Comix Wave Films)
Anzu Yamaguchi
Asami Ishiura
Ayano Yagi
Bu Kyung Kim (DR Movie)
Chae Won Cho (DR Movie)
Chie Nishihara (Studio Colorido)
Chul-Ho Jang (DR Movie)
Da Hye Jeong (MARU Animation)
Erika Saori Takeshita (Comix Wave Films)
Eun Ju Choi (DR Movie)
Eun Seo Do (MARU Animation)
Hae Jin Jeon (DR Movie)
Hee Deok Jang (DR Movie)
Hee Jung Kim (MARU Animation)
Hibiki Koike (Studio Colorido)
Hikaru Hayashi (Tatsunoko Production)
Hiromi Matsuda (Comix Wave Films)
Hisana Kobayashi (MADHOUSE)
Hyun Ju Park (DR Movie)
Ji-Hyun Kim (MARU Animation)
Jin Gong (DR Movie)
Jin Ju Jeong (MARU Animation)
Jin Ju Ko (DR Movie)
Ju Ri Jeong (DR Movie)
Kanae Utsumi (Comix Wave Films)
Kanako Tanabe (Comix Wave Films)
Kazuha Tanaka (Studio Colorido)
Keiko Tomizawa
Keiko Watanabe
Keitarō Tokutome (Studio Colorido)
Kyōsuke Katō (Tatsunoko Production)
Maiko Matsumura (Studio Colorido)
Manami Noguchi (Studio Colorido)
Maya Fujimori
Mayu Fujii (MADHOUSE)
Mi Kyoung An (MAA MOPICS)
Mi Na Choi (DR Movie)
Mi Ok Lee (DR Movie)
Min Kyoung Lee (DR Movie)
Minako Kon (Studio Colorido)
Minami Nakamura
Misuzu Ichinose
Moe Maruta (Contrail)
Momoka Chida (MADHOUSE)
Natsuki Hara (Tatsunoko Production)
Natsumi Hara
Natsumi Takahashi (Studio Colorido)
Reiko Mano (Comix Wave Films)
Rie Nakagome
Riko Fujita (Studio Colorido)
Rumi Sato
Saya Chiba (Tatsunoko Production)
Se Won Kim (MARU Animation)
Seon Hye Jang (DR Movie)
Seong Eun Jeong (MARU Animation)
Setsuko Takenouchi (Studio Colorido)
So-Young Lee (DR Movie)
Sonoo Akagi (Studio Colorido)
Soon-Ha Hwang (MAA MOPICS)
Tomoko Nakajima
Toshinori Unetani
Yōko Tanaka
Young Eun Seo (MARU Animation)
Young Ju Son (DR Movie)
Young-Jin Heo (DR Movie)
Yu Jin Lee (DR Movie)
Yuka Abe (Tatsunoko Production)
Yukiko Muroga
Yumeka Takahashi
Yun Hee Cho (MARU Animation)

In-between Animation Manager: Yūma Takai

In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima
Kayo Sakazume
Kumiko Terada
Kunoko Akiyama
Masayo Tamaki
Yuka Chōmei

Insert Song Arrangement:
Junko Yokoyama ("Kokoro no Hitomi")
Ludvig Forssell ("Uta yo;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4;" "Blunt Words;")
Taisei Iwasaki ("Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4"; "Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Yuta Bando ("Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4;""Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")

Insert Song Composition:
Ludvig Forssell ("Uta yo;" "Blunt Words;")
Taisei Iwasaki ("Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4"; "Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Takashi Miki ("Kokoro no Hitomi")

Insert Song Lyrics:
Kaho Nakamura ("Uta yo;" "Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4"; "Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Ludvig Forssell ("Blunt Words")
Mamoru Hosoda ("Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4"; "Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Taisei Iwasaki ("Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1;""Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Toyohisa Araki ("Kokoro no Hitomi")

Insert Song Performance:
ermhoi ("Blunt Words")
Fuyumi Sakamoto ("Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan")
Kaho Nakamura ("Uta yo;" "Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan;" "Kokoro no Soba ni;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 1"; "Hanarebanare no Kimi e Part 4;" "Hanarebanare no Kimi e [reprise]")
Michiko Shimizu ("Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan")
Ryoko Moriyama ("Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan")
Sachiyo Nakao ("Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan")
Suginami Junior Chorus ("Kokoro no Hitomi")
Yoshimi Iwasaki ("Iza, Lila o Kanadete Utawan")

Lead Foley Artist: Akihiko Okase

Line Test:
Hyun-Jung Lee (Dangun Pictures)
Iori Yokoi (Dangun Pictures)
Rui Zhe Qiu (Dangun Pictures)
Xiang Guang Chen (Dangun Pictures)

Live2D Designer:
Aimi Ōtsuka
Akiko Nakama
Ami Tsukamoto
Ayumi Chatani
Chihiro Yoshikawa
Daiki Nakajima
Emi Tagawa
Fumi Kawashima
Haruka Ejima
Hatsumi Takizawa
Hikaru Ogawa
Hisashi Kato
Minami Sasaki
Nae Hayashi
Nozomu Kimura
Qing Yang Liu
Ryota Kawakami
Satsuki Tone
Tomohiro Seki

Live2D Development Engineer:
Kazunari Shimazaki
Keita Watanabe
Miki Nakamura
Takuya Itō
Yūta Imai

Live2D Development Leader: Ken'ichi Satou

Live2D Development Technical Artist:
Masaya Sasahara
Shūichi Inada

Live2D Director:
Miyuki Kunisada
Nami Ishihama
Narumi Nakayama

Live2D Manager Assistant: Yūdai Ogata

Live2D Producer: Genjirō Ishikawa

Live2D Production Manager:
Risako Takahashi
Sumire Yagi

Live2D Technical Director: Takuya Miyashita

Live2D Unit Director: Seiji Kumoi

Main Theme Composition: Daiki Tsuneta

Main Theme Lyrics: Daiki Tsuneta

Main Theme Mixing: Yū Sasaki

Main Theme Performance:
Kaho Nakamura
Millennium Parade

Main Theme Recording: Yū Sasaki

Making:
Sachiko Iijima
Takumi Iwasawa
Tsutomu Jingū

Marketing Coordinator: Margaux Namura (CHARADES)

Marketing Manager: Mathilde Martin (CHARADES)

Materials Assistant:
Emi Tamaki (H2L)
Satoshi Nagata

Matte Paint Artist: Minako Shimada (Digital Frontier)

Matte Painter: Shin'ichirō Haketa (GEMBA)

Merchandising Affairs: Emi Miyazawa

Motion Actor: Masako Yasumoto

Motion Capture Unit:
Ami Kurita (Digital Frontier)
Hiroki Koshida (Digital Frontier)
Kenta Katsuma (Digital Frontier)
Tatsuya Saitō (Digital Frontier)
Yūsuke Saeki (Digital Frontier)

Music Affairs: Satoshi Hirakawa

Music Director: Taisei Iwasaki

Music Editing: Akiyoshi Tanaka

Music Mixing: Hiroaki Satō (molmol)

Music Performance:
Ayatake Ezaki (piano/synthesizer)
Daiki Tsuneta (beat programming & all other instruments)
Kaname Hamaji (horn)
Masahito Kawahara (trombone)
MELRAW (horn arrangement/trumpet/alto sax/flute)
Shun Ishiwaka (timpani/drum line snares/marimba/gran cassa/cymbals)

Music Production Assistant:
Ai Ninomiya
Jean-Christophe Chamboredon
Junko Yokoyama
Kazune Ogihara
Nobuyuki Kato
Yukiko Fujisawa
Yumika Ehara

Music Recording Engineer:
Fumio Hoshino
Kazunori Yamada
Ken Muramatsu
Yoshimasa Wakui

Music Recording Mixer: Chuji Sato (C.A.S.)

Music Supervision: Takayuki Sen'yō

Musician: Miho Sakai (cello)

Official Website Production:
Hiroki Matsumoto
Kyōko Koyama
Miho Katō
Shinji Yoshida

Online Editor:
Ayaka Minami (Q-Tec)
Rie Sakurai (Q-Tec)

Opening Titles: Yuiko Sumida

Orchestra Coordinator: Ryō Maekubo

Orchestra Music Performance:
Keita Ogawa (Ensemble FOVE)
Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band
Manabu Sakata (Ensemble FOVE)
Masato Suzuki (Ensemble FOVE)
Nami Kanō
Nobuhide Handa
Pierre Nakano
Ryōji Ihara Brass
Shunsuke Watanabe (Ensemble FOVE)
Tom Tamada
Tomas Hörnberg (Ensemble FOVE)
Yukinori Kobatake (Ensemble FOVE)

Orchestrations:
Aoi Hasegawa
Izumi Maekawa
Masahiro Aogaki
Motonobu Gotō
Yūki Nakahashi
Yūya Haryū

Overseas Affairs:
Asuka Kimura
Harry Hisanari Tanaka
Mayumi Furuyama
Naoko Satō
Run Tian

Overseas Events Affairs:
Akihiro Sotokawa
Juhyue Yi

Overseas Legal Affairs:
Atsushi Naito
Ayako Murakami

Overseas Translation Publishing Affairs:
Hikari Ishikawa
Maki Momono
Miyuki Kōno
Tomoko Amano

Paint:
Aki Morimitsu (SUNRISE BEYOND Fukuoka Studio)
Atsuko Ito (Wish)
Aya Ōtaki (Wish)
Ayu Wakai (Comix Wave Films)
Chisato Shioda (asread)
Emiko Okui (Wish)
Eri Kitahara (SUNRISE BEYOND Fukuoka Studio)
Eri Mitsuda (asread)
Erika Tanaka (Wish)
Eun Jin Cha (MARU Animation)
Eun Jung Lee (DR Movie)
Han Zheng Zhang (Wish)
Haruka Igarashi (Studio Road)
Hee Sook Wang (MARU Animation)
Hisako Furukawa (Wish)
Jin-Hee Lee (DR Movie)
Jung Ah Lim (DR Movie)
Junko Akihara (Comix Wave Films)
Kazu Sumiyoshi (Studio Road)
Kazunari Miyasako (Wish)
Kosuke Mizusawa (Wish)
Kōta Sudō (Wish)
Kouki Imamoto (Wish)
Kumiko Sone (Studio Road)
Kumiko Yamazaki (Wish)
Mai Nagai (Studio Road)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road)
Mi Jin Mo (MARU Animation)
Miku Nishinosono (Wish)
Min Ju Kim (DR Movie)
Min Kyoung Kwon (DR Movie)
Miyuki Takagi (Studio Road)
Mizuki Sakashita (Studio Road)
Nao Kinoue (Wish)
Naoki Fukutani (asread)
Naoki Ishikawa (Wish)
Ok Hee Kim (DR Movie)
Reo Harada (Studio Road)
Rie Kitazawa (Wish)
Rieko Umemura (Wish)
Risa Matsumoto (Comix Wave Films)
Sara Yamazaki (Wish)
Sayuri Yoshida
Se Na Park (DR Movie)
Seong Suk Choi (MARU Animation)
Shiho Suzuki (Chiptune)
Shinya Terashima (Wish)
So Ri Choi (DR Movie)
Sook Ja Jeon (MARU Animation)
Su Hyun Jung (DR Movie)
Su Young Jung (DR Movie)
Taeko Mizuno (Studio Road)
Takaaki Izumi (Wish)
Teruka Tanaka (Wish)
Thi Kim Phuong Nguyen (Wish)
Toyo Morita (Chiptune)
Ye Jin Jo (DR Movie)
Yoko Chiba (Wish)
Yoshinori Horikawa (Chiptune)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish)
Young Hye Yoo (DR Movie)
Yuri Kan (Studio Road)
Yuusuke Ishihara (Wish)

Paint Check:
Ami Kutsuna
Emiko Okada

Paint Check Chief: Noriko Komada

Paint Manager: Yūma Takai

Photography:
Hisashi Matsumuko (STAR Laboratories)
Masanobu Tsuchiya (STAR Laboratories)
Masaya Sakano (STAR Laboratories)
Nanae Hirabayashi (Studio KHARA)
Ryōga Nakajima (STAR Laboratories)
Satoshi Yamamoto (Chiptune)
Sota Mikami (Chiptune)
Yoshie Itō (STAR Laboratories)
You Ru Xu (STAR Laboratories)
Yūya Kimishima (Chiptune)

Photography Assistant: Katsuto Ogawa (Chiptune)

Photography Manager:
Riku Shikata
Yuuya Kumazawa

Production Assistant:
Daisuke Namiki
Hidehisa Taniguchi
Hiroto Morinaga
Hisaya Takahara
Kazuo Fukuda
Saaya Aoki
Shigeru Akiyama
Shinnosuke Saito

Production Chief: Masami Sakon

Production Committee:
Aiko Matsunaga (NTT Docomo)
Akira Nomiyama (NTT Docomo)
Daiji Horiuchi (KADOKAWA)
Daijō Kudō (KADOKAWA)
Fumihiko Shinozaki (Kadokawa Media House)
Hirotaka Yamauchi (NTT Docomo)
Ichirō Hashiba (BookWalker)
Junji Igarashi (MovieWalker)
Kako Kuwahara (NTV)
Kaname Echizen (NTT Docomo)
Maiko Satoh (NTV)
Masayuki Aoyagi (KADOKAWA)
Natsuki Satō (NTT Docomo)
Nobuki Hōjō (NTV)
Nobuyuki Iinuma (NTV)
Takuya Itō (NTV)
Toshio Nakatani (NTV)
Yukiko Koike (Studio Chizu)

Production Design:
Anri Jojo
Eric Wong

Production Desk: Mayumi Hirakata

Production Director: Keiichi Sawa

Production manager: Takashi Nakame

Production producer: Hiroyuki Ishiguro

Production Supervision:
Eri Kasai
Masari Taki

Program Sales Affairs:
Ao Shimada
Mayu Nishiyama
Nene Horiuchi
Paula Kataoka
Rieko Ishii

Promotion Partner:
Ai Okamoto (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Akihiko Tsutsui (Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Akihiro Omura (TOHO)
Akihito Watanabe (Lawson Entertainment)
Akiko Shirai (Lawson Entertainment)
Akio Nomura (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Akira Hata (TV Niigata Broadcasting)
Akito Kanagawa (Sapporo TV)
Atsushi Hatayama (TV Iwate)
Ayumi Yamada (Yamanashi Broadcasting)
Chihiro Ishiga (MOVIC)
Chiyoshi Suzuki (Fukui Broadcasting)
Fumi Matsuno (Sapporo TV)
Fumi Miura (MOVIC)
Gōta Tanaka (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Haruhisa Kudō (TV Oita)
Hideyasu Kōzu (Yomiuri TV)
Hiroki Miyamoto (MOVIC)
Hiromi Haraguchi (TV Miyazaki)
Hiroshi Chino (Sapporo TV)
Hirotaka Itō (Kochi Broadcasting)
Hiroyasu Matsuoka (TOHO)
Hitoshi Miyabe (Nankai Broadcasting)
Ibuki Kawasuzuki (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Junichi Abe (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Jura Kawabata (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Kazuki Yokoi (Chukyo TV)
Kazunari Maenishi (Yomiuri TV)
Kazuo Yanada (TV Kanazawa)
Kazuya Miyata (TV Shinshu)
Keiko Saitō (TV Iwate)
Keisuke Suzuki (Yamagata Broadcasting)
Ken Isaji (Kagoshima Yomiuri TV)
Ken Kobayashi (TV Niigata Broadcasting)
Kenichi Hirose (Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Kenichirō Sagiyama (Hiroshima TV)
Kenji Kashiwase (Dentsu)
Kunifusa Ishii (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Kyōichi Takeda (Dentsu)
Maki Nishida (Aomori Broadcasting)
Mami Fukuda (Lawson Entertainment)
Mamoru Inagaki (Yamaguchi Broadcasting)
Manabu Takahashi (Yamagata Broadcasting)
Mari Toshima (Nishinippon Broadcasting)
Marika Fukushi (Yomiuri TV)
Masafumi Shigemori (Fukui Broadcasting)
Masaki Moriuchi (TV Kanazawa)
Masanori Yumiya (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Masashi Tanaka (Kochi Broadcasting)
Masato Nariai (TV Miyazaki)
Masato Yuasa (Shikoku Broadcasting)
Michiaki Kidera (Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Miki Isomura (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Misaki Suzuki (Lawson Entertainment)
Mutsumi Yamane (Nihonkai TV)
Naoki Fujimura (Hiroshima TV)
Naoya Moritani (Lawson Entertainment)
Nobuto Yoshino (TV Shinshu)
Norihiro Miyamoto (Yomiuri TV)
Riho Suzuki (Lawson Entertainment)
Ryō Shimane (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Seiichirō Konishi (Shikoku Broadcasting)
Seika Kobayashi (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Shin Kurihara (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Shingo Kunieda (MOVIC)
Shinichirō Tsuchiya (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Shintarō Kayaba (Miyagi TV)
Shirō Yoshioka (Miyagi TV)
Shōma Suzuki (Dentsu)
Shū Kagaya (Akita Broadcasting)
Shuhei Kamata (TOHO)
Shūhei Maeda (Kumamoto Kenmin TV)
Shuichi Kuroe (Fukushima Chuo TV)
Shūichi Ryūjin (Yomiuri TV)
Taichi Ueda (TOHO)
Takahiro Warashina (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Takao Honda (Kitanihon Broadcasting)
Takao Yamauchi (Nankai Broadcasting)
Takehiko Emi (TOHO)
Takumi Miyakawa (Akita Broadcasting)
Takuya Iwata (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Tarō Sugihara (The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Tetsurō Katō (Chukyo TV)
Tetsushi Kawahara (Kitanihon Broadcasting)
Tomohiro Katō (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Toshiaki Yoshioka (Yamanashi Broadcasting)
Toshihiro Suzuki (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Toshinori Sasaki (Hiroshima TV)
Toshio Miura (TV Oita)
Toshiya Sugimoto (Kumamoto Kenmin TV)
Toshiyuki Hisamatsu (Kagoshima Yomiuri TV)
Toshiyuki Konno (Miyagi TV)
Toyokuni Morishita (Nagasaki International TV)
Tsutomu Aihara (East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.)
Tsuyoshi Fujimura (Yamaguchi Broadcasting)
Tsuyoshi Wake (Nishinippon Broadcasting)
Wataru Sasaki (Aomori Broadcasting)
Yasuhiro Shimada (Dentsu)
Yasushi Imabuchi (Yomiuri TV)
Yōji Mori (Chukyo TV)
Yoshihide Oka (Fukushima Chuo TV)
Yoshinori Hasegawa (MOVIC)
Yū Inagaki (TOHO)
Yūji Takagi (Nagasaki International TV)
Yūko Moriya (Nihonkai TV)
Yūta Kurihara (Dentsu)
Yutaka Ishikawa (Dentsu)

Publicity:
Akane Ōtaka
Akira Oyamada
Azumi Yasutake
Masaya Kozuka
Miho Ueno
Risa Maeda
Sachiko Tanaka
Soji Kojima
Tomomi Akiyama
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi

Publicity Producer: Shoichi Hayashibara

Publicity Visual:
Shiho Sasaki
Tenji Kobayashi

Publishing Affairs:
Takahiro Fujita
Yuichi Adachi
Yukiko Yamamoto

Recording Assistant: Remi Kurashima

Rigging Artist:
Akihiro Hamashima (Digital Frontier)
Akihito Miura (Digital Frontier)
Cheol Young Kim (Studio Join)
Hiroaki Udō (Digital Frontier)
Hiroshi Sakurai (Digital Frontier)
Hirotaka Tanaka (Digital Frontier)
Hiroto Tominaga (Digital Frontier)
Hisakazu Aoki (Type Zero)
Hyun Ah Yu (Studio Join)
Hyun Ho Lee (Studio Join)
Jiang Kai Fan (Digital Frontier)
Kai Inoue (Digital Frontier)
Keiichi Suda (Digital Frontier)
Kengo Shirakawa (Digital Frontier)
Kōhei Araoka (Digital Frontier)
Kouji Nakagawa (LIBZENT Innovations/BACKBONE)
Masashi Yoshino (Digital Frontier)
Ryō Koyama (Digital Frontier)
Xin Yu Yang (Digital Frontier)
Yohei Sunamura (Studio GOONEYS)
Yoshinori Ebina (LIBZENT Innovations/BACKBONE)

Rigging Lead:
Jae Chul Bae (Studio Join)
Takayuki Yanagisawa (Digital Frontier)

Sales Agent:
Carole Baraton (CHARADES)
Jean-Félix Dealberto (CHARADES)
Pierre Mazars (CHARADES)

Sales Coordinator: Lucie Desquiens (CHARADES)

Shotwork Artist:
Bhaskar Reddy Vijay (Digital Frontier)
Hyo Jun Ban (Digital Frontier)
Minami Ichikawa (Digital Frontier)
Mio Ōshima (Digital Frontier)
Satomi Yaginuma (Digital Frontier)
Takuya Inoue (Digital Frontier)
Xuan Ji Zhao (Digital Frontier)
Yōichi Mōri (Digital Frontier)

Shotwork Lead: Hiroki Ando (Digital Frontier)

Simulation Artist:
Akihiro Hamashima (Digital Frontier)
Akihito Miura (Digital Frontier)
Hiroaki Udō (Digital Frontier)
Hiroshi Sakurai (Digital Frontier)
Hirotaka Tanaka (Digital Frontier)
Hiroto Tominaga (Digital Frontier)
Jiang Kai Fan (Digital Frontier)
Kai Inoue (Digital Frontier)
Keiichi Suda (Digital Frontier)
Kengo Shirakawa (Digital Frontier)
Kōhei Araoka (Digital Frontier)
Masashi Yoshino (Digital Frontier)
Reiji Tabuchi (LIBZENT Innovations/BACKBONE)
Ryō Koyama (Digital Frontier)
Xin Yu Yang (Digital Frontier)
Yohei Sunamura (Studio GOONEYS)

Simulation Lead: Takayuki Yanagisawa (Digital Frontier)

Sound Editor: Hiromi Iijima

Sound Production:
Eisuke Imanishi (Sonilude)
Yuki Saitō (Sonilude)

Special Supporter:
Akihiko Hiraga
Akiho Yoshida
Ayaka Isshoku
Chiaki Doi
Daisuke Nakayama
Daisuke Shirakawa
Hideaki Amano
Hiroki Ōnishi
Hiromi Shimizu
Hirono Nagō
Hiroshi Ōkawa
Hirotaka Nakao
Hiroto Akashi
Junichiro Ōsawa
Kai Yoshida
Kaori Kanno
Kasumi Maruyama
Kazuki Arita
Kazuo Yoshida
Keisuke Mukasa
Ken Nakanishi
Kenichiro Akiyama
Kenji Ikeda
Kensuke Kobuse
Kyoko Seki
Mana Koshio
Marin Kusumoto
Masashi Kajita
Masashige Nagai
Megumi Kudō
Mika Yamauchi
Misaki Muramatsu
Mitsuhiro Ogata
Momoko Hatooka
Momoko Shimoda
Naohiko Kurimoto
Naoki Iwasa
Naoto Ishizu
Narumi Muroya
Natsuko Shinkawa
Natsuko Tanaka
Reina Kojima
Ryō Itai
Ryōta Okazaki
Ryūtarō Sekine
Sachiko Higo
Saeko Ono
Shigehiro Takei
Shōko Morikami
Shunsuke Nagayama
Sora Nagata
Sumie Naitō
Taiga Satō
Takahiro Sato
Takanori Kokubun
Takanori Nakano
Takashi Ono
Takayuki Mihashi
Takehiko Sanada
Toshiaki Miura
Tōya Yamaguchi
Tsukasa Hara
Urujiibat Naranhuleg
Yōichi Ikejima
Yōji Igarashi
Yoshinobu Saiyama
Yūichi Takahashi
Yūka Kanno
Yukiko Watanabe
Yukimi Kudō
Yukio Teramoto
Yuri Ibuki
Yuri Morikawa
Yūsuke Fukui

Special Thanks CG Director: Yasushi Kawamura (Digital Frontier)

Special Thanks To:
Akihiro Itou
Akiko Takahashi
Akira Tamado
Atsushi Kunimune
Charles Solomon
Daigo Ikeda
Daisuke Kadoya
Etsuko Nanjō
Hideki Sakamoto
Hidetsugu Ishikawa
Hiroki Kojima
Hiroshi Okamoto
Hiroyuki Ogawa
Hiroyuki Suzuki
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Hitoshi Ishihara
Hitoshi Ishii
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio
Jeong-Gyun Jeong
Kaori Sugiyama
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Kazuki Koga
Kei Igarashi
Keiji Mita
Ken Tajima
Kiyotaka Waki
Kōji Nagumo
Kunihiko Hirai
Kyohei Ito
Li Yu Wang
Lyra Ibuki
Mai Kawakami
Mai Wada
Mari Okada
Masahiko Yoshida
Masako Shioi
Masanao Amano
Masao Maruyama
Masao Morosawa
Masato Katada
Masato Saitō
Masato Yagi
Masayuki Narai
Masumi Satō
Michiko Yamakawa
Michiyo Hayashi
Minami Ichikawa
Minami Tsukada
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Miwa Yamaguchi
Nana Itō
Naomasa Yuki
Osamu Fujita
Reisuke Satō
Ryoichiro Matsuo
Ryusuke Hikawa
Ryūtarō Itō
Seiji Moriya
Seiji Okuda
Shin Nagashima
Shinichiro Inoue
Shinpei Mizumoto
Shūichi Miyawaki
Shunichirō Saitō
Shunsuke Fujiwara
Shunsuke Hosoi
Tadashi Sudo
Taiga Iwata
Takashi Nakai
Takato Nirasawa
Takurō Mihara
Tomohiro Oide
Tomoko Hatanaka
Tomoyuki Ogata
Tony Elison
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
Tsuyoshi Sugiyama
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Yoshiki Izawa
Yoshiki Sakurai
Yoshimitsu Sawamoto
Yoshio Mutō
Yoshio Nakayama
Yū Ishikawa
Yū Kimura
Yūichi Sakai
Yūki Takeda
Yumi Nishida
Yūsuke Idenaga

Spring Animator: Natsumi Yamaguchi (Wafu Animation)

Studio Coordinator:
Chiaki Tachikawa (TOHO Studio)
Fumihito Hayakawa (TOHO Studio)
Motoki Shirai (Q-Tec)
Sadaaki Nishinoo (TOHO Studio)
Takayuki Tabata (Q-Tec)

Studio Engineer: Naoto Takeshima

Supervising Sound Editor: Masatoshi Katsumata

System Management:
Makoto Morita (Digital Frontier)
Shōgo Nishimura (Digital Frontier)
Tadahiko Kurachi (Digital Frontier)
Yoshihiro Tamura (Digital Frontier)

Systems:
Eiji Tsuchida
Yosuke Mamizu
Yūgo Hayashi

Technical Director:
Akihiro Komiya (Graphinica)
Atsushi Morimoto (Digital Frontier)
Hiroshi Saitō (Digital Frontier)
Isao Hoshina (Digital Frontier)
Kei Fukuda (Digital Frontier)
Keita Mizuhashi (GEMBA)
Shōta Funayama (Digital Frontier)
Takahiro Nishigaki (Digital Frontier)
Tomomichi Ichikawa (Digital Frontier)
Yasushi Yamaguchi (Digital Frontier)

Technical Supervision: Michihiro Ichihara (Q-Tec)

Technical Support: Shinichiro Koshi

Tie-Up Assistant:
Ataru Iwahashi
Madoka Hosoya
Makoto Ōkado
Ryō Tanaka
Shōgo Morooka
Shunsuke Kitagawa
Takao Yanagi

Trailer Director: Yuiko Sumida

Trailer Production:
Aki Tsutagawa
Tomomi Hayashizaki

Translation Assistant:
Alina Salamanca (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Beari King (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Erich Schuler (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Gail Salamanca (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Jessica M. Chavez (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Kanako Hotta (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Mayumi Kumagai (Aura)
Mika McNamara (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)
Ning Li (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy)
Sōta Suzuki (Aura)
Yuji Moriya (Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.)

VFX Supervisor: Daniel Perez Ferreira (Megalis)

Kaho Nakamura as Suzu Naito / Belle

Takeru Satoh as The Dragon / Kei

Kōji Yakusho as Suzu's Father

Rira Ikuta as Hiroka "Hiro-chan" Betsuyaku

Ryō Narita as Shinobu "Shinobu-kun" Hisatake

Shōta Sometani as Shinjiro "Kamishin" Chikami

Sumi Shimamoto as Suzu's Mother

Tina Tamashiro as Ruka "Ruka-chan" Watanabe

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Justian

Asami Miura as Announcer (U)

ermhoi as Peggy Sue

Fuyumi Sakamoto as Okumoto

Hana as Tomo / Angel

Ken Ishiguro as Kei and Tomo's Father

Kenjiro Tsuda as Jelinek

Mami Koyama as Swan

Mamoru Miyano as Muitarō Hitokawa / Tokoraemaru

Michiko Shimizu as Kita

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Fox

Ryoko Moriyama as Yoshitani

Sachiyo Nakao as Hatanaka

Shigeru Ushiyama as TV Host

Taichi Masu as Announcer (Belle's Concert)

Yoshimi Iwasaki as Nakai

Youhei Tadano as Baseball Critic

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Studio Chizu

Background Art:
CoMix Wave Films
Deho Gallery
Telecom Animation Film Art Dept.

Book Cover Assistance:
Chikuma Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd.
Kodansha
Nikkei, Inc.

Casting Coordination: Unique Brains

CG Assistance:
Aflo
Foundry
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (official website)
Heibonsha
Japan Electronics College
Roots
ZENRIN

Concept Art: Cartoon Saloon

Costume Coordination:
ANREALAGE
edenworks

Design Assistance:
Creators in Pack
DIPREX

Dialogue Editing: molmol

Digital Cinema Studio: Q-Tec

Distributor: TOHO

Dubbing Studio: Toho Studio

Editing Studio: REAL-T

In-Between Animation:
CoMix Wave Films
Contrail
DR Movie
Madhouse
Maru Animation
MAA Mopics
Studio Colorido
Tatsunoko Production

International Sales: CHARADES

Line Test: Dangun Pictures

Main Theme Production: Sony Music Labels

Music Mixing: molmol

Music Production Assistance:
Melody fair
NTV Music

Music Recording Studio:
Abbey Road Studios
Ark Hall
Bunkamura Studio
Studio Tanta
Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Center MUSE
Victor Studio

Online Editing: Q-Tec

Paint:
asread
Chiptune
CoMix Wave Films
DR Movie
Maru Animation
Studio Road
Sunrise Beyond Fukuoka Studio
Wish

Photography:
Chiptune
Khara
STAR Laboratories

Planning: Studio Chizu

Production:
BookWalker
Kadokawa
Kadokawa Media House
MovieWalker
Nippon Television Network
NTT Docomo
Studio Chizu

Production Assistance:
CLAP
CloverWorks
D-COLORS
ENISHIYA
Khara
MAPPA
Nitroplus
OLM
OpenToonz
pixiv
Production I.G
Studio Ponoc
Studio Takuranke
Studio VOLN
xenron
Yostar Pictures

Promotion Partner:
Akita Broadcasting System
Aomori Broadcasting Corporation
Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Dentsu Inc.
East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
Fukui Broadcasting Corporation
Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation
Fukushima Central Television Co., Ltd.
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Hiroshima TV
Kagoshima Yomiuri Television
Kitanihon Broadcasting
Kochi Broadcasting
Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions
Lawson Entertainment
Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd.
MOVIC
Nagasaki International Television Broadcasting, Inc.
Nankai Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd.
Nishinippon Broadcasting
Shikoku Broadcasting
Shizuoka Daiichi Television Corporation
Television Iwate
Television Niigata Network Co., Ltd.
Television Oita System Co., Ltd.
The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
TOHO
TV Kanazawa
TV Shinshu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
TV Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems Co., Ltd.
Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Yamanashi Broadcasting System
YTV

Recording Studio: Sound Inn Studios

Sound Assistance: dinastone

Sound Production: Sonilude

Translation Assistance:
Aura
Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy
Strangely Compelling Multimedia, Inc.

English cast

English staff

ADR Script: Stephanie Sheh

Producer:
David Jesteadt (GKIDS)
Jorge Soto Marin (GKIDS)
Michael Sinterniklaas (NYAV Post)
Rodney Uhler (GKIDS)
Stephanie Sheh (NYAV Post)

Additional Casting: Rodney Uhler

Additional Translation: Jake Jung

Additional Voice Director: Stephanie Sheh

ADR Engineer: Geoff Bisente

Audio Editor: Sebastian Franco

Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh

Credits:
John James Lynn
Jon Moharg

DCP Mastering: Lyle Zanca

Mixing: Oscar Garcia

Post-Production Assistant: Lily Newton

Printmaster: Gary Coppola

Production Assistant:
Anjali Kunapaneni
Harrison Marquis
Heather Gonzalez
Tristan McKenzie

Production Supervision: Clark Cheng

Song Adaptation: Ludvig Forssell

Spotter: Briana Noelle Miller

Voice Direction: Michael Sinterniklaas

Kylie McNeill as Suzu Naito / Belle

Paul Castro Jr. as The Dragon / Kei

Ben Lepley as Suzu's Father

Brandon Engman as Shinjiro Chikami

Chace Crawford as Justin

Hunter Schafer as Ruka Watanabe

Jessica DiCicco as Hiroka Betsuyaku

Julie Nathanson as Suzu's Mother

Manny Jacinto as Shinobu Hisatake

Aaron Phillips as Fox

Andrew Kishino as Jellinek

Barbara Goodson as Yoshitani

Bentley Griffin as Tomo / Angel

Cristina Valenzuela as Peggie Sue

David Jordan Chen as Gogo Doggo (as David Chen)

Ellyn Stern as Okumoto

Frank Todaro as Reggsination

Jessica Gee-George as Kita

Kiff VandenHeuvel as Kei and Tomo's Father

Martha Harms as Hatanaka

Noelle McGrath as Swan

Wendee Lee as Nakai

Michael Sinterniklaas

English companies

ADR Production: NYAV Post

Blu-Ray Authoring: MediaOCD (Anime Limited)

Distributor:
Shout! Factory (USA)
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia (Australia and New Zealand)

DVD Authoring: MediaOCD (Anime Limited)

Licensed by:
Anime Limited (United Kingdom and Ireland)
GKIDS (USA and Canada)
Kismet Movies (Australia & New Zealand)

Special Thanks:
Central Command Studios
Salami Studios
STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Todd-Ao Studios

Korean staff

Korean companies

(none)

Distributor: Wide Release

Licensed by: Early Bird Pictures

Korean cast

(none)

French staff

French cast

Dubbing Director: Hervé Icovic

Translation:
Kevin Stocker (HV bonuses)
Stéphane Lapie (HV bonuses)

Spotting:
Clément Hautavoine (HV bonuses)
Elouan Tapounie (HV bonuses)

Florent Dorin as Kei / le dragon

Louane Emera as Suzu Naito / Belle

Antonin Icovic as Shinobu Hisatake

Félicien Juttner as Justin

Julien Frison as Kamishin

Juliette Allain as Hiroka Betsuyaku / Eroh

Sarah Brannens as Luka Watanabe

Alessandro Lanciano as Tomo / Angel

Claire Beaudoin as la voix de l'IA

Eilias Changuel as le père de Tomo et Kei

French companies

Distributor: @Anime

Dubbing: BHI - By Hervé Icovic

Spanish staff

Spanish cast

ADR Director: Marta Dualde (Spain dub)

Dubbing Director: Ramón Hernández (Catalan dub)

Translation:
Verónica Calafell (Spain dub; Catalan dub)

ADR Script: Marta Dualde (Spain dub)

Creative Director: Cristina Littin (Chilean dub)

Brian Ramirez as Kei (Chilean dub)

Carolina Villanueva as Suzu Naito/Belle (Chilean dub)

Laia Vidal as Suzu Naito / Belle (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Sebastián Fernández as The Dragon (Chilean dub)

Sergio Olmo as
El Drac / Kei (Catalan dub)
The Dragon/Kei (Spain dub)

Ainhoa Maiquez as Angel/Tomo (Spain dub)

Antonella Moreno as Ruka "Ruka-chan" Watanabe (Chilean dub)

Daniel Streeter as Shinobu "Shinobu-kun" Hisatake (Chilean dub)

Elena Barra as Àngel / Tomo (Catalan dub)

Felipe Waldhorn as Shinjiro "Kamishin" Chikami (Chilean dub)

Iván Priego Posada as Shinobu Hisatake (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Juan Gonzalez Littin as Justin (Chilean dub)

Lilian Rodas as Hiroka "Hiro" Betsuyaku (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Mario Vargas as Suzu's Father (Chilean dub)

Marta Rodríguez as Ruka Watanabe (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Masumi Mutsuda as Justin (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Olivia Vives as Suzu's Mother (Spain dub)

Pau López as
Pare de la Suzu (Catalan dub)
Suzu's Father (Spain dub)

Raúl Pérez as Shinjiro "Kamishin" Chikami (Spain dub)

Sixnalie Villalba as Hiroka "Hiro-chan" Betsuyaku (Chilean dub)

Ana Aznárez as Hatanaka (Spain dub)

Ana María Camps as Mare de la Suzu (Catalan dub)

Anna Niebla as Peggie Sue (Spain dub)

David García Llop as Shinjiro Chikami (Catalan dub)

Diana De Guzmán as Kita (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Nakai (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Eva Lluch as
Announcer (Spain dub)
Presentadora (Catalan dub)

Gloria Gonzalez as Swan (Catalan dub)

Héctor García as Egg (Spain dub)

Irene Miras as Peggie Sue (Catalan dub)

Jordi Pineda as Gos (Catalan dub)

Lara Ullod as Okumoto (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Marta Dualde as Yoshitani (Spain dub)

Meritxell Sota as Hatanaka (Catalan dub)

Pablo Gomez as Fox (Spain dub)

Pep Ribas as Pare d'en Kei (Catalan dub)

Rafael Parra as Kei and Tomo's Father (Spain dub)

Roser Aldabó as Yoshitani (Catalan dub)

Vicent Ortega as Dog (Spain dub)

Ainhoa Maiquez (Spain dub)

Alicia Alarcon (Chilean dub)

Belen Marin (Chilean dub)

Betsabé Gutiérrez (Chilean dub)

Camila Estanovich Aguilar (Chilean dub)

Camila Montecinos (Chilean dub)

Camila Rojas (Chilean dub)

Carolina Araya (Chilean dub)

Carolina Highet (Chilean dub)

Cecilia Valenzuela (Chilean dub)

Cristian Lizama (Chilean dub)

Cristóbal Areite (Chilean dub)

David Aguilera (Chilean dub)

Duna Esteve (Spain dub)

Enzo Miranda (Chilean dub)

Felipe Vidal (Chilean dub)

Ferran Rull (Catalan dub)

Gigliola Mariangel (Chilean dub)

Héctor Moncada (Chilean dub)

Jaume Guivernau (Catalan dub)

Javier del Pino (Chilean dub)

Javiera Torres (Chilean dub)

Jessica Toledo (Chilean dub)

Jordi Nogales (Spain dub)

Jorge Contreras (Chilean dub)

Josefina Becerra (Chilean dub)

Juan Claudio Contreras (Chilean dub)

Juan Pablo Muñoz (Chilean dub)

Karla Carrizo (Chilean dub)

Laura Jara (Spain dub)

Loreto Vial (Chilean dub)

Luis Navarro Francés (Spain dub)

Luis Torrelles (Spain dub)

Marcela Solervincens (Chilean dub)

María Manovel (Spain dub)

María Teresa Pinochet (Chilean dub)

Mario Olguín (Chilean dub)

Marlene Pérez (Chilean dub)

Matias Estanovich Aguilar (Chilean dub)

Matías Fajardo (Chilean dub)

Maureen Herman (Chilean dub)

Maximilian Schübel (Spain dub)

Miriam Aguilar (Chilean dub)

Monica Ortiz (Spain dub)

Natalia Valdebenito-Ponce (Chilean dub)

Nicolás Carmona (Chilean dub)

Nicolas Jofre (Chilean dub)

Nicole Guerrero (Chilean dub)

Orlando Alfaro (Chilean dub)

Oscar Flores Garcia (Chilean dub)

Pabla Hermann (Chilean dub)

Ramón Hernández (Catalan dub)

Ricardo Maturana (Chilean dub)

Rodrigo Saavedra (Chilean dub)

Rodrigo Valenzuela (Chilean dub)

Roser Vilches (Catalan dub)

Rubén Perera (Spain dub)

Sandro Larenas (Chilean dub)

Sebastian Plaza (Chilean dub)

Sergio Aliaga (Chilean dub)

Toni Astigarraga (Catalan dub)

Valentina Olivares (Chilean dub)

Víctor Gómez (Spain dub)

Victor Schwencke (Chilean dub)

Yarbet Venegas (Chilean dub)

Spanish companies

Distributor: Cineplex Colombia (Colombia)

Dubbing Studio:
Film Dub Factory (Chilean dub)
International Sound Studio (Spain dub; Catalan dub)

Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
HBO Max (Latin America)
Netflix (Latin America)

Licensed by:
A Contracorriente Films (Spain)
BF Distribution (Latin America)

Theatrical Distribution: Cineplex Colombia (Colombia)

Theatrical Releaser: Cineplex Colombia (Colombia)

Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)

Italian staff

Italian cast

Dubbing Director: Cristina Boraschi

Translation: Riccardo Bambini

Dialogues: Riccardo Bambini

Dubbing Assistant: Aaron Prando

Dubbing Engineer: Stefano Nissolino

Mixing: Claudio Toselli

Synchronization: Paolo Brunori

Lucrezia Marricchi as Suzu/Belle

Manuel Meli as Drago

Andrea Lavagnino as Papà di Suzu

Andrea Oldani as Shinjiro Chikami

Cristina Boraschi as Mamma di Suzu

Gabriele Vender as Shinobu Hisatake

Lavinia Paladino as Ruka Watanabe

Margherita De Risi as Hiroka Betsuyaku

Massimo De Ambrosis as Justin

Cristina Piras as Sig.ra Kita

Daniele Valenti as Muitaro Hitokawa

Dimitri Winter as Jellinek

Elena Liberati as Sig.ra Nakai

Gianluca Solombrino as
Conduttore
Guttokoraemaru

Graziella Polesinanti as Sig.ra Yoshitani

Guido Sagliocca as Commentatore di baseball

Mirta Pepe as Sig.ra Okumoto

Monica Migliori as Sig.ra Hatanaka

Riccardo Lombardo as Fox

Serena Sigismondo as Swan

Valentina De Marchi as Peggie Sue

Veronica Cuscusa as Angelo

Italian companies

Distributor:
Anime Factory
Koch Media

Dubbing: CDR

Dutch staff

Dutch companies

(none)

Distributor: Cineart (Benelux)

Dutch cast

(none)

Portuguese staff

Portuguese companies

(none)

Distributor:
Cinemundo (Portugal)
Paris Filmes (Brazil)

Licensed by: BF Distribution (Brazil)

Portuguese cast

(none)

This encyclopedia is collaboratively edited by the users of this site

DISCLAIMER

add information

report an error

lookup sources

Compare this anime's credits with others

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Anime anthology

RightStuf - Anime, Manga and More

news

48 comments

One-Punch Man Anime Gets 3rd Season

Aug 18, 19:15

48 comments

anime

Anime's character designer Chikashi Kubota unveils teaser visual ― The 215th chapter of ONE and Yūsuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga revealed on Thursday that the manga's anime adaptation will have a third season. Chikashi Kubota, the character designer for the anime's first and second seasons, drew the below teaser visual for the third season. Yuusuke Murata and ONE launched the One-Punch Man manga o...

news

6 comments

Ascendent Animation Licenses, Produces English Dub for Show Time! Anime

Aug 18, 19:15

6 comments

anime

Company announces staff for English dub ― Ascendent Animation announced on Monday that it has licensed Showtime! ~Uta no O-nee-san Datte Shitai~ (Even the Songstress Wants to Do It), the adaptation of Mai Girigiri's Showtime! ~Minami O-nee-san Datte H Shitai~ (Even Miss Minami Wants to Have Sex) manga. The company is producing an English dub for the Show Time! series of "AnimeFesta" shorts. P.M. Seym...

news

6 comments

One-Punch Man Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus Before Returning With New Arc

Aug 18, 19:14

6 comments

manga

Manga recently announced 3rd anime season ― Manga creator Yūsuke Murata announced on his Twitter account on Thursday that his and ONE's One-Punch Man manga will go on hiatus for a month, before returning with a new arc. The staff will announce the return date as soon as it is decided. Viz Media is releasing the series digitally in its Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology, and is also releasing the seri...

news

2 comments

Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue Anime Streams Outside Japan on September 1

Aug 18, 19:12

2 comments

anime

Prequel streams on Gundam.info YouTube channel ― Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on its Gundam.info website on Thursday that Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue, the prequel anime for the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury anime, will debut on the Gundam.info YouTube channel outside of Japan on September 1. The prequel anime will also debut on streaming services in J...

news

6 comments

The Witch and the Beast Manga Gets Anime (Updated)

Aug 18, 19:12

6 comments

anime

Kōsuke Satake's fantasy manga about sorcerer, beastly woman traveling together ― The September issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine revealed on Friday that Kōsuke Satake's The Witch and the Beast (Majo to Yajū) manga is inspiring an anime adaptation. The announcement did not specify a format or debut date for the anime. Kodansha Comics is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the sto...

column

2 comments

This Week in Anime - Can Detective Conan Newbies Enjoy Zero's Tea Time?

Aug 18, 10:00

2 comments

anime

Zero's Tea Time is an anime brave enough to ask you a very important question: what if this man were your husband? ― So you know next to nothing about Detective Conan's ongoing mysteries but you heard that Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time but you've heard about the immensely popular starring character Tohru Amuro/Rei Furuya/Zero/Bourbon and his mere visage causing magazines to sell out? Whether you'...

column

The ANN Aftershow - Is Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Worth Watching?

Aug 17, 16:00 anime

Jacki and James discuss the newest Dragon Ball film, Piccolo's turn as the star, and how the 3DCG panned out! ― Is Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Worth Watching? Jacki and James discuss the newest Dragon Ball film, Piccolo's turn as the star, and how the 3DCG panned out! The ANN After Show airs live on Mondays at 6pm PT/9pm ET and is also available on your favorite podcast streaming platform. Meet th...

giveaway

Mamoru Hosoda's Illustration Book Giveaway

Aug 17, 13:13 merch

Win a copy of this beautiful Mamoru Hosoda artbook! (Extra chance to win available to ANN Subscribers) ― Mamoru Hosoda, animator, director, and writer, is known for his works such as Belle (2021), Mirai (2018), Wolf Children 2012), and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006). The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda contains 350 full-color illustrations. Written by renowned animation c...

feature

12 comments

Hunter x Hunter & Dragon Ball Z: the Fall of the Shounen Hero

Aug 17, 13:00

12 comments

anime

What do Hunter x Hunter and Dragon Ball Z have in common? Heroes who are easy to cheer for, but also very extreme in their selfish pursuits. ― SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for the 2011 Hunter × Hunter anime It probably wouldn't be a stretch to say the most iconic face of the shounen manga battle genre would be Son Goku from Dragon Ball. Goku works to be the strongest...

review

Box of Light GN 1

Aug 17, 12:00 manga

Box of Light's first volume isn't perfect, but it's also one of those series that looks like it will get better as it goes on, and it has a very interesting take on the liminal world between life and death. ― Although it's not an entirely fair statement to make, Seiko Erisawa's English-language debut, Box of Light, is better in concept than execution. Similar to titles like Phantom Tales of the Night...

game review

RPG TIME: The Legend of Wright

Aug 16, 19:56 games

Every page is a new adventure, dripping with love and care from a child who is just bursting at the seams with how much he wants to share with his friends. ― I realize I might be a bit too biased to properly review RPG Time, the new RPG from studio DeskWorks and Aniplex. It's not because it's steeped in JRPG lore or because so much of its iconography brings Dragon Quest to mind—rather, I see way too ...

ranking

8 comments

The Best and Worst of Summer 2022, Jul 1-Aug 11

Aug 16, 12:45

8 comments

anime

The user rankings of the Summer 2022 season are finally starting up. Amid the expected heavy hitters, Call of the Night and Lycoris Recoil carve out a place. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankings are base...

game review

14 comments

Digimon Survive

Aug 16, 12:00

14 comments

games

I honestly feel a bit conflicted after playing Digimon Survive, because I truly admire the amount of passion and thought put into it. If you are a long-time Digimon fan, then this this is worth at least one playthrough. ― Last month, I had the honor of interviewing the producer of Digimon Survive, Habu Kazumasa, who expressed his desire to take Digimon in a darker direction and demonstrate his person...

column

9 comments

This Week in Anime - The Adorable, Affirming Romance in Josee, The Tiger and the Fish

Aug 16, 09:00

9 comments

anime

In the mood for a sweet anime romance film that's firmly grounded in the real world? Nick and Nicky recommend Josee, The Tiger and the Fish for everyone who missed the film's original theatrical run. ― In the mood for a sweet anime romance film that's firmly grounded in the real world? Nick and Nicky recommend Josee, The Tiger and the Fish for everyone who missed the film's original theatrical run. ...

review

3 comments

GAME: Between the Suits GN 1

Aug 15, 12:00

3 comments

manga

If enemies-to-lovers is your preferred romance subgenre, or if you just want to read about a woman who's in charge of her own life and body, this is a safe bet. ― She's a workaholic. He's a jerk womanizer who can't understand why his lines aren't working on her. Is there actually any attraction between them, or is he just trying so hard because she's the one woman who tells him no? The answer is some...

interview

Interview: Avu-chan, Voice of Inu-Oh

Aug 15, 09:00 anime

Masaaki Yuasa's newest masterpiece Inu-Oh hit U.S. cinemas on Friday. To celebrate the occasion, we sat down for an interview with the eponymous Inu-Oh's voice actor Avu-chan of Queen Bee! ― Masaaki Yuasa's newest masterpiece Inu-Oh hit U.S. cinemas on Friday. To celebrate the occasion, we sat down for an interview with the eponymous Inu-Oh's voice actor Avu-chan, who is also the lead vocalist and so...

BELLE (movie)

Compare Credits