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Air (movie)

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Alternative title:
Air: The Motion Picture
Air: The Movie
Высь - Фильм (Russian)
Themes: tragedy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A long time ago, a winged maiden was held prisoner in a castle—cursed never to experience love, lest she die. Centuries later, in a sleepy coastal town, a young girl relives this agony.
User Ratings: 1477 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 169 votes (sub:133, dub:25, raw:3, ?:2, others:6
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 265 votes (sub:189, dub:56, raw:3, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:13
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 345 votes (sub:262, dub:61, raw:3, others:19
12 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 320 votes (sub:253, dub:58, raw:1, ?:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 170 votes (sub:125, dub:30, raw:5, ?:4, others:6
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 97 votes (sub:82, dub:12, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 51 votes (sub:37, dub:11, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 42 votes (sub:35, dub:6, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:3, raw:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3041 users, rank: #356 (of 9212)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.401 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8404, rank: #2084 (of 9304)
Weighted mean: 7.284 (Good+), rank: #2321 (of 9304) (seen all: 7.30 / seen some: 6.33 / won't finish: 4.86)
Bayesian estimate: 7.286 (Good+), rank: #2074 (of 6986)
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage: 2005-02-05
Premiere date:
2005-02-05 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Tori no Uta" (鳥の詩; "Bird's Poem") by Lia
Ending Theme:
#1: "Farewell Song" by Lia
#2: "If Dreams Came True" by Eri Kawai
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Air DVD (Dec 23, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Air: The Motion Picture (DVD) 2007-12-11 (from $10.51)
    Air: The Motion Picture (DVD) 2009-04-21 (from $3.99)
    Air: The Motion Picture [S.A.V.E.] (DVD) 2010-07-20 (from $88.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Screenplay: Makoto Nakamura
Music: Yoshikazu Suo
Original Character Design: Itaru Hinoue
Character Design: Akemi Kobayashi
Art Director: Shinzo Yuki
Animation Director: Hidemi Kubo
Sound Director: Shōji Hata
Cgi Director: Tōru Yoshiyasu
Director of Photography:
Takeshi Fukuda (Sanko Production)
Tomokazu Shiratori (Sanko Production)
Executive producer:
Hiroshi Takahashi (Toei Animation)
Takeshi Oikawa (Frontier Works)
Producer:
Iriya Azuma
Mamoru Yokota

Animation Advancement: Mitsuo Hagino
Art Supervision: Osamu Honma
Assistant Animation Director:
Mieko Hosoi
Natsuko Suzuki
Yōichi Ōnishi
Yoshihiro Takeda
Assistant Director:
Hideki Hiroshima
Hiroshi Ishida
Hiroshi Matsuzono
Hirotoshi Rissen
Takahiro Imamura
Yukihiko Nakao
Assistant Unit Director:
Nobukage Kimura
Yasunori Gotō
Background Art:
Aiko Katsumata
Eiko Sawada
Hiromi Kamiyama
Hiroyuki Tsubaki
Junichi Taniguchi
Keita Suzuki
Keito Watanabe
Ken Tokushige
Kenji Matsumoto
Kentaro Akiyama
Kikuyo Yano
Masanobu Otani
Masato Itō
Masayasu Yamaguchi
Michie Wada
Midori Tanaka
Mika Kosuga
Mitsuo Yoshino
Naomi Kasugai
Noboru Yoshida
Noriko Gōboya
Ryōko Itō
Ryuutarou Masuda
Sagako Itakura
Shinji Saitō
Shoichiro Sugiura
Takashi Kurahashi
Takashi Omori
Takimi Echizen
Tatsuro Iseri
Toshihide Kawana
Yoshirō Kajiura
Youichi Nishikawa
Yumi Hosaka
CG Animation:
Ai Itō (Communication Art School)
Ako Kakuda (Office Prion)
Eiji Kondō (P.R.O.)
Kōtarō Shishido (Communication Art School)
Mitsuhiro Hamada (Office Prion)
Rie Toyomaru (P.R.O.)
Satoshi Hagitani (P.R.O.)
CG Manager: Masashi Tanaka
CG Producer: Toyokazu Hattori
Color Coordination: Tsutomu Tsukata
Data Conversion:
Toshihiro Shioda
Toshimi Gotō
Yuki Izumi
Digital Paint:
Asami Hoshikawa
Chiho Makita
Fumiko Koono
Fumiko Matsuda
Hanae Kato
Hirokazu Nagaoka
Katsunori Suzuki
Mina Noguchi
Sachiko Iura
Shizu Odagiri
Takeshi Satou
Toshiko Fukunaga
Yasutaka Inagaki
Yuki Akimoto
Yuki Tonegawa
Yūko Koga
Yuri Kayano
Digital Photography:
Arihiro Fukuda
Fumio Hirokawa
Haruhiko Ishikawa
Hidenori Saeki
Hiromu Yamaguchi
Hirosato Oonishi
Kazuhiro Yoshino
Koki Terasaki
Kunihito Noritomo
Masamichi Shimizu
Michiko Fukui
Misako Ogata
Naohiro Kaneko
Sanae Hanami
Takayoshi Matsudaira
Terumi Nakayama
Tomoko Minegishi
Editing: Masahiro Goto
Editing Assistant: Yoshihiro Aso
Finishing Advancement: Mitsuo Hagino
In-Between Animation:
Etsuko Shinohara
Hisashi Mawatari
Kyoko Satō
Mihoko Tomita
Yasushi Hamada
Yukiko Nishikawa
Yukitoshi Yamaguchi
Yuuko Shiota
Key Animation:
Ai Kamakura
Akemi Hosono
Akio Sugino
Asami Imamura
Atsuya Miura
Chikae Kuwahara
Chizuru Mori
Chūji Nakajima
Daisuke Takemoto
Fujio Oda
Fusayo Ootani
Futoshi Higashide
Goichi Iwahata
Hideki Hashimoto
Hiromi Nakamura
Hironobu Saitō
Hiroshi Uchida
Hitoshi Kamata
Kaoru Tanaka
Kaoru Yabana
Kazuhiko Yokota
Kazuki Miura
Kazutoyo Yamada
Keiichi Ichikawa
Keiichiro Kimura
Keiji Ishihara
Keiko Fukumoto
Keiko Yamamoto
Kimiaki Nagumo
Kumi Nakajou
Kyoko Chino
Mai Otsuka
Maki Murakami
Manabu Ōhashi
Mao Lamdo
Marie Koizumi
Masahiro Okamura
Masayasu Yoshida
Mayu Saito
Michiko Notsu
Minako Ito
Miyuki Abe
Miyuki Katayama
Motoaki Satou
Naotoshi Shida
Noboru Furuse
Nobuhiro Masuda
Nobuyoshi Souzaki
Noriko Ōma
Osamu Ishikawa
Rika Mishima
Ryozo Sugiyama
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Satoru Minowa
Sawako Yamamoto
Seika Saruwatari
Seizo Toma
Shin'ichirou Fukushima
Shingo Kobayashi
Shino Ikeda
Shinobu Ohkochi
Shohei Kohara
Shuichi Ito
Tadashi Tanaka
Takashi Maruyama
Takashi Nozawa
Takayuki Manaka
Takenori Tsukuma
Takeshi Itou
Takuji Yoshimoto
Tatsuya Abe
Tomoko Ito
Tomoyuki Kanno
Wataru Nakagawa
Yasue Ohno
Yōko Satō
Yoshihiro Ujiie
Yosuke Yabumoto
Yūji Miyashita
Yūki Nakajima
Yukihiro Misawa
Yumiko Ishii
Yumiko Kinoshita
Yumiko Tomiki
Yuuko Satou
Layout: Mao Lamdo
Music Assistant:
Akihiko Fujita (ToeiAnimationMusicPublishing)
Akira Yoshikawa (Frontier Works)
Toshihiko Nishibe (Double Wave)
Music Director: Seiji Suzuki
Optical Re-Recording: Akira Toshisawa
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Original Music:
Jun Maeda
Magome Togoshi
Shinji Orito
Paint Check:
Aiko Seguchi
Ayumi Tada
Keiko Yoshizawa
Masae Motohashi
Yoko Ohori
Production Advancement:
Megumi Suetake
Yūichi Nagata
Production Coordination: Katsumi Ōmoto
Production manager:
Kazumitsu Matsusaka
Yoshihide Moriyama
Publicity:
Daichi Nagatomi (Toei Animation)
Kazuhiro Iso (Frontier Works)
Michinao Tanaka (Frontier Works)
Takayuki Izawa (Frontier Works)
Takeo Konishi (Toei Animation)
Toshiyuki Uemura (Toei Animation)
Publicity Assistance: Atsushi Takeyama
Recording:
Kōichi Ōtsuki
Nobuhiro Ōmura
Shinsuke Mori
Recording Assistant: Kazuyoshi Iino
Setting Assistance:
Kanetake Ebikawa
Takeo Taguchi
Sound Adjustment:
Shōji Hata
Takashi Takasaka (assistant)
Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa
Special Effects:
Ken Hoshino
Masayuki Kawachi
Nao Ota
Nobuhiro Shimokawa
Toshio Katsuoka
Yumi Ushiyama
Special Thanks To:
Kaname Ikeda
Kaoru Sawada
Noriharu Yamazaki
Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Theme Song Composition: Kei Haneoka (ED2)
Theme Song Performance: Eri Kawai
Aya Hisakawa as Haruko Kamio
Hikaru Midorikawa as Yukito Kunisaki
Tomoko Kawakami as Misuzu Kamio

Chinami Nishimura as Kannabi-no-mikoto
Kikuko Inoue as Uraha
Nobutoshi Canna as Ryuya

Aki Sasaki as Misuzu's classmate
Hiromi Konno as Potato
Hisayo Yanai as child
Kanako Tateno as Misuzu's classmate
Keiji Hirai as cavalryman
Keiko Han as Yaobikuni
Kouhei Fukuhara as yakitori stand owner
Michio Nakao as schoolteacher
Noriko Yoshitake as child
Ryotaro Okiayu as bus driver
Sayaka Maeda as Misuzu's classmate
Shinichiro Miki as Keisuke Tachibana
Tomohisa Asou as samurai
Yuko Nagashima as Yukito's mother
Yumi Touma as Hijiri Kirishima
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Kyle Jones
ADR Script: Kathleen Moynihan
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford
Producer: Scott McClennen

DVD Menu Design: Bety Sosa
Editing:
Eddie Shannon Jr.
Patrick Givens
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Media Coordinator: Mariela Ortiz
Mixing: Matt Wittmeyer
Packaging Design: Bety Sosa
Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Paul Mericle
Production manager: Shelly Thomas
Recording engineer: Bobby Gordon
Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer
Subtitle Script & Timing: Dwayne Jones
Translation Proofer: Amy Forsyth
Luci Christian as Haruko Kamio
Monica Rial as Misuzu Kamio
Vic Mignogna as Yukito Kunisaki

Allison Sumrall as Uraha
Cynthia Martinez as Kannabi-no-mikoto
Jay Hickman as Ryuya

Charles Campbell as Guard Captain
Christine Auten as Hijiri Kirishima
Christopher Ayres as
Bartender Pops
Teacher
John Gremillion as Keisuke Tachibana
John Swasey as Bus Driver A
Josh Grelle as Cook
K.C. Jones as Crow
Laura English as Girl A
Mariela Ortiz as Kid
Robin Terry as
Girl C
Yaobikuni
Serena Varghese as Girl B
Shannon Emerick as Dr. Phone
Shelley Calene-Black as Yukito's Mother
Stephanie Wittels as Kano Kirishima
Tiffany Grant as Potato
English companies
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2008; Expired)
Recording: ADV Studios
Translation: JN Productions

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