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A Wind Named Amnesia (movie)

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©1993 Hideyuki Kikuchi/Asahi Sonorama/Right Stuff Office/Japan Home Video.

Alternative title:
El viento de amnesia (Spanish)
Il vento dell'Amnesia (Italian)
Kaze no Na wa Amnesia (Japanese)
Ветер амнезии (Russian)
風の名はアムネジア (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: It happened quite suddenly, with no warning—all the memories of all the people on Earth, swept away as if by a sudden wind. In a post-catastrophic Earth populated mostly by savages without memories of their past civilisation, one man travels on a journey of enlightenment and hope, across a devastated America.
User Ratings: 456 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Excellent: 29 votes (sub:19, dub:9, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Very good: 75 votes (sub:41, dub:29, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 138 votes (sub:76, dub:56, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 95 votes (sub:62, dub:26, ?:1, others:6
2 Italian dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 41 votes (sub:27, dub:11, ?:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (dub:10, sub:7, ?:2)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:12, dub:8, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:4, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 830 users, rank: #1448 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.377 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9144, rank: #6138 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.373 (Decent+), rank: #6051 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.38 / seen some: 6.35 / won't finish: 4.47)
Bayesian estimate: 6.406 (Decent+), rank: #5515 (of 7288)
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage: 1990 (Japan)
Premiere date:
1990-12-22 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Kazz Toyama & Toshinobu Takimoto
Ending Theme:
"True Love" by Akemi and Takashi Tsushimi
Official website:
Kaze no Na wa Amnesia @ Madhouse (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
A Wind Named Amnesia DVD (Aug 17, 2003)
A Wind Named Amnesia DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 26-July 2 (Jun 28, 2016)
Discotek Adds A Wind Named Amnesia, Pilot Candidate, Soul Hunter Anime (Apr 9, 2016)
Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (Jun 8, 2009)
Anime Expo 2008 - Dark Horse Manga (Jul 4, 2008)
NY Anime Fest to Host Vampire Hunter D Author Kikuchi (May 25, 2008)
Little Magic Films to Rep Wind Named Amnesia's Kikuchi (May 21, 2008)
Vampire Hunter D's Kikuchi, Takaki to Attend Anime Expo (Apr 26, 2008)
Anime Expo 2007 - Dark Horse Manga (Jul 1, 2007)
Dark Horse Licenses Gantz, Blood+, More (Jul 1, 2007)
ANN Exclusive: Dark Horse to Release A Wind Named Amnesia Novel (Feb 27, 2007)
CPM to Release Anime Online (Sep 13, 2006)
ImaginAsian TV licenses (Oct 26, 2004)
BGC DVD pushed up, new releases announced (Nov 20, 1998)
Other article: Show:
2004 Year in Review - Anime on TV (Jan 26, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    A Wind Named Amnesia (Blu-ray) 2023-05-30 (from $22.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    A Wind Named Amnesia (DVD) 1999-01-19 (from $4.17)
    A Wind Named Amnesia - [Anime 101 Edition] (DVD) 2003-07-29 (from $139.99)
    A Wind Named Amnesia (DVD) 2016-06-28 (from $24.95)
    Anime 101 - 12 Pack (DVD) 2004-12-21 (from $239.98)
    Creator Spotlight: Kawajiri Brick Pack (DVD) 2004-10-26
LaserDisc
    A Wind Named Amnesia [Sub] (LD) 1995-04-26
Novel
    A Wind Named Amnesia - Invader Summer (Novel) 2008-06-25 (from $39.98)
VHS
    A Wind Named Amnesia (Dub.VHS) 2002-08-06 (from $27.50)
    A Wind Named Amnesia (Sub.VHS) 2002-08-06

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuo Yamazaki
Screenplay:
Kazuo Yamazaki
Kenji Kurata
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Music:
Kazz Toyama
Toshinobu Takimoto
Original Manga: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Character Design:
Satoru Nakamura
Art Director: Mutsuo Koseki
Animation Director:
Kumiko Takahashi
Michio Mihara
Morifumi Naka
Satoru Nakamura
Mechanical design: Morifumi Naka
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (Magic Capsule)
Director of Photography: Kinichi Ishikawa
Executive producer: Kousuke Kuri
Producer:
Makoto Seya
Makoto Shioya
Shin Seya
Tomiro Kuriyama

Background Art:
Katsushi Aoki
Kazuhiro Kinoshita
Kazuko Fujii
Kazuo Ebisawa
Kazushige Takatō
Kiyomi Ōta
Masako Okada
Masaru Ohta
Naruyo Kiriyama
Nizo Yamamoto
Osamu Oguchi
Ryō Kōno
Satoshi Matsuoka
Seiji Miyamoto
Seiki Tamura
Shin Sato
Shinichi Uehara
Tōru Hishiyama
Toshiyuki Ozeki
Yamako Ishikawa
Yōji Nakaza
Yōko Nagashima
Yong Il Park
Youngil Park
Yūji Ikeda
Yuji Ikehata
Yūsuke Takeda
Yutaka Itō
Design: Masao Maruyama
Editing:
Fumihiro Sueyoshi
Harutoshi Ogata
Yukiko Itō
Guardian Design: Yoshitaka Amano
In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Tokumaru
Chizuko Iwasa
Emiko Kawakami
Etsuko Matsuno
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Kimiko Nakai
Kumiko Mori
Mayumi Suzuki
Midori Yamada
Rieko Akasaka
Sayuri Tsuruyama
Takuya Suzuki
Tatsurō Arai
Tatsuya Suzuki
Teizou Shimada
Tomokazu Ōsawa
Tomoko Danjo
Yūji Tateno
In-Between Check:
Shougo Furuya
Tadashi Ozawa
Takanobu Murakami
Insert Song Arrangement: Kazz Toyama
Insert Song Composition: Takashi Tsushimi
Insert Song Lyrics: Kaoru Asagi
Insert Song Performance: Takashi Tsushimi
Key Animation:
Atsushi Aono
Fujio Oda
Kazuko Shibata
Kazuto Nakazawa
Koichi Chigira
Koji Sugiura
Kumiko Takahashi
Masahito Sawada
Masaki Takei
Masami Suda
Michio Mihara
Satoshi Tasaki
Sumio Watanabe
Takeshi Koike
Takuo Noda
Terumi Muto
Tsukasa Abe
Yasuomi Umetsu
Music producer: Torao Hosoi
Music Recording: Shunichi Akatsuka
Photography:
Atsurō Saitō
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Yasuhiro Matsumura
Production: Yoshio Masumizu
Recording: Kunio Andō (Aoi Studio)
Selection: Masao Maruyama
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Supervision:
Rintarō
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Theme Song Arrangement: Motoki Funayama
Theme Song Composition: Takashi Tsushimi
Theme Song Lyrics: Kaoru Asagi
Theme Song Performance:
AKEMI
Takashi Tsushimi
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness
Producer:
David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Stephanie Shalofsky

Adaptation: George Roubicek
Associate producer: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Trevor Barber
DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
DVD Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky
Menu Design: Robin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Packaging Design: Doug Smith (Discotek Blu-ray)
Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek Blu-ray)
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Subtitle Editing: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Trailer Editing: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray)
Adam Henderson as Wataru
Anne Marie Zola as Sue
Bob Sessions as Little
Denica Fairman as Sophia
Lee Tyler as Johnny
Peter Marinker as Simpson
Susie Baker as Lisa
English companies
Broadcaster:
Anime Selects
iaTV
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Digital Premastering & Menu Design: Crush Digital Video
Distributor:
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
U.S. Manga Corps
Dub Producer: Manga Entertainment
HD Film Scan: Tokyo Laboratory (Discotek Blu-ray)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
AsianCrush
Crunchyroll
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Central Park Media (Expired)
Dark Horse Comics
Discotek Media (2016)
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
French staff
French cast
(none)
Patrick Noerie as Wataru

Francoise Escobar as Sophia
Frederic Popovic as Johnny
Michel Blin as Jonathan Simpson
French companies
Distributor: Manga Video
Dubbing: Les studios de Saint Maur
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val
Oriol Rafel as Wataru (Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Wataru (Catalan dub)

Alberto Trifol as
Guardià Robòtic (Catalan dub)
Guardian (Spain dub)
Angel de Gracia as Johnny (Spain dub)
Félix Benito as Simpson (Catalan dub)
José Antequera as Mr. Simpson (Spain dub)
María Pilar Quesada as Lisa (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany as Sophia (Spain dub)
Montse Moreno as Sophia (Catalan dub)
Pilar Rubiella as Lisa (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Dubbing Assistant: Andrea Moresco
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
(none)
Luise Charlotte Brings as Sophia
Viktor Neumann as Wataru

Corinna Dörenkamp as Sue
Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Mr. Simpson
Norman Matt as Johnny
Ulrike Hoetzel as Lisa

Daniel Werner as Priester
Rolf Berg as Guardian
German companies

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