Background Art Assistant:
Agung Oka
Dae Ho Ko (Atelier Rourke 07)
Dewa Wid
Jae Hyun Jo (Studio SEY)
Jung Ho Jang (Studio SEY)
Ken Kawai (Atelier Rourke 07)
Ken Tokushige (Atelier Rourke 07)
Mayumi Okiyoshi (Atelier Rourke 07)
Miho Watanabe (Atelier Rourke 07)
Nobuo Numai (Atelier Rourke 07)
Okou Hamana (Atelier Rourke 07)
Sun Ae Kim (Atelier Rourke 07)
Tōru Minatani (Atelier Rourke 07)
Wayan Sutara
Young Hyun Seo (Studio SEY)

CG: Noriyuki Tsutsumi

Clay Animation: Takuya Ishida

Clay Animation Crew:
Kayoko Ishii
Radon Ishida
Toshio Hamada

Clay Animation Photography Assistant:
Tadashi Miyajima
Tsuyoshi Shiga

Color design: Hiromi Imaizumi

Color Design Assistant:
Sanae Matsutani
Yayoi Tobe

Composite Photography:
Hideko Matsuzawa (Anime Film)
Hiroaki Yamada (Anime Film)
Hirofumi Shimomura (Anime Film)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Anime Film)
Hiroshi Toki (Anime Film)
Kazunobu Okeda (Anime Film)
Masahiro Kumagai (Anime Film)
Minako Omori (Anime Film)
Tomohiro Nishiyama (Anime Film)
Yoshimi Kurata (Anime Film)
Yoshinori Kitsugi (Anime Film)

Conceptual Design: Michio Mihara

DCR Mastering:
Mio Wakizaka
Yasunobu Chigira

Editing: Hideaki Murai

Editing Assistant:
Kentarō Yamada
Riko Fujimoto

HD Editing:
Akihiro Kanetaka
Yōhei Yamamoto
Yoshiaki Kanazawa

In-Between Animation:
Akemi Saitō (XEBECzwei)
Akina Tanaka (Studio Elle)
Ami Endō (XEBECzwei)
Anna Tanaka (XEBECzwei)
Aya Mizuno (XEBECzwei)
Ayaka Himori (XEBECzwei)
Ayano Yagi
Azusa Okazaki (Shinei Animation)
Chiko Ueda (Vega Entertainment)
Chizu Takanuki
Feng Zhou (Taiguan Animation)
Fuyuko Iwata (Shinei Animation)
Haruka Teramoto (Wish)
Haruka Yato (Studio Ribla)
Hiroki Iwamura (Shinei Animation)
Hiroki Ōtsuki (Mugenkan)
Hiromi Iida (Wish)
Hiromi Koono (Studio Elle)
Hisashi Yamaguchi (Vega Entertainment)
Hitomi Shimodaira (XEBECzwei)
Hyun Jeong Jeong (Orange)
Ikuko Akiyoshi
Ja Young Ryu (Orange)
Jeong Soon Kim (Orange)
Jian Zhao (Taiguan Animation)
Jinko Tsuji (OH! Production)
Kai Tsuchida (Studio Ribla)
Kana Oikawa (Studio Ribla)
Kazuhide Oohashi (Mugenkan)
Kimie Iwakiri (OH! Production)
Kimiko Hoshi
Kiyoka Makino (Studio Elle)
Kiyomi Yoshida (Mugenkan)
Kohei Shinozuka (Mugenkan)
Kōji Matsuda
Kurumi Uchida (XEBECzwei)
Kyoko Fujino
Li Zhen Zhao (Maliang Animation)
Ling Zhu (Maliang Animation)
Mai Ōmori (Shinei Animation)
Maiko Matsumura
Mana Yamaguchi (Shinei Animation)
Manami Kishi (Wish)
Mao Yumoto (Wish)
Mei Yamamoto (OH! Production)
Michiko Miyamoto (Vega Entertainment)
Midori Tanaka (Studio Elle)
Miho Kurosawa (Studio Ribla)
Ming Chen (Taiguan Animation)
Misato Hasegawa (Wish)
Miyuki Takahashi (Vega Entertainment)
Miyuki Yano
Momoko Aida (XEBECzwei)
Muneyuki Yamashita (Mugenkan)
Nam Hee Park (Orange)
Naoki Ebihara (Shinei Animation)
Naoyo Ieno
Noriko Endō (Shinei Animation)
Noriko Hara
Peng Wang (Taiguan Animation)
Rina Kasuya (XEBECzwei)
Risako Yagi (Wish)
Runa Iijima (XEBECzwei)
Ryōsuke Murahashi (OH! Production)
Ryōta Iwai (Wish)
Sachi Takahashi (Mugenkan)
Satomi Hashimoto (Studio Ribla)
Setsuko Kagawa (Mugenkan)
Shōta Goshozono (XEBECzwei)
Shunya Suzuki (Wish)
Song Hee Han (Orange)
Sun Ah Son (Orange)
Takashi Nagashima (Shinei Animation)
Tomoko Kitamura
Tsurumi Takeguchi
Xiao Qiang Li (Taiguan Animation)
Yaeko Ōtsu (Studio Ribla)
Yan Zhang (Taiguan Animation)
Yasuaki Honda (OH! Production)
Yoh Morioka (Studio Ribla)
Yōko Tanaka (OH! Production)
Yuki Kamiya (Vega Entertainment)
Yukiko Koyama (Studio Elle)
Yumiko Mizuno (Studio Elle)
Yūna Miyata (Wish)
Yurika Miura (XEBECzwei)
Yuuyu Kurose (XEBECzwei)

In-Between Check: Kenji Obara

Insert Song Composition:
Hiroshi Mutsu
Ryōhan Fujii ("Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura Zenra ni Mieru Pose Ring")

Insert Song Lyrics: Hiro Manami ("Goodnight Baby")

Insert Song Performance: Tamao Hayashi ("Goodnight Baby")

Lab Coordinator: Yuko Maruyama

Lab Management: Hiroto Sakami

Mixing: Nobutaka Taguchi

Mixing Assistant: Taiyo Hasegawa

Music Production:
Masaru
Yuuji Saitou (Imagine)

Paint:
Atsuho Ito (Wish)
Atsuko Ito (Wish)
Ayumi Maruyama (Trace Studio M)
Chiharu Tamaki (Light Foot)
Chun Mei Yuan (Maliang Animation)
Daisuke Yamazaki (Light Foot)
Eri Takahashi (Light Foot)
Eri Watanabe (Light Foot)
Eun Ju Jeon (Orange)
Fang Qian (Maliang Animation)
Fen Yu Wang (Maliang Animation)
Hiroko Hijikata (Light Foot)
Hiroko Otsuki (Trace Studio M)
Hiromi Sato (Light Foot)
Hye Ra Jung (Orange)
Hyun Jung Shin (Orange)
Jie Meng (Wish)
Jing Zhang (Maliang Animation)
Jun Uchida (Wish)
Jun Zhang (Maliang Animation)
Junko Kanauchi (Trace Studio M)
Junpei Washimi (Light Foot)
Kaho Nakano (Studio Elle)
Kaori Nagai (Light Foot)
Keiko Watanabe (Light Foot)
Keiko Yoshimura (Light Foot)
Kiyomi Inoue (Light Foot)
Kōta Sudō (Wish)
Kyōko Suenaga (Light Foot)
Li Xia Yang (Maliang Animation)
Mamoru Kouno (Light Foot)
Masayo Ogawa (Wish)
Megumi Takahashi (Vega Entertainment)
Michiko Kado (Studio Elle)
Miho Muraguchi (Light Foot)
Miki Shimizu (Wish)
Mima Satou (Trace Studio M)
Mitsuki Tayama (Light Foot)
Miyuki Kurauchi (Vega Entertainment)
Miyuki Yamamoto (Light Foot)
Mizuho Suzuki (Trace Studio M)
Moon Soung Hey (Orange)
Nagisa Maeshima (Vega Entertainment)
Nagisa Sunagawa (Studio Elle)
Nao Kamiyama (Wish)
Naoki Ishikawa (Wish)
Noriko Ōgane (Light Foot)
Qin Na Lu (Maliang Animation)
Ryōko Fujisawa (Studio Elle)
Sachiko Yamada (Wish)
Sakiko Yamaguchi (Light Foot)
Saku Kawakubo (Wish)
Su Kyoung Choi (Orange)
Suzuka Chiba (Studio Elle)
Tamaki Ohno (Light Foot)
Teruka Tanaka (Wish)
Tomoka Mitsui (Light Foot)
Tomoko Saitō (Light Foot)
Tomomi Kado (Light Foot)
Yoshiko Takiguchi (Ajiado)
Yōsuke Nakazato (Vega Entertainment)
Young Ae An (Orange)
Yuki Matsuura (Light Foot)
Yukie Imamura (Studio Elle)
Yun Jie Zhu (Maliang Animation)
Yuri Takeuchi (Vega Entertainment)
Zhi Liang Yao (Maliang Animation)

Photography Assistant:
Hiroshi Kumai (Light Foot)
Hiroshi Onishi (Light Foot)
Kazuki Mitsuo (Light Foot)
Masato Makino (Light Foot)
Naoto Takahashi (Light Foot)
Seiichi Sugiura (Light Foot)
Shinichirō Nagano (Light Foot)
Tōru Takahashi (Light Foot)
Yukiko Kawai (Light Foot)

Photography Data Manager: Kenji Kashiwabara

Production Advancement:
Chizuru Ohba
Keiichi Kondō
Keisuke Yama
Masayuki Matsuse
Takumi Kitano

Production Committee:
Asami Arai
Atsushi Ooya
Chihiro Yamada
Hiromi Nakaseko
Jun Kaji
Jun Shimane
Katsushi Minoura
Ken Amano
Kiriko Hiraizumi
Naoyuki Tsutsumi
Riku Yamauchi
Satoshi Yamazaki
Shinichi Kuniyasu
Toshihiro Sato
Yasushi Wada
Yumi Takahashi

Production Desk: Takanori Itō

Publicity Producer: Yoshinobu Obida

Publicity Team:
Etsuko Katō
Mayu Nakauchi
Mirai Kase
Ryosuke Sato
Satoko Asahara
Takehiro Yamamoto

Recording engineer: Jūji Nakamura

Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda

Sound Production Desk:
Chie Hozumi
Shiho Tsuchiya

Special Effects: Kaori Satō (Anime Film)

Theme Song Arrangement: Yasutaka Nakata (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Ketsumeishi (ED)
Naoyuki Honzawa (ED)
Tomoyuki Tajiri (note native; ED)
Yasutaka Nakata (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Ketsumeishi (ED)
Yasutaka Nakata (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Ketsumeishi (ED)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (OP)

Akiko Yajima as Shinsuke Nohara

Chie Satō as Bo-chan

Keiji Fujiwara as Hiroshi Nohara

Mari Mashiba as
Shiro
Toru Kazama

Miki Narahashi as Misae Nohara

Satomi Koorogi as Himawari Nohara

Taeko Kawata as Saki Nubatama

Tamao Hayashi as Nene Sakurada

Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Masao Sato

Baku Ōwada as Himself

Daiki Nakamura as Kawaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yoshirin

Fujiko Takimoto as Terunobu

Haruhi Nanao as Midori Yoshinaga

Jin Shirosaki as Himself

Junpei Morita as Kindergarten Principal

Kanami Satou as Kindergartner

Kazuki Ogawa as Ota

Ken Yasuda as Yumehiko Nubatama

Kiyomichi Nakamura as Old Man

Makiko Ōmoto as Mitchie

Michie Tomizawa as Ume Matsuzaka

Michiko Kichise as Sayuri Nubatama

Miki Fukui as Kindergartner

Nao Nagasawa as Hitoshi

Sakiko Tamagawa as Kazama-kun's Mom

Satsuki Yukino as Yamada

Shizuka Itō as Nanako Ohara

Takaya Kuroda as Manager Funzori

Tomokazu Yajima as Ota

Tomoko Ohtsuka as Cheetah

Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura as Himself

Yukari Goto as Kindergartner

Japanese companies

2nd Key Animation:
Ajiado
PRA
Studio Comet

Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation

Background Art: Studio Uni

Background Art Assistance:
Atelier Roku 07
GACHI Production
NARA Animation
Studio SEY

Composite Photography: Anime Film

Distributor: TOHO

Editing Studio: Okayasu Promotions

Music Assistance: TV Asahi Music

Music Production: IMAGINE

Paint:
Ajiado
CL Corporation
Light Foot
Orange
Studio Elle
Studio Targe
Trace Studio M
Vega Entertainment
Wish
Wuxi Maliang Animation

Photography Assistance: Light Foot

Post Production: Tokyo Laboratory

Production:
Asatsu-DK
Futabasha
Shin-Ei Animation
TV Asahi

Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation

Sound Production: Audio Planning U

special effects: Anime Film

Spanish cast

Spanish staff

ADR Director: Laura Torres

Translation: Marta E. Gallego (Spain dub)

Insert Song Performance: Claudia Bramnfsette

Music Director: Maggie Vera

Laura Torres as Shinsuke Nohara

Alfonso Obregón as Hiroshi Nohara

Ana Lobo as Toru Kazama

Benjamin Rivera as Masao Sato

Diana Perez as Misae Nohara

Eduardo Garza as Bo-chan

Estafanía Piedra as Saki Nubatama

Mariana Ortiz as Nene Sakurada

Mauricio Pérez as Shiro

Mayra Arellano as Himawari Nohara

Belinda Martinez as Ume Matsuzaka

Daniel Abundis as Bunta Takakura

Hector Emmanuel Gómez as Jin Shirosaki

Laura Ayala as Midori Ishizaka

Rosalba Sotelo as Sayuri Nubatama

Sebastián Llapur as Yumehiko Nubatama

Spanish companies

ADR Studio: SDI Media México

Distributor: Cinépolis (Mexico; dubbed)

Internet Streaming: Odaiba VOD (dubbed)

Licensed by:
ConComics Cine
Luk Internacional (Spain)

Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

(none)

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

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