Guardian Hearts：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Yasuhiro Kuroda
(chief director): Shinji Ishihira
(opening sequence): Yasuhiro Kuroda
(episode director) (episode 6): Rei Mano
(episode director) (episode 4): Hiroyuki Yokoyama
(episode director) (episode 5)

Writing Credits

Sae Amatsu
(manga): Takeshi Sakamoto
(episode) (segment "3, 4 and 6"): Kanata Tanaka
(episode) (segment "1, 2 and 5")

Cast

Rie Kugimiya
Hina: Haruna Ikezawa
Chelsea: Kae Araki
Maya: Kyoko Tsuruno
Kurusu: Hisayo Mochizuki
Kotono: Takahiro Sakurai
Kazuya Watari: Mayumi Shintani
Daisy: Omi Minami
Po Powawa: Ai Orikasa
Saki Watari

Produced by

Yoshihiro Aratani
producer: Akihiko Hashimoto
assistant producer: Shin'ichirÃ´ Inoue
planning producer: Hiroshi Iwakawa
planning producer / producer (as Saburo Omiya): Hideo Takano
executive producer

Music by

Ryo Sakai

Cinematography by

Kazuhiro Yamada

Editing by

Jun Taguma
(as Jun Takuma)

Art Direction by

Goichi Katanosaka
(episodes 3-6) (opening sequence): Seiji Sugawara
(episodes 1, 2)

Production Management

Sei Sanpei
production manager

Art Department

Hiroshi Kurimoto
storyboard artist: Yasuhiro Kuroda
storyboard artist: opening sequence: Yoshihisa Matsumoto
storyboard artist: Noriyuki Nakamura
storyboard artist (as Noriyoshi Nakamura): Yoshiko Takiguchi
color key: Hideki Tonokatsu
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Shigeru Chiba
sound director: Kouichi Iizuka
sound producer (as KÃ´ichi Iizuka): ShÃ»ji Imai
recording assistant (episodes 1, 2): Takahisa Ishino
sound effects editor: Akira Noguchi
sound recordist: Haruo SatÃ´
sound production supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

Shinsuke Egawa
camera operator: Masatoshi Goake
camera operator: YÃ»ki Hama
camera operator (as Yuki Hama): Yasuko Hisaoka
camera operator: RyÃ´ Iijima
camera operator: Kenji ItÃ´
camera operator: Takafumi Kiyono
camera operator: Issei Miyata
camera operator: Tomoyuki Mizuno
camera operator: Fumihiko Morohashi
camera operator: Kenji Takahashi
camera operator: Kayoko Takaya
camera operator: Kazuki Watanabe
camera operator: Kazuhiro Yamada
camera operator

Animation Department

RyÃ´tarÃ´ Akao
animation director (as Ryotaro Akao) (episodes 3, 6) / animator (as Ryotaro Akao) (episode 1): Kiyotoshi Aoi
animator: Yuka Aono
animator: Fujiko Aoyagi
animator / animator: opening sequence: Takahiro Arai
inbetween artist: Toshiyuki Chiba
inbetween artist: Naomi Enomoto
digital painter: Masanobu Fujioka
animator: Maki Fujita
animator: Daisuke Guren
animator: Shin'ya Hamamoto
animator: Tomoki Hara
inbetween artist: Nobuyuki Hata
animator: opening sequence: Kenji Hattori
animation director (as Noritomo Hattori) (episode 1): Hironori Hisajima
animator: opening sequence / sub character designer: KeizÃ´ Ichikawa
animation director: opening sequence (as Keizo Ichikawa): Hidenori Igari
animator: Yoshikatsu Inoue
animator: Kazuhiko Ishii
animator: Naho Ishikawa
animator: Shinsuke Ishikawa
animator / animator: opening sequence: Shume ItÃ´
animator: Tetsuo Kajitani
animator: Kaoru Kasuga
animator: Goichi Katanosaka
background artist: opening sequence: Yasuhiro Kataoka
animator: Daitoku Kawaguchi
animator: Keisuke Kawaguchi
animator: Toshihiro Kawakami
animator: Rika Kawamoto
digital painter: Miho Kawasaki
animator: Akiko Kimura
digital painter: Tsuyoshi Kimura
animator: opening sequence: TarÃ´ Kitagawa
digital painter: Tomoyuki Kitamura
animator: Satoru Kiyomaru
animation director / sub character designer: YÃ´suke Kobashi
animator (as Yosuke Kobashi): Megumi Koyama
inbetween artist: Minoru Koyama
cel checker: ShÃ» KugyÃ´
animator: Hiroshi Kurimoto
sub character designer: Ãki Kusumoto
animator (as Ooki Kusumoto): Hideo Maru
animator: Jun Matsumoto
animator: Hideaki Matsuoka
animator: opening sequence: Satoru Minowa
animator: opening sequence: Satoshi Misaka
digital painter: Tamako Miyanishi
animator: Etsuhito Mori
animator: opening sequence: Shigeki Mori
animator: Hisayoshi Nagamatsu
animator: Yuji Nagata
animator: opening sequence / inbetween artist: Kazuya Nakanishi
inbetween artist: Akiko Nakano
animator: Norikatsu Nakano
character designer: Mitsuteru Nanbe
animator: Miyako Nishida
animator: YÃ»suke Noma
animator: Junko Nonaka
animator: opening sequence: Takeshi Oda
animator: Atsushi Ogasawara
animator: opening sequence: Tamotsu Ogawa
animator: opening sequence (as Kan Ogawa): Takashi Ono
animator: Madoka Ozawa
inbetween artist: Toshiro Sakuma
animation coordinator: Konomi Sakurai
animation director / animator: opening sequence: Kasa Sassa
animator: TenshÃ´ SatÃ´
animator (as Tensho Sato): Masaharu Sekiguchi
animator: Hideki Shibuya
animator: Hideaki Shimada
animator: opening sequence: Noriko Shimazawa
animator: Tomoko Shimizu
animator: Hiroshi Shirakawa
inbetween checker: KyÃ´ko Sugiyama
animator: Haruka Suzuki
animator: Hitoshi Suzuki
animator: Yukio Takatsu
sub character designer: Masaki Tanaka
animator: opening sequence (as Seiki Tanaka) / sub character designer (as Seiki Tanaka) (episodes 5, 6): Tomoko Tanaka
animator: Hiroaki Tori
animator: opening sequence: Yoshiaki Tsubata
animator: Takahiro Tsuzuku
animator: Kazuyuki TÃ´kae
cel checker (as Kazuyuki Tokae): Setsuko Umino
animator: Fumiko Urawa
animator: Hiromi Wakabayashi
animator: Jun Wakui
digital painter: Odahiro Watanabe
animator (as Toshinori Watanabe) (episode 5): Akira Yamazaki
animator: Tomoaki Yoda
digital painter / inbetween artist: Ai Yokokura
inbetween artist: Hideyuki Yoshida
animator: opening sequence: Daisuke Yoshizawa
digital painter: Shin Ônuma
animator (as Shin Onuma): Noriko Ãzeki
animator

Editorial Department

KÃ´tarÃ´ Muranaka
vtr editor: Shingo Nagai
vtr editor: Ayako Nakagawa
assistant editor: Actas Editing Room: Yukihiro Shii
assistant editor: Actas Editing Room

Music Department

Kazuharu Chikushi
music producer: Mitsunori Yokoyama
music producer

Additional Crew

Mitsuhiro Agata
public relations manager: Yuka Akahori
setting production: YÃ»ko Hamata
public relations manager: Izumi Harada
public relations manager: Ken Iwabuchi
production assistant: Rina KudÃ´
package designer: Takahiro Nakazaki
sales manager: Hitoshi Numajiri
production assistant: Toshihide SatÃ´
production assistant: Tomonori Taneko
production assistant

Thanks

Norikatsu Nakano
special thanks (opening sequence)