Kubo and the Two Strings：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Travis Knight
(directed by)

Writing Credits

Marc Haimes
(screenplay by) and: Chris Butler
(screenplay by): Shannon Tindle
(story by) and: Marc Haimes
(story by)

Cast

Art Parkinson
Kubo: Charlize Theron
Mother: Brenda Vaccaro
Kameyo: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Hashi: Meyrick Murphy
Mari: George Takei
Hosato: Rooney Mara
The Sisters: Ralph Fiennes
Moon King: Matthew McConaughey
Beetle: Minae Noji
Minae: Alpha Takahashi
Aiko: Laura Miro
Miho: Ken Takemoto
Ken: Aaron Aoki
Villager: Luke Donaldson
Villager: Michael Sun Lee
Villager: Cary Y. Mizobe
Villager: Rachel Morihiro
Villager: Thomas Isao Morinaka
Villager: Saemi Nakamura
Villager: Zachary Alexander Rice
Villager: Mariel Sheets
Villager

Produced by

Travis Knight
producer: Jocelyn Pascall
associate producer: Arianne Sutner
producer

Music by

Dario Marianelli
(music by)

Cinematography by

Frank Passingham
director of photography

Editing by

Christopher Murrie-Green
(as Christopher Murrie) (edited by)

Casting By

Allison Jones

Production Design by

Daniel R. Casey
(pre-production): Nelson Lowry

Art Direction by

Alice Bird

Costume Design by

Deborah Cook
costume designer

Production Management

Jared Bumgarner
production scheduler: David E. Hall
post-production supervisor: Dan Pascall
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jodi Clark
second assistant director (as Jodi Rosenlof): Alicia Cortes
second assistant director: Finley Mulligan
third assistant director: Brett Alexander Nichols
third assistant director: Holly Werner
second assistant director: Samuel Wilson
first assistant director

Art Department

Jesse Aclin
character design: Cristina AcuÃ±a
scenic painter: Benjamin William Adams
sculptor: Enrico Altmann
mold maker: Casey Zander Anderson
art department coordinator: Christina Jean Benenati
puppet fabrication intern: Andy Berry
set dresser: Matthew Brooks
landscapes: Phil Brotherton
assistant art director: Matt Burlingame
landscapes artist: Brett Carville
assistant puppet painter: Heather Castro
jr landscape artist: Tony P. Chen
cg modeler: Trevor Dalmer
art director: end credit sequence / designer and illustrator: Michelle L. DeMello
scenic artist: Robert DeSue
assistant art director: K.C. Englander
jr. set dresser / landscape artist: Alyssa Brooksong Essman
assistant puppet wrangler: Monica Fedrick
title graphics: Toby Froud
sculptor: Sculptor: Mark Garcia
storyboard artist: Duncan Gillis
art department head: Jesse Gregg
lead set dresser: August Hall
concept designer: Carl b Hamilton
set designer: Georgina Hayns
supervisor: puppet fabrication: Meg Holland
scenic artist: Josh Holtsclaw
graphic designer: Matt Isakson
head of mold making: Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
scenic artist: Susanna Jerger
puppet fabricator: Joseph Kincher
landscapes artist: Joe Kortum
prop designer: Phil LaFond
lead carpenter: Ann Larson
puppet fabricator: David Lee
Prop Designer: Celeste Leipham
landscapes artist: Samantha Levy
landscape artist: Paul Mack
model maker: Ean McNamara
concept artist: Keith McQueen
head of model shop: Douglas Mitchell
Lead Landscape Artist sculptor: Kristin Musser
art department: Ovi Nedelcu
storyboard artist: Rachel Olson
Landscape Artist: Desiree Ong
production assistant: Christina Owen
scenic painter: Michael Possert Jr.
model maker: Gillian Povey
Hand Fabricator: Tony Preciado
landscapes artist: Christopher Rabilwongse
puppet painter: Leon Rize
storyboard artist: Lou Romano
concept artist: Kyle Rossi
set shop pa: Whitney G. Schmerber
Model Shop Coordinator: Daniela Scovel
production assistant: Morgan Sheffield
ink and paint: Sara Spink
puppet painter: Becky Steele
puppet wrangler: Joshua Storey
head of puppet painting: Anna Sutton
puppet fabricator (as Anna Featherly Sutton): Shannon Tindle
character designer / storyboard artist: Aileen Portia Tolentino
moldmaker: Scott Tom
puppet fabricator: Jon Warren
supervisor: art fabrication: Austen Weitzel
puppet fabrication: Leah Williams
Model Shop Coordinator: George Willis
model maker: Guillermo Martinez
storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Gregg Barbanell
foley artist: Tim Chau
re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor: Travis Crotts
foley editor: Darlene Gorzela
additional sound: Catherine Harper
foley artist: Mark Kenna
dolby atmos consultant: Tim LeBlanc
re-recording mixer: Darrin Mann
foley mixer: Thomas O'Neil Younkman
sound effects editor: Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer: Eric Stolberg
sound recordist: Brian Tarlecki
mixing technician: Clayton Weber
sound editor: Bryon Williams
re-recording stage engineer: Dominic Boucher
uncredited: Shayna Brown
adr recordist (uncredited): Chris Erlon
sound recordist (uncredited): Adam Risner
uncredited

Special Effects by

Shea Bordo
lead silicone and foam caster: Matt Cole
hand fabricator: Matthew DeLeu
miniature lighting and electronics: Brooke Duckart
hair and fur fabricator: Toby Froud
sculptor: Mark Gaiero
armaturist: Chris Gough
animation rigger: Brian Hahn
head of mechanical fabrication: Shami Lang-Rinderspacher
animation rigger: Faon Lewis
head of silicone and foam: Jessica Lynn
head of hair and fur: Aaron Matthews
silicone department: Angela Muldoon
Armaturist: Emily D. Myers
Armaturist (as Emily Myers): David Pugh
animation rigger: Graham Read
Armaturist: Jeremy Spake
head of armature: Gabriel Temme
puppet fabrication generalist: Sid Tucker
Armaturist: Chris Walker
foam & silicone technician: Patrick Weinberg
animation rigger: TaMara Carlson Woodard
hair and fur fabricator (as Tamara Carlson): Patrick Zung
lead armaturist

Visual Effects by

Anthony Aiello
production technology: Adrienne Anderson
visual effects scheduler: Steve Arguello
Senior Modeler: Joe Beckley
matte painter / texture artist: Matthew Beightol
compositor / senior roto/paint artist: Kane Brassington
senior roto/paint artist: Phil Brotherton
visual effects: Tory Bryant
lead texture artist: Billy Cabey
layout artist: Daniel Casey
texture artist: Daniel R. Casey
layout artist: Aaron Charny
roto/paint artist: Nicholas Childs
compositor: Michael Cordova
senior compositor: Gentry Davidson
digital artist: Jon Dobson
technical director: Dustin Dybevik
roto/paint artist: Austin Eddy
CG Animator: Ken Egly
visual effects coordinator: Steve Emerson
visual effects supervisor: Daria Eremina
cg rigger: Maria Fery
roto/paint artist: Todd Gilchrist
visual effects editor: Andrew Gotham
visual effects coordinator: Justin Graham
lead roto/paint artist: Emily Greene
visual effects: Micah Henrie
technical director: Jorge Heredia
senior roto/paint artist: Veronica Hernandez
senior roto/paint artist: David Horsley
lead digital effects animator: Sara Ireland
compositor: Dhanad Islam
Junior CG Modeler: Nick Jauregui
vfx survey/matchmover: Timur Khodzhaev
senior compositor: Karl Kohlman
visual effects artist: Takashi Kubota
effects aritst / visual effects (as Takashi Kuboto): Tarun Lak
VFX Animation Intern: Grant Laker
CG Asset Creation Lead: Lars C. Larsen
animation rigger: Daniel Leatherdale
compositor: LAIKA: Benjamin Lishka
lighter: Alastair Macleod
animation technical director: Nick Mariana
visual effects: Ira Owens
previs artist: Pranay Patel
sr. pipeline engineer: Tilman Paulin
compositing lead: LAIKA: James Pina
compositor: Ben Posey
roto-paint artist: Jason Potter
data wrangler: Mitch Prater
shading systems architect: Ralph Procida
senior compositor: Tina Rangel
roto paint artist: Michelle Ross
cg animator: Tarek Saleh
roto / paint artist: Eric Schultz
texturing artist: Laika LLC: Richard Sevy
cg supervisor: Dan Short
digital compositor: Brice Shultz
compositor: Nik Siefke
data wrangler: Amelia 'Mia' Sires Nelson
data/render wrangler (as Amelia 'Mia' Sires): Kim Slate
visual effects: Jeff W. Smith
matchmove integration and layout: Kaci Smith
roto paint artist: Joelle Spencer-Gilchrist
visual effects production manager: Joe Strasser
lighting technical director: Laika: Peter Stuart
effects animator: Mike Terpstra
compositor: Terrance Tornberg
cg lighting lead: Trish Van't Hul
senior paint artist: Peter Vickery
associate vfx supervisor: Eric Wachtman
lead look development: Holly Webster
visual effects artist: modeler / visual effects artist: texture artist: Christopher Weinberg
surveyor & matchmover: charming: Curtis Darwin Zinn
digital compositor

Stunts

Nick Benseman
stunt rigger: Mickey Facchinello
pre-viz stunts: Brendon Huor
pre-viz stunts: Jeremy Marinas
pre-viz stunts: Aaron Toney
fight choreographer / fight coordinator / stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

John Ashlee
lighting camera: Gavin Brown
assistant camera trainee: Jake Carlson
assistant camera: Tyson Carpenter
gaffer: Christopher Covel
assistant camera: Matthew Emmons
Motion Control Operator: Drew Fortier
assistant camera: Bryan Garver
supervising gaffer: Gunnar Heidar
motion control technician: Dean Holmes
lighting camera: Mark Hughes
lighting camera: John Leonhardt
assistant camera trainee: Jesse Levitt
assistant camera: Jason Ptaszek
asset photographer: Mark Stewart
lighting cameraman: David Trappe
motion capture camera operator: Trahern Wells
gaffer: James WilderHancock
gaffer

Animation Department

Benjamin William Adams
inbetween artist: Albert Adee
rapid prototyping fabricator: Daniel Alderson
animator: Claudia Amatulli
animation coordinator: Graham Annable
story board artist: Hannah Quick Antico
rp cg rigger: John Aoshima
Head of Story / story artist: Debra Armstrong
key assistant animator: 2d end credits: Andy Bailey
stop motion animator: Micah Baker
rapid prototype quality assurance: Kyle Bell
facial animation supervisor: Ludovic Berardo
stop motion animator: Michael Berger
cg modeler: Rebecca Black-Gliko
rapid prototype quality assurance: Sean Burns
cg facial animator: Thiago CalÃ§ado
animator: Dominic Cardoso
rapid prototyping fabricator: Daniel Cespedes
rapid prototype quality assurance: Emanuela Cozzi
storyboard artist: Jeff Croke
cg facial animator: Phil Dale
stop motion animator: Margie Daniels
key assistant animator: closing animation: Clint K. Deadmond
rapid prototype quality assurance: Robert Ducey
technical director: animation: Helen Duckworth
cg modeler: Matt Ellsworth
Facial Animator: Anthony Elworthy
stop motion animator: Suzy Fagan Parr
animator (as Suzy Parr): Justin Fischer
rigging technical director: Adam Fisher
assistant animator: Kingman Gallagher
lead rp fabricator: Daniel Gill
animator: Anna Glanton
rapid prototype quality assurance: Joe Gorski
cg animator: Martha Grant
Replacement Animation Specialist: Charles Greenfield
stop motion animator: Sean Gregory
assistant animator: Shauna Hagerman
rapid prototype quality assurance: Brian Leif Hansen
stop motion animator: Joel Hasse
animator: Morgan Hay
lead rp fabricator: Mike Hollenbeck
stop motion animator: Tina T. Hsu
rapid prototype quality assurance: Terence Jacobson
rigger: Ty Johnson
cg modeler: Jesse J. Jones
ink and paint artist (as Jesse Jones): Oliver Jones
animation rigging supervisor: Travis Knight
animator: Danail Kraev
animator: Tarun Lak
cg crowds animation intern: Rachelle Lambden
animator: Malcolm Lamont
lead stop motion animator: Michael Laubach
lead technical director: rigging: Adam Lawthers
cg facial animator: Matias Liebrecht
animator: Arthur D. Lindfield
animation rigger: Tingting Liu
RP Facial animator: Jessica Salesky Lowe
rapid prototype quality assurance lead: Ben Luce
ink and paint artist: Jan-Erik Maas
animator (as Jan Maas): Dan MacKenzie
additional animator: Peter McCown
character supervisor: Brian McLean
director of rapid prototyping: Mary McOmber
rapid prototype senior quality assurance: Ann Moore
rapid prototype quality assurance: Jeremy Murphy
assistant animator: Julian Narino
storyboard artist: Angela Novak
Lead 3D Printer Technician: Shannon O'Neill
head of background: puppet fabrication: Brian Ormiston
storyboard artist: Shawn Palmer
story artist: Kevin Parry
stop motion animator: Florian Perinelle
animator / stop motion animator: Nicky Kriara Peterson
RP Replacement Animation Tester: Jessica Polaniecki
RP Replacement Animation Tester: Zachary Rahman
facial animator: Justin M. Rasch
animator: Joseph Reaves
rapid prototype quality assurance: Hals Reynolds
rapid prototype quality assurance: Jeff Riley
stop motion animator (as Jeffrey Riley): Jisoo Rim
rapid prototype quality assurance: Baptiste Rogron
animator / animator: 2D: Veronica Rosser
rapid prototype quality assurance: Alyssa Choate Rusche
quality assurance: Brett Scanlon
rapid prototype quality assurance: Matthew J. Schiavone
cg facial animation production coordinator: Brad Schiff
animation supervisor: Jeremiah Servais
rapid prototype quality assurance: Brice Shultz
rapid prototype quality assurance (as Brice Schultz): Kristen Shultz
rapid prototype quality assurance (as Kristen Schultz): Kim Slate
cg facial animator: Gabe Sprenger
stop motion animator: Dhivyasimhon Sridharan
rigging intern: Jason Stalman
animator: Anthony Straus
stop motion animator: Jerry Svoboda
stop motion animation rigger: Philippe Tardif
animator / animator: end titles: Neil Taylor
rapid prototype quality assurance: Trey Thomas
additional animator: Shannon Tindle
character designer: Danie Townsley
rapid prototyping fabricator (as Danie West): Chris Tran
cg modeler: Ann Whim Tseng
rapid prototype quality assurance: Carolyn Vale
cg facial animator: Marcos Valin
animator: David Vandervoort
lead 2d facial designer / supervising animator: end credits: Steve Warne
additional animator: Ian Whitlock
stop motion animator: Kyle Williams
cg modeler: Ning Xu
animation trainee: Dobrin Yanev
stop motion animator: Mingquan Charles Zhou
RP Rigger: Andrew Zubko
Replacement Animation Tester: Sandro Cleuzo
2d animator (uncredited): Tim Garbutt
end credit sequence: compositor (uncredited): Onyee Lo
cg facial animation intern (uncredited): Riley Roth-Ames
3D Printer Technician (uncredited) / 3D-Printer Technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

Judy Cook
adr voice casting: Ben Harris
casting associate: Peter John Kousakis
casting assistant (as Peter Kousakis): Ashley Lambert
adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sarah Lane
head of costume: Thalia Lane
Head of Costume Fabrication: Colette Nickola
costumer: Anja Poland
costume fabricator: Becky Redhead
costume fabricator: Annika Schindler
costumer: Aine Woods
costume fabricator

Editorial Department

Valance Eisleben
digital intermediate color assist/conform: Nancy Fuller
digital intermediate producer: Mandy Hutchings
assistant editor: Ladd Lanford
post-production project manager: Kj Pilar
Recording/Script Coordinator: Anthony Pitone
first assistant editor: Mike Sowa
digital intermediate colorist

Music Department

Geoff Alexander
conductor / orchestrator: Emily Appleton Holley
assistant score supervisor: Atanas Babaleski
scoring pro tools operator: Clive Bell
musician: shakuhachi: James Bellamy
music editor: Merlin Brouwer
musician: Joby Burgess
musician: percussion: Thomas Cepeda
composer: additional music - behind the scenes DVD: Dominick Certo
music editor: Fiona Cruickshank
additional engineering: Timeri Duplat
assistant music editor: Terry Edwards
co-choirmaster: Candy Emberley
music preparation: F.A.M.E.'S. Project
orchestra and studio contractor: trailer music: Alex Ferguson
assistant engineer: Luke Flynn
music preparation: Mark Graham
head of music preparation: Melissa Holding
musician: koto: Mariko Horikawa
music preparation: Georgi Hristovski
score recording engineer: Hibiki Ichikawa
musician: shamisen: Kevin Kmetz
musician: shamisen (as Kevin Masaya Kmetz): Libera
singers: London Voices
choir: Isaac London
musician: Dario Marianelli
orchestrator: Sara Matarazzo
music supervisor: Adam Miller
additional engineering / score recordist: Melanie Pappenheim
solo vocalist: Ben Parry
co-choirmaster: Victor Pesavento
music preparation: Maggie Rodford
score supervisor: Annie Rosevear
music preparation: Andrew Rowan
music preparation: Steven O. Scott
music preparation: Robin Stout
trailer score by (as Superhuman): Superhuman
trailer score by: Liam Westbrook
trailer score by (as Superhuman): Lucy Whalley
assistant choir contractor: Nick Wollage
score engineer and mixer: Jacob Yoffee
custom trailer music: Joe Zimmerman
music librarian / music preparation: Amos Miller
musician: trombone (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Maria Andreotti
puppet fabrication production assistant: Cassandra Barbour
rights and clearances: Maggie Begley
publicist: Jason Bryant
production accountant: Brad Burns
production runner: Chris Butler
head of story: Marina Capizzi
production runner: Rosemary A. Colliver
General Counsel & Head of Business Affairs: David J. Epstein
assistant production coordinator: Monica Fedrick
title sequence graphics: William Fife
Systems Engineer: John Henry Frankenhauser
systems administrator: Tim Garbutt
publicist: Danika Gernhart
accountant: Taro Goto
production consultant: Evan Hailstone
production runner: Daniel Heale
marketing agency executive: Michael Hix
information technology: Laika studio support: Andrew Hollandsworth
production runner: Emily Shinyi Hsu
assistant to producer: Stephanie Keske
production technology: Travis Knight
studio leadership: Laika: Christina Mackin
assistant: producer/director: Elias Mael
digital cinema package: Neri Marcorè
voice dubbing: Beetle: Kyle Melton
media engineer: Phr Mitzi Ang
Human Resources (as Mitzi Ang): Kat Mullaly
described video: Owen Nelson
software engineer: Anh Khoa Ngo
production technology: Julia Oliver
studio archivist: Martin Pelham
manager: media services: Kathy Radcliffe
executive assistant: Travis Knight: David J. Rowe
IT Manager System Support: Jenniphur Ryan
legal & business affairs: Lynelle Saunders
rapid prototype production coordinator role.: Tyler M. Saunders
production coordinator: Mark Shapiro
brand and marketing management: Kara Sinclair
production runner: Jeff Stringer
Production Technology: Katy Strutz
puppet fabrication intern: Matthew J.D. Thill
production runner: Sara Vahabi
publicity consultant: Jeff Vandehey
intormation & technology: Bradley Wald
studio leadership: Laika: Michael Weist
Influencer Promotions Manager: Jacqueline White
head of media services: Steven Wong Jr.
junior unit photographer: Nickolas Zolotko
systems administrator

Thanks

Kyle Abbott
thanks: Megan Ganz
special thanks: Sean Guttman
thanks: Olivia Harrison
special thanks: Jon Hiller
thanks: Misako Ito
thanks: Jay Kogen
thanks: Nick Meisel
thanks: Dawn Levy Vance
thanks: executive travel edge: Dawn Yamada
thanks