Cast & Crew

Directed by

Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Writing Credits

Masashi Kishimoto
(comic)
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
(screenplay)
Yuka Miyata
(screenplay)

Cast

Junko Takeuchi
Naruto Uzumaki
Shôtarô Morikubo
Shikamaru Nara
Chie Nakamura
Sakura Haruno
Gaamon Kai
Temujin
Takako Honda
Temujin's Childhood Friend
Akira Ishida
Gaara of the Desert
Yasuyuki Kase
Kankuro
Gamon Kaai
Temujin
Sachiko Kojima
Kamira
Tomoka Kurokawa
Emina
Houko Kuwashima
Ranke
Akio Nojima
Haido
Nachi Nozawa
Kahiko
Urara Takano
Fugai
Yûko Katô
Young Temujin
Steve Blum
Additional Voices
Maile Flanagan
Naruto Uzumaki
Crispin Freeman
Additional Voices
Tom Gibis
Shikimaru Nara
Jennifer Hale
Kamina
Kyle Hebert
Kahiko
Kate Higgins
Sakura Haruno
Megan Hollingshead
Ranke
Michael Lindsay
Kankuro
Mona Marshall
Temujin's Childhood Friend
Liam O'Brien
Gaara
Sam Riegel
Additional Voices
Michelle Ruff
Emina
Douglas Rye
Haido
Keith Silverstein
Additional Voices
Roger Craig Smith
Temujin
Kari Wahlgren
Fugai

Produced by

Sôichi Akiyama
executive producer
Ken Hagino
planning
Takashi Harada
associate producer
Takayuki Hirobe
associate producer
Michiyuki Honma
planning
Keisuke Iwata
planning
Shohei Izawa
executive producer
Kyôko Kobayashi
producer
Shôji Matsui
line producer (as Shoji Matsui)
Yukako Matsusako
associate producer
Yûji Nunokawa
executive producer
Kazuteru Oshikiri
producer
Yoshishige Shimatani
executive producer
Masato Takami
associate producer
Jun Takeuchi
executive producer
Shigekazu Takeuchi
executive producer
Kazuhiko Torishima
planning
Kazumichi Ueda
associate producer
Noritaka Yamaji
executive producer
Taihei Yamanishi
associate producer
Yukio Yoshimura
associate producer

Music by

Toshio Masuda
Musashi Purojekuto
(as Musashi Project)

Cinematography by

Atsuho Matsumoto

Editing by

Seiji Morita
Yukie Oikawa

Art Direction by

Mutsuo Koseki
Satoshi Matsuoka

Production Management

Shigehiro Suzuki
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kôji Aritomi
unit director
Ayako Terui
unit director

Art Department

Masaaki Endô
concept designer (as Masaaki Endo)
Hidetsugu Itô
concept designer (as Hidetsugu Ito)
Yûki Kase
color designer
Naoko Kodama
color designer
Akemi Konno
artboards
Mayumi Nagashima
color designer
Kayoko Nishi
color designer / color key
Jun'ichi Taniguchi
artboards

Sound Department

Yasunori Ebina
sound director
Jorge García Bastidas
re-recording mixer
Takuya Hasegawa
sound effects: Sound Box
Eiji Horita
sound mixer: Tokyo TV Center
Michihiko Iwana
sound mixer: Tokyo TV Center
Chiharu Kamio
recording director
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recording
Akira Noguchi
sound mixer: Sound Team Don Juan
Masahiro Tsukada
sound producer
Futoshi Ueda
sound mixer: Tokyo TV Center

Visual Effects by

Yutaka Hamanaka
3d cgi: IKIF+
Hiroko Hyakutake
3d cgi: IKIF+
Reina Kaneko
3d cgi: IKIF+
Yukie Matsuzaki
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Tomonari Nakajima
3d cgi
Sin Hong Oh
3d cgi director
Yûko Okumura
3d cgi: IKIF+
Atsushi Satô
3d cgi: IKIF+
Yûta Seo
3d cgi: IKIF+ (as Yuta Seo)
Hitomi Shimoganna
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Yasumitsu Suetake
3d cgi
Kazuya Sugiyama
3d cgi: IKIF+
Toshiki Taketani
background digital support
Magokoro Usami
3d cgi: IKIF+
Taisuke Yanagisawa
3d cgi: IKIF+
Mami Yariwake
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office

Camera and Electrical Department

Rie Awaji
photography: Welz Animation Studio
Takako Baba
photography: Welz Animation Studio
Kôichi Gonda
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Koichi Gonda)
Naohisa Haijima
photography: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami
photography: Studio Cosmos
Toshio Kaidô
photography
Munehiro Kasuya
photography: Welz Animation Studio
Kaori Kawashima
photography
Kumiko Kimura
photography
Katsuyoshi Kishi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yumiko Morimoto
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yuka Nakatani
photography
Kentarô Niigaki
photography: Studio You
Tomohiro Nishiyama
photography: Studio Cosmos
Tarô Okuzawa
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Taro Okuzawa)
Yûko Orikasa
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Yuko Orikasa)
Hisayuki Sadamatsu
photography: Studio Cosmos
Kaori Sakamoto
photography
Yûji Shirai
photography: Studio Cosmos (as Yuji Shirai)
Tôru Sugawara
photography: Studio Cosmos
Fujiko Tabata
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hisako Tamada
photography
Miyoshi Tazawa
photography: Studio You
Anna Torii
photography
Kazuhiro Udagawa
photography: Studio Cosmos
Mai Uematsu
photography
Takashi Ueno
photography: Studio You
Shûhei Yabuta
photography: Welz Animation Studio (as Shuhei Yabuta)
Masahiko Yagi
photography: Welz Animation Studio
Norikazu Yamaguchi
photography: Studio Cosmos
Yoshino Yasuno
photography: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Yoshida
photography: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

Mi Gyeong Ahn
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio (as Mi Gyeong An)
Mitsue Akiyama
inbetween artist
Kôichi Arai
key animator (as Koichi Arai)
Tsutomu Awada
key animator (as Tsutomu Awata)
In Hwa Bae
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Yong Oh Bae
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng (as Yong O Bae)
Kim Bruges
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Hye Soon Byeon
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Ju Seon Cha
background artist: DR Movie (as Ju Sun Cha)
Hye Jung Cho
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Hyun Mi Cho
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Seoung Suk Cho
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Do Young Choi
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Hee Eun Choi
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Hee Kyoung Choi
digital painter: DR Movie
Ki-Jeong Choi
digital painter: DR Movie
Soon Lee Choi
digital painter: DR Movie
Hyun Joo Chun
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Hisashi Eguchi
key animator
Masaaki Endô
key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Yûichi Endô
key animator
Yoshie Fujiwara
inbetween artist: OH Production
Tadashi Fukuda
key animator
In Hoi Gu
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Oh Sook Gueon
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng (as O Sook Gueon)
Kenji Hachizaki
key animator
Myung Sun Han
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Seung Jin Han
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Shinji Hashimoto
key animator
Takashi Hashimoto
key animator
Ehime Hatta
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Soon-nyu Heo
background artist: DR Movie
Yûko Hirasawa
key animator (as Yuko Hirasawa)
Shûichi Hirata
background artist
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
key animator
Kazunobu Hoshi
key animator
Jeong Sil Hwang
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Ji Na Hwang
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Misuzu Ichinose
inbetween artist: OH Production
Hisashi Ikeda
background artist: Madhouse
Ruriko Ikejiri
background retouch
Michiko Ikushima
digital painter: Studio Killy
Tomoe Imamura
cel checker
Junko Ina
background artist
Miho Inoue
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Kaori Ishikawa
digital painter: Studio Killy
Hidetsugu Itô
key animator (as Hidetsugu Ito)
Toshiko Iwakiri
digital painter: Studio Killy
Yoshishige Iwakiri
digital painter: Studio Killy
Cheol-Ho Jang
inbetween artist: DR Movie (as Chel Ho Jang)
Eun Kyung Jeon
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Keuk-sun Jeon
background artist: DR Movie
Ji Hyun Jeong
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Youn Hee Jeong
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Jung-Suk Jun
digital painter: DR Movie
Hee Jung Jung
digital painter: DR Movie
Hyun-Soo Jung
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio (as Hyeun Soo Joung)
Masatoshi Kai
background artist
Shûichi Kaneko
assistant animation director (as Shuichi Kaneko) / key animator (as Shuichi Kaneko)
Kim Kang-in
digital painter: DR Movie (as Kang In Kim)
Masayuki Katou
secondary key animator
Aika Kawasaki
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Kumiko Kawashima
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Jeong Min Keum
digital painter: DR Movie
Masanori Kikuchi
background artist
Bo Min Kim
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hyun Soo Kim
background artist: DR Movie
Jeong Hwan Kim
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Ji Eun Kim
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Mi Joung Kim
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Mi Kyeung Kim
background artist: DR Movie
Mi Suk Kim
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Min Ju Kim
digital painter: DR Movie
Ok Ju Kim
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Shigeru Kimishima
key animator
Etsuko Kimura
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Fumiyo Kimura
key animator
Hirotaka Kinoshita
key animator
Emi Kirikihara
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hyo Sun Ko
background artist: DR Movie
Kun Ae Ko
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Kimiko Kojima
background retouch
Kui Seon Kook
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Tsuguyuki Kubo
key animator
Eriko Kubokawa
key animator
Tetsuya Kumagai
key animator
Shin'ichi Kuniyasu
inbetween artist: OH Production (as Shinichi Kuniyasu)
Toshimitsu Kuroyanagi
inbetween artist: OH Production
Masayuki Kôda
secondary key animator (as Masayuki Kouda)
Bong Su Lee
background artist: DR Movie
Jae Deuck Lee
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Jeong Eun Lee
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Jun Ho Lee
background artist: DR Movie
Kun-hae Lee
digital painter: DR Movie
Kyoung Ae Lee
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Mi Joung Lee
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Mi Ok Lee
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Sun Me Lee
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Yoon Ho Lee
background artist: DR Movie
Young Sim Lee
digital painter: DR Movie (as Young Shim Lee)
Gab Sook Lim
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng (as Kab Sook Lim)
Hey Jin Lim
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Ho Young Lim
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Mae Il Lim
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Takao Maki
key animator
Hirofumi Masuda
key animator
Toshihiko Masuda
key animator
Norio Matsumoto
key animator
Tadashi Matsuzaki
key animator
Yukie Matsuzaki
cel checker
Michio Mihara
key animator
Ho Jeong Min
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Haruo Miyagawa
key animator
Takashi Mukôda
key animator (as Takashi Mukouda)
Eriko Murakami
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Tomoe Muramatsu
background retouch
Izumi Murasaki
cel checker
Mitsunori Murata
key animator
Kum Young Na
background artist: DR Movie
Shinnosuke Nagare
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Kaoru Nagasawa
background retouch
Kaoru Nakagama
digital painter: Studio Killy
Katsuhiro Nakajima
key animator
Minoru Nakamura
additional background artist: Studio Wyeth
Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator
Masahiro Neriki
key animator
Rinako Nishihara
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Tetsuya Nishio
animation director / character designer / key animator
Mi Young Ock
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Hiroyuki Ogura
key animator
Nobutoshi Ogura
key animator
Hiroko Oguri
key animator
Young Suk Oh
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Masako Okada
background artist: Madhouse
Tensai Okamura
key animator
Hiroyuki Okiura
key animator
Eun Ah Park
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng (as Eun A Park)
Eun Joo Park
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Jong-im Park
background artist: DR Movie
Kyeong Sook Park
background artist: DR Movie
Kyung Suk Park
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Su-Gyong Park
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Yong Il Park
background artist: DR Movie
Yun Hee Park
digital painter: DR Movie
Eun Young Pyun
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Hiroshi Saitô
key animator
Mamoru Sasaki
assistant animation director / key animator
Miwa Sasaki
key animator
Masahiro Satô
assistant animation director / key animator
Yûzô Satô
key animator (as Yuzo Sato)
Minako Sekihara
inbetween artist: OH Production
Kyung Hwa Seo
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Song-hee Seo
digital painter: DR Movie (as Sung Hee Seo)
Hiroshi Shimizu
key animator
Keiko Shimizu
key animator
Yasuyuki Shimizu
assistant animation director / key animator
Yoshiharu Shimizu
key animator
Yoshiko Shimizu
cel checker
Yuri Shimizu
background retouch
Hitomi Shimoganna
cel checker
Hye Mi Shin
digital painter: DR Movie
Eun Suk Son
digital painter: NARA Animation Studio
Hyun Joo Song
inbetween artist: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Ji Young Song
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Haruo Sotozaki
key animator
Yasumitsu Suetake
key animator / mechanical designer
Toshiharu Sugie
key animator
Ji Young Sung
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Mayumi Suzuki
inbetween artist
Tsutomu Suzuki
key animator
Masaharu Tada
key animator
Junichi Takadate
secondary key animator
Sayuri Takagi
digital painter: Studio Killy
Naomi Takahashi
digital painter: Studio Killy
Hiroshi Takiguchi
background artist
Yoshiko Takiguchi
digital painter
Seiki Tamura
background artist
Hideto Tanaka
secondary key animator
Hiroto Tanaka
key animator
Yukiko Tanishima
digital painter: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Hiroko Tezuka
inbetween checker
Tatsuya Tomaru
animation director (as Tatsuya Sotomaru) / animation director
Mifumi Tomita
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Mitsuko Toyoshima
inbetween checker
Hiromi Tsuchiya
digital painter: Studio Killy
Akihiro Tsuda
key animator
Jinko Tsuji
inbetween artist: OH Production
Kazue Tsunoda
inbetween artist
Mika Uchiki
inbetween artist: Pierrot Animation Room
Mihoko Uda
inbetween artist: OH Production
Naruyo Uehara
background artist: Madhouse
Ichirô Uno
key animator
Makiko Yagihashi
cel checker
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
key animator
Tatsuo Yamada
key animator
Akiko Yamaguchi
key animator
Hirômi Yamakawa
key animator
Akira Yamauchi
secondary key animator
Ryûta Yanagi
secondary key animator (as Ryuuta Yanagi)
Mami Yariwake
cel checker
Bo Ruem Yi
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Miyoko Yoshida
digital painter: Studio Killy
Tadakatsu Yoshida
key animator
Choong-hyun You
background artist: DR Movie
Hye Jeong You
digital painter: Seong Bo Yang Haeng
Eun Ji Youn
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Myung Hee Youn
inbetween artist: DR Movie
Joung Hye Yun
inbetween artist: NARA Animation Studio
Saeko Yuyama
background retouch
Mika Ôkubo
inbetween artist: Pierrot Fukuoka Office
Mamoru Ôtake
secondary key animator (as Mamoru Otake)

Editorial Department

Daiki Ichinose
hd 24p editing: Sony PCL
Hideki Itô
hd coordinator: Dinext
Takashi Kôno
hd conversion: Sony PCL
Hideki Morita
cms technical supervisor
Tadashi Nakamura
cms supervisor
Tomoki Takemura
hd 24p editing: Sony PCL
Atsuhiko Tanaka
cms technician
Hikari Ôtsuki
hd conversion: Sony PCL

Music Department

Ai Abe
music producer
Hitoshi Hashimoto
5.1 ch surround mixing engineer / recording engineer
Masaaki Iizuka
guitar: Musashi
Shûichirô Imaizumi
main theme tie-up assistance
Tetsuya Kaneshige
assistant engineer
Toshihiko Kasai
assistant engineer
Yuito Kimura
main theme tie-up assistance
Kinohachi
nohkan: Musashi / shakuhachi: Musashi / yokobue: Musashi
Katsunosuke Kobari
producer: Musashi
Takeki Miyauchi
drums: Musashi
Hajime Nishi
tsugaru-shamisen: Musashi
Takashi Oizumi
assistant engineer
Jun'ichirô Ojima
recording engineer (as Junichiro Ojima)
Shinjirô Ozawa
main theme tie-up assistance
Hiroyuki Sawano
producer: Musashi
Hiromi Shinjô
assistant engineer
Jun'ichi Sugawara
main theme tie-up assistance
Yasuharu Takanashi
keyboards: Musashi
Isamu Takita
six-string bass: Musashi
Masayuki Watanabe
music producer
Emiko Ôiwa
producer: Musashi
Takara Ôtsuka
wadaiko drums: Musashi

Additional Crew

Mamiko Abe
sponsor: Showa Note Co., Ltd.
Noriyuki Aoki
floor coordinator
David W. Barr
adr recording engineer (english version)
Nobuhiro Fukuda
advertising manager
Daisuke Fukunaga
trailer director
Tazuko Fukutsuchi
production support: Dôga Kôbô
Keisuke Furusawa
production committee: Bandai
Yûta Hattori
production support: Madhouse
Nanae Hayashi
production support: Morita Editing Room
Tomio Higana
sponsor: Showa Note Co., Ltd.
Atsushi Higashiyama
production committee: Dentsû
Chigira Hirakawa
production desk
Yûki Hoshijima
production committee: Aniplex
Masahiko Ibaraki
planning assistance: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Mikio Igarashi
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Haruyuki Iguchi
production committee: TV Tokyo
Chûya Ishida
production committee: Bandai (as Chuya Ishida)
Gyun Jeong Jeong
production support
Haeng Gueon Jeong
production support
Se Kwon Joung
production support
Hironobu Kamata
sponsor: Ensky
Shigeru Katagishi
sponsor: Showa Note Co., Ltd.
Hideo Katsumata
production committee: Aniplex
Shin'ya Kawabata
production desk (as Shinya Kawabata)
Genki Kawamura
production committee: Toho
Nozomi Kikuchi
production assistant
Yuta Kimura
production assistant
Kôta Kitamura
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Yukiko Kugimiya
production assistant
Miki Kurosaka
production assistant
Eric Lewis
recording engineer (english version)
Kôichi Machiyama
production assistant (as Koichi Machiyama)
Masao Morosawa
production support: Madhouse
Nagi
performer: ferret
Riichirô Nakamura
production committee: Dentsû
Tetsurô Nakao
production committee: TV Tokyo
Masaki Nakayama
advertising producer
Takahiro Natori
production assistant
Hitoshi Nomura
sponsor: Tomy
Shirô Okuaki
sponsor: Tomy
Raku
performer: ferret
Masaya Sawada
sponsor: Tomy
Kazuhiko Seta
production committee: Toho
Kôichi Someya
sponsor: Ensky
Toshihiko Suzuki
sponsor: Movic
Akito Takahashi
advertising manager
Masana Takahashi
planning assistance: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Osamu Takesue
production committee: Aniplex
Hiromichi Uchida
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Tôru Umeoka
production support: Madhouse
Sayaka Uno
advertising manager
Ken'ichirô Ushiki
production committee: Shûeisha (as Kenichiro Ushiki)
Emiko Yakame
production committee: Studio Pierrot
Kazuko Yamamoto
production committee: Aniplex
Kôsuke Yasaku
planning assistance: Weekly Shônen Jump Editing Department
Masaki Yasuda
sponsor: Movic
Masayuki Ôhira
trailer producer
Tsuneo Ôyama
production committee: Shûeisha
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