Cast & Crew

Directed by

Gorô Miyazaki

Writing Credits

Ursula K. Le Guin
(based on the "Earthsea" book sereies by) and
Hayao Miyazaki
(concept)
Gorô Miyazaki
(screenplay) and
Keiko Niwa
(screenplay)

Cast

Jun'ichi Okada
Arren
Aoi Teshima
Theru
Bunta Sugawara
Haitaka
Yûko Tanaka
Cob
Teruyuki Kagawa
Hare
Jun Fubuki
Tenar
Takashi Naitô
Hazia Dealer
Mitsuko Baishô
The Mistress
Yui Natsukawa
The Queen
Kaoru Kobayashi
The King
Timothy Dalton
Sparrowhawk
Willem Dafoe
Cob
Matt Levin
Arren
Cheech Marin
Hare
Mariska Hargitay
Tenar
Blaire Restaneo
Therru
Jeff Bennett
Additional Voices
Susanne Blakeslee
The Queen
Kat Cressida
The Mistress
Pat Fraley
Additional Voices
Brian George
The King
Jess Harnell
Hazia Dealer
Tress MacNeille
Peasant Woman
Kevin Michael Richardson
Ship Captain / Hare Lieutenant (voice)
Mark Silverman
Additional Voices
Russi Taylor
Peasant Woman
Grant George
Additional Voices
Jessica Gee-George
Additional Voices
Steve Kramer
Additional Voices
David Lodge
Additional Voices
Liam O'Brien
Additional Voices
Terrence Stone
Additional Voices
Karen Strassman
Additional Voices
Tara Platt
Additional Voices

Produced by

Stephen Alpert
producer (english version) (as Steve Alpert)
Jim Hubbert
associate producer (english version)
Tomohiko Ishii
assistant producer
John Lasseter
us executive producer
Javier Ponton
producer (english version)
Herbert Primig
associate producer (english version)
Toshio Suzuki
producer

Music by

Tamiya Terashima

Cinematography by

Atsushi Okui
digital cinematographer
Hidenori Shibahara
(digital photography)
Atsushi Tamura
(digital photography)
Junji Yabuta
(digital photography)

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

Ned Lott
(english version)

Art Direction by

Yôji Takeshige

Production Management

Naoya Fujimaki
production manager
Ryôichi Fukuyama
production manager (as Ryoichi Fukuyama)
Akio Ichimura
production manager
Seiji Okuda
production manager
Hiroyuki Watanabe
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kenji Imura
assistant director
Ryôsuke Kiyokawa
assistant director (as Ryosuke Kiyokawa)
Akihiko Yamashita
assistant director

Art Department

Rie Kojô
assistant color designer (as Rie Kojo)
Gorô Miyazaki
storyboard artist
Fumiko Numahata
color designer
Kanako Takahashi
color designer
Yukie Tamura
assistant color designer
Kazuko Yamada
assistant color designer
Michiyo Yasuda
color designer

Sound Department

Atsushi Aikawa
dts digital mastering
Victor Bender
dialogue recordist (as Victor Garcia) / sound recordist (as Victor Garcia) / supervising adr editor (as Victor Garcia) / supervising sound editor (as Victor Garcia)
Mariko Chikada
dts digital mastering
Chris Foster
sound recordist
Kostas Gkikas
adr mixer (Mandarin version)
Kazumi Inaki
post-production sound
Shuji Inoue
sound mixer
Michihiko Iwana
sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center
Kôji Kasamatsu
sound effects (as Koji Kasamatsu)
Tamaki Kojô
post-production sound (as Tamaki Kojo)
Yoshiki Matsunaga
assistant sound effects editor
Keiichirô Morimoto
sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center
Noboru Nishio
digital optical recordist
Gary Rydstrom
adr director: U.S. production
Jurgen Scharpf
mix technician: U.S. production (as Jürgen Scharpf)
Michael Semanick
re-recording mixer: U.S. production
Adrian Spano
sound recordist
Hajime Takagi
re-recording mixer / sound recording engineer (as Tsukuru Takagi)
Noriko Tsushi
post-production sound
Futoshi Ueda
optical sound recordist
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
recording director
Mika Yamaguchi
sound effects coordinator
Nobue Yoshinaga
sound producer: Phoenicia

Special Effects by

Keiko Itogawa
special effects

Visual Effects by

Masafumi Inoue
cg engineer
Naoko Ishizuka
digital animator
Shun Iwasawa
digital animator
Masaru Karube
digital animator
Mitsunori Katâma
digital animation director
Norihiko Miyoshi
digital animator
Tsutomu Nomoto
digital animator
Miki Satô
digital animator (as Miki Sato)
Yôichi Senzui
digital animator (as Yoichi Senzui)

Camera and Electrical Department

Mikio Mori
consultant: dolby film

Animation Department

Takahiko Abiru
inbetween animator
Sonoo Akagi
inbetween animator
Seiko Azuma
inbetween animator
Kaori Fujii
assistant inbetween checker
Maya Fujimori
inbetween animator
Shigeru Fujita
key animator
Rie Fukui
inbetween animator
Yoshikazu Fukutome
background artist
Shôgo Furuya
key animator
Makiko Futaki
assistant animation director
Nozomi Gotô
inbetween animator
Kenji Hachizaki
key animator
Hideki Hamasu
key animator (as Hideki Hamazu)
Shinji Hashimoto
key animator
Takashi Hashimoto
key animator
Megumi Higaki
inbetween animator
Yûko Higashi
inbetween animator (as Yuko Higashi)
Sayaka Hirahara
background artist
Shunsuke Hirota
key animator
Takeshi Honda
key animator
Junko Ina
background artist
Ryôko Ina
background artist
Takeshi Inamura
animation director (as Takeshi Imamura)
Hiroaki Ishii
digital painter
Kunitoshi Ishii
inbetween animator
Asami Ishikado
inbetween animator
Kaori Itô
inbetween animator
Yoshitake Iwakami
inbetween animator
Akane Iwakuma
background artist
Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween animator
Kazuyo Izawa
background artist
Megumi Kagawa
key animator
Yukiko Kakita
digital painter: T2 Studio
Yukie Kaneko
inbetween animator
Tomoko Kanetani
inbetween animator
Naomi Kasugai
background artist
Fumie Kawamata
digital painter: T2 Studio
Haruna Kiryû
digital painter: T2 Studio (as Haruna Kiryu)
Kazuchika Kise
key animator
Yasuyuki Kitazawa
inbetween animator
Tomoyuki Kojima
inbetween animator
Ikuyo Kondô
inbetween animator
Rie Kondô
inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Konishi
key animator
Fumie Konno
key animator
Masakiyo Koyama
inbetween animator
Mariko Kubo
inbetween animator
Akane Kumakura
digital painter
Rie Kurihara
digital painter: T2 Studio
Kiyoko Makita
inbetween animator
Toshihiko Masuda
key animator
Osamu Masuyama
background artist
Ryôji Masuyama
inbetween animator
Megumi Matsumoto
inbetween animator
Maiko Matsumura
inbetween animator
Mariko Matsuo
key animator
Nobuyuki Mitani
inbetween animator
Tomoko Miura
inbetween animator
Yukihiro Miyaji
inbetween animator
Tomoko Miyata
inbetween animator
Toshiharu Mizutani
background artist
Ai Mochida
inbetween animator
Yoshiyuki Momose
key animator
Naomi Mori
digital painter
Hiroyuki Morita
key animator
Youko Motoya
inbetween animator
Yasuo Muroi
inbetween animator
Masako Nagata
background artist
Rie Nakagome
inbetween checker
Chiaki Nakajima
inbetween animator
Tomoko Nakajima
inbetween animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura
inbetween animator
Masami Nakanishi
inbetween animator
Yôhei Nakano
inbetween animator
Mai Nakazato
inbetween animator
Kumi Nanjô
digital painter: T2 Studio
Sumie Nishido
inbetween animator
Shôko Nishigaki
inbetween animator (as Shoko Nishigaki)
Hiromi Nishikawa
inbetween animator
Yôichi Nishikawa
background artist
Tetsuya Nishio
key animator
Maiko Nogami
inbetween animator
Hitomi Odashima
inbetween animator
Kazuo Oga
background artist
Hiromasa Ogura
background artist
Yasuko Ohtomo
inbetween animator
Masashi Okumura
key animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda
key animator
Kana Onodera
inbetween animator
Kiyoko Saitô
digital painter
Masaya Saitô
inbetween animator
Reiko Sakai
inbetween animator
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist / inbetween animator
Chikako Sasagawa
inbetween animator
Miwa Sasaki
key animator
Yukiko Sato
inbetween animator
Masako Satô
key animator (as Masako Sato)
Shiho Satô
background artist (as Shiho Sato)
Tsutomu Shibuya
inbetween animator
Atsushi Shigeta
key animator
Ritsuko Shiina
inbetween animator
Akiko Shimizu
digital painter: T2 Studio
Tomoko Sugata
inbetween animator
Takahito Sugawara
inbetween animator
Kôji Sugiura
key animator
Makiko Suzuki
key animator
Mariko Suzuki
inbetween animator
Hiromi Takahashi
digital painter
Kanako Takahashi
digital painter: T2 Studio
Moyo Takahashi
inbetween animator
Yôhei Takamatsu
background artist
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
key animator
Atsushi Tamura
key animator
Setsuya Tanabe
inbetween animator
Atsuko Tanaka
key animator
Kumiko Tanihira
inbetween animator
Hitomi Tateno
inbetween checker
Kumiko Terada
inbetween animator
Kenji Terao
inbetween animator
Akiko Teshima
inbetween animator
Yayoi Toki
inbetween animator (as Yoyoi Toki)
Keiko Tomizawa
inbetween animator
Ayumi Tsukamoto
inbetween animator
Yûhei Ueda
inbetween animator
Yukari Umebayashi
inbetween animator
Kasumi Wada
digital painter: T2 Studio
Noriko Wada
background artist
Keiko Watanabe
inbetween animator
Keisuke Watanabe
inbetween animator
Yôichi Watanabe
background artist (as Youichi Watanabe)
Yûko Watanabe
inbetween animator (as Yuko Watanabe)
Alexandra Weihrauch
inbetween animator
Hisako Yaji
inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yamada
key animator
Shin'ichirô Yamada
inbetween animator
Atsushi Yamagata
assistant animation director
Hirômi Yamakawa
key animator
Eiji Yamamori
key animator
Rie Yamamoto
inbetween animator
Yukari Yamaura
inbetween animator
Kikuyo Yano
background artist
Masafumi Yokota
key animator
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
assistant animation director
Kazue Yoshida
inbetween animator
Noboru Yoshida
background artist
Mitsuo Yoshino
background artist
Hideaki Yoshio
key animator
Makoto Ôhara
inbetween animator
Minoru Ôhashi
key animator (as Minoru Ohashi)
Takashi Ômori
background artist
Mayumi Ômura
inbetween animator (as Mayumi Ohmura)
Yoshihiro Ôsugi
key animator (as Yoshihiro Oosugi)
Kiyomi Ôta
background artist
Kumiko Ôta
inbetween animator
Kumiko Ôtani
inbetween animator
Shinji Ôtsuka
key animator

Editorial Department

Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timer: Imagica
Takehisa Katsumata
lab management
Wataru Matsumoto
film recording: Imagica
Hiromi Sasaki
assistant editor
Yûko Shimura
lab coordinator: Imagica
Megumi Uchida
assistant editor
Tetsuya Yamai
film recording: Imagica

Music Department

Carlos Núñez
musician
Masatsugu Shinozaki
musician
Chikako Takahashi
conductor
Akihiko Ôno
music engineer

Additional Crew

Kino Arai
production committee: Disney
Shôkichi Arai
production work (as Shokichi Arai)
Kôichi Asano
character production development (as Koichi Asano)
Naomi Atsuta
character production development
Mieko Hara
advertising: Toho Ad
Makoto Hashida
event manager
Mayumi Hirakata
production committee: NTV
Kôji Hoshino
production committee: Buena Vista Entertainment
Nobuyuki Iinuma
production committee: NTV
Tomomi Imai
character production development
Tôru Itabashi
production committee: Disney Enterprises
Keiichi Itagaki
trailer production: Gal Enterprise
Nozomu Itô
public relations (as Nozomu Ito)
Daisuke Kadoya
production committee: NTV
Toshiyuki Kawabata
production work
Ned Lott
assistant voice director
Yûichirô Mochizuki
production desk (as Yuichiro Mochizuki)
Ai Nakanishi
advertising: Toho
Shintarô Nakazawa
production assistant
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Production Administration / production work
Yumiko Nishimura
public relations
Jun'ichi Nishioka
public relations (as Junichi Nishioka)
Shinsuke Nonaka
production affairs manager
Naoto Okamura
advertising: Movie Eye Entertainment
Hiroyuki Orihara
advertising: Toho Ad
Jun'ya Saitô
production assistant
Yûji Shimamoto
production committee: Dentsu
Nobuko Shiraki
production work
Shinji Takada
production committee: NTV
Chieko Tamura
public relations
Chiyoshi Tanaka
event manager
Chihiro Tsukue
public relations
Masaru Yabe
advertising: Toho Ad
Seiji Yabe
production committee: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Mika Yasuda
character production development
Yoshirô Yasunaga
production committee: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Megumi Yoshida
production committee: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
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