The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Makoto Shinkai
Yoshio Suzuki
(co-director)

Writing Credits

Makoto Shinkai
(original story) and
Makoto Shinkai
(screenplay)

Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hiroki Fujisawa
Masato Hagiwara
Takuya Shirakawa
Yuka Nanri
Sayuri Sawatari
Unshô Ishizuka
Okabe
Kazuhiko Inoue
Tomizawa
Risa Mizuno
Maki Kasahara
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Arisaka
Masami Iwasaki
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)
Eiji Takemoto
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)
Takahiro Hirano
Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)
Takeshi Maeda
Daigakuinsei / Radio Hoso (voice)
Rie Nakagawa
Joshi Seito / Josei Kangoshi (voice)
Yûki Nakao
Joshi Seito
Maki Saito
Joshi Seito / Josei Kangoshi (voice) (as Maki Saitou)
Kousuke Kujirai
Danshi Seito
Bretto Coleman
Beigunjin
Ian O'Neal
NSA
Hirochika Kamize
Jushisen Keikoku
Jessica Boone
Sayuri Sawatari
Matthew Crawford
Male Student
James Z. Erivayer
Graduate Student
Jacob A. Gragard
Emishi Plant Worker
John Gremillion
Additional Voices
Illich Guardiola
Arisaka
Hilary Haag
Female Student
Jay Hickman
Graduate Student
Adam Jones
Emishi Plant Worker
Jacob Jones
Additional Voices
Andrew Love
Emishi Plant Worker
Kalob Martinez
Takuya Sawatari
Andy McAvin
Tomizawa
Rob Mungle
Additional Voices
Chris Nelson
Additional Voices
Mariela Ortiz
Female Student
Chris Patton
Hiroki Fujisawa
Carl Ruthers
Additional Voices
John Swasey
Okabe
Lesley Tesh
Female Student
Kira Vincent-Davis
Maki Kasahara

Produced by

Kiyonori Hiramatsu
animation producer
John Ledford
executive producer
Makoto Shinkai
producer
Naomi Tôda
promotional producer (as Naomi Toda)
Mark Williams
executive producer

Music by

Tenmon

Cinematography by

Makoto Shinkai
director of photography

Editing by

Makoto Shinkai

Casting By

Makoto Matsuda

Art Direction by

Takumi Tanji
(art)

Art Department

Yasushi Ebihara
background art
Keiko Gôda
painter: Studio M (as Keiko Gouda)
Akira Hirosawa
background art
Akiko Majima
background art
Ayumi Maruyama
painter: Studio M
Kiyoshi Ochiai
background art
Makoto Shinkai
art / background art / color designer / storyboard artist
Yuko Tanaka
art cooperation
Arata Toma
background art
Madoka Ôki
painter: Studio M (as Madoka Ohki)

Sound Department

Bungo Fujiwara
recording director
Jacob A. Gragard
adr recordist
Shôji Katô
sound effects
Shinji Kazama
sound effects assistant
Rie Komiya
sound effects assistant
Kazuhiko Miyamoto
mixing engineer / sound recording engineer
Keiichirô Morimoto
mixing assistant
Makoto Shinkai
sound director
Makoto Sumiya
mixing engineer
Hitoshi Yamada
sound recording engineer

Special Effects by

Makoto Shinkai
model designer: Bela Cielo / modeler

Animation Department

Akinori Anzai
in-between animator: XEBEC
Yûji Emoto
in-between animator: TANTO (as Yuji Emoto)
Tetsuo Hirakawa
animation cooperation
Daisuke Hiramaki
in-between animator: XEBEC
Akira Hirosawa
cel brushing
Akira Hosogaya
animation cooperation
Daisuke Ito
in-between animator: TANTO
Satomi Kashihara
in-between animator: XEBEC
Katsuhiko Kitada
in-between animator: XEBEC
Mayumi Kitamura
animation cooperation
Chizuru Kobayashi
in-between animator: XEBEC
Chika Kojima
animation cooperation
Tetsuya Koshizaki
animation cooperation
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
in-between animator: XEBEC
Tomoyo Sawada
in-between animator: XEBEC
Ryôsuke Sekiguchi
animation cooperation (as Ryousuke Sekiguchi)
Makoto Shinkai
animator / background artist
Hiromi Suzuki
assistant animation director
Aya Takano
in-between animator: asread
Takumi Tanji
background artist / cel brushing
Ushio Tazawa
character designer / chief animation director
Mihoko Tomita
in-between animator: Kagura
Rie Usui
animation cooperation

Editorial Department

Daisuke Atsumi
HD film converter
Yuuko Hasegawa
assistant IQ editor
Yûko Shimura
film lab coordinator
Yoshinari Yamazaki
IQ editor

Music Department

Bungo Fujiwara
music producer
Hiroyuki Koike
musician: first violin
Rei Koike
musician: second violin
Noriko Mihara
music engineer
Toshio Okazawa
musician: guitar
Kazuhisa Saito
musician: viola
Nobukazu Sakai
music production coordinator
Youji Sugiyama
contractor: strings
Seiichi Takahashi
musician: piano

Additional Crew

Hiroaki Hirabayashi
subtitle timing
Yukihiro Ishikawa
DVD extras editor
Yumiko Kikuchi
production accountant
Mikio Mori
cooperation: dolby film
Chiharu Ochiai
DVD booklet designer / DVD extras producer / promotional design
Shinichiro Yoshida
researcher

Thanks

Yasuki Hamano
thanks
Norio Ikawa
thanks
Yutaka Kamata
thanks
Hikaru Kondô
special thanks (as Hikaru Kondo)
Kenichiro Kuroiwa
thanks
Yoshikazu Miyagawa
thanks
Takahiro Otsuki
thanks
Masaya Sakamoto
thanks
Haruhisa Shinkai
thanks
Masayasu Takigawa
thanks
Daisuke Umezu
thanks
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