Whisper of the Heart

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Yoshifumi Kondô

Writing Credits

Aoi Hiiragi
(comic) and
Hayao Miyazaki
(creator)
Hayao Miyazaki
(screenplay)

Cast

Yoko Honna
Shizuku Tsukishima
Issei Takahashi
Seiji Amasawa
Takashi Tachibana
Seiya Tsukishima
Shigeru Muroi
Asako Tsukishima
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
The Baron
Keiju Kobayashi
Shiro Nishi
Yorie Yamashita
Shiho Tsukishima
Maiko Kayama
Yuko Harada
Yoshimi Nakajima
Sugimura
Minami Takayama
Kosaka-sensei
Mayumi Izuka
Kinuyo
Mai Chiba
Nao
Satoru Takahashi
(voice)
Akiko Sakaguchi
(voice)
Hiromi Yasuda
(voice)
Tatsuya Okada
(voice)
Yoshihiro Imai
(voice)
Naohisa Inoue
Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi
Suguru Egawa
Baseball Analyst
Shirô Kishibe
(voice)
Mitsuaki Ogawa
Baseball Announcer
Toshio Suzuki
(voice)
Brittany Snow
Shizuku Tsukishima
David Gallagher
Seiji Amasawa
James Sikking
Seiya Tsukishima
Jean Smart
Asako Tsukishima
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Shiho Tsukishima
Harold Gould
Shiro Nishi
Ashley Tisdale
Yuko Harada
Martin Spanjers
Sugimura
Mika Boorem
Kinuyo
Cary Elwes
The Baron
Jillian Bowen
High School Student
A.J. Buckley
High School Student
Erin Chambers
High School Student
Jacy DeFilippo
High School Student
Courtnee Draper
High School Student
Scott McAfee
High School Student
Aaron Nelms
High School Student
Ryan O'Donohue
High School Student
Bradley Pierce
High School Student
Deanna Russo
High School Student
Jeff Bennett
High School Teacher
Doug Burch
(voice)
Corey Burton
Minami
Vicki Davis
Miss Kosaka
Melissa Disney
Mrs. Harada
Judi M. Durand
(voice) (as Judi Durand)
Walker Edmiston
Kita
Jeff Fischer
(voice) (as Jeffrey Todd Fischer)
Charles Kimbrough
High School Teacher
Daamen J. Krall
(voice) (as Daamen Krall)
Abigail Mavity
Nao
Jeremy Maxwell
(voice)
Paige Pollack
(voice)
Noreen Reardon
(voice)
Grace Rolek
Muta's Owner
Rebecca Wink
(voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
(voice)
Scott Menville
(voice)

Produced by

Rick Dempsey
executive producer
Ned Lott
producer
Hayao Miyazaki
supervising producer
Takashi Shoji
line producer
Toshio Suzuki
producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
executive producer
Seiichirô Ujiie
line producer
Tatsumi Yamashita
co-executive producer
Tsutomu Ôtsuka
co-executive producer

Music by

Yûji Nomi
(as Yuji Nomi)

Cinematography by

Atsushi Okui
director of photography

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

Ned Lott

Art Direction by

Satoshi Kuroda

Production Management

Cory Hansen
post-production manager
Seiji Okuda
production manager
Nozomu Takahashi
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Hiroyuki Itô
assistant director
Masahiko Ôtsuka
assistant director

Art Department

Hayao Miyazaki
storyboard artist
Akiko Ono
color key
Michiyo Yasuda
character color designer
Minako Ôshiro
color key (as Minako Oshiro)

Sound Department

Kouji Abe
SR-D re-recording
Tsutomu Asakura
assistant re-recording mixer
Naoko Asari
sound director
James Ashwill
foley mixer (english version)
Petra Bach
supervising adr editor
Randy Coppinger
adr recordist
John T. Cucci
foley artist (english version)
Tom E. Dahl
re-recording mixer
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
dolby stereo consultant (english version)
Kazumi Inaki
sound producer: Studio Moon
Shuji Inoue
sound mixer
Takahisa Ishino
assistant sound effects editor
Michihiro Itô
sound effects editor
William Komar
adr recordist
Mikio Mori
dolby sound consultant: Continental Far East
Noboru Nishio
SR-D re-recording
Dan O'Connell
foley artist (english version)
Nettie Peña
re-recordist: Sound One Corp. (english version)
Hajime Takagi
assistant re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects (as kunji tanifuji)

Camera and Electrical Department

Tamaki Kojô
camera operator (as Tamaki Kojo)
Wataru Takahashi
camera operator
Junji Yabuta
camera operator

Animation Department

Akihiko Adachi
inbetween animator
Akiko Aihara
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Masashi Andô
key animator (as Masashi Ando)
Hiroyuki Aoyama
key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Tsutomu Awada
key animator
Seiko Azuma
inbetween animator
Reiko Daigo
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Masaaki Endô
key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Maya Fujimori
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Rie Fujimura
inbetween animator
Eiko Fukuma
cel painter: IM Studio
Yoshikazu Fukutome
background artist
Hiromi Furuya
inbetween animator
Makiko Futaki
key animator
Keiko Hara
cel painter: IM Studio
Kimiko Hatano
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Sayaka Hirahara
background artist
Kazuko Hirai
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Katsu Hisamura
background artist
Akemi Hosoya
cel painter: Studio OZ
Ryôko Ina
background artist (as Ryouko Ina)
Takeshi Inamura
key animator
Hiroyuki Inoue
key animator
Naohisa Inoue
background artist: fantasy scenes
Michiyo Iseda
cel painter: IM Studio
Masayo Iseki
cel painter
Shizuka Ishiguro
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Kuniyuki Ishii
key animator
Akihiko Isozaki
cel painter: Studio OZ
Shin Itagaki
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Yumiko Itô
inbetween animator (as Yumiko Ito)
Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween animator
Megumi Kagawa
key animator (as Ai Kagawa)
Junko Kanauchi
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Naomi Kasugai
background artist
Yuriko Katayama
cel painter
Toshio Kawaguchi
key animator
Hana Kikuchi
inbetween animator
Go Kimura
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Yumiko Kitajima
inbetween animator
Kazuo Kobayashi
cel painter: IM Studio
Komasa
inbetween animator
Rie Kondô
inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Konishi
key animator
Misuzu Kurata
inbetween animator
Ikuo Kuwana
inbetween animator
Kitarô Kôsaka
animation director (as Kitaro Kosaka) / character designer (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Kinuyo Maehara
cel painter: IM Studio
Izumi Maeno
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Kiyoko Makita
inbetween animator
Suzuko Mano
inbetween animator
Hisako Matsuda
inbetween animator
Mariko Matsuo
inbetween animator
Masaru Matsuse
key animator
Atsuko Matsushita
inbetween animator
Hiroko Minowa
key animator
Chiemi Miyamoto
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Yoshiyuki Momose
key animator
Naomi Mori
cel painter
Chiyomi Morisawa
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Kaoru Morita
cel painter: IM Studio
Noriko Moritomo
key animator
Kanako Moriya
cel painter
Emiko Motohashi
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Hisashi Nabetani
cel painter: IM Studio
Kyôko Naganawa
background artist (as Kyouko Naganawa)
Yôko Nagashima
inbetween animator (as Yoko Nagashima)
Rie Nakagome
animation checker
Katsutoshi Nakamura
inbetween animator
Terumi Narita
cel painter: IM Studio
Rie Niidome
inbetween animator
Sumie Nishido
inbetween animator
Takehiro Noda
key animator
Noriko Odaka
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Kazuo Oga
background artist
Kazuyoshi Onoda
inbetween animator
Mito Ozaki
cel painter: IM Studio
Masaya Saitô
key animator
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist
Shinsaku Sasaki
key animator
Kuri Sawa
inbetween animator
Mayumi Sawame
cel painter: Studio Add
Eriko Shibata
inbetween animator
Kazuko Shibata
inbetween animator
Michiko Shibata
cel painter: IM Studio
Ritsuko Shiina
inbetween animator
Miyoko Shikibu
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Jukki Shinoda
cel painter: Studio OZ
Masako Shinohara
key animator
Naoko Sugaya
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Wakako Sugiyama
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Makiko Suzuki
inbetween animator
Mariko Suzuki
inbetween animator
Naomi Takahashi
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Natsuko Takahashi
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Hiroko Takatani
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Yasuyo Takayama
cel painter: IM Studio
Yôji Takeshige
background artist
Teiichi Takiguchi
key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Seiki Tamura
background artist
Atsuko Tanaka
key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Naoya Tanaka
background artist
Yôko Tanida
cel painter: IM Studio
Hitomi Tateno
inbetween animator
Akiko Teshima
animation checker
Keiko Tomizawa
inbetween animator
Shinobu Tsuneki
inbetween animator
Kôjirô Tsuruoka
inbetween animator (as Koujirou Tsuruoka)
Fumiko Watanabe
cel painter: Trace Studio M
Nobuko Watanabe
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Alexandra Weihrauch
inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yamada
key animator
Akira Yamakawa
background artist
Eiji Yamamori
inbetween animator
Mayumi Yamamoto
inbetween animator
Nizô Yamamoto
background artist (as Nizou Yamamoto)
Yukari Yamaura
inbetween animator
Yûichirô Yano
key animator: Telecom Animation Film (as Yuichiro Yano)
Mayu Yazawa
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Hisao Yokobori
key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Kazumi Yokoyama
inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yoshida
key animator
Hideaki Yoshio
key animator
Keiko Yozawa
inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film
Tatsumi Yukiwaki
cel painter: Studio Ghibli
Mayumi Ômura
animation checker (as Mayumi Ohmura)
Kiyomi Ôta
background artist (as Kiyomi Ota)
Kumiko Ôta
inbetween animator (as Kumiko Ohta)
Atsuko Ôtani
key animator
Shinji Ôtsuka
key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Casting Department

Terri Douglas
adr voice casting (english version)

Editorial Department

Chris DeLaGuardia
color timer
Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timer: Imagica
Keiko Mizuta
assistant editor
Megumi Uchida
assistant editor

Music Department

Michinori Nagano
music producer
Tomoyu Takagi
music producer
Akihiko Ôno
music mixer
Masataka Fukuda
music engineer (uncredited)
Yasuo Morimoto
music mixer (uncredited)
Katsuaki Nakatani
conductor (uncredited)
Yûji Nomi
music arranger (uncredited) / music programming (uncredited) / musical director (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Shôkichi Arai
production committee: Studio Ghibli (as Shokichi Arai)
Kôji Aritomi
production assistant
Kôichi Asano
character production development (as Koichi Asano)
Rick Dempsey
dialogue director
Naoya Fujimaki
production committee: Hakuhodo
Suzuko Fujimoto
production committee: NTV
Mieko Hara
advertising: Major
Taketaka Hosaka
production committee: NTV
Jim Hubbert
translation: english
Akio Ichimura
production committee: Studio Ghibli
Tomomi Imai
character production development
Akira Kaneko
production committee: Tokuma Shoten
Toshiyuki Kawabata
production desk
Michiyo Koyanagi
advertising: Major
Ned Lott
Additional Voice Director
Kaoru Mano
titles
Akira Michikawa
titles
Hiroshi Morie
production committee: Hakuhodo
Minako Nagasawa
production assistant
Tomoaki Nishikiri
production desk
Shinsuke Nonaka
production committee: Studio Ghibli
Toru Nozaki
advertising manager
Naoto Okamura
advertising: Major
Hidehiko Takei
production committee: NTV
Chiyoshi Tanaka
production desk
Yasuharu Urushido
production committee: NTV
Morikazu Wakizaka
advertising: Major
Mika Watanabe
advertising: Major
Tamami Yamamoto
production accountant
Kôji Ôtsuka
production assistant (as Koji Otsuka)

Thanks

Hermann H. Schmidt
special thanks to (english version)
Bruce Tauscher
special thanks to (english version)
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