Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas)

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• Title in Japanese:
  
  Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun
   
  
• Title in English: My Neighbors the Yamadas
• Running Time: around 104 minutes
• Production Period: 1 October 1997 - 07 June 1999
• Number of Traditional Cels Used: 0
• Number of CG "Cels" Used: ??
• Number of Colors Used: ??
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Vista size)
• Sound: Dolby Digital / Digital dts Sound
• Production Cost: ¥2.36 billion
  (US$19.5 million under 1998 avg exchange rate US$1 = ¥121)

Executive Producer	:		Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producers	:		Seiichirou Ujiie Takashi Shouji Michael O. Johnson
Original Work	:		Hisaichi Ishii (Tokuma Shoten - Asahi Shinbun Company - Channel Zero Edition)
Screenplay	:		Isao Takahata
Continuity/Scene Location	:		Osamu Tanabe Yoshiyuki Momose
Music	:		Akiko Yano
Theme Song	:		Hitoribocchi ha Yameta (I Quit Being Alone)   Lyrics/Music :   Akiko Yano Produced/Arranged by :   Jeff Bova & Akiko Yano Sung by :   Akiko Yano (Single: Epic Records) (OST: Tokuma Japan Communications)
Produced by	:		Studio Ghibli Manager: Hayao Miyazaki
Production Managers	:		Osamu Tanabe Yoshiyuki Momose
Animation Director	:		Ken'ichi Konishi
Key Animation	:		Masashi Andou Ai Kagawa Atsuko Ohtani Masako Niki Takeshi Inamura Hideaki Yoshio Ken'ichi Yamada Ken'ichi Yoshida Masaru Matsuse Eiji Yamamori   Shinji Hashimoto Akiko Yamaguchi   Shinji Ohtsuka	Misuzu Kurata Mariko Matsuo Masaaki Yuasa Hiroshi Shimizu Shougo Furuya Etsuko Tomita Shin'ya Oohira Sachiko Sugino Katsuya Kondou     Hiroyuki Morita Hideyoshi Hamasu
Extension Animation	:		Masaya Saitou
Animation Checkers	:		Hitomi Tateno Mariko Suzuki	Kazuyoshi Onoda
In-Between Animation	:		Akiko Teshima Toshie Nakagome Tamami Yamada Mayu Yazawa Katsutoshi Nakamura Makiko Suzuki Alexandra (Waeraufu) Koujirou Tsuruoka Atsushi Tamura   Mayumi Ohmura Yumiko Kitajima   Seiko Azuma Sumie Nishito Keiko Tomizawa Yayoi Toki Yukari Yamaura Komasa Rie Niidome Eriko Shibata Hisako Yaji Kumiko Ohta Ritsuko Shiina Kumiko Ohtani Emiko Iwayagi	Hiromasa Yonebayashi Kaori Fujii Mitsu Noguchi Nozomi Itou Aya Ohnishi Minoru Oohashi Mizue Sashihara Kazuko Shibata David Encinas   Suzuko Mano     Kiyoko Makita Akiko Toba Akiko Kouchi Kumiko Tanihira Morihiko Yano Mai Takasato Shingo Nishiyama Kenji Sugiyama Suzuka Higa Takahito Sugawara Rie Kondou Hiromi Nishikawa
Supporting Animation	:		Anime Torotoro Studio Cockpit Group Donguri Studio Takuranke
Art Directors	:		Naoya Tanaka	Youji Takeshige
Art Assistant	:		Noboru Yoshida
Backgrounds	:		Naomi Kasugai Ryouko Ina Sayaka Hirahara Yoshikazu Fukudome	Masako Nagata Hiroaki Sasaki Tomoe Ishihara Kikuyo Yano
Special Effects	:		Kunji Tanifuji	Keiko Itokawa
Color Director	:		Michiyo Yasuda
Color Assistant	:		Kanako Moriya
Digital Paint	:		Naomi Mori Mayo/Masayo Izeki Naomi Atsuko Fumiko Oda Yukie Nomura Kazuko Yamada	Hiroaki Ishii Ryou Sugino Akihiro Ohyama Yumiko Ukai Rie Okada
			Takahashi Production/T2 Studio
			Kanako Takahashi Akiko Nasu Yumiko Takahashi Kumi Nanjou	Yukiko Kakita Megumi Ishidou Hiroko Shimazu Ryuuichirou Taira
CG Production	:		Mitsunori Kataama Masashi Inoue Youichi Mitsui Noriyuki Kitakawauchi	Suguru Karube Miki Satou Yuuki Yamada
Photography Director	:		Atsushi Okui
Photography	:		Junji Yabuta	Wataru Takahashi
Recording Producer	:		Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound Arrangement	:		Hideshi Inoue
Effects	:		Michihiro Itou
Effects Assistants	:		Takahisa Ishino Mariko Takazawa Daisuke Murakami
Effects Production	:		Sound Ring
Additional Sound Effects	:		Nakazawa House Murakami House	Tomoyuki Okumura You Sasaki Masatoshi Toyoshima (Auto Shop Toyoshima)
Casting Producer	:		PUG POINT Motohiro Hatanaka Ryuuji Usui Yasuyo Toyota Murasaki Miyauchi
Dialog Recording	:		MIT Studio Chifumi Karasawa Masahiro Fukuhara Sanwa Recording Studio Miwao Kasuga Matsuyasu Kanai Omnibus Japan Sanbuzaka Studio Akio Takahashi Hiroki Ikeda
Recording	:		TV Tokyo Center Hajime Takagi Minoru Koike
Re-recording	:		Hiroshi Fukushima
SR-D Re-recording	:		Shou Nishio
Recording Producer	:		Omnibus Promotion Tadayuki Nukatsuka
Music Producers	:		New Friends Jun Tagata Studio Ghibli Kazumi Inashiro
Supervisor	:		Akio Ohmori
Orchestra Arrangement	:		Neko Saitou
Music Mixer	:		Eihiko Ohno
New York Session	:		Engineer Dave O'Donnelle Recording Studios Avatar Studios & Bovaland
Prague Session	:		Engineer Tomoyoshi Ezaki Recording Studios Artist's Home/Dvorâk Hall
Tokyo Session	:		Engineers Eiji Uchinuma Toshihiro Masuda Recording Studio Sound In Engineer Kinji Yoshino Recording Studio Abako Creative Studio
CD Producer	:		Tokuma Japan Communications Kentarou Matsumoto
Additional Songs	:		Denwasen (Phone Lines)   Sung by :   Akiko Yano (Yano Music)
			Gekkou Kamen ha Dare Deshou (Who is the Masked Moonbeam?)   Sung by :   Yoshiko Kondou King Kobatokai (King Little Dove Group) (King Records)
			YUEYA WUGENG   Niko Ensou* :   JIA   PENG-FANG (Chapter One)   *Two Foreigner's Performance
			Sasayuki (A Little Snow)   Sung by :   Hiroshi Itsuki (Tokuma Japan Communications)
			Maaraa Koukyoukyoku Daiichiban "Kyojin" Daiyon Gakushou (Mahler Symphony No. 1 "Giant" Fourth Movement)   Directed by :   Ken'ichirou Kobayashi Performed by :   Hungary National Symphony Orchestra (Pony Canyon)
			Maaraa Koukyoukyoku Dai-5-ban Dai-1 Gakushou "Sousou Koushinkyoku" (Mahler Symphony No. 5 Movement No. 1 "Funeral March")
			Menderusoun Kekkon Koushinkyoku (Mendelsson "Wedding March") (from the play "Midsummer Night's Dream")
			Arubinouni Adaajo (Albinoni Adagio)
			L. Moutsuaruto Omocha no Koukyuokyoku Daini Gakushou Menuetto (L. Mozart Toy's Symphony Movement No. 2 Minuet)   Conducted by :   Mario Klemens Performed by :   Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
			Shopan Nokutaan Dai-1-ban Henro Tanchou Sakuhin 9 no 1 (Chopin Nocturne No.1 in B Minor Opus 9 Movement 1)
			J.S. Bahha Pureryuudo Daihachiban Hen ho Tanchou BWV853 (J.S. Bach Prelude No. 8 in E Minor BWV853)   Piano Performance by :   Masako Ezaki
			Inu no Omawari-san (The Dog Makes His Rounds)   Sung by :   Hiroko Ikuta
			Damatte Ore ni Tsuite Koi (Shut Up and Bring It Here!)   Sung by :   Yamada Family Yukiji Asaoka Touru Masuoka Masako Araki Hayato Isobata Naomi Uno
			Sakura Sakura (literally "Cherry Blossom Cherry Blossom")   Sung by :   Ghibli Women's Chorus
			Waga Mono-tachi (My Folks)   Sung by :   Ghibli Men's Chorus
			Ke Sera Sera (Que Sera Sera)   Original Title :   Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) Lyrics/Music :   Jay Livingston & Ray Evans Japanese Translation by :   Isao Takahata Arranged by :   Neko Saitou Music Director :   Hiroko Chatani Sung by :   Yamada Family Yukiji Asaoka Touru Masuoka Masako Araki Hayato Isobata Naomi Uno Fujihara-sensei Akiko Yano Chorus Teatoru Academy Himawari Theater Troupe Ghibli Mixed Chorus
Title Logo	:		Hisaichi Ishii
Titles	:		Kaoru Mano	Masako Ogami (Marin Post)
Editor	:		Takeshi Seyama
Assistant Editors	:		Keiko Mizuta Kei Uchida	Kaoru Saitou
AVID System Editor	:		Toshihiko Kojima
Production Manager	:		Nozomu Takahashi
Production Chief	:		Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production Desk	:		Atsushi Kamimura	Yuuichirou Mochizuki
Production Committee	:		Jun'ya Saitou Akihiko Ishii Satoshi Onoda	Masashi Okumura Atsushi Takahashi Masao Miyaji
Producer's Assistant	:		Daisuke Kadoya
Director's Assistants	:		Chiaki Tanaka Kenji Imura	Tamaki Kojou
Production Affairs	:		Shinsuke Nonaka Takashi Nagai	Rieko Izutsu
Publicity	:		Tamami Yamamoto	Minako Nagasawa
Character Goods Development	:		Tomoko Imai	Kouichi Asano
Publication Manager	:		Chinami Tai Mika Yasuda Mio Shibuya	Nao Takahata Chikako Sasaki
Distribution Manager	:		Akiyoshi Arai
In Cooperation with	:		Yasunori Kawauchi Nintendo Kyouko Hatakeyama Atsushi Yabuki Yomiuri Television IMAGICA Digix	Shinobu Ishikawa (Dance School Tamaki) Neo Artisan Nemesis Miki Andou Silver Ren
Special Cooperation	:		Asahi Newspaper Company
Advertising Producer	:		Toshihiko Murai
Shouchiku	:		Yoshihiro Iwasaki	Keisuke Iida
Major	:		Morikazu Wakizaka Naoto Okamura Masaru Tsuchiya Michio Koyanagi	Fumiyo Sasada Chihiro Tsukue Nozomi Fukuda
			Mieko Hara Yuuji Hosokawa Hiroyuki Orihara	Special Advisor: Masaya Tokuyama
Trailer Production	:		Gull Enterprises Keiichi Itagaki
Overseas Promotion Management	:		Stephen Alpert Naruyo Moriyoshi Mikiko Takeda
"My Neighbors the Yamadas" Production Committee
Tokuma Shoten	:		Hajime Akimoto Sanae Mitsugi	Junko Itou
Studio Ghibli	:		Taisei Ishidou Akio Ichimura Masataka Murata	Aki Horaguchi Shougo Komagata Eiko Fujitsu
NTV Network Broadcasting	:		Toshio Hagiwara Shinpei Fukushima Hitoshi Toya	Kazuaki Itou Tomoko Kamiya
Hakuhoudou	:		Seiji Ono Yasutaka Ohtsuka Takashi Koike	Hiroshi Morie Yoshirou Yasunaga Kazuhiro Yamamoto
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Production Managers	:		Seiji Okuda Naoya Fujimaki	Yasuji Hoshino
Film Developing	:		IMAGICA   Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi Optical: Shin Nakamura Digital Film I/O: Hideo Tsuji Film Coordinator: Youjirou Nishio Lab Coordinator: Takehisa Kawamata
Producer:    Toshio Suzuki
Director:    Isao Takahata

 

Japanese Voices

Matsuko:   Yukiji Asaoka (IMDB, English) (JMDB, Japanese) Takashi:   Touru Masuoka (IMDB, English) Shige:   Masako Araki (JMDB, Japanese) Noboru:   Hayato Isobata Nonoko:   Naomi Uno Fujihara-sensei:   Akiko Yano (Sony Music, Japanese) Haiku Reader:   Kosanji Yanagiya Special Appearance:   Tamao Nakamura Miyako Chouchou Ghibli Cheering Section:   Yasuko Tomita (IMDB, English) Shinta Furuta Akira Saitou   Makoto Yamanishi Mizuho Tsushima Sadanobu Terashita Akira Matsuda   Michiko Nishida Junpei Mano Haruki Tsuji Hideaki Yoshino Shouichi Furutashima         Rie Tanaka Minori Ohnishi Yoshiko Fujiyama Miyuki Kawamoto   Yousuke Inaba Yuuki Itoh Kazuhiro Shindou Takumi Kanazawa Yuuta Komatsuzaki Additional Voices:   Ryuutarou Kamioka Suguru Egawa   Himawari Theater Troupe Tsurubei Shoufukutei Isao Imai (Nihon TV)   Teatoru Academy

English Voices

Matsuko:   Molly Shannon Takashi:   Jim Belushi Shige:   Tress MacNeille Noboru:   Daryl Sabara Nonoko:   Liliana Mumy

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the English romanization of the Japanese names, there may be some inaccuracies. If you spot any errors, please let us know.