Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings (2016)
Monster Strike: The Movie serves as a prequel to the net anime series based on the game of the same name. The anime tells the story of Ren, who returns to his hometown with no memories of having lived there. When a a cell phone repairman installs the Monster Strike app on his phone, Ren finds himself pulled into a real-world version of the game and begins piecing his memories together again.
Director:
Shinpei Ezaki
Writer:
Taku Kishimoto
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Lynn as Aoi Mizusawa (voice) |
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Tomo Muranaka as Haruma Kagutsuchi (young) (voice) |
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Juri Kimura as Minami Wakaba (voice) |
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Yusuke Kobayashi as Ren Homura (voice) |
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Maaya Sakamoto as Ren Homura (young) (voice) |
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Kengo Kawanishi as Akira Kagetsuki (voice) |
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Jun Fukushima as Oragon (voice) |
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Nana Mizuki as Arthur (voice) |
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Koichi Yamadera as Genome (voice) |
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Kinya Kitaoji as Kentaro Ishibashi (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Mineyo Onishi | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Tokumaru | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kota Sera | Animation Director |
| Art | Teruyuki Omine | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Hiroshi Kato | Art Direction |
| Art | Shingo Yonekawa | Art Designer |
| Camera | Tatsuya Nomura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jin Aketagawa | Sound Director |
| Art | Hirofumi Sakagami | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Jiro Kanai | Key Animation |
| Writing | Yoichi Kato | Series Composition |
| Visual Effects | Sae Okamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shizue Kaneko | Character Designer |
| Writing | Jiro Ishii | Series Composition |
| Visual Effects | Tomohiro Kawahara | CGI Director |
| Art | Hideki Tachibana | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shizue Kaneko | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takahito Katayama | Key Animation |
| Production | Nao Hirasawa | Producer |
| Art | Hiroshi Kato | Art Designer |
| Art | Tomohiro Kawahara | Prop Designer |
| Visual Effects | Tomohiro Kawahara | Mechanical Designer |
| Editing | Mai Hasegawa | Editor |
| Production | Seiichi Shirato | Researcher |
| Sound | Otohiko Fujita | Musician |
| Visual Effects | Chiyoko Sakamoto | Animation Director |
| Directing | Shinpei Ezaki | Director |
| Writing | Taku Kishimoto | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Chikara Sakurai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sadatoshi Matsuzaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiharu Sugie | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Ichinose | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsuneo Ninomiya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takehito Ise | 3D Animator |
| Visual Effects | Teruyuki Omine | Key Animation |
| Directing | Teruyuki Omine | Assistant Director |
| Art | Yun Ji-hye | Background Designer |
| Art | Kim Gyeong-gi | Background Designer |
| Art | Kim Sung-hee | Background Designer |
| Art | Jang Young-yun | Background Designer |
| Art | Kim Hee-hwan | Background Designer |
| Art | Song Hyun-a | Background Designer |
| Art | Kim Kyoung-min | Background Designer |