Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
AnimationAdventureFantasyFamily
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
Director:
Makoto Shinkai
Writer:
Makoto Shinkai
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Hisako Kanemoto as Asuna Watase (voice) |
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Kazuhiko Inoue as Ryuji Morisaki (voice) |
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Miyu Irino as Shin / Shun (voice) |
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Rina Hidaka as Mana (voice) |
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Fumiko Orikasa as Asuna's Mother (voice) |
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Sumi Shimamoto as Risa (voice) |
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Junko Takeuchi as Mimi (voice) |
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Kanae Itou as Seri (voice) |
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Tamio Ohki as Old Man from Amaurot (voice) |
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Aki Kanada as Student (voice) |
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Ai Horanai as Student (voice) |
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Saya Horigome as Student (voice) |
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Mayumi Tsuchiya as Student (voice) |
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Tomomi Saito as Student (voice) |
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Takeshi Maeda as Asuna's Father (voice) |
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Risa Mizuno as Ms. Ikeda (voice) |
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Yuuna Inamura as Yuu Yazaki (voice) |
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Yuka Terasaki as Miki (voice) |
| Sound | Tenmon | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Makoto Shinkai | Director |
| Production | Noritaka Kawaguchi | Producer |
| Production | Makoto Shinkai | Producer |
| Editing | Makoto Shinkai | Editor |
| Art | Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Character Designer |
| Production | Koichiro Ito | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Naoto Hosoda | Key Animation |
| Art | Takayo Nishimura | Additional Storyboarding |
| Art | Takumi Tanji | Additional Storyboarding |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Tsuchiya | Animation Director |
| Art | W. Gorbkit | Background Designer |
| Art | S. Nathapon | Background Designer |
| Art | S. Pipat | Background Designer |
| Art | Tasuku Watanabe | Background Designer |
| Editing | Aya Hida | Editor |
| Editing | Yamato Takahashi | Online Editor |
| Production | Masaki Yasuda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Naohiro Tafu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Toshiaki Doushita | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Noguchi | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Haru Yamada | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Yuji Mitsuya | ADR Supervisor |
| Art | Akira Hirosawa | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Akiko Majima | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Akira Hirosawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Takumi Tanji | Background Designer |
| Art | Akiko Majima | Background Designer |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Shinkai | Color Designer |
| Art | Kaoru Takino | Background Designer |
| Art | Kaori Izumiya | Background Designer |
| Art | Hiroshi Takiguchi | Background Designer |
| Art | Sayuri Honda | Background Designer |
| Art | Masanobu Nomura | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Asahi Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Taisuke Iwasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuji Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuhiko Hara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junpei Tatenaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyoshi Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Ohshiro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiharu Sato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Tomioka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyoshi Tateishi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideoki Kusama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyuki Ueda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Manabu Nakatake | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Fujiwara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keiko Kato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yo Konno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Manabu Ohashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuko Shibata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Reiko Nozaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Wakabayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiko Matsuyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroko Minowa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirofumi Nakata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Misato Kishino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ushio Tazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Tsuchiya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akio Hata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsunobu Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yujiro Moriyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rie Saito | Key Animation |
| Art | Takumi Tanji | Art Direction |
| Camera | Makoto Shinkai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Anri Kumaki | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Makoto Shinkai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Makoto Shinkai | Original Story |
| Sound | Makoto Sumiya | Sound Mixer |