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Major: The Ball of Friendship (2008) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Takao Kato

Writing Credits  

Takuya Mitsuda ... (manga series)
 
Michihiro Tsuchiya ... (screenplay)
 
Takuya Mitsuda ... (creator: based on manga by)

Cast (in credits order)  

Motoko Kumai ... Goro Shigeno (Young) (voice)
Shôtarô Morikubo ... Goro Shigeno (Adult) (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya Shunsuke Sakuya ... Hideki Shigeno (voice)
Junko Noda Junko Noda ... Momoko Shigeno (voice)
Takehito Koyasu ... Shigeharu Honda (voice)
Koji Ochiai Koji Ochiai ... Joe Gibson (voice)

Produced by 

Masamichi Fujiwara ... planner
Naohiko Furuchi ... producer
Kenichiro Hori ... planner
Minami Ichikawa ... executive producer
Masato Ishii ... executive producer
Tetsuo Kamemura ... planner
Hisako Matsumoto ... executive producer
Hikozô Matsuyama ... planner
Yûsuke Miyawaki ... executive producer (as Yusuke Minawaki)
Toshihiro Nakazawa ... executive producer
Tomoya Negishi ... assistant producer
Masatomo Nishizawa ... animation producer
Kôji Shibata ... planner
Kôsuke Shirai ... planner (as Kosuke Shirai)
Yoshito Takaya ... executive producer
Kenichi Yamakawa ... executive producer

Music by 

Kôtarô Nakagawa

Cinematography by 

Kôji Aoki ... director of photography (as Koji Aoki)
Katsuaki Kamata ... director of photography

Editing by 

Toshio Henmi

Art Direction by 

Toshihiro Kohama

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Akihiro Enomoto ... unit director
Takao Kato ... unit director
Norihiko Nagahama ... unit director
Seung Hui Son ... unit director
Hideya Takahashi ... unit director

Art Department 

Kiyoshi Abe ... hakataminami uniform designer: Mizuno Corporation
Kazuyuki Asaga ... prop designer
Akihiro Enomoto ... storyboard artist
Taketomo Ishikawa ... additional storyboard artist
Takao Kato ... storyboard artist
Katsuhiko Kitada ... prop designer
Takuya Mitsuda ... Original Character Design
Yoshito Takamine ... assistant art director

Sound Department 

Takeshi Imaizumi ... sound recording
Kuniko Itô ... sound recording
Kiyotaka Kawada ... sound effects: Swara Production
Tsutomu Kawahigashi ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Michiyoshi Minamisawa ... sound producer
Mikio Mori ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Takeshi Nishina ... sound producer
Noboru Nishio ... digital optical recording
Yumiko Shibusawa ... sound recording
Takeshi Takadera ... sound director
Naotsugu Uchida ... sound mixer
Futoshi Ueda ... optical re-recording
Tsutomu Ueno ... sound effects assistant
Hiroki Urakari ... sound production supervisor

Visual Effects by 

Takumi Ebina ... 3d cg director
Takahiro Itô ... motion capture actor: Arispo
Mayumi Kaneko ... 3d cg
Haruki Kashiwakura ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Kumiko Katayama ... 3d cg
Mari Katô ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Tsukasa Kawasaki ... 3d cg
Min Hee Kim ... 3d cg
Tetsuya Kobayashi ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Wataru Kogawa ... motion capture coordinator: Katsugekiza
Keiko Koyama ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Tatsuya Maki ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Manabu Morita ... 3d cg: Active Design
Akira Murayama ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Kazuhiro Nishida ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Kimio Odagawa ... 3d cg: Active Design
Minoru Onda ... 3d cg: Active Design
Ryûta Ono ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Masahiro Saitô ... 3d cg producer
Akiko Sakuma ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Hirotsugu Shimoyama ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Hidemitsu Shiono ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Hideaki Takeda ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Keisuke Tanaka ... 3d cg: Active Design
Isshin Tashiro ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Reina Toguchi ... motion capture actor: Sho Kosugi Production
Ryuji Tominaga ... 3d cg: Links Digiworks
Akihisa Tonouchi ... 3d cg: Active Design
Megumi Uchiyama ... 3d cg
Katsuyuki Yakushiji ... 3d cg
Keiichiro Yanagino ... 3d cg: Gonzo
Masaaki Yoshizawa ... 3d cg production advancement
Yasuo Ôno ... 3d cg: Gonzo

Camera and Electrical Department 

Satoshi Fujita ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Kazuaki Funakura ... additional photography: Xebec
Daiki Horino ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Shin'ichi Igarashi ... photography: Studio Twinkle (as Shinichi Igarashi)
Kôshirô Iwamoto ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Masayuki Iwata ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Ayumu Kaikiri ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Masahito Kawakami ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Tatsuya Kikuchi ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Yôhei Konishi ... photography: Studio Twinkle (as Yohei Konishi)
Satoshi Kunitsune ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Tatsuya Miyazaki ... additional photography: Xebec
Seiichi Morishita ... photography
Yoshihiro Musha ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Yûmi Negishi ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Masayoshi Nishiyama ... additional photography: Xebec
Hitoshi Saitô ... photography: Studio Twinkle (as Hitoshi Saito)
Hiroshi Sawada ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Saori Takagi ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Kenji Takehara ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Hiroyuki Tanaka ... photography: Studio Twinkle
Katsutoshi Ôi ... photography: Studio Twinkle

Animation Department 

Naoto Abe ... key animator
Ryôtarô Akao ... key animator: Studio Gamei (as Ryotarou Akao)
Namie Akiba ... inbetween artist: AIC
Yurie Amano ... key animator: Studio Giants
Rie Aoki ... key animator: Studio Graffiti
Yasutetsu Aoki ... key animator
Issei Aragaki ... key animator
Miyuki Arai ... key animator
Rie Arai ... cel painter: Studio Run Road
Yukio Araie ... key animator (as Shinya Yukio) / key animator
Kazuyuki Asaga ... action animation director / key animator
Kaoru Asanuma ... inbetween animation/cel painting assistance: Triple A
R. Boonruksa ... background artist: Bihou
S. Bovonsin ... background artist: Bihou
L. Chanchai ... background artist: Bihou
Takayuki Chiba ... key animator
Khanh Do ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Hiroshi Dobashi ... key animator: Mushi Production
Natsumi Doi ... inbetween artist
Eiichi Endô ... key animator
Shiho Fujii ... cel painter: AIC
Masanobu Fujioka ... key animator: Dream Force
Kentarô Fujita ... key animator: Mushi Production
Maki Fujita ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Natsuko Fujiwara ... key animator
Fumio Fukushima ... key animator: Mushi Production
Toyoaki Fukushima ... key animator: Dream Force
Nobuyuki Furukawa ... key animator
Sawako Furuya ... inbetween artist
Nguyen Giao ... background artist: Bihou
W. Gorbkit ... background artist: Bihou
Nobuyoshi Habara ... additional animation director
Yûko Hamada ... cel painter: Studio Road (as Yuko Hamada)
Tomoko Hamanaka ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Yoshimi Haneda ... cel painter: AIC
Ichirô Hattori ... key animator: Dream Force
Shinkirô Hattori ... key animator
Daisuke Hiramaki ... key animator
Taeko Hori ... animation director / assistant character designer
Mariko Horie ... assistant inbetween checker
Mayu Hoshino ... key animator
Harumi Hosokawa ... cel painter: AIC
Vui Huynh ... background artist: Bihou
Chieko Ichimanda ... inbetween checker
Ayumi Ikeda ... cel painter
Tatsuya Ikeda ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yoshimi Imagawa ... key animator: Mushi Production
Natsuki Inoue ... key animator: Studio Graffiti
Takashi Irie ... key animator: Studio Giants
Hiromi Ishigami ... key animator: Studio Graffiti
Mitsuru Ishihara ... animation director / key animator
Kazuhiko Ishii ... key animator
Kazumi Ishii ... inbetween artist: AIC
Mariko Ishikawa ... key animator
Takashi Ishikawa ... inbetween artist: AIC
Taketomo Ishikawa ... animation director / key animator
Tetsuya Ishikawa ... key animator: Studio Gamei
Hiroyuki Itai ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Eriko Itô ... key animator
Taeko Itô ... key animator: Studio Sign
Chie Iwamoto ... cel painter: Studio Road
Masahiro Iwasaki ... inbetween artist: Gainax
C. Jakkrit ... background artist: Bihou
R. Jutima ... background artist: Bihou
Hiroyuki Kaji ... inbetween artist: AICinbetween artist: AIC
Eiji Kaneda ... key animator
K. Kanokwan ... background artist: Bihou
Ayako Karatani ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Rina Kasuya ... assistant inbetween checker
Emiko Kataoka ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yasuko Katayama ... cel painter: AIC
Tomoko Katsube ... inbetween artist
Yoshimi Katsumata ... key animator: Studio Giants
Hatsue Katô ... character designer (as Hatsue Kato) / key animator (as Hatsue Kato)
Kôji Kawaguchi ... key animator: Mushi Production (as Koji Kawaguchi)
Toshihiro Kawakami ... key animator: Dream Force
Wataru Kayahara ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Jun'ichi Kigawa ... key animator
Hyo Kim ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Yong Jae Kim ... key animator
Yoshie Kimoto ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Erika Kimura ... key animator
Ryôka Kinoshita ... background artist: Bihou (as Ryoka Kinoshita)
Seiji Kishimoto ... additional animation director
Michi Kishino ... key animator
Yûta Kiso ... key animator
Chiaki Kitabayashi ... cel painter
Katsuhiko Kitada ... action animation director / assistant character designer / key animator
Akemi Kitamura ... key animator: Studio Giants
Masahiro Kitazaki ... key animator: Mushi Production
Yûki Koike ... key animator: Studio Graffiti
Makiko Kojima ... cel painter: Studio Road
Izumi Kondô ... inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yûko Koshida ... cel painter: Studio Road (as Yuko Koshida)
Aya Kuginuki ... background artist: Bihou
Kazunari Kume ... key animator
Yuka Kuroda ... inbetween artist: AIC
Naoyoshi Kusaka ... key animator: Studio Giants
Yui Kusakabe ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Toshifumi Kusunose ... key animator: Dream Force
Megumi Kôno ... inbetween artist: Gainax
Shinsaku Kôzuma ... key animator
Yeon Joung Lee ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Meiju Maeda ... additional animation director / key animator
Nagisa Maeshima ... cel painter
D. Manit ... background artist: Bihou
Junpei Matsumoto ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Tamae Matsuoka ... color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Masahiro Matsushita ... key animator
Riki Matsuura ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Tsutomu Matsuura)
Aiko Matsuyama ... cel painter: AIC
Mikie Matsuyama ... inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
P. Maysaya ... background artist: Bihou
Kôta Michishita ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Kouta Michishita)
Kumi Minami ... cel painter: Studio Run Road
Le Minh ... background artist: Bihou
Satoru Minowa ... key animator
Yasushi Mito ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Kiyotsugu Miura ... key animator: Dream Force
Shôsuke Miyashita ... inbetween artist: AIC
Yasuko Miyazaki ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Taeko Mizuno ... cel painter: Studio Road
Yuki Moriyama ... cel painter: Studio Road
Usaku Myôchin ... animation director / key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Jun'ichi Nagano ... key animator: Studio Sign
Miharu Nagano ... key animator
Yuriko Nagaya ... key animator
Rieko Nakai ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Daisuke Nakajima ... key animator: Studio Giants
Tomomi Nakamura ... inbetween artist
Mamiko Nakanishi ... key animator
Naomi Nakano ... cel painter: Studio Road
Takuya Nakano ... key animator
Yuta Nakano ... key animator: Studio Giants
Kôichi Nakaya ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho (as Koichi Nakaya)
Yumiko Narita ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Chan Nguyen ... background artist: Bihou
Dao Nguyen ... background artist: Bihou
Kham Nguyen ... background artist: Bihou
Phong Nguyen ... background artist: Bihou
Thao Nguyen ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Nguyen Ninh ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Rie Nishimura ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yasushi Nishiya ... inbetween artist
Masayuki Nomoto ... key animator: Studio Giants
Takumo Norita ... animation director / key animator
Yûji Ogata ... key animator
Tatsuya Oka ... key animator
Yûichi Oka ... supervising animation director
Jun Okabe ... background artist: Bihou
Sayuri Okada ... color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Yuno Okamoto ... cel painter: AIC
Tadayoshi Okimura ... key animator
Shûko Okutani ... key animator (as Shuko Okutani)
Yukiko Ono ... background artist: Bihou
Yôko Ono ... key animator (as Yoko Ono)
Miharu Onoda ... cel painter: AIC
Makoto Orita ... key animator
Naoko Ozaki ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Takao Ozone ... key animator: Mushi Production
K. Pisan ... background artist: Bihou
K. Rotchanapong ... background artist: Bihou
Fumiaki Sahara ... key animator
Momo Saitô ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Hideki Sakai ... inbetween artist
Satoshi Sakai ... key animator
Saori Sakiguchi ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Mieko Sakurai ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Daisuke Sakô ... key animator
Shôta Sannomiya ... inbetween artist: Gainax (as Shota Sannomiya)
L. Satima ... background artist: Bihou
Atsushi Satomi ... background artist: Bihou
Hitomi Satô ... key animator
Yûko Sera ... key animator
Hiromi Shimada ... cel painter: AIC
Miyuki Shimizu ... key animator
Yukiko Shimizu ... key animator: Dream Force
Hisako Shimozuma ... key animator
M. Shutimapon ... background artist: Bihou
Asuka Shutô ... inbetween artist
Kumiko Sone ... cel painter: Studio Road
Aimi Sudou ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Kazune Sugano ... inbetween artist: Studio 4°C
Kôichi Sugitani ... key animator
Yûki Sumiya ... inbetween artist: AIC
T. Supatida ... background artist: Bihou
S. Supattra ... background artist: Bihou
Masahiro Suwa ... key animator
Isamu Suzuki ... inbetween artist: AIC
Isamu Suzuki ... assistant inbetween checker
Kantarô Suzuki ... key animator (as Kantaro Suzuki)
Michie Suzuki ... background artist: Bihou
Yasuyuki Suzuki ... key animator: Mushi Production
Yumiko Taguchi ... inbetween artist: Studio 4°C
Narumi Takahashi ... key animator
Noboru Takahashi ... key animator
Akio Takami ... character designer / supervising animation director
Kiichi Takaoka ... key animator
Ryôhei Takeshita ... key animator
Kyôko Taketani ... key animator
Kazumasa Takeuchi ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Masaaki Takiyama ... key animator: Studio Giants (as Shintetsu Takiyama)
Kenji Tamashiro ... background artist: Bihou
Yuka Tanabe ... key animator
Heihachirô Tanaka ... key animator: Mushi Production
Miho Tanaka ... cel painter: Studio Run Road
Toshihiko Tanaka ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Yuriko Taniguchi ... cel painter: Studio Run Road
Yasushi Tanizawa ... key animator: Studio Sign
Masaiku Tayori ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Yutaka Terada ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Miki Teshima ... inbetween artist: AIC
Emi Tezuka ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Dong Thai ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Truong Thuy ... background artist: Bihou
Madoka Togami ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Nobuyuki Tokinaga ... key animator
Kazuyuki Toshida ... key animator: Mushi Production
Quang Tran ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Mikio Tsuchiya ... key animator
Satoshi Tsuchiya ... color designer/cel checker: Studio Coral
Shûichi Tsuji ... background artist: Bihou (as Shuichi Tsuji)
Takeshi Tsuji ... 3d background artist: Bihou
Shinko Tsurumoto ... key animator
Vo Tuan ... background artist: Bihou
Hisashi Tôjima ... inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Uchida ... key animator
Minoru Ueda ... key animator
Hikari Umemiya ... inbetween artist: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yui Ushio ... key animator
Isamu Utsuki ... key animator: Mushi Production
Natsumi Watanabe ... cel painter: AIC
Yukari Watanabe ... key animator: Minamimachi Bugyôsho
Yukiko Watanabe ... key animator
Shin'ya Yamada ... key animator (as Shinya Yamada)
Mayumi Yamamoto ... key animator: Mushi Production
Makiko Yamanaka ... cel painter: Studio Road
Satomi Yamanaka ... key animator
Shin'ichi Yamaoka ... animation director / character designer
Yasuko Yamashita ... inbetween artist: IngresA
Masami Yamauchi ... key animator
Shôjurô Yamauchi ... key animator (as Toshio Yamauchi)
Sayuri Yanagi ... cel painter: AIC
Mika Yokoi ... cel painter: Studio Run Road
Hanae Yokota ... cel painter: Studio Road
Yûki Yoshioka ... cel painter: AIC (as Yuki Yoshioka)
Akiko Ôba ... cel painter: Studio Run Road (as Akiko Ohba)
Futoshi Ônami ... additional animation director / key animator
Takeshi Ôtani ... key animator

Editorial Department 

Masayasu Arimatsu ... hd editor
Yoshito Ashino ... hd editing studio desk
Yoshio Ide ... technical advisor
Jun'ichi Inoue ... lab coordinator
Yoshihito Katô ... lab producer
Yôko Koizumi ... color timing
Mayumi Komori ... assistant editor: Jay Film
Keiji Kondô ... lab producer
Etsushi Masuda ... film recording
Jin Nogawa ... assistant editor: Jay Film
Mitsuhiro Shôji ... hd color correction (as Mitsuhiro Shoji)

Music Department 

Teruaki Ise ... music mixing engineer
Norihide Tanaka ... music producer
Naohiro Yazaki ... main theme tie-up coordinator

Additional Crew 

Takamasa Arima ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Hideo Baba ... production assistant
Mikito Bizenjima ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Tomohiko Egami ... publicist
Daijirô Fujimoto ... home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akira Fujita ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Eiko Hasegawa ... production assistant
Tomonori Hasegawa ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Masato Hayashi ... development assistance
Kengo Hirano ... advertising producer
Tsuyoshi Hirota ... system administrator
Yasushi Ide ... advertising manager
Tomotaka Iida ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Hitoshi Iijima ... production assistant
Tomokazu Iizumi ... production committee: Avex Entertainment
Hitomi Ishikawa ... production work
Katsumi Ishikawa ... production committee: Mainichi Newspaper
Yasuko Itô ... production committee: Sponichi 60th Anniversary Commemorative Committee
Ryôichi Izawa ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Fujiko Kataoka ... trailer production
Hiroe Katsuta ... publicist
Tomohiro Katô ... production committee: Toho
Shôzô Kawahara ... production committee: Shôgakukan (as Shozo Kawahara)
Kiyonori Kumagai ... supervisor
Takazawa Kunihito ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production (as Kunihito Takazawa)
Mika Makita ... home page production
Naoko Marukawa ... literary supervision
Yukari Matsumura ... setting production
Hirohisa Mino ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Reibun Miyashita ... production committee: Shôgakukan-Shûeisha Production
Hidefumi Morimi ... production assistant
Kôichi Morita ... title logo design: bishop
Yûichi Murata ... production committee: Toho
Motomu Mutaguchi ... home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akihiro Narita ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Nobutaka Nishida ... home page production
Masahiro Nojima ... production committee: NHK Enterprise
Kôji Numajiri ... home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Akiyoshi Ogawa ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Mayumi Okanoe ... advertising manager
Hikaru Onoda ... production committee: Toho
Akira Ozeki ... advertising manager
Masaya Saito ... advertising manager
Iku Saitô ... title logo design: bishop
Kenji Shimazaki ... home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Yukinao Shimoji ... animation production manager
Kimio Shiomi ... production committee: Mainichi Newspaper
Masakazu Shioura ... production committee: NHK Enterprise
Tomokazu Sodesaki ... development assistance
Yukiyoshi Sumi ... home page production: T2I Entertainment
Eiichirô Takane ... trailer production
Emiko Takashina ... production work
Tatsuhiko Takeuchi ... production assistant
Takeshi Toda ... production assistant
Shin'ichirô Tsuzuki ... development assistance
Fumio Ueda ... supervisor
Ayano Watanabe ... home page production: Web Studio
Akiko Yagi ... production assistant
Shun Yamada ... production assistant
Yasuyuki Yamada ... production assistant
Kazunari Yamanaka ... production committee: Toho
Akihiro Yamauchi ... production committee: Toho
Sawako Yasuhara ... production committee: NHK Enterprise
Eriko Yazaki ... production committee: Shôgakukan
Yûichi Yokoyama ... home page production: R-Force Entertainment
Hiroyuki Ôizumi ... production committee: Avex Entertainment
Yasue Ôno ... production committee: Shôgakukan

Thanks 

Kyûji Fujikawa ... special cooperation: Hanshin Tigers
Akihiro Higashide ... special cooperation: Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hirokazu Ibata ... special cooperation: Chunichi Dragons
Toshiaki Imae ... special cooperation: Chiba Lotte Marines
Atsunori Inaba ... special cooperation: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Masanori Ishikawa ... special cooperation: Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Chihiro Kaneko ... special cooperation: Orix Buffaloes
Yûichi Kawajiri ... special thanks: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Tarô Kinoshita ... special thanks: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Chikara Onodera ... special cooperation: Saitama Seibu Lions
Yasuhiko Saitô ... special thanks: Mizuno Corporation
Hayato Sakamoto ... special cooperation: Yomiuri Giants
Toshiya Sugiuchi ... special cooperation: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Masahiro Tanaka ... special cooperation: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Seiichi Uchikawa ... special cooperation: Yokohama BayStars

See also

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