Directed by
Hiroyuki Morita |
Writing Credits
Aoi Hiiragi | ... | (comic "Neko no Danshaku, Baron") and |
Reiko Yoshida | ... | (screenplay) |
Cindy Davis | ... | (screenplay: English version) (as Cindy Davis Hewitt) |
Donald H. Hewitt | ... | (screenplay: English version) |
Cast (in credits order)
Produced by
Hironori Aihara | ... | executive producer |
Rick Dempsey | ... | executive producer |
Kôji Hoshino | ... | executive producer |
Tomohiko Ishii | ... | assistant producer |
Ned Lott | ... | producer |
Takeyoshi Matsushita | ... | executive producer |
Toshio Miyakawa | ... | executive producer |
Hayao Miyazaki | ... | planner |
Toshio Suzuki | ... | producer |
Nozomu Takahashi | ... | producer |
Hideyuki Takai | ... | executive producer |
Chiyoshi Tanaka | ... | production producer |
Seiichirô Ujiie | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Yûji Nomi | ... | (as Yuji Nomi) |
Cinematography by
Kentarô Takahashi | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Megumi Uchida |
Casting By
Ned Lott |
Art Direction by
Naoya Tanaka |
Production Management
Naoya Fujimaki | ... | chief production manager |
Seiji Okuda | ... | chief production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yasushi Imai | ... | assistant unit director |
Jun'ya Saitô | ... | assistant unit director |
Yôichi Senzui | ... | assistant unit director (as Yoichi Senzui) |
Kôjirô Tsuruoka | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Rumiko Hayashi | ... | color key |
Osamu Mikasa | ... | color designer |
Kiyomi Yamazaki | ... | color key |
Sound Department
Atsushi Aikawa | ... | DTS mastering |
Petra Bach | ... | Supervising ADR Editor |
David Candiff | ... | Post Production Manager |
Tom E. Dahl | ... | re-recording mixer |
Bill Higley | ... | english dialogue recorded by |
Yukio Hokari | ... | foley artist |
Shuji Inoue | ... | foley mixer |
Doc Kane | ... | adr mixer |
Masaya Kitada | ... | foley artist |
Tamaki Kojô | ... | post-production sound (as Tamaki Kojo) |
Kayoko Morozumi | ... | foley recordist |
Atsuko Nakayama | ... | DTS mastering |
Noboru Nishio | ... | digital optical recordist |
Tôru Noguchi | ... | sound effects editor |
Akihiko Okase | ... | foley artist |
Vicki Rondou | ... | post production coordinator |
Makoto Sumiya | ... | sound recording mixer |
Yûji Tan | ... | foley artist (as Yuji Tan) |
Noriko Tsushi | ... | post-production sound |
Futoshi Ueda | ... | optical sound recordist |
Akihiko Ôno | ... | sound recording engineer |
Special Effects by
Al Holter | ... | special effects animator (english version) |
John Huey | ... | special effects animator (english version) |
Keiko Itogawa | ... | digital special effects |
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge | ... | special effects animator (english version) |
Toyohiko Sakakibara | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Keiko Itogawa | ... | digital background effects |
Ji Won Kong | ... | background scanner/masking |
Keisuke Nakamura | ... | cg production |
Shinji Nasu | ... | cg production |
Takeshi Ogawa | ... | background scanner/masking |
Kanako Takahashi | ... | background color adjustment |
Kazuhiro Tamura | ... | cg production |
Yuki Yokoyama | ... | background scanner/masking: Telecom Animation FIlm |
Yasuhiko Yoshihara | ... | cg production |
Camera and Electrical Department
Tôru Fukushi | ... | digital camera operator (as Toru Fukushi) |
Toshiyuki Fukushima | ... | digital camera operator |
Takeo Gotô | ... | digital camera operator (as Takeo Gotou) |
Hironobu Horikoshi | ... | digital camera operator |
Katsufumi Satô | ... | digital camera operator |
Masashi Toriyama | ... | digital camera operator |
Animation Department
Eric J. Abjornson | ... | animator (english version) |
Akihiko Adachi | ... | inbetween animator |
Shigeo Akahori | ... | key animator |
Renee Ilsa Alcazar | ... | cel painter (english version) |
Eun Hee An | ... | inbetween animator |
Hyun Ji An | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Hiroyuki Aoyama | ... | key animator |
Seiko Azuma | ... | inbetween animator |
Bronwen Barry | ... | animator (english version) |
Hye Soon Byun | ... | inbetween animator |
Hyun Mi Cho | ... | inbetween animator |
Hee Eun Choi | ... | inbetween animator |
Hyeon Ok Choi | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Soon Yeol Choi | ... | inbetween animator |
Maya Fujimori | ... | inbetween animator |
Miho Fujimori | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Yoshikazu Fukutome | ... | background artist |
David Gardner | ... | layout artist (english version) |
Jin Ju Go | ... | inbetween animator |
Edison Goncalves | ... | animator (english version) |
Hiroshi Gôroku | ... | background artist: Ogura Kôbô (as Hiroshi Gouroku) |
Jin Young Han | ... | inbetween animator |
Kuk Dong Han | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Karen Hansen | ... | background artist (english version) |
Kasumi Hara | ... | inbetween animator |
Chiharu Haraguchi | ... | inbetween animator |
Ayako Hata | ... | key animator |
Rumiko Hayashi | ... | cel checker |
Sayaka Hirahara | ... | background artist |
Tadashi Hiramatsu | ... | animator |
Shunsuke Hirota | ... | inbetween animator |
Soon Ha Hwang | ... | inbetween animator |
Su Jin Hwang | ... | inbetween animator |
Hiroshi Iijima | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Takeshi Inamura | ... | assistant supervising animator (as Takeshi Imamura) |
Ei Inoue | ... | supervising animator |
Eiko Inoue | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Tomoe Ishihara | ... | background artist |
Eriko Ishikawa | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Nozomu Itô | ... | inbetween animator (as Nozomu Ito) |
Jeong Ho Jang | ... | inbetween animator |
Mi Sun Jang | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Youn Hee Jeong | ... | inbetween animator |
Young Hee Joung | ... | inbetween animator |
Hyun-Soo Jung | ... | inbetween animator (as Hyeon Soo Joung) |
Tsutomu Kaichi | ... | inbetween animator |
Yukiko Kakita | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Eun Kyoung Kang | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Oh Soon Kang | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Mioko Katano | ... | inbetween animator |
Fumie Kawamata | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Eunsun Kim | ... | inbetween animator (as Eun Sun Kim) |
Hee Jung Kim | ... | inbetween animator (as Jung-hee Kim) |
Hyun Suk Kim | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Ji Eun Kim | ... | inbetween animator |
Kyoung-mee Kim | ... | digital ink and paint artist (as Kyoung Mi Kim) |
Seon Ea Kim | ... | inbetween animator |
Shigeru Kimijima | ... | key animator |
Haruna Kiryû | ... | digital ink and paint artist (as Haruna Kiryu) |
Yumiko Kitajima | ... | inbetween animator |
Chizuko Koike | ... | inbetween animator |
Toshiyuki Komaru | ... | key animator |
Masahiro Koyama | ... | key animator |
Masahiro Kurio | ... | key animator |
Eun Sil Lee | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Hye Sung Lee | ... | inbetween animator |
Hyo Sun Lee | ... | inbetween animator |
Mi Ok Lee | ... | inbetween animator |
So Young Lee | ... | inbetween animator |
Youn Hee Lee | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Young Sim Lee | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Kiyoko Makita | ... | inbetween animator |
Karen Marjoribanks | ... | animator (english version) |
Osamu Masuyama | ... | background artist |
Noriko Matsumoto | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Yoko Matsumoto | ... | inbetween animator |
Mariko Matsuo | ... | key animator |
Yoshinobu Michihata | ... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film |
Michio Mihara | ... | key animator |
Naho Mitsuishi | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Shihomi Miyachi | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Sawako Miyamoto | ... | key animator |
Nagisa Miyazaki | ... | key animator |
Satoko Morikawa | ... | character designer / layout designer |
Shinobu Môri | ... | key animator (as Shinobu Mori) |
Mi Ae Na | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Sayuri Nagashima | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Masako Nagata | ... | background artist |
Keiko Nakaji | ... | key animator |
Katsutoshi Nakamura | ... | key animator |
Masami Nakanishi | ... | inbetween animator |
Mai Nakazato | ... | inbetween animator |
Kumi Nanjô | ... | digital ink and paint artist (as Kumi Nanjo) |
Hiromitsu Narumi | ... | background artist |
Akiko Nasu | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Tetsuya Nishio | ... | key animator |
Minori Noguchi | ... | inbetween animator |
Gôsei Oda | ... | inbetween animator (as Gosei Oda) |
Hiromasa Ogura | ... | background artist: Ogura Kôbô (as Hiromasa Oguro) |
Tadashi Okumura | ... | key animator |
Fumino Okura | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Cynthia Overman | ... | animator (english version) |
Kazutaka Ozaki | ... | supervising animator |
Jin A Park | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Kyong Sook Park | ... | inbetween animator |
Suk-Hwa Park | ... | inbetween animator (as Suk Hwa Park) |
Yong Kyoung Park | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Yun Hee Park | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Irene Parkins | ... | animator (english version) |
Eun Me Pyun | ... | inbetween animator |
Youn Suk Ra | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Soon Yang Ryu | ... | inbetween animator |
Shinobu Saeki | ... | inbetween animator |
Masaya Saitô | ... | inbetween animator |
Yutaka Sakamoto | ... | animation checker |
Masako Sakano | ... | clean-up and inbetween artist |
Chikako Sasagawa | ... | inbetween animator |
Hiromi Sasaki | ... | inbetween animator |
Miwa Sasaki | ... | key animator |
Akiko Satô | ... | digital ink and paint artist (as Akiko Sato) |
Kanako Satô | ... | inbetween animator (as Kanako Sato) |
Yoshiharu Satô | ... | key animator (as Yoshiharu Sato) |
Kaori Seki | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Atsushi Sekiguchi | ... | key animator |
Miyoko Shikibu | ... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film |
Ikuko Shimada | ... | inbetween animator |
Akiko Shimizu | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Keiko Shimizu | ... | key animator |
Keisuke Shimohira | ... | inbetween animator |
Emiko Shimura | ... | key animator |
Og Chul Shin | ... | background artist |
Jee Young Soung | ... | inbetween animator |
Takahiro Sugawara | ... | inbetween animator |
Toshiharu Sugie | ... | key animator |
Makiko Suzuki | ... | inbetween animator |
Mariko Suzuki | ... | inbetween animator |
Michiyo Suzuki | ... | key animator |
Shihomi Suzuki | ... | background artist: Ogura Kôbô |
Hiromi Takahashi | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Moyo Takahashi | ... | inbetween animator |
Naoko Takahashi | ... | inbetween animator |
Nobuko Takahashi | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Yukie Takahashi | ... | inbetween animator |
Yôhei Takamatsu | ... | background artist (as Yohei Takamatsu) |
Nobuyuki Takeuchi | ... | key animator |
Teiichi Takiguchi | ... | key animator |
Atsushi Tamura | ... | assistant supervising animator |
Takanori Tanaka | ... | background artist: Ogura Kôbô |
Yûichi Tanaka | ... | key animator (as Yuichi Tanaka) |
Kumiko Tanihira | ... | inbetween animator |
Hitomi Tateno | ... | inbetween animator |
Masako Terada | ... | inbetween animator |
Akiko Teshima | ... | inbetween animator |
Keiko Tomizawa | ... | inbetween animator |
Kazuhide Tomonaga | ... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film |
Ryûji Uchida | ... | digital ink and paint artist (as Ryuji Uchida) |
Mineko Ueda | ... | key animator |
Ryûtarô Ueda | ... | background artist: Ogura Kôbô (as Ryotaro Ueta) |
Yukari Umebayashi | ... | inbetween animator |
Oliver Wade | ... | animator (english version) |
Alexandra Weihrauch | ... | inbetween animator |
David Womersley | ... | layout artist (english version) |
Shin'ichirô Yamada | ... | key animator (as Shinichiro Yamada) |
Yûzô Yamada | ... | key animator (as Takeshi Baba) |
Ken'ichi Yamaguchi | ... | key animator (as Kenichi Yamaguchi) |
Hirômi Yamakawa | ... | key animator |
Eiji Yamamori | ... | assistant supervising animator |
Tomoko Yamamoto | ... | digital ink and paint artist |
Akihiko Yamashita | ... | assistant supervising animator |
Yukari Yamaura | ... | inbetween animator |
Kiyomi Yamazaki | ... | cel checker |
Yun Ju Yang | ... | inbetween animator |
Kikuyo Yano | ... | background artist |
Morihiko Yano | ... | inbetween animator |
Hisao Yokobori | ... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film |
Masafumi Yokota | ... | key animator |
Mi Kyoung Yoon | ... | inbetween animator |
Noboru Yoshida | ... | background artist |
Mitsuo Yoshino | ... | background artist |
Myung Hee Youn | ... | inbetween artist |
Minoru Ôhashi | ... | key animator (as Minoru Ohashi) |
Takashi Ômori | ... | background artist (as Takashi Omori) |
Mayumi Ômura | ... | inbetween animator (as Mayumi Ohmura) |
Atsuko Ôtani | ... | key animator |
Shinji Ôtsuka | ... | key animator (as Shinji Otsuka) |
Casting Department
Terri Douglas | ... | adr voice casting (english version) |
Motohiro Hatanaka | ... | casting coordinator: Pug Point Japan |
Ayumi Sato | ... | casting coordinator: Pug Point Japan |
Naomi Yasu | ... | casting coordinator: Pug Point Japan |
Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia | ... | color timer |
Kôhei Endô | ... | color management system |
Cory Hansen | ... | post-production coordinator |
Hiroaki Hirabayashi | ... | color timing |
Masahiro Honma | ... | film recording |
Takehisa Katsumata | ... | lab management |
Rick MacKay | ... | Negative Cutter |
Masao Shibata | ... | film recording |
Yûko Shimura | ... | lab front desk |
Yûko Suzuki | ... | lab front desk |
Mutsumi Takemiya | ... | assistant editor |
Shingo Toyotani | ... | film recording |
Tetsuya Yamai | ... | color management system |
Music Department
Robert Folk | ... | music producer (english version) |
Yûko Hisamatsu | ... | music production manager (as Yuko Hisamatsu) |
Kazumi Inaki | ... | music producer: Studio Ghibli |
Kenjirô Kishi | ... | music production manager |
Jon Kull | ... | orchestrator (english version) |
Hiroshi Kumagai | ... | conductor |
Randy Miller | ... | orchestrator (english version) |
Takamune Negishi | ... | music arranger |
Hal Sacks | ... | songs mixer (english version) |
Bill Schnee | ... | songs mixer (english version) |
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | ... | music performed by |
Peter Tomashek | ... | orchestrator (english version) |
Takuo Yamamoto | ... | music arranger: strings and horns arrangement |
Naoko Ôno | ... | musical director |
Vic Fraser | ... | music producer (english version) (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Stephen Alpert | ... | overseas promotion manager |
Nao Amisaki | ... | overseas promotion manager |
Hisayuki Annen | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Kino Arai | ... | production cooperation |
Shôkichi Arai | ... | public relations (as Shokichi Arai) |
Kôichi Asano | ... | character production development (as Koichi Asano) |
Naomi Atsuta | ... | production supervisor |
Ayaka Beppu | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Randy Coppinger | ... | Studio Management |
Hideo Deguchi | ... | production desk |
Rick Dempsey | ... | dialogue director |
Mitsuo Fujimoto | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Eiko Fujitsu | ... | production supervisor |
Nozomi Fukuda | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Toshio Hagiwara | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Mieko Hara | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Takeshi Hashimoto | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Mayumi Hirakata | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Ken'ichi Hirano | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Misa Hirano | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Hiroe Hirata | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Tomoki Horaguchi | ... | production supervisor |
Hiroi Hosokawa | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Minami Ichikawa | ... | production committee: Tôhô "The Cat Returns" |
Akio Ichimura | ... | production supervisor |
Tomomi Imai | ... | character production development |
Kenji Imura | ... | production desk |
Shinpei Ise | ... | advertising producer |
Taishi Ishida | ... | production supervisor |
Tôru Itabashi | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Keiichi Itagaki | ... | trailer production: Gal Enterprise |
Hisayo Itô | ... | production supervisor |
Junko Itô | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Kazuaki Itô | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Tôru Iwafuchi | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Rieko Izutsu | ... | character production development |
Daisuke Kadoya | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Emi Kagawa | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Atsushi Kamimura | ... | production assistant |
Yasushi Kanno | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Satoko Kariya | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Toshiyuki Kawabata | ... | production administration desk |
Yoshihisa Kawazoe | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Ryôsuke Kiyokawa | ... | production assistant (as Ryosuke Kiyokawa) |
Subaru Kobayashi | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Shôgo Komagata | ... | production supervisor |
Michiyo Koyanagi | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Ned Lott | ... | dialogue director |
Kaoru Mano | ... | titles: Malin Post |
Mary Meacham | ... | title design |
Sanae Mitsugi | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Hayao Miyazaki | ... | project concept |
Yûichirô Mochizuki | ... | production assistant (as Yuichiro Mochizuki) |
Minoru Muroi | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Takashi Nagai | ... | music copyright manager |
Ai Nakanishi | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Tetsuo Nakazawa | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Naohiko Nishio | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Jun'ichi Nishioka | ... | public relations (as Junichi Nishioka) |
Shinsuke Nonaka | ... | production affairs manager |
Naoto Okamura | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Hiroyuki Orihara | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Shinsaku Sasaki | ... | production cooperation |
Takashi Satou | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Tatsuo Satô | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Sueko Sawanuma | ... | production supervisor |
Kazuhiko Seta | ... | production committee: Tôhô "The Cat Returns" (as Kazuhiko Seda) |
Mion Shibuya | ... | publishing |
Yoshishige Shimatani | ... | production committee: Tôhô "The Cat Returns" |
Nobuko Shiraki | ... | public relations |
Yasumasa Sone | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Daizô Suzuki | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Yukari Tai | ... | publishing |
Mikiko Takeda | ... | overseas promotion manager |
Takashi Tanatsugu | ... | production committee: Nippon Television Network "The Cat Returns" |
Yosuke Toba | ... | production assistant |
Masaya Tokuyama | ... | special advisor |
Miyuki Torimiya | ... | supervising manager |
Tsuneo Toriyama | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Masaru Tsuchiya | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Ryôko Tsutsui | ... | publishing |
Yumiko Ukai | ... | public relations |
Yukiko Wada | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Morikazu Wakizaka | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Mika Watanabe | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Mitsu Watanabe | ... | production supervisor |
Masaru Yabe | ... | special advisor |
Tamami Yamamoto | ... | production supervisor |
Tetsuya Yamamoto | ... | production committee: Mitsubishi Corporation "The Cat Returns" |
Fumio Yamazaki | ... | production cooperation |
Keiyô Yasuda | ... | production supervisor |
Mika Yasuda | ... | character production development |
Yoshirô Yasunaga | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Takahiro Yonezawa | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "The Cat Returns" |
Jun'ya Yoshida | ... | production cooperation |
Seiichi Yuasa | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô "The Cat Returns" |
Ryôhei Ôkubo | ... | advertising producer: Major |
Thanks
Robert Bagley | ... | special thanks |
Sara Bleick | ... | special thanks |
Bill Fadness | ... | special thanks |
Hermann H. Schmidt | ... | special thanks |
Bruce Tauscher | ... | special thanks |