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The Garden of Words (2013)

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The Garden of Words

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Director

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  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai

Writer

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  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    original story and
  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    screenplay
  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    written by

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Miyu Irino
    Miyu Irino
    Miyu Irino
    Takao Akizuki
    (voice)
  • Kana Hanazawa
    Kana Hanazawa
    Kana Hanazawa
    Yukari Yukino
    (voice)
  • Fumi Hirano
    Fumi Hirano
    Fumi Hirano
    Takao's Mother
    (voice)
  • Gou Maeda
    Gou Maeda
    Takao no ani
    (voice)
  • Takeshi Maeda
    Takeshi Maeda
    Takao's Brother
    (voice)
  • Yuka Terasaki
    Yuka Terasaki
    Takao's Brother's Girlfriend
    (voice)
  • Takanori Hoshino
    Takanori Hoshino
    Itou-sensei
    (voice)
  • Suguru Inoue
    Suguru Inoue
    Matsumoto
    (voice)
  • Megumi Han
    Megumi Han
    Megumi Han
    Satou
    (voice)
  • Mikako Komatsu
    Mikako Komatsu
    Aizawa
    (voice)
  • Yûki Hayashi
    Yûki Hayashi
    Moriyama
    (voice) (as Yuki Hayashi)
  • Wataru Sekine
    Wataru Sekine
    Young Takao
    (voice)
  • Risa Mizuno
    Risa Mizuno
    News Announcer
    (voice)
  • Hiroshi Shimozaki
    Hiroshi Shimozaki
    (voice)
  • Kuniko Ishijima
    Kuniko Ishijima
    (voice)
  • Taishi Murata
    Taishi Murata
    Student B
    /Weather Forcast
    (voice)
  • Azusa Tadokoro
    Azusa Tadokoro
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Crash Buist
    Crash Buist
    Crash Buist
    Takao's Brother
    (English version) (voice)
  • Shelley Calene-Black
    Shelley Calene-Black
    Shelley Calene-Black
    Takao's Mother
    (English version) (voice)
  • Amar Kumar Dang
    Amar Kumar Dang
  • Shannon Emerick
    Shannon Emerick
    Shannon Emerick
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice)
  • Maggie Flecknoe
    Maggie Flecknoe
    Maggie Flecknoe
    Yukari Yukino
    (English version) (voice)
  • Hilary Haag
    Hilary Haag
    Hilary Haag
    Aizawa
    (English version) (voice)
  • Shannon Nicole Hill
    Shannon Nicole Hill
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice) (as Shannon Hill)
  • Brittney Karbowski
    Brittney Karbowski
    Brittney Karbowski
    Brother's Girlfriend
    (English version) (voice)
  • Wendy Martin
    Wendy Martin
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice)
  • Kalob Martinez
    Kalob Martinez
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice)
  • David Matranga
    David Matranga
    David Matranga
    Mr. Ito
    (English version) (voice)
  • Patrick Poole
    Patrick Poole
    Patrick Poole
    Takao Akizuki
    (English version) (voice)
  • Summar Salah
    Summar Salah
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice)
  • Andrea Schutter
    Andrea Schutter
    Additional Voices
    (English version) (voice)
  • Blake Shepard
    Blake Shepard
    Blake Shepard
    Young Takao
    (English version) (voice)
  • Allison L. Sumrall
    Allison L. Sumrall
    Allison L. Sumrall
    Sato
    (English version) (voice)
  • Mike Yager
    Mike Yager
    Matsumoto
    (English version) (voice)

Producers

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  • David Del Rio
    David Del Rio
    producer (2013)
  • Kôichirô Itô
    Kôichirô Itô
    line producer (as Kouichirou Itou)
  • Noritaka Kawaguchi
    Noritaka Kawaguchi
    producer: Shinkai Creative
  • Kôhei Kenmotsu
    Kôhei Kenmotsu
    production producer (as Kohei Kenmotsu)
  • Yukari Kiso
    Yukari Kiso
    line producer
  • John Ledford
    John Ledford
    executive producer (2013) / producer (2013)
  • Yûichi Sakai
    Yûichi Sakai
    line producer (as Yuuichi Sakai)
  • Yukari Sogi
    Yukari Sogi
    production producer
  • Eiichi Takahashi
    Eiichi Takahashi
    executive producer

Composer

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  • Daisuke Kashiwa
    Daisuke Kashiwa

Cinematographer

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  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai

Editor

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  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai

Casting

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  • Ai Niinuma
    Ai Niinuma
  • Sawako Todoroki
    Sawako Todoroki

Art Director

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  • Hiroshi Takiguchi
    Hiroshi Takiguchi

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    unit director
  • Makoto Ôga
    Makoto Ôga
    assistant unit director (as Makoto Oga)

Art Department

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  • Yôko Miki
    Yôko Miki
    color key (as Yoko Miki)
  • Reiko Sekine
    Reiko Sekine
    assistant color designer (as Rieko Sekine)
  • Makoto Shinkai
    Makoto Shinkai
    color key / storyboard artist
  • Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
    Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
    poster artwork
  • Chika Totsuka
    Chika Totsuka
    assistant color designer

Sound Department

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  • Steven Foster
    Steven Foster
    adr director
  • Naomi Fujita
    Naomi Fujita
    recording assistant
  • Eiko Morikawa
    Eiko Morikawa
    sound effects
  • Hideaki Ogata
    Hideaki Ogata
    sound effects assistant
  • Haru Yamada
    Haru Yamada
    sound director (as Yô Yamada) / sound mixer (as Yô Yamada)
  • Daiki Yamaki
    Daiki Yamaki
    recording

Visual Effects

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  • Kanji Kawai
    Kanji Kawai
    3dcg effects (as Kanji Kawaai)
  • Yoshitaka Takeuchi
    Yoshitaka Takeuchi
    3d cg chief

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Hitomi Fukuzawa
    Hitomi Fukuzawa
    photographer
  • Airi Ichikawa
    Airi Ichikawa
    photography assistant
  • Jumi Lee
    Jumi Lee
    photographer
  • Yôko Miki
    Yôko Miki
    photography chief (as Yoko Miki)
  • Chihiro Omi
    Chihiro Omi
    photography assistant

Animation Department

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  • Young Ae Ahn
    Young Ae Ahn
    digital painter
  • Mari Aizawa
    Mari Aizawa
    inbetween artist
  • Yuka Aoki
    Yuka Aoki
    digital painter
  • Chitose Asakura
    Chitose Asakura
    background artist
  • Mi Ran Bang
    Mi Ran Bang
    digital painter
  • Jin-Seon Byeon
    Jin-Seon Byeon
    inbetween artist
  • Hyun Ju Cha
    Hyun Ju Cha
    inbetween artist
  • Yeon Kyung Chae
    Yeon Kyung Chae
    inbetween artist
  • Yûdai Chiba
    Yûdai Chiba
    inbetween artist
  • Mi Kyung Choi
    Mi Kyung Choi
    inbetween artist

Casting Department

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  • Ai Niinuma
    Ai Niinuma
    casting
  • Sawako Todoroki
    Sawako Todoroki
    casting

Costume Department

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  • Nana Minamoto
    Nana Minamoto
    costume research

Editorial Department

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  • Ichita Hattori
    Ichita Hattori
    on-line editor
  • Akimitsu Takayama
    Akimitsu Takayama
    lab manager

Music Department

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  • Ryoji Chimura
    Ryoji Chimura
    artist producer: ending theme
  • Motohiro Hata
    Motohiro Hata
    acoustic guitar: ending theme / chorus: ending theme / vocals: ending theme
  • Hiroshi Hiranuma
    Hiroshi Hiranuma
    music recording & mixing: ending theme
  • Shin'ya Horikoshi
    Shin'ya Horikoshi
    manager: ending theme
  • Daisuke Kashiwa
    Daisuke Kashiwa
    recording and mixing engineer / recording/mixing engineer
  • Noriyasu Kawamura
    Noriyasu Kawamura
    drums: ending theme (as Noriyaku 'Kaasuke' Kawamura)
  • Masato Minagawa
    Masato Minagawa
    piano: ending theme / wurlitzer: ending theme
  • Tomoe Miyasaka
    Tomoe Miyasaka
    director: ending theme
  • Yukihiro Mori
    Yukihiro Mori
    manager: ending theme
  • Yukio Nagoshi
    Yukio Nagoshi
    electric guitar: ending theme

Additional Crew

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  • Satoru Aoki
    Satoru Aoki
    overseas advertising
  • Maizumi Date
    Maizumi Date
    publicist
  • Tomoko Hazuma
    Tomoko Hazuma
    advertising producer
  • Yasunori Higashide
    Yasunori Higashide
    official website production
  • Tadashi Hisamichi
    Tadashi Hisamichi
    title logo/ad designer
  • Yûta Hori
    Yûta Hori
    production assistant
  • Madoka Iki
    Madoka Iki
    designer: Takao's shoes
  • Momoka Kodatsuki
    Momoka Kodatsuki
    publicist
  • Taisa Koizumi
    Taisa Koizumi
    theater sales
  • Hiroyuki Koreeda
    Hiroyuki Koreeda
    advertising producer

Thanks

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  • Sahoko Abe
    Sahoko Abe
    thanks
  • Yoshihiro Furusawa
    Yoshihiro Furusawa
    special thanks
  • Sa Ae Hyun
    Sa Ae Hyun
    special thanks
  • Yukari Ishii
    Yukari Ishii
    thanks
  • Noriyuki Kagami
    Noriyuki Kagami
    thanks
  • Shinta Kanô
    Shinta Kanô
    thanks
  • Minako Katagiri
    Minako Katagiri
    thanks
  • Yutaka Kawamura
    Yutaka Kawamura
    thanks
  • Tomoko Koarata
    Tomoko Koarata
    thanks
  • Shingo Kunieda
    Shingo Kunieda
    special thanks

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