The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Encyclopedia
is a 90-minute Japanese anime
film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai
, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star
. As in the previous film, the soundtrack was composed by Tenmon
. Unlike the previous film which was largely created by Makoto on his own, Kumo no Mukou was a full scale production as reflected by the better animation quality and the longer overall length. It has been broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television
network Animax
.
The film was licensed for North American release by ADV Films.
. In 1974, Japan underwent the Separation: the southern part, including the main islands of Honshū
and Kyūshū
, were occupied by the United States, while the northern island, Hokkaidō
(or Ezo
, as it is called in the anime), was occupied by the "Union" (presumably referring to the Soviet Union
). Also in that same year, the Union began the construction of a strange tower on Hokkaido designed by a scientist named Ekusun Tsukinoe. On a clear day, the incredible height of the tower makes it visible from as far away as Tokyo.
By the 1990s when the story begins, the U.S. occupation of southern Japan has ended, and the two nations have formed a pact called the Alliance. Hokkaido remains under the control of the Union; contact between the North and the South is all but suspended; and border clashes are common. An underground group committed to reunifying Japan known as the Uilta Liberation Front exists in the South. Covertly supported by some Alliance government officials, it makes incursions into and executes attacks on Union territory.
on the northern end of southern Japan: two boys, Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa, both child prodigies; and one girl, Sayuri Sawatari. In 1996, the three are in ninth grade
, their last year of middle school
, and they are fascinated by the Hokkaido Tower visible across the Tsugaru Strait
to the north.
On the last day before spring break
, one of Sayuri's friends, Kana Matsuura, confesses to Takuya that she has romantic feelings for him, but he does not return her feelings. Takuya tells Hiroki that he should date Kana instead, but Hiroki declines, as he is actually romantically interested in Sayuri. Hiroki stays after school for archery
practice while Sayuri stays after school for violin
practice; they ride the train home together and get to know each other, and Sayuri becomes close friends with the two boys.
The two boys have found a crashed Maritime Self-Defense Force drone plane. Naming it the Velaciela, they work on rebuilding the plane, scrounging parts from their workplace, the Emishi Manufacturing factory, with the help of their boss, Mr. Okabe. The three teenagers promise to one day fly to Hokkaido to visit the Tower. However, before they can do this, Sayuri mysteriously disappears during the summer.
, the brilliant Takuya is working as a physicist
at an Alliance scientific facility sponsored by the United States' National Security Agency
, researching parallel universes (per the many-worlds interpretation
of quantum mechanics
) alongside Ms. Maki Kasahara under the supervision of Professor Tomizawa. They know that the Hokkaido Tower, which began operating in 1996, replaces matter around it with matter from other universes, but they do not yet know why it does this for only a 2-km radius. Takuya becomes involved with the Uilta Liberation Front after he learns that Mr. Okabe is its leader; his factory workers are the other agents of the organization. Okabe was originally motivated to form the group when his family was trapped in Hokkaido by the Separation, and he signs Takuya on for an excursion to Ezo with Uilta.
Sayuri is revealed to have been hospitalized over the past three years, having developed an extreme form of narcolepsy
; she has been sleeping continuously for most of the three years. Her mind is trapped in an unpopulated parallel universe, where she is all alone. Tomizawa has discovered that she is somehow connected to the Union's research into parallel universes and the Hokkaido Tower's ability to change the surrounding land into alternate possibilities, but Tomizawa keeps this information, as well as her whereabouts, secret from Takuya initially. Tomizawa is secretly working with the Uilta Liberation Front and lets Mr. Okabe know about Sayuri, while Mr. Okabe reveals that the Uilta Liberation Front plans to bomb the Hokkaido Tower to incite war against the Union, hoping that this will lead to the reunification of Japan.
Hiroki has moved to Tokyo where he attends high school. He is haunted by frequent dreams of Sayuri and suffers from depression
, leading a miserable and lonely existence. A letter written by Sayuri before she became completely comatose eventually reaches him and he reads it in March 2000, giving him a lead to go looking for her. Though in separate universes, the two manage to make brief, temporary contact, and Hiroki realises that the only way to wake Sayuri is to fly her body over the Tower, to take her to the "promised land of our childhood". Sayuri's body, however, has been taken to a secure hospital ward at the Aomori Army College.
Takuya steals the body of the still-comatose Sayuri from the military hospital. The boys finish building the Velaciela just hours before the United States plans to declare war on the Union. The plane only seats two, so Takuya leaves Hiroki to pilot the plane and fulfill their childhood promise. Hiroki manages to fly the plane across the strait to the Tower carrying Sayuri and a missile provided by the Uilta Liberation Front. When Sayuri finally awakens while the plane circles the Tower, the Tower activates and immediately begins to transform the surrounding area; the area under transformation grows to encompass much of Hokkaido. In the last few minutes of her coma, Sayuri realizes that when she awakes she will lose all her memories of her dreams of the past 3 years, and thus upon waking she weeps because, unknowingly, she lost the memory of her love for Hiroki. Flying back, Hiroki fires the missile, destroying the Tower and stopping the matter transformation. The film ends with Hiroki vowing to Sayuri that they will start their relationship anew.
(1896-1933). It was written on the occasion of the premature death of his sister, Toshi Miyazawa (1898-1922). Furthermore, during the summer sequence of the film, Sayuri is seen reading a novel titled "The Net Involved in a Dream" ("夢網", lit. "Dream Net") by Morishita Sakae. Although the author is fictional, a book of the same namehttp://www.bk1.jp/product/1949604?partnerid=p-gok30121 exists by a similarly named poet, Hoshio Sakae :ja:%E3%81%BB%E3%81%97%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95%E3%81%AA%E3%81%88.
A reference to the director's previous work is made when Takuya and Hiroki meet at the station. They see a cat which Takuya calls Chobi, the name of the cat from She and Her Cat
.
Aomori Station was featured at the beginning of the film.
Disc 2 (DVD)
Disc 3 (CDROM)
Book
. Serialization began in February 2006. The story is by Makoto Shinkai while the art is by Mizu Sahara
.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star
Voices of a Distant Star
is a Japanese anime OVA by Makoto Shinkai. It chronicles a long-distance relationship between two close friends who communicate by sending emails via their mobile phones across interstellar space...
. As in the previous film, the soundtrack was composed by Tenmon
Tenmon (composer)
, born , is a Japanese music composer from Tokyo, Japan born in 1971. He worked in the Nihon Falcom Corporation as one of the members of Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.. During his time with Falcom, he has composed much music for Falcom games, most notably Brandish....
. Unlike the previous film which was largely created by Makoto on his own, Kumo no Mukou was a full scale production as reflected by the better animation quality and the longer overall length. It has been broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
.
The film was licensed for North American release by ADV Films.
The setting
The Place Promised in Our Early Days takes place in Japan during the late 1990s in an alternate timeline. Though it is not directly explained in the film, the world in the anime apparently diverges from Japan's in the decades following World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. In 1974, Japan underwent the Separation: the southern part, including the main islands of Honshū
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...
and Kyūshū
Kyushu
is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....
, were occupied by the United States, while the northern island, Hokkaidō
Hokkaido
, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
(or Ezo
Ezo
is a Japanese name which historically referred to the lands to the north of Japan. It was used in various senses, sometimes meaning the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and sometimes meaning lands and waters further north in the Sea of Okhotsk, like Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands...
, as it is called in the anime), was occupied by the "Union" (presumably referring to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
). Also in that same year, the Union began the construction of a strange tower on Hokkaido designed by a scientist named Ekusun Tsukinoe. On a clear day, the incredible height of the tower makes it visible from as far away as Tokyo.
By the 1990s when the story begins, the U.S. occupation of southern Japan has ended, and the two nations have formed a pact called the Alliance. Hokkaido remains under the control of the Union; contact between the North and the South is all but suspended; and border clashes are common. An underground group committed to reunifying Japan known as the Uilta Liberation Front exists in the South. Covertly supported by some Alliance government officials, it makes incursions into and executes attacks on Union territory.
The early days
The anime follows the story of three friends living in AomoriAomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
on the northern end of southern Japan: two boys, Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa, both child prodigies; and one girl, Sayuri Sawatari. In 1996, the three are in ninth grade
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
, their last year of middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
, and they are fascinated by the Hokkaido Tower visible across the Tsugaru Strait
Tsugaru Strait
is a channel between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture...
to the north.
On the last day before spring break
Spring break
Spring break – also known as March break, Study week or Reading week in the United Kingdom and some parts of Canada – is a recess in early spring at universities and schools in the United States, Canada, mainland China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, the United...
, one of Sayuri's friends, Kana Matsuura, confesses to Takuya that she has romantic feelings for him, but he does not return her feelings. Takuya tells Hiroki that he should date Kana instead, but Hiroki declines, as he is actually romantically interested in Sayuri. Hiroki stays after school for archery
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
practice while Sayuri stays after school for violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
practice; they ride the train home together and get to know each other, and Sayuri becomes close friends with the two boys.
The two boys have found a crashed Maritime Self-Defense Force drone plane. Naming it the Velaciela, they work on rebuilding the plane, scrounging parts from their workplace, the Emishi Manufacturing factory, with the help of their boss, Mr. Okabe. The three teenagers promise to one day fly to Hokkaido to visit the Tower. However, before they can do this, Sayuri mysteriously disappears during the summer.
Three years later
Three years later, Takuya and Hiroki have stopped working on the plane, having taken different paths after the grief they suffered at Sayuri's disappearance. Although only in high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, the brilliant Takuya is working as a physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
at an Alliance scientific facility sponsored by the United States' National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
, researching parallel universes (per the many-worlds interpretation
Many-worlds interpretation
The many-worlds interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts the objective reality of the universal wavefunction, but denies the actuality of wavefunction collapse. Many-worlds implies that all possible alternative histories and futures are real, each representing an...
of quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics, also known as quantum physics or quantum theory, is a branch of physics providing a mathematical description of much of the dual particle-like and wave-like behavior and interactions of energy and matter. It departs from classical mechanics primarily at the atomic and subatomic...
) alongside Ms. Maki Kasahara under the supervision of Professor Tomizawa. They know that the Hokkaido Tower, which began operating in 1996, replaces matter around it with matter from other universes, but they do not yet know why it does this for only a 2-km radius. Takuya becomes involved with the Uilta Liberation Front after he learns that Mr. Okabe is its leader; his factory workers are the other agents of the organization. Okabe was originally motivated to form the group when his family was trapped in Hokkaido by the Separation, and he signs Takuya on for an excursion to Ezo with Uilta.
Sayuri is revealed to have been hospitalized over the past three years, having developed an extreme form of narcolepsy
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by excessive sleepiness and sleep attacks at inappropriate times, such as while at work. People with narcolepsy often experience disturbed nocturnal sleep and an abnormal daytime sleep pattern, which often is confused with insomnia...
; she has been sleeping continuously for most of the three years. Her mind is trapped in an unpopulated parallel universe, where she is all alone. Tomizawa has discovered that she is somehow connected to the Union's research into parallel universes and the Hokkaido Tower's ability to change the surrounding land into alternate possibilities, but Tomizawa keeps this information, as well as her whereabouts, secret from Takuya initially. Tomizawa is secretly working with the Uilta Liberation Front and lets Mr. Okabe know about Sayuri, while Mr. Okabe reveals that the Uilta Liberation Front plans to bomb the Hokkaido Tower to incite war against the Union, hoping that this will lead to the reunification of Japan.
Hiroki has moved to Tokyo where he attends high school. He is haunted by frequent dreams of Sayuri and suffers from depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
, leading a miserable and lonely existence. A letter written by Sayuri before she became completely comatose eventually reaches him and he reads it in March 2000, giving him a lead to go looking for her. Though in separate universes, the two manage to make brief, temporary contact, and Hiroki realises that the only way to wake Sayuri is to fly her body over the Tower, to take her to the "promised land of our childhood". Sayuri's body, however, has been taken to a secure hospital ward at the Aomori Army College.
Climax
Tensions continue to grow between the Alliance and the Union, as it becomes apparent that the Union is attempting to use the Tower as a weapon to replace the existing world with a parallel universe. Things are further complicated when it is discovered that Ekusun Tsukinoe, who constructed the Tower, was Sayuri's grandfather, and that the only thing preventing the Tower from activating is Sayuri's coma (the closer she comes to wakening, the greater the radius of the area affected by the Tower), forcing Hiroki and Takuya to choose between saving the world or saving Sayuri. After fighting over the decision, Hiroki convinces Takuya that Sayuri is worth risking the world.Takuya steals the body of the still-comatose Sayuri from the military hospital. The boys finish building the Velaciela just hours before the United States plans to declare war on the Union. The plane only seats two, so Takuya leaves Hiroki to pilot the plane and fulfill their childhood promise. Hiroki manages to fly the plane across the strait to the Tower carrying Sayuri and a missile provided by the Uilta Liberation Front. When Sayuri finally awakens while the plane circles the Tower, the Tower activates and immediately begins to transform the surrounding area; the area under transformation grows to encompass much of Hokkaido. In the last few minutes of her coma, Sayuri realizes that when she awakes she will lose all her memories of her dreams of the past 3 years, and thus upon waking she weeps because, unknowingly, she lost the memory of her love for Hiroki. Flying back, Hiroki fires the missile, destroying the Tower and stopping the matter transformation. The film ends with Hiroki vowing to Sayuri that they will start their relationship anew.
Allusions
The film includes several references to other literary works and themes, such as separation and dreams. The poem read by Sayuri in class is Eiketsu no Asa (永訣の朝http://home.ix.netcom.com/~kyamazak/lit/_Jpoet/miyazawa_eiketu.htm, Morning of the Last Farewell) from the poem collection Haru to Shura (春と修羅; Spring and Asura) by a well-known Japanese writer Kenji MiyazawaKenji Miyazawa
was a Japanese poet and author of children's literature in the early Shōwa period of Japan. He was also known as a devout Buddhist, vegetarian and social activist.-Early life:...
(1896-1933). It was written on the occasion of the premature death of his sister, Toshi Miyazawa (1898-1922). Furthermore, during the summer sequence of the film, Sayuri is seen reading a novel titled "The Net Involved in a Dream" ("夢網", lit. "Dream Net") by Morishita Sakae. Although the author is fictional, a book of the same namehttp://www.bk1.jp/product/1949604?partnerid=p-gok30121 exists by a similarly named poet, Hoshio Sakae :ja:%E3%81%BB%E3%81%97%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95%E3%81%AA%E3%81%88.
A reference to the director's previous work is made when Takuya and Hiroki meet at the station. They see a cat which Takuya calls Chobi, the name of the cat from She and Her Cat
She and Her Cat
, subtitled Their standing points, is an independent five minute anime OVA about the relationship between a male cat and his female owner told from the cat's perspective. It was created mostly by Makoto Shinkai, except the soundtrack, which was done by his friend Tenmon. She and Her Cat is also the...
.
Production
Awards
- Special Distinction (Feature Film category) - Seoul Comics and Animation Festival 2005
- Silver Prize on Best Animated Film Section (by audience choice) of Public Prize - Canada Fantasia Film FestivalFantasia FestivalFantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996...
- Award for Art in Seiun AwardSeiun AwardThe is a Japanese science fiction award for the best science fiction published in Japan during the preceding year, as voted by attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention. "Seiun" is the Japanese word for "nebula", but the award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It was named after...
- 44th Japanese SF Convention - Best Animated Film - Mainichi Film AwardsMainichi Film AwardsThe Mainichi Film Awards are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun , one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946.-Animation awards:...
2004 - Award for Expression Technique (for Trailer #1) - Tokyo International Anime Fair 2003
Regular Release
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (90 Minutes)
- 3 Video Interviews with Japanese Cast
- Original Japanese Trailer Collection
Collector's Edition
Disc 1 (DVD)- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (90 Minutes)
- 3 Video Interviews with Japanese Cast
- Original Japanese Trailer Collection
Disc 2 (DVD)
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Animated Storyboards, 90 Minutes)
- Interview with Makoto Shinkai
- Animated Gallery 2002 — 2004
Disc 3 (CDROM)
- 35 Still Images
- Sheet Music
Book
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Storyboards, 360 pages)
Manga
The Place Promised in Our Early Days is also being currently serialized as a manga in AfternoonAfternoon (magazine)
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a monthly anthology, and each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages...
. Serialization began in February 2006. The story is by Makoto Shinkai while the art is by Mizu Sahara
Sumomo Yumeka
is the pseudonym of a Japanese manga artist, who also writes as and . She writes in a variety of demographics, publishing yaoi manga as Sumomo Yumeka, seinen manga as Mizu Sahara, and shōjo manga as Sahara Keita...
.
Theme song
- Performed by Ai KawashimaAi Kawashima, born February 21, 1986 in Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist.- Profile :Kawashima dreamed of becoming a singer from a young age. Her father vanished before she was born, and she was raised by her mother. She first began learning to play the piano at the age of 3....
- Lyrics by Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
- Music by TenmonTenmon (composer), born , is a Japanese music composer from Tokyo, Japan born in 1971. He worked in the Nihon Falcom Corporation as one of the members of Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.. During his time with Falcom, he has composed much music for Falcom games, most notably Brandish....
- Arranged by Tenmon
OST - Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place
Tracklist:- メインテーマ / Main Theme
- 日常 / Nichijou (Daily)
- 駅 / Eki (Station)
- サユリ / Sayuri
- 二人の計画 / Futari no Keikaku (Plan of the Two)
- もう一つの夢 / Mou Hitotsu no Yume (One More Dream)
- 希望と憧れ / Kibou to Akogare (Hope and Aspiration)
- 遠い約束 / Tooi Yakusoku (Distant Promise)
- サユリの旋律 / Sayuri no Senritsu (Sayuri's Melody)
- 兆候 / Choukou (Omen)
- 無垢 / Muku (Purity)
- 夏の終わり / Natsu no Owari (The End of Summer)
- 探求 / Tankyuu (Quest)
- 世界の見る夢 / Sekai no Miru Yume (Dream of the World)
- 誰もいない場所 / Dare mo Inai Basho (Deserted Place)
- 孤独 / Kodoku (Solitude)
- 襲撃～眠り姫 / Shuugeki ~ Nemuri Hime (Attack ~ Sleeping Princess)
- ひとときの再会 / Hitotoki no Saikai (A Time of Reunion)
- 永遠の夏 / Eien no Natsu (Eternal Summer)
- 二人の葛藤 / Futari no Kattou (Conflict of the Two)
- サユリの世界 / Sayuri no Sekai (Sayuri's World)
- タクヤの決意 / Takuya no Ketsui (Takuya's Determination)
- ヒロキの旋律 / Hiroki no Senritsu (Hiroki's Melody)
- 開戦～ヴェラシーラ / Kaisen ~ Velaciela (The Battle Begins ~ Velaciela)
- 雲のむこう、約束の場所 / Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place)
- きみのこえ / Kimi no Koe (Your Voice)
- パイロット版「雲のむこう、約束の場所」 / Pilot-ban 'Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho' (Pilot Edition 'Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place')
Voice actors
| Role/Character | Japanese Voice Actor | English Voice Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Fujisawa | Hidetaka Yoshioka Hidetaka Yoshioka ', is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Koto Shinryojo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and... |
Chris Patton Chris Patton Christopher David Patton is an American voice actor who works on anime for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Takuya Shirakawa | Masato Hagiwara Masato Hagiwara is a Japanese actor. He is employed by Alpha Agency.-Live-Action Roles:*Change!*Onmyoji as Imperial Prince Sawara Shinno-Anime roles:*Akagi as Shigeru Akagi*Blade as Kykyo Mikage... |
Kalob Martinez Kalob Martinez Kalob Martinez is a Mexican-American actor and voice actor for ADV Films and Seraphim Digital. He made an indie short film with friend and fellow actor Bobby Haworth, called Bobby and Kalob. He currently teaches at the Houston Academy of the Dramatic Arts.... |
| Sayuri Sawatari | Yuuka Nanri Yuuka Nanri , commonly referred to as Yuuka, is a seiyū and also a known Japanese pop singer. She is contracted to Space Craft Entertainment of Space Craft Group.-Biography:Yuuka Nanri first debuted on NHK's in 1995, as a child star.... |
Jessica Boone Jessica Boone Jessica Boone is a classically trained American actress with extensive experience in Shakespeare and musical theatre. She has been a leading player with Prague Shakespeare Festival and Houston Shakespeare Festival where her roles have included Rosalind, Juliet, Helena, Regan, Thaisa and Innogen... |
| Professor Tomizawa | Kazuhiko Inoue Kazuhiko Inoue is a veteran voice actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.-Biography:Since his debut in 1973, Kazuhiko Inoue has become one of Japan's most well established voice actors. His early roles from the 1970s include Anthony in Candy Candy, and later as Joe in the 1979 remake of Cyborg 009... |
Andy McAvin Andy McAvin Andrew Mark "Andy" McAvin is an American actor and voice over actor with nearly 80 credits to his resume. He also appeared in over 120 professional theatrical productions including Broadway musicals. He does voice work in anime dubs for ADV Films and Seraphim Digital.One of his most prominent... |
| Maki Kasahara | Risa Mizuno | Kira Vincent-Davis Kira Vincent-Davis Kira Vincent-Davis is an American voice actress who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Okabe | Unshou Ishizuka Unshou Ishizuka , better known as is a Japanese seiyū from Katsuyama, Fukui. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production and also provides the voice for the Narrator and Professor Oak on Pokémon. During the Johto saga, he voiced Jasmine's Steelix, Pryce's Piloswine, Clair's Gyarados and also Ash's Kingler in... |
John Swasey John Swasey John Swasey is an American actor, voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works at Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Arisaka | Hidenobu Kiuchi Hidenobu Kiuchi is a Japanese voice actor.-TV Anime:1996*Rurouni Kenshin as Shiro1999*One Piece as Nero2001*Ask Dr. Rin! as Eddy Tsukioka*The Prince of Tennis as Yūshi Oshitari; Kimiyoshi Fukawa 2003... |
Illich Guardiola Illich Guardiola Illich Auyapah Guardiola is an American actor and voice actor for ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, and Seraphim Digital.-Anime roles:* A.D. Police - Paul Sanders* Air Gear – Kaito Wanijima... |
| Emishi Manufacturing employee | Eiji Takemoto Eiji Takemoto is a Japanese voice actor. His name is sometimes mistranslated as and also sometimes credited as being Hidefumi Takemoto . Takemoto's nickname is Takepon... |
Adam Jones Adam Jones (musician) Adam Thomas Jones is a three time Grammy Award-winning Welsh-American musician and visual artist, best known for his position as the guitarist for Grammy-Award winning band Tool. Jones has been rated the 75th Greatest Guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone and placed 9th in Guitar World's Top... |
| Emishi Manufacturing employee, Hospital Director, Train Announcer | Masami Iwasaki Masami Iwasaki is a Japanese voice actor. Most but not all of his roles are minions or ruffians.-Anime:* Birdy * Koji Kuroki, Cerberus, Kaoru Hatsujo, Morgan, and other misc. in * Roland/Isono * Akazawa Yoshiro... |
Andrew Love Andrew Love Andrew Love is an American actor and voice actor who work for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. He graduated from the University of Houston with a B.A. degree in acting and directing... |
| Emishi Manufacturing employee, Graduate Student | Takahiro Hirano | Jacob A.Gragard |
| Female student, Nurse, TV Announcer | Maki Saitou | Hilary Haag Hilary Haag Hilary Haag Scarborough is an American voice actress who worked for ADV Films and Seraphim Digital and currently lives in Houston, Texas. Attended Lamar Consolidated High School and went on to study English Rhetoric at Texas A&M University... |
| Female student | Yuki Nakao | Mariela Ortiz Mariela Ortiz Mariela Ortiz is an American voice actress, DVD coordinator, production assistant who previously worked for ADV Films. She's also an accomplished stage performer who has appeared in productions in both Texas and New York, including The Chico de Jazzz Show written by William M. Hoffman... |
| Male student | Kousuke Kujirai Kousuke Kujirai is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known most notably for his role as Jenath Dira in the Get Ride! Amdriver anime series and Kaoru Kaidoh and The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and the live film adaptation, and as Panther in Eyeshield 21.-Career:He works primarily in stage... |
Matthew Crawford |
| Female student, Nurse, Hiroki's girlfriend | Rie Nakagawa Rie Nakagawa is a Japanese actress and voice actress.-TV Anime:*Ballad of a Shinigami *Bleach *Full Moon o Sagashite *Ginga Densetsu Weed *Gunslinger Girl *Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari... |
Lesley Tesh |
| Patrol Boat Warnings | Hirochika Kamize | |
| US Military Officer | Brett Coleman | |
| NSA | Ian O'Neal | |
| Additional Voices | ||
| Carl Ruthers | ||
| Chris Nelson | ||
| Jacob Jones | ||
| John Gremillion John Gremillion John Michael Gremillion is an American actor and voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.-Anime:* 009-1 - Ivan Godunov John... |
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| Rob Mungle Rob Mungle Robert Louis Mungle is a voice actor for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
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External links
Official Japanese Website- The Place Promised in Our Early Days Review at Anime+ Podcast