Main credits |
| Production Planning |
Level-5 Inc |
| Animation |
Studio Ghibli Inc |
| Music |
Joe Hisaishi |
| Overall Supervision |
Akihiro Hino |
| Planning |
Akihiro Hino |
| Story |
Akihiro Hino |
| Director |
Ken Motomura |
| Technical Director |
Yasuhiro Akasaka |
Studio Ghibli Lead Staff |
| Planner |
Toshio Suzuki |
| Producer |
Hiroyuki Watanabe |
| Supervisor |
Yoshiyuki Momose |
| Artistic Supervisor |
Ai Kagawa |
Level-5 Development Staff |
| Art Director |
Nobuyuki Yanai |
| Original Character Artwork |
Toshihiro Kuriaki |
| Original Background Artwork |
Hisami Miyamoto |
| Programming Director |
Mamoru Itagaki |
| Programmers |
Yūsuke Hashimoto, Yuji Mori, Akira Mitsuhashi, Toshihiro Arai, Makoto Shikasho, Takaharu Takesada, Takashi Abe, Koji Chado, Ryosuke Nakahara, Yuki Fukushima, Atsunori Sakamoto, Shinya Abe, Shinji Okubo, Shuji Umeno, Narihito Kojima, Kenji Matsusue, Yukinori Yamaguchi, Atsushi Higuchi, Keiji Adachi |
| Programming Support |
Usuke Kumagai, Keiji Noda, Kazunari Akita, Toshihiro Kawashima |
| Planners |
Hideki Nagahama, Keitaro Sato, Kyousuke Yoshioka, Daisuke Makino, Tatsuro Kusano, Kana Ishibashi |
| Planning Support |
Kosuke Mihara |
| Character Polygon Models and Motion |
Akiyuki Tomita, Hiroshi Niwa, Yasuyoshi Sasaki, Takanori Fukamachi, Yoshihisa Mikata, Takahiro Fujimatsu, Takeaki Nakahara, Mutsumi Yasunaga, Suguru Miyake, Kouta Yamada, Hitomi Mibayashi, Shohei Muta, Yusuke Yoshimura, Jun Maeda, Jun Sunobe, Masaaki Kanbayashi |
| Map Director |
Tadahiro Masuya |
| Map Polygon Models |
Kazunari Matsuo, Jun Kitaoka, Wataru Shimanouchi, Akiko Shigeto, Yukiko Uehara, Yasuhito Tsugimoto, Ryosuke Kodera, Masaki Miyamoto, Bungo Takahashi, Yasuhisa Fukuma, Hiroshi Sakai, Norio Suzuki, Nahoko Kawabata, Takayuki Sameshima, Yūji Soga |
| Game-Engine Events Director |
Naotsugu Zushi |
| Game-Engine Events |
Nobumasa Tsuji, Shiori Omote, Tomoe Ueda, Takafumi Koukami, Yumi Ito, Masashi Ōsawa, Yu Ikejiri, Momoko Tsugawa, Takahito Otsubo, Nozomi Fujikawa, Hiroshi Sawano, Yoshito Shimada, Norihiro Matsuo, Kazuyuki Endo |
| Game-Engine Events Supervisor |
Yoshiyuki Momose (Studio Ghibli) |
| Graphical Effects Director |
Yoshiaki Kōya |
| Graphical Effects |
Ryo Kobayashi, Naoko Mori, Jun Itakura, Youhei Fujimura, Mitsuhito Nakajo, Toshinori Yokoyama, Masashi Masuda, Amami Kamiya, Toshiyuki Takadate, Tomoya Sekiuchi |
| Menu Design |
Kengo Todaka, Rie Okaguchi, Noriaki Sonoda, Takahiro Koshio, Mizuka Takamaru, Chikami Koori |
| Audio Director |
Takeshi Inoue |
| Sound Effects |
Kenichiro Saigo, Yumiko Hashizume, Dai Yamanaka |
| Sound Support |
Yosuke Nakashima |
| Mothion Capture Technicians |
Yuki Mito, Yu Sakakibara, Yasuharu Tanaka, Takahiro Iwagami |
| Motion Capture Actors |
Hirotaka Koga, Kiwami Fukuzawa, Takuji Nakamura, Akihiro Ishimaru, Rieko Haraoka, Sachiko Miyasaka, Eisuke Miyahara, Yukie Nakamura, Ayako Tomita, Yoshiharu Tokunaga, Takuya Yanagida, Kohei Yugoshi |
| Promotional Movies and Opening Movie Creation |
Kōsuke Uemura, Eiji Ishii, Noboru Tsuda |
| Polygon Graphics Creation Assistance |
DIGITAL WORKS Entertainment Inc, Digital Media Lab Inc |
| Scenario Assistance |
Osamu Kudo (Brother Noppo Co Ltd) |
Studio Ghibli Animation Staff |
| Associate Supervising Animators |
Kazuyoshi Onoda, Masafumi Yokota |
| Key Animation |
Atsuko Tanaka, Kenichi Yamada, Hideaki Yoshio, Mariko Matsuo, Takeshi Inamura, Shogo Furuya, Makiko Suzuki, Atsushi Tamura, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Masako Sato, Fumie Konno, Shunsuke Hirota, Satoko Miura, Asami Ishikado, Makiko Futaki, Shinji Otsuka, Hideki Hamasu, Katsuya Kondo, Kenichi Konishi |
| Animation Check |
Minoru Ōhashi, Kaori Fujii |
| Animation Check Assistant |
Rie Nakagome |
| In-Between/Clean-Up Animation |
Hitomi Tateno, Akiko Teshima, Mayumi Ōmura, Masaya Saito, Katsutoshi Nakamura, Alexandra Weihrauch, Shinichiro Yamada, Moyo Takahashi, Yohei Nakano, Kumiko Tanihira, Yukari Yamaura, Mai Nakazato, Yukie Kaneko, Masami Nakanishi, Masakiyo Koyama, Rie Fukui, Akane Otani, Hiromi Nishikawa, Kaori Itō, Setsuya Tanabe, Kazuhiro Takamura, Mariko Seida |
| Supporting Animation Studios |
Anime Totoro, Studio Takuranke, Nakamura Production, A-Line |
| Art Director |
Takashi Ogomori |
| Backgrounds |
Noboru Yoshida, Naomi Kasugai, Yoshikazu Fukutome, Yoichi Watanabe, Kikuyo Yano, Yohei Takamatsu, Mitsuo Yoshino, Yoichi Nishikawa |
| Color Design |
Naomi Mori |
| Digital Ink and Paint |
Kazuko Karube, Yukie Tamura, Rie Kojo, Hiromi Takahashi, Hiroaki Ishii, Junya Saito, Eiko Matsushima |
| Director of Digital Imaging |
Atsushi Okui |
| Digital Camera & Composite Operators |
Junji Yabuta, Atsushi Tamura, Hidenori Shibahara |
| Computer Graphics |
Norihiko Miyoshi, Miki Umezawa, Tsutomu Nomoto |
| Special Effects |
Keiko Itogawa |
| Editing |
Tamaki Kojo |
| Production Desk |
Kyohei Ito |
| Production Assistant |
Yumiko Miyoshi |
| Assistant to the Director |
Shintaro Nakazawa |
Music |
| Music Performed by |
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by |
Joe Hisaishi |
| Piano |
Febian Reza Pane |
| Lute |
Hiroshi Kaneko |
| Sitar |
Masahiro Itami |
| Whistle |
Hideyo Takakuwa |
| Tabla Bayan |
Ikuo Kakehashi |
| Sound Manipulator |
Yasuhiro Madea |
| Recording Engineer |
Hiroyuki Akita |
| Recording Studio |
Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Avaco Creative Studio |
| Mixing Studio |
Azabu-O Studio, Wonder Station |
| Production Management |
Wonder City, You Kobayashi, Satoru Kojima, Kayo Chiba |
| Ni no Kuni theme |
None |
| Japanese Vocals |
Mai |
| English Vocals |
Archie Buchanan |
| Lyrics by |
Mamiko Suzuki |
| Music Composed by |
Joe Hisaishi |
Audio Production Suport - T's Music Co Ltd |
| Sound Director |
Hiroyuki Hamada |
| Additional Music |
Rei Kondo |
| Sound Effects Director |
Tomomitsu Matsushita |
| Sound Effects |
Yuhki Mori, Kotaro Baba |
| Recording Studio |
T's Music Co Ltd |
Voice Actors |
| Oliver |
Mikako Tabe, Adam Wilson |
| Esther/Myrtle |
Masami Nagasawa, Lauren Mote |
| Swaine |
Yo Oizumi, Louis Tamone |
| Drippy |
Arata Furuta, Steffan Rhodri |
| King Tom XIV |
Norito Yashima, Lewis Macleod |
| Queen Lowlah |
Eri Watanabe, Rachel Atkins |
| Prince Marcassin |
Junpei Mizobata, Iain Mckee |
| Allie/Alicia |
Chieko Kuroda, Jo Wyatt |
| Cassiopeia |
Manami Higa, Jennifer Bryden |
| Pea |
Mana Ashida, Lily Burgering |
| Smiley |
Yoshiyuki Hirai (AMERICA ZARIGANI), Owain Rhys Davies |
| Surly |
Tetsuya Yanagihara (AMERICA ZARIGANI), Matthew Gravelle |
| Philip |
Kappei Yamaguchi, Max Cazier |
| Shadar |
Masashi Ebara, Brian Protheroe |
| Old Father Oak |
Mugihito, Alexander Morton |
| Apus |
Kōji Ochiai, Allan Corduner |
| Abull |
Yohei Tadano, Silas Carson |
| Kublai |
Tsuyoshi Koyama, Mark Lewis Jones |
| Rashaad/Rusty |
Kenta Miyake, Colin McFarlane |
| Khulan |
Junko Kitanishi |
| Gallus |
Tomoyuki Shimura, Chris Godwin |
| Young Marcassin |
Makoto Tsumura, Nigel Pilkington |
| Former Emperor of Hamelin |
Masahiko Tanaka, Timothy Watson |
| Lucien |
Go Inoue, Oliver Mason |
| Japanese Supporting Cast |
Atsushi Miyauchi, Takashi Ōhara, Youmi Kikuchi, Yumiko Akaike, Tomie Kataoka, Kanako Tojo, Sayuri Sadaoka, Seiko Tamura, Masakazu Suzuki, Eiji Miyashita, Kenji Sugimura, Kenji Takahashi, Takuya Sato, Kensuke Sato, Seiro Ogino, Daichi Endo, Misa Kobayashi, Tsuguo Mogami, Rei Shimoda, Masayuki Kato, Junko Shimeno, Kunpei Sakamoto, Yuichi Karasuma, Kosuke Takaguchi, Shuhei Takubo, Kana Akutsu, Momoko Ohara, Eimi Okada, Sho Okumura, Kentaro Kazama, Mika Kanda, Tomoo Koizumi, Masayuki Tachibana, Ayako Shiotani, Ayano Miura, Naoki Mizutani, Kazunori Morota |
| English Supporting Cast |
Jules de Jongh, Mark Healy, David Holt, Kerry Shale, John Voce, Robbie Stevens |
| Japanese Recording Supervisors |
Eriko Kimura, Sōichirō Kubo, Takatoshi Yoda |
| Japanese Recording Manager |
Masaya Hojo |
| Japanese Recording Coordinators |
Koji Okano, Tomoko Kurisaki |
| Japanese Recording Studios |
Omnibus Japan Inc, Hitokuchi-Zaka Studios, Sound Inn Studios Inc |
| English Voice Production Manager, Casting |
Laetitia Amoros (Side) |
| English Voice Director |
Mark Healy (Side) |
| English Additional Voice Director |
Damien Goodwin (Side) |
| English Voice Production Sound Engineer |
Duncan Gillies (Side) |
| English Voice Post-Production |
Duncan Gillies (Side), Nicholas Gratwick (Side) |
| Additional Voice Directors (Theme Song) |
Paul Arnold (Bob & Barn Ltd), Andrew Barnabas (Bob & Barn Ltd) |
| English Recording Studio |
Side |
"The Wizard's Companion" Production Team |
| "The Wizard's Companion" Producers |
Noriko Maruya, Chieko Nakayama (Takeshobo Co Ltd), Kana Kitahara |
| "The Wizard's Companion" Production Asisstance - Art Direction/Design |
Osamu Yokoyama (UMEDA Binten ArtWorks The Design Studio) |
| Editing/Production |
Shiro Mizukami (Takeshobo Co Ltd) |
| Production Assistance |
Takao Yamamoto (Toppan Printing Co Ltd) |
| Product Director |
Tsutomu Kawashima (Toppan Graphic Communications Co Ltd) |
| Writers |
Shin Iruma, Motoe Taura |
| Illustrators |
Yoichi Sugii, Hachi, Takashi Yamanaka, HACCAN, Miyako Hasumi, Kogado Studio Inc, Sugar Inc |
| "The Wizard's Companion" Production Assistance |
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc |
| PlayView Development |
Hide Morisada, Takayuki Shinohara, Yoshihito Miyagi, Katsutoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Keiichi Kikuchi, Aritoki Kawai, Yoshio Yabe, Motohide Sakama, Taeko Sanada, Hideyuki Agata, Teiji Yutaka |
| Publisher Relations (SCEJ) |
Yoshie Kitagawa, Tomikazu Kirita |
| PlayView Production (SCEJ) |
Mika Nagae, Toru Mizukami, Kazuaki Komiya, Seigi Sasaki |
Namco Bandai Games America Inc. |
| Director of Production |
Tad Hirabayashi |
| Senior Operations Manager |
Jennifer Tersigni |
| Senior Localization Manager |
Ryota Toyama |
| Associate Producer |
Katherine Schilling |
| Quality Assurance Manager |
Damon Bernal |
| CQC Supervisor |
David Moya |
| Quality Assurance Project Coordinator |
Jhune De La Cruz |
| Quality Assurance Lead |
Merwin O. Del Rosario |
| Qualite Assurance Assistant Lead |
Daren Lim |
| CQC Testers |
Alisa Lin, Kimo Pamintuan, Matt Warner, Richard Navarro, Victor Del Rosario |
| PTWA QA Lead |
Sharon Marmito |
| PTWA Senior Tester |
William Ross Sommer |
| PTWA Testers |
Dylan Hernandez, Nikko Hinz, Vanita Green |
| Senior Global Brand Manager |
Dennis Lee |
| Senior Public Relations Specialist |
Nick O'Leary |
| Senior Video Editor |
Keisuke Kumiji |
| Social Media Manager |
Jenny Park-Chan |
| Interactive & SEO Manager |
Mariko Kato |
Namco Bandai Games Europe S.A.S |
| Namco Business Unit Director |
Tatsuya Kubota |
| VP Label & Brand Strategy |
Hiroaki Ochiai |
Namco Bandai Partners S.A.S |
| Senior Producer |
Ai-Lich Nguyen |
| Quality Control Project Manager |
Christian Ampère |
| Certification Project Manager |
Claire McGowan |
| PR Specialist |
Florie Vignon |
| Head of Namco & Corporate PR |
Linda Duchaussoy |
| Product Manager |
Delphine Janczak |
| Packaging PM & Marketing Support |
Céline Vilgicquel |
| Local Marketing Team |
Lauren Bradley (UK), Antoine Jamet (France), David Razaghi (Deutschland), David Castaño Masó (Iberica), Luca Visentini (Italy), Suzanne Lammers (Benelux), André Persson (Nordic), Chris Altiparmakis (Hellas), Leonid Leynonen (Eastern Europe), Stephen O'Leary (Australia) |
Localization |
| Localization Director |
Richard Mark Honeywood |
| Localization Coordinator |
Ryoko Takahashi |
| Localization Programmers |
Yuji Mori, Takashi Abe, Atsunori Sakamoto |
| Localization Graphics Designer |
Kengo Todaka |
Shloc Ltd |
| English Translators |
Mark Boyle, Oli Chance, Geraint Howells |
| English Editor |
Morgan Rushton |
Babel Media Limited |
| Senior Project Manager |
Teppei Otsuka |
| Head of Localization |
Irina Lokshina |
| Translation Team Supervisor |
Katheline Villeneuve |
| Translation Coordinator |
Anthony Touil |
| French Translators |
Adeline Guichard-Lepetit, Stéphanie Malabry, Fabien Manzano, Sabrina Ragheb |
| Italian Translators |
Christina Antoniou, Vasiliki Koskiniotis, Riccardo Lausdei, Massimiliano Sacchi (Massi) |
| German Translators |
Georg Hund, Florian Obereder, Benjamin Ottenbreit, Arthur Preis |
| Spanish Translators |
Sergio Giner Bàguena, Francisco Paredes Maldonado, Diana Díaz Montón, Natalia Brines-Moya |
| DTP Artists |
Justin Ross, Sarahjane Jackson |
| Localization QA Delivery Manager |
Olivier Chrun |
| Localization QA Supervisors |
Michaël Cartier, Jalil Laalami Ouali |
| Senior English Localization Tester |
Chris Arvanitakis |
| English Localization Testers |
Andrew Barrett, Chris Wylie, Darren Smale, Marco Modafferi |
| Senior French Localization Tseter |
John William Park |
| French Localization Testers |
Virginie Cloutier-Brassard, Sébastien Busque, David Dube, Marianne Marcel, Romain Viala |
| Senior Italian Localization Tester |
Giuseppe Schiralli |
| Italian Localization Testers |
Enrico Gori, Gaetano Egidio, Nicola Polesana, Francesca Santoro |
| Senior German Localization Tester |
Kristina Leibner |
| German Localization Testers |
Oliver Balo, Edith Brunel, Katina Markgraf, Manuela Meyer |
| Senior Spanish Localization Tester |
Jose Cotanda |
| Spanish Localization Testers |
Cristina Avellaneda, Gloria Peiró Pérez, Andrés Quiroz Rodríguez, Hugo Salinas |
| Compliance Support Technician |
Ben Scott |
| Premastering Technicians |
Max Delisle, Adam Orlowski |
Quality Assurance |
| Level-5 QA Team |
Suguru Sato, Ryuichi Araki, Yusuke Nakanishi, Hidetaka Kajiwara, Ryo Yonemitsu, Masahide Fukui, Toshihiko Matsushita, Emi Goto, Fusami Tsuruya, Aya Fujikawa, Tetsuya Yamauchi, Tomoya Ozaki, Masato Hayashi, Takanori Sato, Yukimasa Tsujio, Hiroki Fujiwara, Yusuke Tanaka, Tetsushi Yamada, Shutaro Tanaka, Shinya Hyakuta, Shizuka Morishita, Kiyoshi Furutani |
| Japanese Version QA Assistance |
DIGITAL Hearts Co Ltd |
Special Thanks |
| Special Thanks |
Naoya Fujimaki, OLM Inc, Yoshiaki Kusuda, Takeshi Majima, Masako Arakawa, Saki Inatsugu, Yuichi Kosakai, Kensuke Nishida, Katsutoshi Kanamori, Moe Sudo, Yui Sakamoto, Maiko Ueki, Tomoko Hirayabu, Sumi Hayashida, Yoko Yasukochi, Naoko Mizukami, Miki Murahashi, Misako Ono, Naoki Yamazumi, Masaya Eshita, Eri Fujikawa, Chihiro Watanabe, Mika Inanaga |
| Studio Ghibli |
Junichi Nishioka, Tomomi Imai, Kazumi Inaki, Tetsu Shinagawa |
| NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc |
Yoshi Niki, Naoki Eguchi, Carlson Choi, Michiko Morita Wang, Justin Lucas |
| GlobalStep/NAMCO BANDAI Partners S.A.S |
Sumit Arora |
Other credits |
| Executive Producer |
Akihiro Hino |
| In Cooperation with |
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, Hakuhodo Inc |
| Published by |
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc, NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe SAS |
| Planning And Production by |
Level-5 Inc |
Audio Production Support - U2inc |
| Event Sound Mixer |
Kazuhiro Matsushita |
| Event Audio Assistant |
Ryoko Hita |
Namco Bandai Games Inc |
| Lead Marketing Coordinator |
Atsuo Yoshimura |
| Marketing Coordinator |
Kazuma Mizozoe |
Level-5 Supporting Staff |
| Assistant Producers |
Kaoru Takahira, Noriko Kuwayama |
| Software Manual Creation |
Shinichi Furuta |
| Software Manual Creation Assistance |
Natsumi Kinoshita, Keiko Kawaguchi |
| PR Director |
Akihiro Usuki |
| PR Staff |
Noriko Maruya, Yumi Ueno, Keisuke Ueda, Kyosuke Terazaki, Nana Otsuka, Yuko Matsuyama |
| Website Creators |
Yuji Kurotsu, Sho Kawano |
| Assistant Website Creators |
Masato Saito, Nobuhiko Utsumi |
| Business Planning and Development |
Katsumi Rakuyama, Suminori Hyakuta, Tomoko Kanbayashi, Kei Saito, Takahiro Oguri, Miyuki Yasuda, Rie Ogawa |
| Cross-Media Staff |
Masaya Aoki, Hiroshi Hiratsuka, Ayako Furukawa |
| LEVEL-5 International America Inc. |
Shinji Futami, Tomoyuki Nakatsubo, Sakura Minamida, Scott Strichart, Ami Funaki, Amelia Cantlay, Yuri Yamauchi |
