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King of Thorn (2009) Poster

(2009)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Kazuyoshi Katayama

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Yuji Iwahara ... (manga)
Kazuyoshi Katayama ... (screenplay)
Akiko Yajima ... (writer)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order)  

Kana Hanazawa ... Kasumi Ishiki (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa ... Marco (voice)
Eri Sendai Eri Sendai ... Shizuku Ishiki (voice)
Sayaka Ôhara Sayaka Ôhara ... Katherine Turner (voice)
Akiko Yajima ... Tim (voice)
Kenji Nomura Kenji Nomura ... Ron Portman (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki ... Peter (voice)
Kôsei Hirota Kôsei Hirota ... Alexandro Pecchino (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi ... Laura Owen (voice)
Misaki Kuno Misaki Kuno ... Alice Roznovski (voice)
Yoshinori Fujita Yoshinori Fujita ... Walter (voice)
Tsutomu Isobe Tsutomu Isobe ... Ivan Coral Vega (voice)
Patrick Seitz ... Marco (voice)
Brina Palencia ... Kasumi (voice)
Stephanie Young ... Katherine Turner (voice)
John Swasey ... Ivan (voice)
Alexis Tipton ... Shizuki (voice)
Bob Carter ... Ron Portman (voice)
Christopher Bevins ... Peter (voice)
Luci Christian ... Timothy (voice)
Anastasia Munoz Anastasia Munoz ... Laura (voice)
Todd Haberkorn ... Walter (voice)
Monica Rial ... Alice (voice)
R. Bruce Elliott ... Alessandro Peccino (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melinda Wood Allen Melinda Wood Allen ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Melinda Allen)
Tia Lynn Ballard ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Tia Ballard)
Z. Charles Bolton Z. Charles Bolton ... Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Burnett Chris Burnett ... Additional Voices (voice)
Adrian Cook Adrian Cook ... Additional Voices (voice)
Cynthia Cranz ... Additional Voices (voice)
Scott Freeman ... Additional Voices (voice)
Cris George Cris George ... Additional Voices (voice)
Jessie James Grelle ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Josh Grelle)
Clarine Harp ... Additional Voices (voice)
Chuck Huber ... Additional Voices (voice)
Jeff Johnson ... Additional Voices (voice)
Kristi Kang Kristi Kang ... Additional Voices (voice)
Jamie Marchi ... Additional Voices (voice)
Bryan Massey ... Additional Voices (voice)
Mike McFarland ... Additional Voices (voice)
Wendy Powell Wendy Powell ... Additional Voices (voice)
Ian Sinclair ... Additional Voices (voice)
Sonny Strait ... Additional Voices (voice)
Sean Teague ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Sean Michael Teague)
Kent Williams ... Additional Voices (voice)

Produced by 

Kazumi Kawashiro ... executive producer
Yoshifumi Kezuka ... executive producer
Yoshimasa Mori ... executive producer
Yasushi Shiina ... executive producer
Yoshio Takada ... executive producer
Akihiko Tamura ... executive producer
Kenji Uchida ... executive producer

Music by 

Toshihiko Sahashi ... (score by)

Cinematography by 

Mitsuhiro Satô

Art Direction by 

Hideki Nakamura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Hirotaka Endô ... unit director
Shingo Uchida ... unit director

Art Department 

Yûshi Honjô ... concept artist
Kazuyoshi Katayama ... storyboard artist
Shinji Kimura ... designer: picture book
Ian McDougal ... concept artist
Yasuhiro Moriki ... concept artist
Terumi Nakauchi ... color key
Takumi Sakura ... concept artist
Hajime Satô ... concept artist
Yoshihiro Sono ... concept artist
Tsukasa Sunaga ... storyboard artist
Iwao Teraoka ... additional storyboard artist
Dan Ge Wang ... concept artist

Sound Department 

Daisuke Jinbo ... sound effects
Tsutomu Kawahigashi ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Neal Malley ... re-recording mixer (english version)
Mikio Mori ... dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Shizuka Nagano ... recording assistant
Noboru Nishio ... optical recording
Mai Sanuba ... recording assistant
Yoshimi Sugiyama ... sound production supervisor
Fumiaki Tanaka ... recording assistant
Masaki Tsuchiya ... sound recordist
Yôta Tsuruoka ... sound supervisor
Futoshi Ueda ... optical re-recording
Satoshi Yano ... foley recording

Special Effects by 

Yukiko Kakita ... special effects
Yumi Nomura ... special effects

Visual Effects by 

Ken'ichi Hosono ... digital artist
Akio Kanke ... digital artist
Tomomi Masuda ... digital artist
Shin'ichirô Nakao ... cg producer
Yûsuke Numaguchi ... digital artist
Takayuki Okumura ... digital artist
Tatsuki Omoto ... digital artist
Kentarô Sasaki ... digital artist
Kôichirô Satô ... monitor graphics
Yûzô Satô ... digital artist
Kyôhei Shimura ... digital artist
Yasufumi Soejima ... monitor graphics
Nobuyuki Suchi ... digital artist
Kiyohiko Takayama ... cg coordinator
Hiroki Yamada ... cg modeler
Hiroo Yamamoto ... cg effects animator
Daisuke Ôyabu ... digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Yasuhiro Akamatsu ... photography: Gainax
Baek Ryun Chae ... photography: T2 Studio
Hiroyuki Chiba ... photography: Anime Film
Tôru Fukushi ... photography: T2 Studio
Yukihiko Ichikawa ... photography: Telecom Animation Film
Rumi Ishiguro ... photography: T2 Studio
Jirô Kageyama ... photography: T2 Studio
Yoshihiro Kasahara ... photography: Telecom Animation Film
Eri Katô ... photography: T2 Studio
Yoshiko Kumagawa ... photography
Naho Mitsuishi ... photography: Telecom Animation Film
Junko Miyakawa ... photography: Telecom Animation Film
Shingo Nagai ... photography production
Yukiko Nagase ... photography: Gainax
Norikazu Numata ... photography: T2 Studio
Akihito Odano ... photography: T2 Studio
Daisuke Okumura ... photography: Gainax
Keiko Sasaki ... photography: T2 Studio
Jirô Tazawa ... photography: T2 Studio
Yûji Tone ... photography: T2 Studio
Toyonori Yamada ... photography: Gainax
Akiyo Yamaura ... photography
Tsubasa Yokoyama ... photography: T2 Studio
Kanae Yuasa ... photography: Gainax
Yôichi Ôgami ... photography: Anime Film
Hidekatsu Ôishi ... photography: Anime Film
Sôta Ôya ... photography: Anime Film

Animation Department 

Junko Abe ... key animator
Kumiko Abe ... key animator
Kunihiro Abe ... key animator
Eiji Abiko ... key animator
Keiko Abu ... inbetween artist
Kôichi Aida ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Yukiko Aikei ... key animator
Katsumi Akimoto ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Kentarô Akiyama ... background artist: Studio Pablo
Kenji Andô ... monster designer
Hiroshi Arisawa ... key animator
Kentarô Azuma ... key animator
Daisuke Chiba ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Takahiro Chiba ... animation director / key animator
Yuki Chika ... key animator
Yûko Dangi ... key animator
Eriko Fujimura ... background artist: AIC Background Department
Kazumi Fujita ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Makiko Fujiwara ... key animator
Noriyuki Fukuda ... key animator
Keiji Gotô ... key animator (as Keiji Gotoh)
Noriko Hara ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Hiroki Harada ... animation director / key animator
Fumika Hasegawa ... key animator
Kôji Hashiguchi ... background art arrangement (as Kouji Hashiguchi)
Kôichi Hashimoto ... key animator
Takashi Hashimoto ... effects animation director / key animator
Takayoshi Hashimoto ... key animator
Daiki Hayashi ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Sayaka Hirahara ... background artist: Ghibli Background Department
Yûko Hirasawa ... key animator
Kaoruko Hirata ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Yoshinori Hishinuma ... background artist: GREEN
Yûshi Honjô ... background art arrangement (as Yushi Honjo)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi ... animation director / key animator
Yûji Hosogoe ... key animator
Keizô Ichikawa ... key animator
Eriko Iida ... key animator
Yukie Imamura ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Tatsumori Imoto ... key animator
Ryôko Ina ... background artist: Ghibli Background Department
Tomoshige Inayoshi ... key animator
Fujio Inose ... key animator
Atsushi Irie ... key animator
Keiji Ishihara ... key animator
Tomoko Isobe ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film
Norihiro Itagaki ... key animator
Megumi Itoi ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Kiminori Itô ... inbetween artist
Miki Itô ... cel painter: Studio Elle / finish animation: Studio Elle
Naruki Iwasaki ... key animator
Kôdai Iwata ... animation director / key animator
Saori Iwatani ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Satoshi Iyoki ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Michiko Kado ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Masatoshi Kai ... background artist
Mayo Kajiwara ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Yoshirô Kajiwara ... background artist
Mayumi Kakuhari ... inbetween artist
Tomohiro Kamitani ... key animator
Masahiko Kaneda ... key animator
Kôji Kase ... key animator
Masahiro Kataoka ... key animator
Kenji Katô ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Rihoko Katô ... key animator
Yasuhisa Katô ... key animator
Kumiko Kawana ... animation director
Yuka Kawasumi ... background artist: Studio Pablo
Nam Bi Kim ... key animator
Satoshi Kimura ... key animator
Takahiro Kimura ... key animator
Mika Kinoshita ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Kôhei Kita ... inbetween checker
Tomoyo Kobayashi ... cel checker: Telecom Animation Film
Izumi Kodama ... inbetween artist
Takashi Kojima ... key animator
Naoko Komatsu ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Sei Komatsubara ... key animator
Yukiyo Komito ... key animator
Hiroshi Kosuga ... key animator (as Hiroshi Kosuge)
Sayaka Kubo ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film
Masahiro Kubota ... background artist
Tadashi Kudô ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Yosuji Kudô ... key animator
Taeko Kumagai ... cel checker
Takashi Kurahashi ... background artist
Mai Kuroki ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Fumiaki Kôta ... key animator
Wen Xu Liang ... background art arrangement
Kiyoaki Maeda ... key animator
Takao Maki ... animation director / key animator
Megumi Masaoka ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Hiromi Masuko ... inbetween artist
Asako Matsubara ... inbetween artist
Hidenori Matsubara ... character designer
Katsumi Matsuda ... animation director / key animator
Sôichirô Matsuda ... key animator
Junko Matsui ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Saori Matsumoto ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Risa Mimura ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Kazuyasu Mine ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Sakurako Mitsuhashi ... key animator
Akihide Miya ... key animator
Kaori Miyagawa ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Aiko Miyazaki ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film
Genki Miyoshi ... background art arrangement
Hiromitsu Morishita ... key animator
Hiroshi Moriwaki ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Tomohiko Mukai ... inbetween artist
Shûkô Murase ... key animator
Mitsunori Murata ... key animator
Yûhei Murota ... key animator
Toshihiro Nakajima ... key animator
Chieko Nakamura ... background artist
Masaki Nakaya ... key animator
Yumi Nakayama ... key animator
Yôji Nakaza ... background artist: Kusanagi
Masayuki Niizuma ... background artist: AIC Background Department
Toshiki Nishi ... background artist: Kusanagi
Chie Nishihara ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Kana Nishijima ... inbetween artist
Takafumi Nishima ... background artist
Shin'ya Nishizawa ... key animator
Hiroaki Noguchi ... animation director
Yûsuke Noma ... key animator
Asuka Nomura ... inbetween artist
Chiaki Numata ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Mitsuru Obunai ... key animator
Oikawa ... inbetween checker
Ikumi Oka ... inbetween artist
Naoyuki Onda ... chief animation director
Jun Ono ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Masaoki Ono ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Takashi Ono ... key animator
Manabu Otsuzuki ... background artist: Kusanagi
Keiko Oyama ... inbetween checker
Hiromi Sahara ... key animator
Haruka Saijô ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Hisashi Saitô ... key animator
Mayu Saitô ... cel checker
Mitaka Saitô ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Shizuka Sakai ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Atsuko Sakakura ... background artist: AIC Background Department
Shûji Sakamoto ... key animator
Yukie Sakô ... key animator
Maho Satsuki ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Chizuru Satô ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Sekiya ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Atsushi Shigeta ... key animator
Satoshi Shigeta ... key animator
Ryûsuke Shiino ... background artist
Yasuyuki Shimizu ... key animator
Yoshiharu Shimizu ... key animator
Makoto Shiraishi ... background artist
Yoshihiro Sono ... background art arrangement
Takeshi Sudô ... background artist
Kôichi Suenaga ... animation director
Yûko Sugiyama ... background artist
Mika Suzuki ... key animator
Tatsuya Suzuki ... animation director
Yukie Suzuki ... key animator
Marie Tagashira ... key animator
Sachiyo Takada ... inbetween artist
Hisayoshi Takahashi ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Mitsugu Takahashi ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Yûko Takahashi ... inbetween artist
Ayako Takarada ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Ken'ichi Takase ... key animator
Naoko Takashita ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film
Satoshi Takatsu ... key animator
Noriaki Takei ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Teiichi Takiguchi ... animation director
Kana Tamiya ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Teruka Tanaka ... cel checker: Studio Elle (as Teruyoshi Tanaka)
Mika Tanba ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Jun'ichi Taniguchi ... background artist
Iwao Teraoka ... key animator
Takahiro Terauchi ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Yôko Tomaru ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Natsumi Tomobe ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Yumiko Totsu ... inbetween artist
Akiko Toyoda ... key animator
Haruki Tsuchiya ... inbetween artist
Yurika Tôsaka ... inbetween artist
Sakiko Uda ... key animator
Takeshi Waki ... background artist: GREEN
Satomi Watabe ... key animator
Keiichi Watanabe ... inbetween checker
Keiko Watanabe ... inbetween artist
Michie Watanabe ... background artist: GREEN
Taeko Watanabe ... inbetween artist
Kôichi Yagami ... key animator
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma ... key animator
Masayuki Yamada ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Hiroshi Yamamoto ... key animator
Midori Yamamoto ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Yamamoto ... cel checker: Telecom Animation Film
Ayako Yamanashi ... background artist: AIC Background Department
Kimitoshi Yamane ... mechanical designer
Masaaki Yamano ... key animator
Takashi Yashirogawa ... background art arrangement
Nosuzu Yasumoto ... inbetween artist
Hisao Yokobori ... key animator
Aki Yoshida ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Fumiko Yoshida ... key animator
Hayao Yoshida ... background artist: Studio Pinewood
Kyôko Yoshida ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film (as Kyoko Yoshida)
Mayu Yoshida ... cel painter: Studio Elle
Yumi Yoshida ... inbetween artist
Takeshi Yoshioka ... animation director
Tomoko Zama ... background artist: Studio Pablo
Setsuko Ôhashi ... inbetween artist
Anna Ôizumi ... background artist: Kusanagi (as Anna Ooizumi)
Yûsuke Ôkubo ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Kaoru Ôta ... cel checker: Studio Elle
Rie Ôtani ... inbetween artist: Telecom Animation Film
Masumi Ôtsuka ... cel painter: Telecom Animation Film
Aiko Ôura ... key animator

Editorial Department 

Dai Kanada ... iq pablo
Jin Nogawa ... assistant editor
Satoshi Noguchi ... hd editor
Hidenori Takemura ... hd editor
Yoshiki Ushiroda ... assistant editor
Tsukasa Yoshino ... iq pablo

Music Department 

Kôzô Araki ... music production assistance: Face Music
Takayuki Ishida ... a&r
Gen'ichi Kitami ... engineer: music recording & mixing
Noboru Mano ... music producer
Masaru Nezu ... coordinator
Tsuyoshi Sugiyama ... planning: Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Hiroto Tanigawa ... producer: Rhythmedia
Yasunori Yamada ... assistant music engineer: Sound Inn Studios

Script and Continuity Department 

Patrick Seitz ... script adaptation

Additional Crew 

Toshiki Amano ... advertising manager
Satoshi Arashi ... production committee: Kadokawa Pictures
Christopher Bevins ... adr director (english version)
Atsushi Chiba ... advertising producer
Rosemary Dean ... English subtitles (english version)
Naoko Endô ... setting production
Daisuke Fukunaga ... advertising assistance
Akane Hagino ... overseas manager
Shinshô Hori ... overseas manager
Haruyuki Iguchi ... production committee: TV Tokyo
Chiaki Ikejima ... production committee: Sony PCL
Ken'ichirô Ikeuchi ... advertising manager
Shunsuke Ikuji ... production committee: Sunrise
Tomochika Irio ... advertising assistance
Kazunari Ishii ... advertising manager
Seira Itô ... production work
Tomoko Kamikawa ... advertising assistance
Kôichi Kamiyama ... production committee: Bandai Visual
Takeharu Katô ... advertising assistance
Yoshitaka Kawaguchi ... production committee: Sunrise
Yukio Kawasaki ... production committee: TV Tokyo
Noriko Kitane ... advertising assistance
Yasufumi Kobashi ... production desk
Wakako Kodama ... production assistant
Yûki Makimoto ... production committee: Bandai Visual
Chika Matsui ... production committee: Bandai Visual
Hideo Matsushita ... production committee: Bandai Visual
Véronique Millet ... overseas manager
Kaoru Miyazaki ... advertising assistance
Sachiko Ogawa ... overseas manager
Kaori Sakano ... advertising manager
Yuzuru Satô ... advertising assistance
Yoshiko Seki ... overseas manager
Shin'ya Shibata ... system administrator
Tetsuro Shimauchi ... English subtitles (english version)
Kiyoshi Shinohara ... advertising assistance
Makoto Shiraishi ... production committee: TV Tokyo
Yutaka Sugiyama ... production committee: Dentsû
Kenta Suzuki ... production committee: Enterbrain
Tomoko Suzuki ... production committee: Kadokawa Pictures
Noriaki Tanaka ... advertising manager
Kôtarô Ueda ... advertising assistance
Naoko Ueki ... overseas manager
Toshiaki Uesugi ... title designer: Mach 55-Go
Yûki Uryû ... production assistant
Daisuke Watanabe ... production committee: TV Tokyo
Wataru Ôba ... production collaborator
Hiroyuki Ônishi ... production assistant
Shinpei Ôsaku ... system administrator

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