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A Letter to Momo (movie)

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Alternative title:
Ein Brief an Momo (German)
Lettre à Momo (French)
Momo e no Tegami (Japanese)
Una carta a Momo (Spanish)
Una carta para Momo (Spanish)
Una lettera per Momo (Italian)
Письмо для Момо (Russian)
ももへの手紙 (Japanese)
給小桃的信 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, magic
Plot Summary: Following the death of her father, who left her a letter that never got beyond a greeting, Momo struggles to come to terms with her grief and guilt, and finds herself distanced from her mother. When the two move to a new home on a remote island in the Japanese Inland Sea, Momo befriends a young boy and his perceptive younger sister, a timid postman and three rascally goblins. With their help Momo prepares to take the plunge into her new life on the island.
User Ratings: 339 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 89 votes (sub:68, dub:14, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 100 votes (sub:77, dub:18, raw:1, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 78 votes (sub:64, dub:11, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 31 votes (sub:23, dub:4, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 442 users, rank: #2316 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.802 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3651, rank: #1041 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.819 (Very good−), rank: #885 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.82 / seen some: 8.14)
Bayesian estimate: 7.805 (Very good−), rank: #658 (of 7289)
Running time: 120 minutes
Vintage:
2011-09-10
2018-03-27 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
2011-09-10 (Canada, Toronto International Film Festival)
2011-10-07 (Korea, Busan International Film Festival )
2011-10-09 (UK, Scotland Loves Anime)
2011-10-12 (Spain, Sitges Film Festival)
2012-03-30 (Italy, Future Film Festival)
2012-04-21 (Japan)
2012-08-08 (Australia, Next Gen Melbourne International Film Festival)
2012-11-01 (Russia)
2018-03-27 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Ending Theme:
"Where you're a Beautiful Eagle, Mahoroba (ウルワシマホロバ 〜美しき場所〜)" by Yuko Hara
Review:
A Letter to Momo BD+DVD (Dec 12, 2014)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    A Letter to Momo (BD+DVD) 2014-10-21 (from $17.53)
    A Letter to Momo (BD+DVD) 2021-10-26 (from $17.99)
    A Letter to Momo [UK] [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) 2016-05-02
DVD (Region 1)
    A Letter to Momo (DVD) 2014-10-21 (from $7.16)
DVD (Region 2)
    A Letter to Momo [UK] (DVD) 2016-05-02

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Script: Hiroyuki Okiura
Storyboard: Hiroyuki Okiura
Unit Director: Naoko Kusumi
Music: Mina Kubota
Original Concept: Hiroyuki Okiura
Character Design:
Hiroyuki Okiura
Masashi Ando
Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
Animation Director: Masashi Ando
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Cgi Director: Kazuhiro Nishikawa (Dandelion Animation Studio LLC)
Director of Photography: Kōji Tanaka
Assistant Animation Director:
Akira Honma
Ei Inoue
Takeshi Honda
Background Art:
Akane Iwakuma (Ogura Kobo)
Akira Yamakawa
Arthell Isom (Ogura Kobo)
Emi Kitahara (Studio Fuga)
Hiromasa Ogura (Ogura Kobo)
Hiroshi Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Hisako Saitō (Studio Fuga)
Ichirō Tatsuta (Studio Fuga)
Junko Shimada (Studio Fuga)
Katsufumi Hariu (Studio Fuga)
Kazuo Nagai
Kazuo Oga
Kiyoshi Samejima (Studio Fuga)
Kumiko Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Mayuko Mori (Studio Fuga)
Miho Tokita (Studio Fuga)
Mika Nishimura (Ogura Kobo)
Mikiko Matsumoto (Studio Fuga)
Mina Nakayama (Studio Fuga)
Osamu Ii
Riko Sudo (Ogura Kobo)
Sanae Terasawa (Studio Fuga)
Seiko Yoshioka (Ogura Kobo)
Shunsuke Suzuki (Studio Fuga)
Tatsuya Sasaki (Studio Fuga)
Tetsuya Sasaki (Studio Fuga)
Yasuyuki Yuzawa (Studio Fuga)
Yoshio Harisaki (Studio Fuga)
Yuho Akagami (Studio Fuga)
Yukiko Ono (Studio Fuga)
CG Chief Animator: Taro Matsuura
CG Composite: Reiko Takamatsu
CG Production Manager:
Kumiko Oguri
Saori Terui
Color Coordination: Nobuko Mizuta
Color design: Nobuko Mizuta
Deputy Animation Director: Toshiyuki Inoue
Design Production: Keiko Matsushita
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Editing Coordinator: Hironori Takagi
Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle)
In-Between Animation:
Ai Watanabe (Production I.G)
Akemi Yamakaji (Production I.G)
Akiko Fujiwara (P.A. Works)
Akiko Ikeda (Studio Pierrot)
Akiko Murayama (Production I.G)
Asami Mannen (Production I.G)
Asuka Mamezuka (Studio Pierrot)
Asuka Suzuki (Production I.G)
Aya Takada (P.A. Works)
Aya Yokura (Studio Pierrot)
Ayano Fujita (Studio Pierrot)
Chang Heui Hong (Production I.G)
Chikako Hanatani (P.A. Works)
Emi Ikebuchi (Studio Pierrot)
Eriko Nakajima (P.A. Works)
Fumie Kaneko (Studio Pierrot)
Fumihiko Suganuma (P.A. Works)
Hajime Mitsuda (Production I.G)
Haru Watanabe (Studio Pierrot)
Hiroko Kasuga (Production I.G)
Hiroko Tezuka (Studio Pierrot)
Hiromi Jo (Studio Pierrot)
Hiromi Kosuda (Oh! Production)
Hisanori Hashimoto (Production I.G)
Hitomi Miyazaki (Production I.G)
Jinko Tsuji (Oh! Production)
Kanae Oku (P.A. Works)
Kaori Tsuta (P.A. Works)
Katsuhiro Takagi (Production I.G)
Kayano Mori (Production I.G)
Kazuko Amano (P.A. Works)
Keiichi Tsunoda (Production I.G)
Keiko Tomita (Production I.G)
Keita Mizuno (Production I.G)
Ken Ishizuka (Production I.G)
Kengo Matsumoto (Production I.G)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Kozue Kodaka (Production I.G)
Kumiko Numata (Production I.G)
Mai Ogawa (Oh! Production)
Mamiko Okada (Production I.G)
Mari Tomita (P.A. Works)
Marumi Sugita (Production I.G)
Masaki Yokoyama (Production I.G)
Miho Daidōji (Production I.G)
Miho Horiuchi (Oh! Production)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Miki Ueda (Production I.G)
Miki Yoshida (Studio Mat)
Misato Furubayashi (Production I.G)
Misuzu Ichinose (Studio Pierrot)
Momoko Shirashiki (P.A. Works)
Naho Seike (Production I.G)
Nahoko Iiyama (Production I.G)
Nobu Okuda (Studio Mat)
Nonoko Suzuki (Production I.G)
Reika Kuchii (Studio Mat)
Ryō Araki (Production I.G)
Ryo Miyaki (P.A. Works)
Ryōsuke Mizuno (Oh! Production)
Sachiko Yajima (P.A. Works)
Saki Hagino (P.A. Works)
Satoru Kakutani (P.A. Works)
Satoshi Hiraiwa (Oh! Production)
Sena Ito (Production I.G)
Shingo Takenaka (Production I.G)
Takaaki Hashimoto (Production I.G)
Takaaki Saito (Studio Pierrot)
Takuya Wada (Production I.G)
Tomoka Kikuchi (Studio Pierrot)
Tomoko Murakami (Studio Pierrot)
Tomoko Satake (Production I.G)
Tomomi Fukazawa (Oh! Production)
Tomoya Nishiguchi (P.A. Works)
Tomoyo Nakayama (Production I.G)
Tsukasa Miyazaki (P.A. Works)
Yasuko Takahashi (Production I.G)
Yayoi Akimoto (P.A. Works)
Yōko Tanaka (Oh! Production)
Yuki Akiyama (P.A. Works)
Yūki Honjō (Oh! Production)
Yuki Ikeda (Studio Pierrot)
Yukie Yamamoto (Oh! Production)
Yuri Nakao (Studio Pierrot)
Yuri Naminoue (Production I.G)
Yuriko Abe (P.A. Works)
Yūsaku Kumagai (Oh! Production)
Yūsuke Kitano (P.A. Works)
In-Between Check Assistant: Miori Tsuzaka
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Jonathan Hammill (Horn)
Kazuko Nomiyama (Horn)
Kimie Shigematsu (Clarinet)
Kimio Yamane (Clarinet)
Marie Oishi (Percussion)
Masahiro Itami (Guitar, Mandolin, Bouzouki)
Masao Osawa (Bassoon)
Mina Kubota (Piano & Programming)
Satoshi Shōji (Oboe)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Toshitsugu Inoue (Bassoon)
Yoko Ishizaki (Percussion)
Yoshiyuki Uema (Horn)
Music producer: Shiro Sasaki
Online Editor: Daisuke Ugawa
Overseas Manager: Francesco Prandoni
Production Committee:
Akiko Yokochi (CBC)
Asako Fukui (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Hideki Tashiro (TBS)
Hideko Yamada (OLM)
Hiroyuki Naito (Kadokawa Shoten)
Hiroyuki Nakano (Production I.G)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (Bandai Visual)
Kaori Sakamoto (TBS)
Katsuji Morishita (Production I.G)
Keisuke Tsushima (HoriPro)
Kouichi Ueyama (Bandai Visual)
Kumiko Takenaka (HoriPro)
Masami Abe (CBC)
Mihoko Shibata (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Nariyasu Suzuki (OLM)
Noriko Furukawa (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Satoshi Arashi (Kadokawa Shoten)
Satoshi Kohno (Bandai Visual)
Shinichiro Tani (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
Takeyuki Okazaki (CBC)
Tsukasa Itō (CBC)
Tsutomu Yanagimura (Yahoo! Japan)
Yumi Wakabayashi (Yahoo! Japan)
Production manager: Keiko Matsushita
Recording engineer: Makoto Sumiya
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi (Anime Sound)
Sound Effects Assistant: Tsutomu Sukigara (Anime Sound)
Sound Production: Nobue Yoshinaga (Fonishia)
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Theme Song Arrangement: Yūko Hara
Theme Song Composition: Yūko Hara
Theme Song Lyrics: Yūko Hara
Theme Song Performance: Yūko Hara
Visual Effects: Kanta Kamei
Karen Miyama as Momo Miyaura
Yuka as Ikuko Miyaura

Chō as Mame
Daizaburo Arakawa as Kazuo Miyaura
Gōki Ogawa as Koichi
Ikuko Tani as Great Grandmother
Kota Fuji as Yota
Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Great Grandfather

Amaha Fujimura as Boy C
Aya Tanaka as Boy B
Hiromu Miyazaki as TV Announcer
Hiroshi Naka as Yota's Father
Keiko Fukushima as Island Speaker
Koujirou Takahashi as Shopkeeper
Mayu Mitsudo as Girl
Michiko Yamamoto as Yasue
Motokiyo Takada as Boy A
Noboru Yamaguchi as Forecaster
Yoshihiro Okada as Customer
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Telephone Operator
Yoshinobu Maeda as Resident

Shōta Iwasaki (岩崎正寛)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Production I.G
Backgrounds:
Ogura Kobo
Studio Fuga
Film: Kodak
Music Recording Studio: Sound Inn Studios
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh
Production Coordination: Stephanie Sheh
Re-Recording Mixing: Gary J. Coppola
Recording engineer: Michael Sinterniklaas
English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Broadcaster: Viceland (UK)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; August 2020)
VRV (United States, subtitled and dubbed)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
GKIDS
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Lionel Bourguet

Aaricia Dubois as Momo Miyaura

Maia Baran as Mère de Momo

Alayin Dubois as Umi
Carine Seront as Grand-Tante
Claire Tefnin as Fillette T-Shirt Jaune
Damien Locqueneux as Garçon Short Rouge
Déborah Rouach as Garçon T-Shirt Bleu
Franck Daquin as
Père de Yota
Policier
Gregory Praet as Yota
Jean-Paul Dermont as Grand-Oncle
Michel Gervais as Grand-Père de Yota
Monia Douieb as Mère de Yota
Nathalie Hons as Soeur Infirmière
Pierre Lognay as Kōichi
Stéphane Flamand as Garçon T-Shirt Blanc
French companies
Dubbing: C You Soon
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Arturo Velez (Mexican dub)
Translation: Nadia García Díaz (Spain dub)
Executive producer:
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Desiree Sandoval as Ikuko Miyaura (Mexican dub)
Eva Andrés as Momo Miyaura (Spain dub)
Eva Bau as Ikuko Miyaura (Spain dub)
Marisol Castro as Momo Miyaura (Mexican dub)

Carlos Díaz as Koichi (Mexican dub)
Dario Torrent as Youta (Spain dub)
Enric Puig as
Koichi (Spain dub)
Mame (Spain dub)
Héctor Rocha as Mame (Mexican dub)
Hugo Rodriguez as Youta (Mexican dub)
José Garcia Tos as
Great Grandfather (Spain dub)
Kawa (Spain dub)
Magdalena Leonel as Great Grandmother (Mexican dub)
Mario Hernandez as Iwa (Mexican dub)
Mayte Mira as Umi (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as
Iwa (Spain dub)
Kazuo Miyaura (Spain dub)
Rosa López as Great Grandmother (Spain dub)

Azucena Martinez (Mexican dub)
Victor Covarrubias (Mexican dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal UCR (dubbed)
Canal+ Xtra (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Distributor: Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Elefante Films (Mexican dub)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Wuaki.tv (Spain)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Maria pia di Meo

Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
Alan Bianchi as Kazuo Miyaura
Antonella Baldini as Ikuko Miyaura
Daniela Debolini as Sae Sadahama
Dante Biagioni as Sachio Sadahama
Gabriele Patriarca as Koichi
Monica Volpe as Umi
Veronica Puccio as Momo Miyaura

Italian companies
Broadcaster: Ka-Boom
Dialogues: Ad Libitum
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
VVVVID
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Ulrike Lau
Script: Peer Pfeiffer
Translation: Reglindis Helmer
Elmar Gutmann as Iwa
Friedel Morgenstern as Momo Miyaura
Stefan Krause as Mame

Jaron Löwenberg as Kazuo Miyaura
Karlo Hackenberger as Kouichi
Kaspar Eichel as Great Grandfather
Melanie Hinze as Ikuko Miyaura
Patrick Baehr as Youta
Sarah Kunze as Umi
Sonja Deutsch as Great Grandmother

Bea Tober as Yasue
Edwin Gellner as Youta's Father
FGM Stegers as Shopkeeper
Matthias Klages as Customer
German companies
Russian staff
Russian cast
Lyudmila Guskova as Momo Miyaura
Olga Bergman as Ikuko Miyaura
Russian companies
Distributor, Dubbing: Reanimedia
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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