Background Art:
Ayumi Shimoyama (Atelier Rourke 07)
Emi Murota (Atelier Rourke 07)
Fumie Seki (Atelier Rourke 07)
Jun Ikeda (Atelier Rourke 07)
Keiko Motoyama (Atelier Rourke 07)
Masaaki Kawaguchi (Atelier Rourke 07)
Miki Tanaka (Design Office Mechaman)
Naoko Teshima (Design Office Mechaman)
Nobuo Numai (Atelier Rourke 07)
Noriko Fujiwara (Atelier Rourke 07)
Rika Uehara (Design Office Mechaman)
Yumiko Ōtaka (Atelier Rourke 07)

Color Check:
Hajime Komoritani
Kayoko Ōno

Color Coordination:
Hajime Komoritani
Kayoko Ōno

Color design: Hajime Komoritani

Editing: Atsumi Kimura

Editing Assistant: Marina Miyazaki

Finish Animation:
Chiaki Numata (Studio Elle)
Hajime Komoritani
Hiroshi Moriwaki (Studio Elle)
Kanta Matsuda (Studio Elle)
Kaoru Nakagama (Studio Killy)
Kazuki Kaiga (Studio Elle)
Kazuya Tsukada (Studio Elle)
Keiji Oohira
Michiko Kado (Studio Elle)
Mika Kinoshita (Studio Elle)
Miki Itou (Studio Elle)
Miyoko Yoshida (Studio Killy)
Miyuki Gasha (Studio Elle)
Nagisa Maeshima (Studio Elle)
Nagisa Sunagawa (Studio Elle)
Namiko Kamei (Studio Elle)
Naomi Takahashi (Studio Killy)
Naoto Kondō (Studio Elle)
Rei Okada
Ryōma Kotaki (Studio Elle)
Sachie Ōnishi (Studio Elle)
Sayuri Takagi (Studio Killy)
Shizuka Iwasaki (Studio Elle)
Tomoko Hanamura
Tomomi Kimura (Studio Elle)
Toshiko Iwakiri (Studio Killy)
Yoko Suzuki (Studio Elle)
Yukari Hashimoto (Studio Elle)
Yuki Shimizu (Studio Elle)
Yukie Imamura (Studio Elle)

In-Between Animation:
Akemi Ueda (Project Team Sara)
Akiko Ikemure (SynergySP)
Akiko Teshima (CoMix Wave Films)
Asako Shirai
Aya Takahashi
Eri Hibino (SynergySP)
Hao Can Yuan
Haruka Hachinohe (Studio Ribla)
Haruka Matsunae (Ajiado)
Hiromi Matsuda (CoMix Wave Films)
Hisako Yaji
Jinko Tsuji (Oh! Production)
Kae Hayashi (CoMix Wave Films)
Kai Tsuchida (Studio Ribla)
Kana Oikawa (Studio Ribla)
Ken Sekiai (Project 4)
Kimie Iwakiri (Oh! Production)
Mai Ogawa (Oh! Production)
Mayumi Ōmura (CoMix Wave Films)
Mei Yamamoto (Oh! Production)
Miho Kurosawa (Studio Ribla)
Minoru Ohashi (CoMix Wave Films)
Misaki Shinoda
Noriko Tokue (Project 4)
Reiko Mano (CoMix Wave Films)
Rieko Matsuoka (CoMix Wave Films)
Ryōsuke Murahashi (Oh! Production)
Saki Nishihara (SynergySP)
Satomi Hashimoto (Studio Ribla)
Shin Ōba
Tamako Horiuchi (Oh! Production)
Tetsuo Hara (Ajiado)
Yaeko Ōtsu (Studio Ribla)
Yasuaki Honda (Oh! Production)
Yoh Morioka (Studio Ribla)
Yōko Tanaka (Oh! Production)
Yoshie Fujiwara (Oh! Production)
Yūki Nakano
Yumiko Uematsu

In-Between Check:
Hisako Yaji
Saki Nishihara
Shin Ōba
Yoji Egawa

Music Director: Yuki Mototani

Music producer:
Tamami Aoki
Yoshifumi Andō

Official Website Production:
Daisuke Murata
Kaori Murai

Online Editor:
Takaaki Matsutake
Yoshiaki Kanezawa

Photography:
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Ryōji Akiyama
Takashi Yamaguchi
Tomohiro Urabayashi
Yōsuke Ōtomo

Photography Cooperation: Junji Yabuta

Production Committee:
Kazuko Ishikawa (Nippon Animation)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Takashi Ishihara (Fuji TV)
Tetsuya Sakurai
Yasunori Nakata (Yomiuri Advertising)

Production Desk: Katsunori Kobayashi

Production manager:
Juichi Motohashi
Matsumi Tanaka

Publicity: Takehiko Emi

Recording Assistant: Takahiko Kawamura

Sound Effects:
Akihiko Matsuda
Naofumi Jinbo

Sound Production:
Hiroyuki Hayase
Shinichi Natori

Sound Recording: Tokuya Andō

Technical Director: Takumi Dōyama

Theme Song Lyrics: Momoko Sakura

Theme Song Performance:
Sakurako Ōhara (OP)
Tortoise Matsumoto (ED)
Ulfuls (ED)

TARAKO as Momoko "Maruko" Sakura

Bin Shimada as Tomozo Sakura

Chafūrin as Hideji Saijo

Hisayoshi Suganuma as Mark

Hitori Gekidan as Singh

Katsumi Takahashi as Ryoichi Midoriyama

Keiko Yamamoto as Ms. Ōishi

Masami Kikuchi as Kazuhiko Hanawa

Megumi Tano as Emiko Noguchi

Michiko Shimizu as Chie Midoriyama

Naoko Watanabe as Tamae Honami

Naomi Watanabe as Julia

Nobuo Tobita as Shintarō Honami

Papaya Suzuki as Nepu

Rola as Xin-Ni

Taishi Nakagawa as Andrea

Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Futoshi Kosugi

Tomoko Naka as Shigeru Fujiki

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Noritaka "Hamaji" Hamazaki

Yūji Machi as Marco

Yūsaku Yara as Hiroshi Sakura

Akio Suyama as Tsuyoshi Yamane

Ako Mayama as Satoshi Sugiyama

Chafūrin as Kimio Nagasawa

Ei Morisako as Andrea (young)

Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Hideyuki Togawa
Shigeo Sasaki

Kazunari Tanaka as Old Neighbor

Keaton Yamada as Narrator

Keiichi Sonobe as Shōsuke Noguchi

Keiko Yamamoto as
Hamaji's Mother
Shōta Yamada

Megumi Urawa as Hiromi Maeda

Miki Narahashi as Hanako Migiwa

Nao Nagasawa as Butaro Tomita

Nobuo Tobita as
Sueo Maruo
Tatsugoro Hamazaki

Sakurako Ōhara as Andrea's Mother

Seiji Kameda as Andrea's Father

Shinichi Karube as Lantern Maker

Shinsuke Kasai as Policeman

Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Takoyaki Man

Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Sumire Sakura

Tomoko Naka as Mrs. Honami

Yūko Mizutani as Sakiko Sakura

Yūko Sasaki as
Kotake Sakura
Osamu Nagayama

Yūmi Nagashima as Yamamoto Manager

Yūsuke Numata as Kenichi Ōno

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Nippon Animation

Animation Production Cooperation:
Ajiado
SynergySP

Backgrounds:
Atelier Roku 07
Design Office MECAMAN

Distributor: TOHO

Dubbing Studio: Toei Digital Center

Finish Animation:
Studio Elle
Studio Killy
SynergySP

Finish Animation Assistance:
Ajiado
Asahi Production
M.S.J Musashino Production
Studio CL
TAP
Wish
Wuxi Maliang Animation

In-Between Animation:
Ajiado
Chiptune
CoMix Wave Films
ingresA
Nakamura Production
NAZ
Oh! Production
Project 4
Project Team Sarah
Snow Light Staff
Snowdrop
Studio COA
Studio Elle
Studio Ribla
SynergySP

Music Production: COMPANY AZA

Post Production: Tokyo Laboratory

Production:
Fuji Network System
Fuji Television Network
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Nippon Animation
TOHO
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios

Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation

Sound Production: San Onkyo

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

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Licensed by: CaiChang International

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