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Brave Story (movie)

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©2006 Fuji Television/GONZO/Warner Entertainment Japan, Inc./Dentsu/SkyPerfect WT.


Alternative title:
ブレイブ・ストーリー (Japanese)
勇者傳說 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
勇者物語 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: When 11-year-old Wataru's father leaves home and his mother is taken ill to hospital, he decides to change his fate by travelling through the door shown to him by his friend Mitsuru. In a land of magic and monsters, Wataru must summon all his courage and embark on a journey with several comrades to meet the Goddess of Destiny and change this "mistaken fate".
User Ratings: 466 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:27, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 105 votes (sub:87, dub:10, ?:2, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Very good: 124 votes (sub:102, dub:16, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 114 votes (sub:86, dub:15, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Dutch subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:37, dub:5, raw:1, others:7
3 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:17, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 760 users, rank: #1574 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.566 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5767, rank: #1589 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.530 (Very good−), rank: #1563 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.53 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.529 (Very good−), rank: #1277 (of 7268)
Running time: 112 minutes
Production cost: ¥1,000,000,000 (Projected)
Vintage:
2006-07-08
2008-11-02 (Singapore, Okto)
Premiere date:
2006-07-08 (Japan)
2007-08-10 (Taiwan, Vieshow Cinemas)
2007-08-16 (Singapore)
2008-02-06 (France)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Ketsui no Asa ni" (決意の朝に) by AQUA TIMEZ
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Brave Story (Aug 21, 2008)
News: Show:
Anime Expo 2006 - Gonzo (Jul 3, 2006)
Brave Story at Cannes (May 11, 2006)
Brave Story Trailer (Nov 29, 2005)
Brave Story Trailer (Aug 16, 2005)
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DVD (Region 2)
    Brave Story (DVD) 2008-09-08 (from $38.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    Brave Story (DVD) 2008-08-20

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Koichi Chigira
Script: Ichiro Okouchi
Music: Juno Reactor
Character Design: Yuriko Chiba
Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda (Bamboo)
Chief Animation Director: Yuriko Chiba
Original Novel: Miyuki Miyabe
Animation:
Ai Ishimori (Studio Wanpack)
Ai Kuwabara (Delta Peak Production)
Ai Mochida (Anime Roman)
Aika Sakuramoto (Tama Production)
Akihiro Yamamoto
Akiko Asaki
Akiko Ōhora (XEBEC)
Akiko Taniguchi (Madhouse Studios)
Akiko Uchida (G&G Direction)
Akinori Fudesaka
Akio Hirakawa (Araki Productions)
Akira Matsushima
Akira Narita (Studio Dove)
Akira Ono (Telecom Animation Film)
Akira Sotoya (Wish)
Ami Nagata (Studio Live)
Asako Nishida
Asami Masuda (Studio Angle)
Atsuko Watanabe (Studio Live)
Atsumi Sakasai (Anime House)
Atsushi Kasano (Studio Angle)
Atsushi Okuda
Atsushi Satō (Studio Angle)
Atsushi Sekiguchi (Chaos Project)
Atsushi Yamagata
Aya Kinbe (Telecom Animation Film)
Aya Takada (P.A. Works)
Ayako Komatsu (Studio Deen)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (Nakamura Production)
Chie Nishizawa
Chieko Matsuda (Studio Deen)
Chizuru Kobayashi (XEBEC)
Dai Ōhara (Studio Line)
Eiji Abiko
Emi Tanaka (Studio Takuranke)
Eri Sano (Anime R)
Eri Yuzuki (Studio Mark)
Erkin Kawabata
Etsuko Kakuda (A-Line)
Etsuko Tsunoda (A-Line)
Fumiko Tateyama (Anime Spot)
Haruyo Nebu (Production I.G)
Haruyo Sakai (Palm Studio)
Hatsumi Takizawa (Studio Live)
Hideki Takahashi
Hidenori Matsubara
Hidetaka Kaneko (Sunshine Corporation)
Hiroaki Noguchi (Telecom Animation Film)
Hiroki Harada (Anime R)
Hiromi Nishikawa (Studio Takuranke)
Hiroshi Kuri (Noside)
Hiroshi Motoyama (Palm Studio)
Hirotaka Nii (Studio Mark)
Hiroyo Yamamoto (Studio Gimlet)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Hiroyuki Saitō (Studio Gash)
Hisako Shimozuma (Production I.G)
Hisako Tsurukubo (XEBEC)
Hisashi Kagawa
Hisashi Mawatari (U-ni animation)
Hisashi Saito
Hisashi Samejima
Hitomi Fujii (Wish)
Hitomi Kaiho (Ashi Productions)
Hitomi Matsui (Anime R)
Hitoshi Katsura (Studio Gimlet)
Hitoshi Tanaka (Studio Angle)
Hitoshi Ueda
Ikuyo Kondou (Production I.G)
Issei Aragaki (Palm Studio)
Itsuko Takeda
Jae Hyung Kim (U-ni animation)
Jinko Tsuji (Oh production)
Jiro Murakami (Trans Arts)
Jun Mori (Studio Mark)
Jun Yukawa (Studio Live)
Kaichiro Terada
Kaori Itō (Studio Takuranke)
Kaori Miyagawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Kaori Tokunaga (Sakura Create)
Kaori Yamada (Studio Wanpack)
Kaoru Takeda (Noside)
Katsuichi Nakayama
Katsuyuki Sakairi (Radix; Radix)
Kayo Nomichi (Studio Mark)
Kayoko Yabuki
Kazuhide Tomonaga (Telecom Animation Film)
Kazuhiro Oki
Kazumi Nakatsu (A-Line)
Kazumi Ono (XEBEC)
Kazunobu Hoshi
Kazuo Morimoto (Studio Wanpack)
Kazuya Matsushita (Studio Angle)
Kazuya Morimae
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Keiichi Sugiura (Studio Wanpack)
Keiko Nakaji (Telecom Animation Film)
Keiko Sawada (Anime Spot)
Keisuke Nitano (Studio Wanpack)
Keita Hagio (Studio Gimlet)
Kenichi Shima (Madhouse Studios)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R)
Kentarou Matsumoto (Studio Takuranke)
Kimiko Hoshi (U-ni animation)
Kimiko Katsuyama (Studio Angle)
Kiyomi Ishiwata (Studio Live)
Kiyomi Komatsubara (Sunshine Corporation)
Koichi Kikuta (XEBEC)
Koichi Suenaga (Telecom Animation Film)
Kōichi Takai (Anime R)
Kōji Miura (Palm Studio)
Koji Yabuno
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Kumiko Hirama (Radical Party)
Kumiko Terada (Studio Takuranke)
Kunihiko Kimura (Studio Gimlet)
Kunihiko Sakurai
Kyouko Takeuchi (Studio Live)
Mahiro Maeda
Mai Ishikawa (Studio Live)
Maki Nishi (Delta Peak Production)
Maki Uchida
Makiko Kitada (Studio Cockpit)
Makoto Bessho
Makoto Makabe (Studio Live)
Mami Kouno (Oh production)
Manabu Tanzawa
Manami Okumura (Studio Deen)
Mariko Ishikawa (Production I.G)
Mariko Suzuki (U-ni animation)
Masahiko Matsuo (Anime R)
Masahiro Emoto
Masahiro Koyama
Masahiro Yamanaka
Masashi Sato (Buyu)
Masataka Akai (U-ni animation)
Masatsugu Arakawa
Masayuki Satō
Mayu Hoshino (Trans Arts)
Mayu Shinoda (Studio Deen)
Mayuko Yamaoka (Buyu)
Mayumi Kakubari (U-ni animation)
Mayumi Kowada (Studio Line)
Mayumi Miyaoka (P.A. Works)
Mayumi Oda
Mayumi Takeuchi (Studio Mark)
Michio Fukuda
Michiyo Sugawara (Ashi Productions)
Miho Kaneshiro (A-Line)
Mihoko Uda (Oh production)
Miiko Adachi (U-ni animation)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Mika Ueda (Studio Gimlet)
Mina Ichijou (Studio Zaendou)
Minaki Takeshita (Telecom Animation Film)
Minako Sekihara (Oh production)
Minami Yoshida (Madhouse Studios)
Misa Kuwabara
Misa Watanabe (U-ni animation)
Misao Abe
Mitsue Mori (Telecom Animation Film)
Miyuki Hara (Mook Animation)
Miyuki Honda (Studio Wanpack)
Miyuki Nakayama (Production I.G)
Miyuki Sakai (U-ni animation)
Miyuki Shinoda (Sakura Create)
Miyuki Yano (U-ni animation)
Momoko Kawai (Last House)
Naoki Arakawa
Naoko Fujitani (Studio Takuranke)
Naoko Hayashi (Studio Wanpack)
Naoko Okazaki (U-ni animation)
Narumi Takahashi (Trans Arts)
Natsuki Egami
Natsuko Iimori (Telecom Animation Film)
Natsumi Hattori (Studio Takuranke)
Nobuo Tomizawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Nobuyuki Iwai (Anime Spot)
Norihiro Naganuma
Noriko Hara (Telecom Animation Film)
Noriko Shibata (Palm Studio)
Noriko Sugiyama (Studio Cockpit)
Noriko Takahashi
Noriko Yoshida (Studio Mark)
Norimoto Tokura
Osamu Maruyama (Wish)
Reika Kuchii (Studio MAT)
Reiko Sakai (Production I.G)
Reina Igawa (Palm Studio)
Rie Kobayashi (Studio Mark)
Rie Mizorogi (Production I.G)
Rika Kato (Studio Gimlet)
Rika Mishima
Risako Yoshida (Chaos Project)
Ritsuko Okabe (Ashi Productions)
Ritsuko Shiina (Palm Studio)
Ryo Hokama (Anime Spot)
Ryou Kodama (Palm Studio)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (Palm Studio; Studio Mark 1st)
Ryuusuke Chayama (Palm Studio)
Ryuutarou Sakaguchi (Sakura Create)
Sachie Sakurai (Studio Mark)
Sachiko Mori
Sachiyo Takada (U-ni animation)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (Studio MAT)
Saka Ikeda (Anime R)
Sato Tominaga (Studio Mu)
Satoshi Kashiwagi (Sunshine Corporation)
Satoshi Mishima (Studio Elle)
Satsuki Muramatsu (Studio Cockpit)
Satsuki Oguri (Studio Elle)
Sawa Fukami (Ashi Productions)
Sawako Miyamoto (Telecom Animation Film)
Seiki Tanaka
Seiko Asai
Setsuko Takenouchi (U-ni animation)
Shigenori Taniguchi
Shin'ichi Yokota (Palm Studio)
Shinichi Kuniyasu (Oh production)
Shinichi Nozaki
Shinichiro Takagi
Shintarō Dōge (Production I.G)
Shintarou Kame (Noside)
Shōhei Kohara
Shōichi Funaki (Studio Mark)
Shōichi Masuo
Shōko Kushibiki (U-ni animation)
Shou Sugai
Shouhei Hosoya (A-Line)
Shouta Matsushita (Production I.G)
Shūji Sakamoto
Shunpei Azumi (Palm Studio)
Shunryō Yamamura (Studio Wanpack)
Shuutarou Tsuzaka (Studio Zaendou)
Susumu Mitsunaka
Susumu Okuda (Studio MAT)
Taeko Igo (Kino Production)
Taeko Kanai (Mook Animation)
Takahiko Yoshida
Takahiro Ikezoe (Telecom Animation Film)
Takashi Hirabayashi (Palm Studio)
Takashi Kumazen
Takashi Mamezuka (Production I.G)
Takashi Muratani
Takaya Sunagawa (Sunshine Corporation)
Takayuki Inagaki
Takefumi Fukuyama (Studio Gash)
Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R)
Takeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Morita (Anime R)
Takuya Ishimoto (Noside)
Takuya Nakano (XEBEC)
Tatsuo Arai (Studio Gash)
Tatsuya Oka
Tatsuya Shibata (Palm Studio)
Terumi Kawabe (MSC)
Tomoaki Kado
Tomoaki Mimiura (Production I.G)
Tomohiro Shinoda (Production I.G)
Tomokatsu Nagasaku (Telecom Animation Film)
Tomoko Fukui (Palm Studio)
Tomoko Fukunaga (Studio Mu)
Tomoko Kanno (Radix)
Tomoko Kikuchi (MSC)
Tomoko Nakayama (Feel)
Tomoko Nitta (Anime R)
Tomoko Sugata (Production I.G)
Tomomi Kamiya (Anime Spot)
Tomomi Kasukawa (Studio Deen)
Tomomi Kimura
Tomoyo Sawada (XEBEC)
Tomoyuki Ogata (Anime House)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Studio Gimlet)
Toru Yonemoto
Tōru Yoshida
Toshihiro Kikuchi
Toshiko Inada (Studio Takuranke)
Toshiya Yamada (Sunshine Corporation)
Tsubasa Ooshima (Studio Dove)
Tsukasa Sorimachi (Radix)
Tsurugi Katō
Tsutomu Shibutani (Nakamura Production)
Wakako Shigemoto (Feel)
Wataru Matsumura (Studio Elle)
Yae Ōtsuka
Yae Tanaka (Studio Angle)
Yasuaki Kawakami (Sakura Create)
Yasue Ohno (Studio MAT)
Yasuko Miyazaki
Yasuko Suzuki (Wish)
Yasuo Ishii (Wish)
Yeon Hee Ko (U-ni animation)
Yō Imano (Oh production)
Yōko Nomura (Palm Studio)
Yōko Satō
Yoshiaki Kyougoku (Production I.G)
Yoshie Kimoto (Studio Mu)
Yoshihiro Yoshioka (Chaos Project)
Yoshikazu Fujiwara (Anime R)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Yoshio Mizumura
Yoshitaka Katō (Palm Studio)
Yoshitaka Kohno
Yoshitake Iwakami (Nakamura Production)
Youichi Nagayama (Delta Peak Production)
Yū Katō
Yu Ogasawara (Tama Production)
Yūichi Yoshida (Buyuu)
Yuji Hosogoe
Yuji Ito (Wish)
Yūji Ōsawa (Studio Elle)
Yuka Fujisawa (P.A. Works)
Yūki Kawamura (Anime R)
Yūki Kawashima (Production I.G)
Yuki Masuda (Production I.G)
Yuki Satō (Production I.G)
Yukie Takahashi (Radical Party)
Yukie Watanabe (Studio Cockpit)
Yukiko Kobayashi (Anime Spot)
Yukinori Kawamura (Anime R)
Yūko Azuma (U-ni animation)
Yūko Fujii (Studio Gimlet)
Yūko Yamada (Wish)
Yūko Yamamoto (Anime R)
Yumi Funamoto (Studio Cockpit)
Yumi Kobayashi (Studio Cockpit)
Yumiko Shirai (Telecom Animation Film)
Yuri Kanemaru (Sunshine Corporation)
Yuriko Chiba
Yusuke Adachi (AZETA PICTURES)
Yusuke Asaoku (Tama Production)
Yuta Aramaki (Anime House)
Yuya Iwashita (Studio Line)
Yūzō Satō
Assistant Unit Director:
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Tetsuo Ichimura
Client Services:
Eva Porter (Skywalker Sound)
Gordon Ng (Skywalker Sound)
Megan Tompkins (Skywalker Sound)
Mike Lane (Skywalker Sound)
Digital Editorial Services:
David Hunter (Skywalker Sound)
Tim Burby (Skywalker Sound)
Digital Paint: Sayuri Nagashima (Telecom Animation Film)
Digital Transfer:
Christopher Barron (Skywalker Sound)
John Countryman (Skywalker Sound)
Jonathan Greber (Skywalker Sound)
Engineering Services:
Christopher Barnett (Skywalker Sound)
Howard Hammermann (Skywalker Sound)
Jim Austin (Skywalker Sound)
Foley Artist:
Denise Thorpe (Skywalker Sound)
Ellen Heuer (Skywalker Sound)
Jana Vance (Skywalker Sound)
Foley Editor: E.Larry Oatfield (Skywalker Sound)
Foley Mixer: Frank Aglieri-Rinella (Skywalker Sound)
Foley Recorder: Sean England (Skywalker Sound)
Machine Room:
Brian Magerkurth (Skywalker Sound)
Nathan Nance (Skywalker Sound)
Ron Roumas (Skywalker Sound)
Recording Mix: Juan Peralta (Skywalker Sound)
Script Collaboration: Reiko Yoshida
Sound Design:
Tom Meyers (Skywalker Sound)
Tom Myers
Sound Effects Editing:
David Hughes
Dustin Cawood (Skywalker Sound)
Noah Davis (Skywalker Sound)
Theme Song Performance: Aqua Timez (ED)
Video Services:
Ed Dunkley (Skywalker Sound)
John Torrijos (Skywalker Sound)
Takako Matsu as Wataru Mitsuya

Ayako Kawasumi as Mysterious Girl
Chiwa Saito as Miina
Eiji Wentz as Mitsuru Ashikawa
Satomi Koorogi as Jozo
Shirou Itou as Monk Rau
Takako Tokiwa as Cutts
Yō Ōizumi as Ki-Kima

Akiko Yajima as Zofie
Akio Ōtsuka as Guardian of Dawn
Akira Ishida as Ishioka
Atsuko Tanaka as Guardian of Sun
Atsushi Tsutsumishita as Dog Highlander
Kanon Nagashima as Aya Ashikawa
Katsumi Takahashi as Akira Mitsuya
Kirin Kiki as Onba
Mihoko Abukawa as Katsumi/Kacchan
Miki Imai as Goddess of Destiny
Naomi Kusumi as Guardian of Snow
Rie Shibata as Yunababa
Saori Ito as Ogawa
Tarō Ishida as Bishop Daimon
Toshiyuki Itakura as Young Bishop
Yoshiko Tanaka as Kuniko Mitsuya

Japanese companies
Animation Production: GONZO
Art Direction: Studio Easter
Background Art Assistance:
Atelier Musa
Bamboo
H・E・D WORKS
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Film: Imagica
Sound Recording: Skywalker Sound
English cast
English staff
(none)
Mona Marshall as Wataru Mitsuya

Cindy Robinson as Katsu
Michael Sorich as Master Guru Lau
Mona Marshall as Mitsuru Ashikawa
Satomi Koorogi as Jozo
Sherry Lynn as Mina
Stephanie Sheh as Mysterious Girl
Steve Kramer as Ki-Kima

Cindy Robinson as Aya Ashikawa
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as
Goddess of Fortune
Princess Zofie
Joe Cappelletti as Toron
Kirk Thornton as Akira Mitsuya
Liam O'Brien as
Ishioka
Young Bishop
Terrence Stone as
Bishop Daimon
Circus Ringmaster
Wendee Lee as
Kacchan
Kuniko Mitsuya

English companies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
The Japan Foundation (United States; theatrical)
French staff
French cast
(none)
Gwenäelle Julien as Wataru

Colette Noel as Katsu
François Creton as Mitsuru Ashikawa
Jessica Barrier as Meena
Patrick Noerie as Kee Keema

Bruno Moury as Daimon
Frédéric Souterelle as Mr. Loyal
Gwen Lebret as Bandit
Jessie Lambotte as Déesse
Jochen Haegele as Mage
Nayeli Forest as Zofie
Patrick Pellegrin as Torone
French companies
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Ulrich Johannson
Casting: Andreas Janne
Hannes Maurer as Wataru Mitsuya

Constantin von Jascheroff as Mitsuru Ashikawa
Daniela Hoffmann as Göttin des Schicksals
Fabian Hollwitz as Kenzi Ishioka
Gerd Holtenau as Monk Rau
Ghadah Al-Akel as Kattsu
Jan Spitzer as Bishop Daimon
Marianne Lutz as Yunababa
Michael Deffert as Ki-Kîma
Oliver Siebeck as Akira Mitani
Tanya Kahana as Mîna

Andreas Müller as Thor
Dirk Petrick as Ogawa
Friedel Morgenstern as Geheimnisvolle Mädchen
German companies
Broadcaster: Super RTL
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Marketing: AV Visionen GmbH
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Asia Video
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)

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