A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 8, 2023
Original Title:
窓ぎわのトットちゃん
Alternate Titles:
Madogiwa no Totto-chan
Totto-Chan: The Litte Girl at the Window
映画 窓ぎわのトットちゃん
Genres:
Animation | Drama | Family
Production Companies:
Shin-Ei Animation
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
HK: I JP: G KR: ALL
Runtime: 114
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
Animation Director:
Takuya Wada
Yuko Kato
Chie Mishima
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Atsushi Tamura
Takayo Nishimura
Kaori Hayashi
Masaru Ooshiro
Art Designer:
Takuya Wada
Kyoko Yauchi
Art Direction:
Tatsuya Kushida
Character Designer:
Shizue Kaneko
Co-Writer:
Yosuke Suzuki
Color Designer:
Sanae Matsutani
Director:
Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Director of Photography:
Kentaro Minegishi
Editor:
Toshihiko Kojima
Executive Producer:
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Key Animation:
Takuya Wada
Takayo Nishimura
Atsushi Tamura
Takayuki Uragami
Masayuki Yoshida
Aya Suzuki
Sawako Miyamoto
Kumiko Kawana
Hiroko Minowa
Saka Ikeda
Shingo Takenaka
Masahiro Sato
Shingo Okano
Yuko Tagawa
Emi Matsunaga
Michio Mihara
Misato Kishino
Kazunori Minagawa
Ikuno Yagi
Yuka Hara
Tetsuro Kaku
Saori Koike
Yuko Kato
Shinichiro Yamada
Masahito Sawada
Shigeru Kimishima
Mai Tsutsumi
Kanae Miya
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Saeko Ozawa
Hitomi Aso
Hirofumi Masuda
Kouichi Arai
Yoshihiro Osugi
Takuji Mogi
Mei Nishiyama
Lin Kewei
Hatsumi Kamigai
Masayuki Kouda
Yukari Kaku
Kaori Matsushima
Keisuke Hiroe
Yuichiro Sueyoshi
Yumi Chiba
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Junichi Takaoka
Juuji Mizumura
Yoshinobu Ando
Novel:
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Original Music Composer:
Yuji Nomi
Screenplay:
Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Second Unit Director:
Yoshihiro Osugi
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Takuya Fujikura
Reina Tanaka
Sound Director:
Yoji Shimizu
Sound Effects:
Shizuo Kurahashi
Sachiko Nishi
Supervising Animation Director:
Shizue Kaneko
Theme Song Performance:
Aimyon
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