My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (original title)

Director:

Isao Takahata

Writers:

Hisaichi Ishii (comic)
Isao Takahata (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

17 July 1999 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The ups and downs of life.

Plot:

The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Japanese Family | Middle Class | Dysfunctional Family | Grandmother

Cast

Hayato Isohata	...	Noboru Yamada (voice)
Masako Araki	...	Shige Yamano (voice)
Naomi Uno	...	Nonoko Yamada (voice)
Tôru Masuoka	...	Takashi Yamda (voice)
Yukiji Asaoka	...	Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Akiko Yano	...	Fujiwara-Sensei (voice)
Kosanji Yanagiya	...	Haiku reader (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Belushi	...	Takashi Yamada (voice: English version)
Jeff Bennett	...	(voice: English version)
Alex Buck	...	(voice: English version)
A.J. Buckley	...	(voice: English version)
Dixie Carter	...	(voice: English version)
Erin Chambers	...	Department Store Clerk (voice: English version)
Maree Cheatham	...	(voice: English version)
Jordan Del Spina	...	(voice: English version) (as Jordan Orr)
Flo Di Re	...	(voice: English version)
Melissa Disney	...	(voice: English version)
Suguru Egawa	...	(voice)
Arata Furuta	...	(voice)
Amber Hood	...	(voice: English version)
Dan Raynham III	...	(voice: English version)
Tress MacNeille	...	Shige Yamano (voice: English version)
Akira Matsuda	...	(voice)
Edie McClurg	...	(voice: English version)
Jim Meskimen	...	(voice: English version)
Jon Miller	...	(voice: English version)
Chôchô Miyako	...	Kikuchibaba (voice)
Liliana Mumy	...	Nonoko Yamada (voice: English version)
Tamao Nakamura	...	Woman Wearing Glasses (voice)
Trenton Rogers	...	Toshio (voice: English version)
Ashley Rose	...	(voice) (as Ashley Rose Orr)
Daryl Sabara	...	Noboru Yamada (voice: English version)
Satoru Saitô	...	(voice)
Jeremy Shada	...	(voice: English version)
Molly Shannon	...	Matsuko Yamada (voice: English version)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Sadanobu Terashita	...	(voice)
Yasuko Tomita	...	Information Clerk of Department Store (voice)
Mizuho Tsushima	...	(voice)
Matthew Underwood	...	(voice: English version)
Billy West	...	(voice: English version)
Atsushi Yamanishi	...	(voice)

Directed by
Isao Takahata

Writing credits
Hisaichi Ishii		(comic)
Isao Takahata		(writer)
Leo Chu		(English language adaptation) and
Eric Garcia		(English language adaptation)

Produced by
Rick Dempsey	....	executive producer (english version)
Michael Johnson	....	producer: Buena Vista [us]
Ned Lott	....	producer (english version)
Takashi Shoji	....	producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Seiichirô Ujiie	....	producer

Original Music by
Akiko Yano

Art Direction by
Yôji Takeshige
Naoya Tanaka

Production Management
Yoshiyuki Momose	....	production manager
Nozomu Takahashi	....	production manager
Osamu Tanabe	....	production manager

Art Department
Kanako Moriya	....	color assistant
Michiyo Yasuda	....	color director
Noboru Yoshida	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer

Animation Department
Masashi Ando	....	animator
Seiko Azuma	....	inbetween animator
David Encinas	....	inbetween animator
Kaori Fujii	....	inbetween animator
Yoshikazu Fukutome	....	background artist
Katsugo Furuya	....	animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Hideki Hamazu	....	animator
Shinji Hashimoto	....	animator
Suzuka Higa	....	inbetween animator
Sayaka Hirahara	....	background artist
Takeshi Imamura	....	animator
Ryouko Ina	....	background artist
Tomoe Ishihara	....	background artist
Nozomu Ito	....	inbetween animator
Emiko Iwayanagi	....	inbetween animator
Megumi Kagawa	....	animator
Naomi Kasugai	....	background artist
Yumiko Kitajima	....	inbetween animator
Komasa	....	inbetween animator
Rie Kondou	....	inbetween animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Ken'ichi Konishi	....	animation director
Akiko Kouchi	....	inbetween animator
Misuzu Kurata	....	animator
Kiyoko Makita	....	inbetween animator
Suzuko Mano	....	inbetween animator
Mariko Matsuo	....	animator
Masaru Matsuse	....	animator
Hiroyuki Morita	....	animator
Masako Nagata	....	background artist
Toshie Nakagome	....	inbetween animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura	....	inbetween animator
Mai Nakazato	....	inbetween animator
Rie Niidome	....	inbetween animator
Masako Niki	....	animator
Sumie Nishido	....	inbetween animator
Hiromi Nishikawa	....	inbetween animator
Shingo Nishiyama	....	inbetween animator
Mitsu Noguchi	....	inbetween animator
Minoru Ohashi	....	inbetween animator
Mayumi Ohmura	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Ohta	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Ohtani	....	inbetween animator
Aya Onishi	....	inbetween animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	animation checker
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Hiroaki Sasaki	....	background artist
Mizue Sashihara	....	inbetween animator
Eriko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Kazuko Shibata	....	inbetween animator
Ritsuko Shiina	....	inbetween animator
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	animator
Takahito Sugawara	....	inbetween animator
Sachiko Sugino	....	animator
Kenji Sugiyama	....	inbetween animator
Makiko Suzuki	....	inbetween animator
Mariko Suzuki	....	animation checker
Atsushi Tamura	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Tanihira	....	inbetween animator
Hitomi Tateno	....	animation checker
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween animator
Akiko Toba	....	inbetween animator
Yoyoi Toki	....	inbetween animator
Etsuko Tomita	....	animator
Keiko Tomizawa	....	inbetween animator
Kôjirô Tsuruoka	....	inbetween animator (as Koujirou Tsuraoka)
Alexandra Weihrauch	....	inbetween animator
Hisako Yaji	....	inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	animator
Tamami Yamada	....	inbetween animator
Akiko Yamaguchi	....	animator
Eiji Yamamori	....	animator
Yukari Yamaura	....	inbetween animator
Kikuyo Yano	....	background artist
Morihiko Yano	....	inbetween animator
Mayu Yazawa	....	inbetween animator
Hiromasa Yonebayashi	....	inbetween animator
Kenichi Yoshida	....	animator
Hideaki Yoshio	....	animator
Masaaki Yuasa	....	animator
Shin'ya Ôhira	....	animator
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator

Music Department
Jeff Bova	....	music arranger
Tomoyoshi Ezaki	....	music engineer
Mario Klemens	....	conductor: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Toshihiro Masuda	....	music engineer
Dave O'Donnelle	....	music engineer
Akio Ohmori	....	music supervisor
Eihiko Ohno	....	music mixer
Neko Saito	....	orchestrator
Akiko Yano	....	music arranger
Kinji Yoshino	....	music engineer

Other crew
Rick Dempsey	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• Tokuma Shoten
• Studio Ghibli
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
• Hakuhodo
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Distributors

• Shochiku Company (1999) (worldwide) (all media)
• Studio Ghibli (1999) (worldwide) (all media)
• Gkids (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Buena Vista International
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Océan Films (France)
• Walt Disney Company, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Avaco Creative Studio  music recorded at
• Avatar Studios  music recorded at
• Bovaland  music recorded at
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra  orchestra
• Ghibli Mixed Chorus  music performed by
• Great Sakata Strings  music performed by
• House of Artists  music recorded at
• Imagica  digital film output
• Imagica  prints
• On Associates Music Publisher  music supervisor
• Sound Inn  music recorded at
• Tokyo TV Center  dubbing studio

Also Known As:

"Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun" - Japan (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

France:U | USA:PG | Australia:M | UK:PG | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:All | Japan:G | Singapore:G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Tokuma Shoten

Trivia:

This is Studio Ghibli's first 100% digitally animated film.

Quotes:

[Grandma goes to see a dying friend at the hospital]
Haiku reader:No sign of Death's approach in the cicadas' voices.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "JesuOtaku Anime Reviews: My Neighbors the Yamadas (#3.19)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Titan - 4th Movement)

fun for the whole family!

I think this is a pretty good animation film.

Some people might not like the animation style, but i think it is refreshing in it's simplicity(i'm honestly sick of the usual "kawaii" very pretty anime style). The "yamadas" are the stars of the show, it all revolves around them and the daily routine of the family members.

Its more like a slice of life thing and it doesn't really follow a plot, but there's an overarching theme that links every short bit of the film together. The message that the film is trying to convey is that family should always be united and try to tolerate their differences.

The tone of the film is always bright, even when they are "fighting" it's comical. So you can watch this with your kids.