Princess Arete (2001)

Arîte hime (original title)

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Confined in the castle tower by her father, Princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. Sometimes she sneaks out. Prospective suitors are sent on quests to collect magic treasures to win her hand in marriage.

Director:

Sunao Katabuchi

Writers:

Diana Coles, Sunao Katabuchi

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Cast

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	Houko Kuwashima	...	Princess Arîte (voice)
	Tsuyoshi Koyama	...	Boax
	Minami Takayama	...	Ample (voice)
	Yûsuke Numata	...	Grovel (voice)
	Satomi Kôrogi	...	The Witch (voice)
	Yûko Sasaki	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Norihisa Mori	...	The Blond Knight (voice)
	Akio Suyama	...	Boax as a Boy (voice)
	Eiji Takemoto	...	Dullabore (voice)

Directed by

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Sunao Katabuchi

Written by

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Diana Coles	...	(novel)

Sunao Katabuchi	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Takehiko Chino	...	executive producer
Masafumi Fukui	...	executive producer
Ryôichi Fukuyama	...	associate producer
Marimi Matsui	...	executive producer
Tsutomu Takano	...	planner
Eiko Tanaka	...	planner / producer
Nobuyuki Tôya	...	planner (as Nobuyuki Tohya)
Fumio Ueda	...	executive producer
Takuji Ushiyama	...	executive producer
Teruhito Yamashita	...	planner
Toyoyuki Yokohama	...	planner

Music by

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Akira Senju

Editing by

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Takeshi Seyama

Editorial Department

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Hiroaki Hirabayashi	...	color timer: Imagica
Keiko Mizuta	...	assistant editor
Masao Shibata	...	digital i/o: Imagica
Mutsumi Takemiya	...	assistant editor
Megumi Uchida	...	assistant editor

Art Direction by

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Minoru Nishida

Production Management

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Masao Yoshida

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production manager

Art Department

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Akihito Hayashi	...	color key
Kumiko Namiki	...	assistant color designer

Sound Department

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Masakatsu Aida	...	sound producer
Hiroyuki Hayase	...	sound director
Tooru Kadokura	...	sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center
Tsutomu Kawahigashi	...	dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Hideaki Kizawa	...	sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center
Mikio Mori	...	dolby film consultant: Continental Far East
Mutsuhiro Nishimura	...	sound designer
Tetsuo Ono	...	sound producer: Onkyo Eizo System
Chiaki Satô	...	sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center
Shinji Takano	...	sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center

Special Effects by

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Marefumi Niibayashi

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special effects

Visual Effects by

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Hiroaki Andô	...	cgi
Yûji Hatanaka	...	cgi
Masaki Hiranuma	...	cgi
Takuya Minezawa	...	cgi
Junpei Mizusaki	...	cgi
Hiroshi Murakami	...	cgi
Tomonari Nakajima	...	cgi
Terumi Nakauchi	...	cgi
Kôji Okamura	...	cgi
Akiko Saitô	...	cgi
Daisuke Sajiki	...	cgi
Keisuke Sasagawa	...	cgi director
Kentarô Sasaki	...	cgi
Mitsuhiro Satô	...	cgi
Nobuyuki Suchi	...	cgi
Toshiki Taketani	...	cgi
Michitaka Tamura	...	cgi
Ai Toda	...	cgi
Akiyo Yamaura	...	cgi
Masaru Yokohagi	...	cgi
Isao Ôishi	...	cgi

Animation Department

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Akihiko Adachi	...	inbetween artist
Nobuko Adachi	...	inbetween artist
Minoru Aoki	...	background artist
Miyuki Aoki	...	inbetween artist
Yasuhiro Aoki	...	key animator
Yoshiharu Ashino	...	key animator
Yumi Chiba	...	assistant animation director
Kazuo Ebisawa	...	background artist
Kazuko Fukutomi	...	key animator
Yumiko Gotô	...	inbetween artist
Kasumi Hara	...	inbetween artist
Tsuyoshi Hiraoka	...	inbetween artist
Tôru Hishiyama	...	background artist (as Toru Hishiyama)
Kazunobu Hoshi	...	key animator
Junko Ina	...	background artist
Yamako Ishikawa	...	background artist
Sagako Itakura	...	background artist
Emiko Iwayanagi	...	inbetween artist
Toshihisa Kaiya	...	key animator (as Toshihisa Kaitani)
Mutsuko Kajigaya	...	inbetween supervisor
Masayuki Kaneko	...	background artist
Masahiro Kase	...	key animator
Hiroyuki Kasugai	...	key animator
Emiko Kataoka	...	key animator
Akiko Kawauchi	...	inbetween artist
Ken'ichi Konishi	...	key animator
Masahiro Koyama	...	key animator
Masahiko Kubo	...	key animator
Misuzu Kurata	...	key animator
Chizuko Kusunoki	...	inbetween artist
Riwako Matsui	...	assistant animation director
Hiromu Matsumoto	...	inbetween artist
Mariko Matsuo	...	key animator
Shukuko Matsuoka	...	background artist
Tadashi Matsuzaki	...	key animator
Seiji Miyamoto	...	background artist
Tomoko Miyata	...	inbetween artist
Satoko Morikawa	...	character designer
Kôji Motoyama	...	key animator (as Kohji Motoyama)
Yasuhito Murata	...	inbetween artist
Yôko Nagashima	...	key animator
Hiroshi Nakanishi	...	inbetween artist
Hiromi Namioka	...	key animator
Rie Niidome	...	inbetween artist
Sae Nirazuka	...	assistant inbetween supervisor (as Sae Niraduka)
Sumie Nishido	...	inbetween artist
Kazuya Nomura	...	inbetween artist
Kazu Nozaki	...	background artist
Fumitoshi Oizaki	...	key animator (as Fumitoshi Oisaki)
Kazutaka Ozaki	...	animation director
Yuriko Saitô	...	inbetween artist
Hisashi Samejima	...	inbetween artist
Yoshiharu Satô	...	key animator (as Yoshiharu Sato)
Atsushi Sekiguchi	...	key animator (as Jun Sekiguchi)
Hideki Sekiguchi	...	assistant inbetween supervisor / key animator
Eriko Shibata	...	inbetween artist
Kazuko Shibata	...	key animator
Shirô Shibata	...	key animator
Masayuki Shibuya	...	inbetween artist
Harumi Shida	...	key animator
Ritsuko Shiina	...	inbetween artist
Makiko Suzuki	...	key animator
Yûko Takahashi	...	inbetween artist
Naoto Takemoto	...	inbetween artist
Kyôko Tanaka	...	background artist (as Kyoko Tanaka)
Shizue Tanaka	...	background artist
Mariko Tazaki	...	chief background artist (as Mariko Tasaki)
Ushio Tazawa	...	inbetween artist
Katsuyuki Tsubouchi	...	assistant animation director
Takenori Tsukuma	...	key animator (as Kentoku Tsuguma)
Sayuri Tsuruyama	...	inbetween artist
Akie Tsutsumi	...	inbetween artist
Chie Uratani	...	assistant animation director
Toshiya Washida	...	assistant animation director
Keiko Watanabe	...	assistant inbetween supervisor
Yumi Watanabe	...	background artist
Tamami Yamada	...	key animator
Akiko Yamaguchi	...	chief key animator
Hirômi Yamakawa	...	key animator
Daisuke Yoshida	...	key animator
Akihiro Yûki	...	inbetween artist
Kumiko Ôtani	...	inbetween artist

Music Department

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Kei Haneoka	...	assistant director
Hideki Hyôdô	...	music producer
Daisuke Mizuta	...	music director
Naoto Shibuya	...	recording engineer
Tomoo Suzuki	...	recording engineer
Yasuhiko Tokuda	...	music producer

Additional Crew

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Keisuke Asami	...	production assistant
Yu Seong Byun	...	arete cheering squad
Atsushi Hashimoto	...	production desk
Rika Hatada	...	public relations production
Yasuhiro Hayashi	...	arete cheering squad
Yutaka Iijima	...	arete cheering squad
Kuniko Ikeda	...	arete cheering squad
Mamiko Ishikawa	...	arete cheering squad
Shôichi Izumi	...	arete cheering squad
Rika Kamikawa	...	arete cheering squad
Shinji Kasai	...	production assistant
Takashi Kawasaki	...	arete cheering squad
Kaori Kawase	...	arete cheering squad
Tarô Koga	...	arete cheering squad
Yûko Koshiba	...	public relations production
Izumi Murakami	...	arete cheering squad
Yoshifumi Murakami	...	arete cheering squad
Shin'ya Nozaki	...	arete cheering squad
Kazunori Sakurai	...	arete cheering squad
Yukio Sawada	...	arete cheering squad
Yasushi Takahashi	...	production desk
Yoshikatsu Takeda	...	arete cheering squad
Hiroaki Takeuchi	...	arete cheering squad
Takuya Terakura	...	production assistant
Jun Tokizaki	...	arete cheering squad
Kenji Tomioka	...	arete cheering squad
Kazunori Yamamoto	...	arete cheering squad
Yoshiko Yoshizumi	...	arete cheering squad
Shin Ôhara	...	arete cheering squad
Hiroki Ôoka	...	production assistant
Makoto Ôsawa	...	arete cheering squad

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Omega Entertainment (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
Selecta Visión (2017) (Spain)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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AU (arete cheering squad)
Anime Spot (inbetween animation)
Anime World Osaka (inbetween animation)
Cab (music production assistance)
Celsys (arete cheering squad)
Coach Twenty One (arete cheering squad)
Double R (inbetween animation)
FM Nack 5 (arete cheering squad)
Fizz Sound Creation Co. (sound effects)
GaRan. (inbetween animation)
Gakuyô Shobô (publisher)
Hitokuchizaka Studio (music production assistance)
Ikegami Tsushinki Co. Ltd. (arete cheering squad)
Imagica (film developing)
Indivisio (arete cheering squad)
Mangazoo (arete cheering squad)
Music Land (music production assistance)
Nakamura Production (inbetween animation)
Nichion (music production)
Office Tam (arete cheering squad)
Onkyô Eizô System (sound production)
Production I.G. (inbetween animation)
Road & Sky Group (music production assistance)
Sound Inn Studios (music production assistance)
Studio Cockpit (inbetween animation)
Studio Live (inbetween animation)
Studio Mu (inbetween animation)
Tact Studios (recording studio)
Tamazawa Dôgasha (inbetween animation)
Tokyo TV Center (recording studio)
Vantan Dennoh Intelligence College (arete cheering squad)
Zero-G Room (inbetween animation)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords	anime-animation world sword based-on-novel See All (4) »
Genres	Animation Adventure Drama Family Fantasy
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:PG France:Tous publics Japan:G Singapore:PG Spain:TP (TV rating) United Kingdom:PG

Additional Details

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Also Known As	アリーテ姫 (Japan, Japanese title) Arete Hime (Japan, English title) Princess Arete (World-wide, English title) Princess Arete (United States) Princess Arete (Canada, English title) See more »
Runtime	105 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Sunao Katabuchi's directorial film debut. See more »
Soundtracks	Kin'iro no Tsubasa See more »

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