Air: The Motion Picture (2005) Air (original title)

Director:

Osamu Dezaki

Writer:

Makoto Nakamura (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 February 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale...

Plot Keywords:

Wings | Japan | Curse | Magic | Anime

Cast

Tomoko Kawakami	...	Misuzu Kamio (voice)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Haruko Kamio (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Yukito Kunisaki (voice)
Chinami Nishimura	...	Kana (voice)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Uraha (voice)
Nobutoshi Kanna	...	Ryuya (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Keisuke Tachibana (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Hijiri Kirishima (voice)
Hiromi Konno	...	Potato (voice)
Yûko Nagashima	...	Yukito no Haha (voice)
Keiko Han	...	Yaobikuni (voice)
Michio Nakao	...	Gakko no Sensei (voice)
Aki Sasaki	...	Misuzu no Dokyusei (voice)
Kanako Tateno	...	Misuzu no Dokyusei (voice)
Sayaka Maeno	...	Misuzu no Dokyusei (voice)
Noriko Yoshitake	...	Kodomo (voice)
Hisayo Yanai	...	Kodomo (voice)
Tomohisa Asô	...	Musha (voice)
Kenji Hirai	...	Kibamusha (voice)
Kôhei Fukuhara	...	Yakitoriya (voice)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Bus Untenshu (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shelley Calene-Black	...	Yukito's Mother (voice: English version)
Luci Christian	...	Haruko Kamio (voice: English version)
Tiffany Grant	...	Potato (voice: English version)
Vic Mignogna	...	Yukito Kunisaki (voice: English version)
Monica Rial	...	Misuzu Kamio (voice: English version)
Serena Varghese	...	Michiru (voice: English version)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Minagi Taho (voice: English version)
Stephanie Wittels	...	Kano Kirishima (voice: English version)

Directed by
Osamu Dezaki

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Makoto Nakamura		screenplay

Produced by
Iriya Azuma	....	producer
Takeshi Oikawa	....	producer: Frontier Works
Hiroshi Takahashi	....	producer: Toei Animation

Original Music by
Yoshikazu Suo

Film Editing by
Masahiro Gotô

Art Direction by
Shinzô Yuki

Production Management
Kazumitsu Matsusaka	....	production manager (as Kazumitsu Nakasone)
Yoshihide Moriyama	....	production manager
Yuichi Nagata	....	production manager
Ken Suetake	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hideki Hiroshima	....	assistant director
Takahiro Imamura	....	assistant director
Hiroshi Ishida	....	assistant director
Kô Matsuzono	....	assistant director (as Ko Matsuzono)
Yukihiko Nakao	....	assistant director
Hidetoshi Rissen	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kanetake Ebikawa	....	historical art consultant
Akemi Kobayashi	....	artist: wooden paintings
Shigeo Taguchi	....	historical art consultant
Tsutomu Tsukata	....	color setting

Sound Department
Shoji Hata	....	sound director
Kazuyoshi Iino	....	assistant sound recordist
Yukiyoshi Itokawa	....	sound effects
Kyle Jones	....	adr director
Takeshi Kosaka	....	sound assistant
Nobuhiro Oura	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Ken Hoshino	....	special effects
Toshio Katsuoka	....	special effects (as Toshio Masaoka)
Masayuki Kawachi	....	special effects
Nao Ota	....	special effects
Nobuhiro Shimokawa	....	special effects
Yumi Ushiyama	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Akihiro Fukuda	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Takeshi Fukuda	....	digital compositing director
Michiko Fukui	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Satoshi Hagitani	....	digital animator
Sanae Hanami	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Toyokazu Hattori	....	CG producer
Fumio Hirokawa	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Haruhiko Ishikawa	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Ai Itou	....	digital animator
Naohiro Kaneko	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Eiji Kondo	....	digital animator
Takayoshi Matsudaira	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Tomoko Minegishi	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Terumi Nakayama	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Kunihito Noritomo	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Misako Ogata	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Hirosato Onishi	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Hidetoshi Saeki	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Mitsuhiro Saida	....	digital animator
Masamichi Shimizu	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Tomokazu Shiratori	....	digital compositing director
Kotaro Shishido	....	digital animator (as Koutarou Shishido)
Masashi Tanaka	....	CG manager
Mitsuyoshi Terazaki	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Rie Toyomaru	....	digital animator
Ako Tsunoda	....	digital animator
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Kazuhiro Yoshino	....	digital compositor: Sanko Production
Toru Yoshiyasu	....	digital animation director

Animation Department
Miyuki Abe	....	key animator
Tatsuya Abe	....	key animator
Noriko Akahoya	....	background artist
Yuki Akimoto	....	digital paint artist
Kentaro Akiyama	....	background artist
Keiko Fukumoto	....	key animator
Toshiko Fukunaga	....	digital paint artist
Shinichiro Fukushima	....	key animator
Noboru Furuse	....	key animator
Yasushi Hamada	....	inbetween animator
Hideki Hashimoto	....	key animator
Futoshi Higashide	....	key animator
Itaru Hinoue	....	original character designer
Osamu Honma	....	background coordinator
Yumi Hosaka	....	background artist
Mami Hoshikawa	....	digital paint artist
Mieko Hosoi	....	assistant animation director
Akemi Hosono	....	key animator
Keiichi Ichikawa	....	key animator
Shino Ikeda	....	key animator
Asami Imamura	....	key animator
Ryouko Ina	....	background artist (as Ryoko Ina)
Yasutaka Inagaki	....	digital paint artist
Tatsurou Iseri	....	background artist (as Tatsuro Iseri)
Keiji Ishihara	....	key animator
Yumiko Ishii	....	key animator
Osamu Ishikawa	....	key animator
Sagako Itakura	....	background artist
Masato Ito	....	background artist
Minako Ito	....	key animator
Shuichi Ito	....	key animator (as Syuuichi Itou)
Takeshi Ito	....	key animator
Tomoko Ito	....	key animator
Shachiko Iura	....	digital paint artist
Goichi Iwahata	....	key animator
Yoshiro Kajiwara	....	background artist
Hitoshi Kamata	....	key animator
Yumi Kamiyama	....	background artist
Tomoyuki Kanno	....	key animator
Naomi Kasugai	....	background artist
Miyuki Katayama	....	key animator
Hanae Katou	....	digital paint artist
Aiko Katsumata	....	background artist
Chisato Kawaguchi	....	key animator
Toshihide Kawana	....	background artist
Fumiko Kawano	....	digital paint artist
Kyoko Kayano	....	key animator
Yuri Kayano	....	digital paint artist
Keiichiro Kimura	....	key animator
Yumiko Kinoshita	....	key animator
Akemi Kobayashi	....	character designer
Shingo Kobayashi	....	key animator
Yuko Koga	....	digital paint artist
Shôhei Kohara	....	key animator
Marie Koizumi	....	key animator
Takimi Koshizen	....	background artist
Mika Kosuge	....	background artist
Hidemi Kubo	....	supervising animator
Takashi Kurahashi	....	background artist
Chikae Kuwabara	....	key animator
Chiho Makita	....	digital paint artist
Takayuki Manaka	....	key animator
Takashi Maruyama	....	key animator
Nobuhiro Masuda	....	key animator
Ryutaro Masuda	....	background artist
Fumiko Matsuda	....	digital paint artist
Kenji Matsumoto	....	background artist
Sadatoshi Matsusaka	....	key animator (as Sadatoshi Matsuzaka)
Hisashi Mawatari	....	inbetween animator
Satoru Minowa	....	key animator
Yukihiro Misawa	....	key animator
Rika Mishima	....	key animator
Atsuya Miura	....	key animator
Kazuki Miura	....	key animator
Yûji Miyashita	....	key animator
Chizuru Mori	....	key animator
Masae Motohashi	....	digital paint checker
Naoki Murakami	....	key animator
Hirokazu Nagaoka	....	digital paint artist
Kimiaki Nagumo	....	key animator
Wataru Nakagawa	....	key animator
Chûji Nakajima	....	key animator
Yoshiki Nakajima	....	key animator
Kumi Nakajo	....	key animator
Yumi Nakamura	....	key animator
Youichi Nishikawa	....	background artist
Yukiko Nishikawa	....	inbetween animator
Mina Noguchi	....	digital paint artist
Takashi Nozawa	....	key animator
Michiko Nozu	....	key animator
Yoko Obori	....	digital paint checker
Fujio Oda	....	key animator
Shimizu Odagiri	....	digital paint artist
Mitsuo Ogino	....	inbetween animation manager
Masahiro Okamura	....	key animator
Takashi Omori	....	background artist
Shinobu Ookouchi	....	key animator
Fusayo Ootani	....	key animator
Masanobu Otani	....	background artist
Mai Otsuka	....	key animator (as Main Ootsuka)
Mayu Saito	....	key animator
Hironobu Saitô	....	key animator
Seika Saruwatari	....	key animator
Kyôko Sato	....	inbetween animator
Yuko Sato	....	key animator
Takeshi Satou	....	digital paint artist
Youko Satou	....	key animator
Motoaki Satô	....	key animator
Shinji Satô	....	background artist
Eiko Sawada	....	background artist
Aiko Seguchi	....	digital paint checker
Naotoshi Shida	....	key animator
Etsuko Shinohara	....	inbetween animator
Yuuko Shiota	....	inbetween animator
Nobuyoshi Sozaki	....	key animator
Akio Sugino	....	key animator
Shoichiro Sugiura	....	background artist (as Shouichiro Sugiura)
Ryozo Sugiyama	....	key animator
Katsunori Suzuki	....	digital paint artist
Keita Suzuki	....	background artist
Natsuko Suzuki	....	assistant animation director
Ayumu Tada	....	digital paint checker
Yoshihiro Takeda	....	assistant animation director
Daisuke Takemoto	....	key animator
Kaoru Tanaka	....	key animator
Satomi Tanaka	....	background artist
Tadashi Tanaka	....	key animator
Junichi Taniguchi	....	background artist
Ken Tokushige	....	background artist
Seizô Toma	....	key animator
Yumiko Tomiki	....	key animator
Mihoko Tomita	....	inbetween animator
Yuki Tonegawa	....	digital paint artist
Yoshinori Tsuguma	....	key animator
Yutaka Uchida	....	key animator
Yoshihiro Ujiie	....	key animator
Michie Wada	....	background artist
Yoshito Watanabe	....	background artist
Yousuke Yabumoto	....	key animator (as Yosuke Yabumoto)
Hiroyuki Yagura	....	background artist
Kaoru Yahana	....	key animator
Kazutoyo Yamada	....	key animator
Masayasu Yamaguchi	....	background artist
Yukitoshi Yamaguchi	....	inbetween animator
Keiko Yamamoto	....	key animator
Sachiko Yamamoto	....	key animator
Kikuyo Yano	....	background artist
Ai Yokokura	....	key animator
Kazuhiko Yokota	....	key animator
Masayasu Yoshida	....	key animator
Noboru Yoshida	....	background artist
Keiko Yoshikawa	....	digital paint checker
Takuji Yoshimoto	....	key animator
Mitsuo Yoshino	....	background artist
Manabu Ôhashi	....	key animator
Yôichi Ônishi	....	assistant animation director
Yasue Ôno	....	key animator (as Yasue Oono)
Noriko Ôzeki	....	key animator

Editorial Department
Yoshihiro Aso	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Eri Kawai	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Kazuhiro Ishibashi	....	publicity: Frontier Works
Takayuki Izawa	....	publicity: Frontier Works
Takeo Konishi	....	publicity: Toei Animation
Daichi Nagatomi	....	publicity: Toei Animation
Masashi Ono	....	publicity: Frontier Works
Michinao Tanaka	....	publicity: Frontier Works
Toshiyuki Uemura	....	publicity: Toei Animation

Thanks
Kaname Ikeda	....	special thanks
Ryunosuke Kingetsu	....	special thanks
Kaoru Sawada	....	special thanks
Noriharu Yamazaki	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• ADV Films
• Frontier Works
• Toei Animation Company
• Toei Company
• Visual Art's/Key

Distributors

• Toei Company (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• ADV Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Office Pri-on (cg)
• Osaka Communication Art College (cg)
• P.R.O (cg)

Other Companies

• Aoi Studio  dubbing studio
• Frontier Works  advertising
• Omnibus Japan  post recording studio
• Toei Animation Company  advertising
• Toei Audio Visual Art Center (TAVAC)  editing studio
• Toei Labo Tech  digital intermediate
• Toei Labo Tech  prints

Also Known As:

"Air" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (video rating)

Company:

ADV Films

Quotes:

Yukito Kunisaki:If you know where you've come from, and you know where you're headed, then you are not on a true journey. When you're on a true journey, you've long forgotten why you left in the first place, and you've no idea where you're supposed to go. At least that's what I believe, now that I've been on the road so long.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Air" (2005)

Amazing

Didn't watch the series so, I have no idea what is what, but my GOD the motion picture was amazing. I should have gotten some tissues with me because it's actually quite moving.

Since it's an alternate retelling of the story which you see in the series, I guess I can go about and discuss certain points. The movie goes back and forth between two different tales which are beautifully interwoven together. You see some scenes of the old story and then you see the same thing repeat in the main story but obviously it's a bit different.

It really is heart moving story, the ending is indeed a bit rushed and it takes time to understand what is what but even with limited knowledge of what is going around, it's still quite powerful.

I can't recall any other Anime movie which was so simple yet so beautiful in its own way. The music was simply elegant (I am currently looking for the OST). But I am impressed by the work, it could have been much better honestly but even in this form it's still worth watching.