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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)

Rizu to aoi tori (original title)
| Animation, Drama, Fantasy | 21 April 2018 (Japan)
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Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are a pair of best friends in their final year of high school. They're both obsessed with the school's brass band club. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi... See full summary »

Director:

Naoko Yamada

Writers:

Ayano Takeda (characters), Reiko Yoshida (screenplay)

Stars:

Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Tôyama, Miyu Honda | See full cast & crew »
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Credited cast:
Atsumi Tanezaki Atsumi Tanezaki ... Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nao Tôyama ... Nozomi Kasaki (voice)
Miyu Honda Miyu Honda ... Liz (voice)
Konomi Fujimura Konomi Fujimura ... Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Yuri Yamaoka Yuri Yamaoka ... Yuko Yoshikaw (voice)
Shiori Sugiura Shiori Sugiura ... Ririka Kenzaki (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa Tomoyo Kurosawa ... Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Ayaka Asai Ayaka Asai ... Hazuki Kato (voice)
Moe Toyota Moe Toyota ... Sapphire Kawashima (voice)
Chika Anzai Chika Anzai ... Reina Kousaka (voice)
Houko Kuwashima ... Satomi Niiyama (voice)
Yûichi Nakamura ... Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai ... Noboru Taki (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryan Bartley ... Ms. Niyama (voice)
Wayne Grayson ... Noboru Taki (voice)
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Storyline

Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are a pair of best friends in their final year of high school. They're both obsessed with the school's brass band club. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi on the flute, they spend their days in happiness, until the club begins to practice songs inspired by the fairy tale Liz und ein Blauer Vogel - "Liz and the Blue Bird". Immersed in this story, Mizore and Nozomi begin to realize that there may be no such thing as being together forever. Written by animenewsnetwork

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bird | spin off | anime | concert band | coming of age | See All (26) »

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Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Music

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Puppet Master (2018) See more »

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Liz and the Blue Bird
Music by Akito Matsuda
Arranged by Kenichi Kuroda
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Rizu to aoi tori (2018)
13 April 2020 | by bastienpphiansa_contediluna – See all my reviews

Liz and the blue bird is so impressionistic, with a sense of adjourning, but fully indicate everything that is needed to be understand - intimately - without a need to say anything.
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Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Release Date:

21 April 2018 (Japan) See more »

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Box Office

Gross USA:

$63,204

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$726,454
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Production Co:

Kyoto Animation, Bandai Namco Arts, Pony Canyon See more »
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Dolby Digital

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Color

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1.85 : 1
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