Hotarubi no Mori e

"One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits..."

Cast

Izumi Sawada

as Hotaru's Mother (voice)

Hayato Taya

as Ryouta (voice)

Ayane Sakura

as Hotaru Takegawa (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

as Gin (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

as Hotaru's Grandfather (voice)

Kanehira Yamamoto

as Shadow (voice)

Masanori Machida

as Tree Hand (voice)

Mami Uchida

as Masked Child (voice)

Hiroki Goto

as Lion (voice)

Kumiko Tashiro

as Festival Child (voice)

Asami Imai

as Masked Child (voice)

Crew

Makoto Yoshimori

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Yakou

Key Animation

Takahiro Omori

Director

Akira Takata

Animation Director

Akira Takata

Character Designer

Kazuhiko Seki

Editor

Yukihiro Shibutani

Art Direction

Hitoshi Tamura

Director of Photography

Orie Tanaka

Key Animation

Risako Yoshida

Animation

Natsuko Kondou

Key Animation

Saburō Yoshino

Key Animation

Hiroaki Imaki

Key Animation

Fumiyo Kimura

Key Animation

Eri Yamazaki

Key Animation

Mika Saito

Key Animation

Masakazu Kawazoe

Key Animation

Rie Maehara

Key Animation

Asahi Takeuchi

Key Animation

Tomohiro Kishi

Key Animation

Nobuhiko Kawakami

Key Animation

Atsushi Aono

Key Animation

Yuki Midorikawa

Comic Book

Takahiro Omori

Screenplay

Ayako Yokoyama

Producer

Hirofumi Sugawara

Producer

Masanori Miyake

Producer

Tomomi Kyotani

Producer

Hiromi Miyawaki

Color Designer

Yasutaka Ikeda

Assistant Editor

Teruko Utsumi

Production Manager

Eiko Morikawa

Sound Effects

Toshio Hasegawa

Special Effects

Kazuyoshi Yaginuma

Key Animation

Yuki Midorikawa

Creator