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Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! - Sayaka no Koi Monogatari (movie)

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Alternative title:

Pia Carrot Movie

Pia♥キャロットへようこそ！！劇場版～さやかの恋物語～ (Japanese)

Welcome to Pia Carrot! Sayaka's Love Story (Japanese)

Genres: romance

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Plot Summary: High schoolers Sayaka Takai and Akihiko Kannazuki work together at a restaurant chain "Pia Carrot." Both are interested in each other, but before either could make a move Sayaka was temporarily rotated to the newly established branch at a beach resort. While waitress girls at this new location did their best to confront harassment, make new friends, and attract new customers by attending a beauty contest, Sayaka's feeling for Akihiko never stops and has become stronger and stronger.

User Ratings: 98 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1

1 Tagalog dubbed

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Excellent: 8 votes (sub:8)

Very good: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:1, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

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Good: 26 votes (sub:25, others:1

1 French subtitled

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Decent: 22 votes (sub:21, raw:1)

So-so: 16 votes (sub:14, ?:1, dub:1)

Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)

Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)

Bad: -

Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)

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Seen in part or in whole by 217 users, rank: #3670 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.337 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8513, rank: #6242 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.285 (Decent+), rank: #6377 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.28)
Bayesian estimate: 6.434 (Decent+), rank: #5424 (of 7289)

Running time: 50 minutes

Vintage: 2002-10-19

Premiere date:

2002-10-19 (Japan)

Opening Theme:

"I Wish" by Reica

Ending Theme:

"Close to You" by Reica

Official website:

Ｐｉａキャロットへようこそ！！ (Japanese)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Yūji Mutō

Screenplay: Satoru Nishizono

Storyboard: Yūji Mutō

Music: Tomohiro Ōkubo

Original Character Design:
Hiro Suzuhira
Mutsumi Sasaki
Takashi Hashimoto

Character Design: Seiji Kishimoto

Art Director: Kazuo Ogura

Chief Animation Director: Seiji Kishimoto

Animation Director:
Kōji Ogawa
Natsuki Egami
Sayuri Sugitou
Seiji Kishimoto
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Yūki Iwai

Art design: Naomi Ikukata

Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina

Director of Photography: Katsuyoshi Kishi

Executive producer:
Sumiji Miyake
Toyoyuki Yokohama
Yutaka Takahashi

Producer: Masahiko Minami

Animation producer: Toru Ishizaka

Background Art:
Hiroko Satō
Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Manabu Otsuzuki
Mika Tabata
Nobuhito Sue
Senjin Akahori
Sotaro Hori
Takeshi Satou
Yōji Nakaza

Color design: Kōji Usui

Digital Paint:
Hiro Wada
Hisako Kataoka
Kazumi Hosokawa
Kōji Usui
Naoko Miyahara
Natsuko Inohara
Sachi Nakamura
Toshiyuki Ito
Toyo Morita
Yasue Mizoguchi
Yukiharu Obata
Yukiko Yamaguchi

Editing:
Masaki Sakamoto
Seiji Morita

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa

Special Effects: Kōji Usui

Supervision: Ryuuichi Inamura

Junko Kusayanagi as Akemi Hasegawa

Miwa Kouzuki as Tomomi Aizawa

Yumi Kakazu as Sayaka Takai

Akiko Kimura as Takako Kinoshita

Hisayo Mochizuki as Nana Kimishima

Michiko Neya as Natsuki Iwakura

Yuka Imai as Miharu Fuyuki

Akiko Yajima as Yuki Kamizuka

Akira Ishida as Kouji Maeda

Atsushi Kisaichi as Akihiko Kannazuki

Daisuke Kishio as Noburu Kinoshita

Emi Misawa as female student

Hajime Iijima as Father

Hiroshi Saeki as Matsuura

Isao Yamagishi as Katou

Megumi Kojima as female student

Minami Nagasaki as Azusa Hinomori

Nana Mizuki as Noriko Shima

Rika Higashino as female student

Ryoko Shintani as Miyuki Kuwashima

Takayuki Suzuki as delivery man

Yui Horie as Orie Amano

Japanese companies

Backgrounds: Kusanagi

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

Editing: Morita Editing Room

Film Developing: Toei Labo Tech

HD Editing: TOVIC

In-Between Animation Assistance:
Doo Lee Production
Kyoe Sung Production
NARA Animation
Phoenix Animation
Shanghai Xindong Jun Art Co., Ltd.
Studio Gouache

Key Animation Assistance:
Doo Lee Production
Kyoe Sung Production
NARA Animation
Studio Add
Studio Mark
Studio Max
Studio Wanpack

Original Creator: F&C co.

Paint:
Studio Gouache
Studio Targe

Paint Assistance:
Doo Lee Production
Kyoe Sung Production
NARA Animation
office fuu
Phoenix Animation
Shanghai Xindong Jun Art Co., Ltd.
Studio Peacock

Photography Assistance:
A.C.C. Production
Azuhata Production
Studio Matrix
Studio Twinkle

Production: I-Move

Production Cooperation:
BONES
Genki Project
Office CHK

Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center

Sound Effects: Sound Box

Sound Production: KSS

Titles: Maki Production

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