Umi Monogatari (TV)

Series Director: Yuu Kou

Director: Junichi Satō

Series Composition: Yuka Yamada

Screenplay:
Masahiro Yokotani (eps 4, 7-8, 11)
Reiko Yoshida (eps 9, 13)
Yuka Yamada (7 episodes

eps 1-3, 5-6, 10, 12

)

Storyboard:
Junichi Satō (eps 1, 7-12)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 10)
Saya Aoi (ep 4)
Shingo Natsume (ep 13)
Takaharu Ōkuma (ep 6)
Takaomi Kanasaki (ep 5)
Takashi Yamamoto (ep 3)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 8)
Yoshio Suzuki (ep 7)
Yuu Kou (ep 2)

Episode Director:
Itsuro Kawasaki (ep 9)
Mitsuhiro Karato (ep 5)
Ryōtarō Makihara (ep 11)
Saya Aoi (ep 4)
Shingo Natsume (ep 13)
Takaharu Ōkuma (ep 6)
Takashi Yamamoto (eps 3, 8, 12)
Takeshi Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Toshi Saga (eps 2, 10)
Yoshio Suzuki (ep 1)

Music: Ken Muramatsu

Original story: Toshihiko Tsukiji

Character Design: Haruko Iizuka

Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi

Animation Director:
Akiko Matsuo (eps 4, 11)
Haruko Iizuka (eps 1, 12)
Hiroaki Karasu (ep 9)
Hisashi Kawashima (ep 6)
Hisashi Nakamoto (ep 9)
Hitomi Ochiai (eps 2, 10)
Ju Young Lee (ep 10)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 5)
Kazuhiro Oki (eps 5, 9)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 5)
Keiko Akiyama (ep 11)
Kikuko Sadakata (ep 13)
Masato Kato (eps 1, 8, 12)
Naoaki Hōjō (ep 5)
Noriko Shimazawa (ep 12)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 2)
Usaku Myouchin (ep 7)
Yukiko Ibe (eps 3, 8)

Director of Photography: Kazuyuki Oota

Producer:
Tomoko Kawasaki
Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yui Shibata

2nd Key Animation:
Aya Kubota (ep 11)
Daisuke Kitagawa (ep 4)
Eriko Murakami (eps 2, 10)
Jun Uemura (ep 11)
Kanako Hiroo (ep 2)
Keita Nagasaka (eps 2, 4, 11)
Kōsuke Sakai (ep 2)
Masahiro Sunaga (ep 4)
Masato Kato (ep 11)
Masayuki Katou (ep 4)
Miho Kaneshiro (ep 5)
Norifumi Shiro (ep 11)
Rena Okuyama (ep 11)
Rie Harada (eps 2, 10)
Rie Ōmori (ep 6)
Shouko Nishigaki (ep 11)
Takayuki Gotan (ep 11)
Takayuki Uragami (ep 11)
Tatsuki Kanazaki (eps 2, 4)
Tatsuzou Nishida (ep 11)
Toshihiko Shimada (ep 4)
Yousuke Okuda (ep 11)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 4)

3D CG:
Kei Shiosawa
Masahiko Kimura
Masato Yamamoto
Takanori Iida
Yasuyuki Itou

Animation Check:
Akiko Ikemure
Ayaka Shimoji
Hiroshi Kameyama
Masahito Wada

Animation producer: Kazunori Hashimoto

Assistant Animation Director:
Masato Kato (ep 4)
Momo Saitō (ep 7)
Ryo Kobayashi (ep 7)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ep 4)

Background Art:
Ikuyo Kiyota (Kobayashi Production)
Yuka Kawai (Kobayashi Production)

Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami

Color Key:
Asami Maruyama (eps 5, 9)
Koji Hamaoka
Noriko Komata
Yoshimi Kawakami
Yukiko Tadano

Dialect Guidance: Yuko Gibu

Editing: Daisuke Hiraki

Finish Animation:
Ai Yoshida (AFF)
Asami Maruyama (A-Line; eps 1, 8)
Aya Watanabe (AFF)
Ayaka Nagano
Kumiko Eguro (A-Line)
Mai Ueda (AFF)
Nobuyasu Hirabara (A-Line)
Ryō Itō (AFF)
Sari Tagawa (AFF)
Yasuko Sakiyama (A-Line)

In-Between Animation:
Ayako Kitaguchi (Wombat)
Ayumi Watanabe (Wombat)
Azusa Kudō (Wombat)
Chinami Kudou
Haruyoshi Nomura
Hironori Hano
Kaori Henmi
Kazue Saitou (A-Line)
Kensuke Suzuki (Wombat)
Mariko Kiyota (A-Line)
Mariko Suita (A-Line)
Masato Ikeda (A-Line)
Miharu Kobayashi
Mika Kobayashi (ep 10)
Mizore Kira
Nana Fujiki
Nobuki Nakamura (A-Line)
Saki Yoshida (Wombat)
Shinji Hatano
Shōta Yoshida
Shuuichirou Manabe (A-Line)
Takayuki Nakao
Takumi Yamakawa (Wombat)
Tamotsu Anzai (Wombat)
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat)
Wei Ni Huang (ZEXCS; eps 1, 3, 8)
Yoshiko Mikami
Yūichi Namiki (A-Line)
Yuki Masutani (A-Line)

Key Animation:
Akemi Roppongi (eps 2, 10)
Akiharu Ishii (OP)
Akihide Muraji (Anime R; ep 9)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 1)
Atsuko Nakajima (ep 12)
Atsushi Komatsu (Anime R; ep 9)
Ayako Kanemaru (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Ayako Karatani (eps 3, 8, 12)
Ayu Imoto (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Chiaki Furuzumi (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Chizuru Mori (ep 4)
Chūji Nakajima (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Daisuke Agata (ep 9)
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 10)
Ena Aoyagi (eps 3, 8)
Eri Shibusawa (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Erika Arakawa (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Etsuko Sumimoto (ep 2)
Fumiaki Kouta (OP; ep 11)
Fumihiro Kato (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Gakushi Maeda (eps 2, 10)
Goro Taki (ep 10)
Gosei Oda (ep 11)
Gyu Tak Jung (ep 8)
Haruko Iizuka (ep 1)
Hideaki Isa (ep 2)
Hideki Tachibana (ep 11)
Hideo Morito (ep 5)
Hideyuki Hamada (ep 8)
Hiroaki Karasu (ep 9)
Hiromi Ishigami (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Hiromi Nanbe (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Hironori Tanaka (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 2, 11)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (ep 12)
Hisashi Kawashima (eps 1, 6, 12)
Hitomi Odashima (ep 13)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 5)
Junji Uesugi (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Kan Ogawa (ep 13)
Kanako Hiroo (eps 3, 6, 8)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 6)
Kaori Kasai (ep 8)
Kasumi Fukagawa (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Katsuyuki Sakairi (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Katsuyuki Tamura (eps 1, 4)
Kazunori Ono (ep 6)
Kei Mazaki (ep 3)
Keita Watabe (eps 1, 3)
Ken Takahashi (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Kenichi Iino (eps 1, 4, 12)
Kenichi Kutsuna (eps 11, 13)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 9)
Kikuko Sadakata (eps 6, 12)
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (ep 11)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (eps 3-4)
Kōichi Hayami (eps 1, 4)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 6)
Kōichi Takai (ep 8)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 4)
Maki Murakami (ep 4)
Manabu Shioda (Anime R; ep 9)
Mao Furukawa (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Mariko Aoki (ep 6)
Mariko Ito (ep 1)
Marina Sato (ep 4)
Masahiko Komino (ep 12)
Masahiko Matsuo (Anime R; ep 9)
Masahiro Kogure (ep 12)
Masakazu Sunagawa (eps 2, 11)
Masaki Tanigawa (ep 8)
Masami Imai (ep 1)
Masanobu Aoyama (eps 2, 10)
Masato Kato (ep 1)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R; ep 9)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 2)
Megumi Ueda (Anime R; ep 9)
Miho Kaneshiro (ep 9)
Miho Sekimoto (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Miki Wasada (ep 6)
Mio Inoguchi (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Misato Takasaki (Anime R; ep 9)
Mitsuo Tano (ep 10)
Miyako Yatsu (OP)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 5)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 1)
Miyuki Yamamoto (eps 3, 8)
Nao Takano (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Naoaki Hōjō (ep 9)
Naoko Yoshimori (ep 2)
Naoya Dougen (Anime R; ep 9)
Natsuki Inoue (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Noriko Shimazawa (eps 8, 12)
Rie Aoki (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Rie Ōmori (eps 4, 11)
Ryo-timo (ep 11)
Sachiko Mori (ep 11)
Saka Ikeda (Anime R; ep 9)
Sang-Jin Park (ep 2)
Saya Aoi (eps 1, 4, 12)
Shigeki Sunada (ep 1)
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 10)
Shin Tanoue (ep 4)
Shin'ya Segawa (eps 2, 8, 11)
Shingo Adachi (ep 1)
Shingo Fujii (ep 2)
Shingo Natsume (eps 11, 13)
Shingo Okano (ep 11)
Shinpei Kamada (ep 11)
Shoko Takimoto (ep 4)
Shosuke Shimizu (ep 10)
Shouko Nishigaki (ep 6)
Shuei Sumomo (ep 2)
Takaaki Tanabe (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Takaaki Wada (ep 11)
Takaharu Ōkuma (ep 6)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 12)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (eps 1, 8)
Takahiro Kuroishi (ep 11)
Takahiro Sakai (ep 10)
Takahiro Sasaki (ep 6)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 9)
Takashi Tsuge (ep 4)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 8)
Takayuki Gotan (eps 4, 8, 12)
Tatsuhiko Hatano (eps 2, 10)
Tatsuki Kanazaki (ep 6)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 6)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 1)
Tetsuya Ishikawa (ep 6)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Tomoko Kanno (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Tomoyasu Kurashima (eps 2, 10, 12)
Toshifumi Niijima (ep 1)
Toshiharu Kudō (ep 4)
Toshihiko Shimada (5 episodes

eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12

)
Toshihiro Irie (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (eps 4, 11)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 6)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (ep 10)
Tsutomu Kikuchi (eps 5, 9)
Tsuyoshi Moride (eps 2, 10)
Yasuko Higuchi (eps 1, 8)
Yasunari Nitta (ep 12)
Yasuo Muroi (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (ep 5)
Yoshie Kimoto (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Matsumoto (ep 9)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; ep 9)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (ep 4)
Yoshiko Imasato (eps 2, 10)
Yoshio Chizaki (ep 6)
Yoshio Usui (ep 4)
Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 4)
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Youichi Sakai (Studio Liberty; ep 7)
Youko Tatsumi (ep 4)
Yousuke Okuda (ep 6)
Yuichi Hirano (Studio Mu; ep 7)
Yuichiro Masuda (ep 10)
Yuka Koichi (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Yukari Watabe (ep 6)
Yuki Chika (ep 12)
Yuki Koike (Studio Graffiti; ep 5)
Yuki Ōmori (ep 6)
Yūki Yamashita (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Yukihiko Miwa (ep 5)
Yukiko Ibe (ep 3)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 4)
Yūko Yamamoto (ep 2)
Yūma Yokomatsu (ep 10)
Yumi Shimizu (ep 6)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 7)

Photography:
Junichi Kakinuma
Shigeki Asakawa
Tetsuji Higuchi
Yomogiko Murano

Production Advancement:
Akiko Matsuo (松尾明子; ep 11)
Chikako Numata (eps 6, 12)
Kazuyoshi Sakamoto (ep 7)
Kumiko Iizuka (ep 5)
Rie Takahashi (eps 2, 10)
Riho Nishitarumizu (ep 4)
Ryouji Kawaguchi (eps 5, 9)
Terukazu Ōtake (ep 3)
Yokei Hannaka (eps 1, 8)

Special Effects: Yukiko Kakita

Theme Song Performance:
marble (OP)
Masumi Itou (ED)

Kana Asumi as Marin

Minako Kotobuki as Kanon

Yui Horie as Urin

Aki Toyosaki as Oshima

Houko Kuwashima as Sedna

Junji Majima as Sam

Miyuki Sawashiro as Kojima

Nami Miyahara as Utasya (eps 6, 10-12)

Rokurō Naya as Matsumoto

Sachiko Nagai as Miyako Miyamori

Satomi Akesaka as Ichikawa

Yukari Fukui as Warin

Yuko Gibu as Suzuki

Ako Mayama as Old woman (ep 1)

Asuka Ōgame as
Girl (ep 12)
Younger sister shrimp soldier (eps 9-10)

Ayano Ishikawa as Reporter (ep 6)

Daichi Endō as Tourist (ep 6)

Erino Hazuki as Child dugong (ep 13)

Fumihiro Okabayashi as Man (ep 1)

Hideto Nitta as Tourist (ep 6)

Hitomi Nabatame as Octopus soldier (ep 2)

Kanji Suzumori as Tabata-san (ep 3)

Kazuyoshi Hayashi as Skeleton soldier (ep 4)

Kei Shindō as Older sister porcupinefish soldier (ep 3)

Keiichi Takahashi as Tourist (ep 5)

Kenji Takahashi as Middle-aged man (ep 13)

Mai Fuchigami as
Girl (ep 12)
Older sister shrimp soldier (eps 9-10)

Mariya Ise as Younger sister porcupinefish soldier (ep 3)

Michitaka Kobayashi as Middle-aged man (eps 7, 10)

Minami Shindō as Woman (ep 9)

Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Squid monster (ep 7)

Momoko Saito as Girl (eps 5-6, 10, 12)

Ryou Sugisaki as Man (ep 1)

Sayaka Ōhara as Mother dugong (ep 13)

Tsuyoshi Aoki as Skeleton soldier (ep 4)

Yuko Gibu as
Mother (ep 5)
Sam (young; ep 8)
Woman (eps 1, 7)

Yuu Asakawa as Woman pirate (ep 4)

2nd Key Animation:
HEBARAKI
Last House
Nakamura Production
NARA Animation
OZ inc.
Rocket Vision
Studio Graffiti
Studio Izena
Studio Liberty
Studio Wombat
Synod
Triple A

3DCGI: NODE

Animation Production: ZEXCS

Backgrounds:
Kobayashi Production
NARA Animation

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-07-20)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-06-24)
Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-06-27)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2009-07-06)
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2009-07-03)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2009-07-01)
Shizuoka Broadcasting System (2009-07-03)
Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-07-02)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2009-06-26)

Finish Animation:
A-Line
AFF
AIM Entertainment
Beat Frog
E-cho
Fan Out
Frontline
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
NARA Animation
Picture Magic
Studio Elle
Synod
Taiguan Animation

In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AIM Entertainment
Beat Frog
E-cho
Fan Out
Frontline
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
NARA Animation
Picture Magic
Studio Wombat
Synod
Taiguan Animation
ZEXCS

Key Animation:
Anime R
Nakamura Production
NARA Animation (ep 8)
Studio Graffiti
Studio Liberty
Studio Mu
Synod

Photography: Raretrick

Production:
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Shochiku
T.O Entertainment
Umi Monogatari Production Committee
ZEXCS

Production Assistance:
A-Line (eps 5, 9)
Beat Frog (eps 2, 10)
Studio Fantasia (ep 7)

Translation: Shoko Oono

Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner

Producer: Judy Albert

Packaging Design: Edward Bignar

Senior Producer: Kris Gero

Special Thanks To: Matt Luhn

Subtitle Timing: Feng Xiong

Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment

Licensed by: The Right Stuf International