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Liz and the Blue Bird (movie)

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Alternative title:
Liz e l'uccellino azzurro (Italian)
Liz et l'Oiseau Bleu (French)
Liz to Aoitori (Japanese)
Liz und der Blaue Vogel (German)
リズと青い鳥 (Japanese)
莉茲與青鳥 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary:
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. 
Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are two close friends who are part of the Kitauji High School music club. Quiet and reserved Yoroizuka plays the oboe while lively and popular Kasaki plays the flute. The group has decided to play Liz and the Blue Bird, a song inspired on a fairy tale about the relationship between a girl and a bird. The musical piece puts both Mizore and Nozomi on the spotlight due to a solo part by Yoroizuka and forces the two girls to reexamine their friendship.
User Ratings: 128 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:24, dub:4, raw:4, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 29 votes (sub:22, dub:3, raw:1, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 27 votes (sub:20, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 165 users, rank: #4210 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.203 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.553, rank: #373 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 8.223 (Very good+), rank: #327 (of 9708) (seen all: 8.22)
Bayesian estimate: 8.150 (Very good), rank: #244 (of 7289)
Vintage: 2018-04-21
Premiere date:
2018-04-21 (Japan)
2018-10-05 (Taiwan)
2019-04-17 (France)
Ending Theme:
"girls,dance,staircase" by Yutaka Ono
"Songbirds" by Homecomings
Insert song:
"Liz and the Blue Bird" by Akito Matsuda
Official website:
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Liz and the Blue Bird [Collector's Edition][UK] (Blu-ray) 2023-01-30
    Liz and the Blue Bird [UK] (Blu-ray) 2023-04-24
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Liz and the Blue Bird (BD+DVD) 2019-03-05 (from $18.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Liz and the Blue Bird (DVD) 2019-03-05 (from $8.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Naoko Yamada
Script: Reiko Yoshida
Storyboard: Naoko Yamada
Original Work: Ayano Takeda
Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya
Art Director: Mutsuo Shinohara
Chief Animation Director: Futoshi Nishiya
3D Director: Tetsuo Umetsu
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao
Advertising Producer:
Kōichirō Mukai
Takayuki Konishi
Advertising Tie-Up:
Hidenori Masuoka
Shigeo Hosouchi
Chief Manager: Keisuke Yokota
Color design: Naomi Ishida
Concert Band Manager: Manami Matsumoto
Coverage Cooperation: Kiyotaka Moriwaki (Kyoto Bunka Museum)
Design Coordinator: Kenji Minagawa
Digital Cinema Engineer:
Aya Shintani
Miho Takatsuka
Distribution Coordination:
Kōta Kuroda
Motoki Mukaichi
Toshio Iizuka
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
In-Between Check: Naoko Fujita
Insert Song Arrangement: Kenichi Kuroda
Insert Song Composition: Akito Matsuda
Instrument Setting: Hiroyuki Takahashi
Legal Affairs Manager:
Katsuhiko Muramoto
Risa Sakai
Literature: Atsuko Tanaka
Logo Design: Yukari Hayakawa
Management: Yoshiaki Ikeda
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Music Production Assistance:
Jun Kouda (girls,dance,staircase)
Mariko Yumita (girls,dance,staircase)
Shinsuke Osanai (Songbirds)
Sōhei Miyoshi (girls,dance,staircase)
Music Supervision: Masahiro Ōwada
Planning Producer: Hideaki Hatta
Production Committee:
Michika Miyashita (Kyoto Animation)
Momoyo Kamiryo (Kyoto Animation)
Production Coordination: Jin Kanou
Production manager:
Areum Han (Studio Blue)
Mika Cho
Saki Yasuda
Takahisa Fujita
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Sound Production Manager: Tomomi Yano
Special Effects: Norie Ōtō
Studio Management:
Takeshi Kojima
Teru Ogawa
Supervision: Tatsuya Ishihara
Technical Coordinator: Kyosuke Sakai
Theater Promotion: Hideaki Miyoshi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Homecomings (Songbirds)
kensuke ushio (girls,dance,staircase)
Theme Song Composition:
Homecomings (Songbirds)
kensuke ushio (girls,dance,staircase)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Naoko Yamada (girls,dance,staircase)
Yuki Fukutomi (Songbirds)
Theme Song Performance: Yutaka Ono (girls,dance,staircase)
Trailer Production: Tomotaka Kawabe
Atsumi Tanezaki as Mizore Yoroizuka
Nao Tōyama as Nozomi Kasaki

Ayaka Asai as Hazuki Katō
Chika Anzai as Reina Kōsaka
Houko Kuwashima as Satomi Niiyama
Konomi Fujimura as Natsuki Nakagawa
Miyu Honda as Liz
Moe Toyota as Sapphire "Midori" Kawashima
Shiori Sugiura as Ririka Kenzaki
Takahiro Sakurai as Noboru Taki
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Kumiko Ōmae
Yūichi Nakamura as Masahiro Hashimoto
Yuri Yamaoka as Yūko Yoshikawa

Ayaka Nanase as Brass Band Member
Ayako Mawatari as Brass Band Member
Ikuji Nose as Homeroom Teacher
Karin Takahashi as Brass Band Member
Konomi Kohara as Brass Band Member
Kotori Koiwai as Brass Band Member
Mayu Minami as Brass Band Member
Misaki Kuno as Brass Band Member
Miyuri Shimabukuro as Brass Band Member
Rena Maeda as Brass Band Member
Sayumi Watabe as Brass Band Member
Yō Taichi as Brass Band Member
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
Commercialization: Kyoto Animation
Digital Laboratory: Imagica
Distributor: Shochiku
HD Editing: studio2001:
In-Between Animation:
Phoenix Animation
Studio Blue
xenron
Music Production: Lantis
Music Production Assistance: Sumida Boys and Girls Choir (girls,dance,staircase)
Music Production Cooperation: Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
Musical Instrument Assistance: Yamaha
Performance Cooperation: Freshman Wind Ensemble
Production Assistance: Animation DO
Publicity: electro89
Recording Studio:
studio2001:
studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Stephanie Sheh

Blu-Ray Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
Casting: Stephanie Sheh
DVD Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
Packaging Design: Bonnie LeBrun
Recording engineer: Michael Schneider
Laurie Hymes as Mizore Yoroizuka
Stephanie Sheh as Nozomi Kasaki

Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld as Hazuki Kato
Cassandra Morris as Sapphire "Midori" Kawashima
Courtney Shaw as Liz
Cristina Vee as Reina Kosaka
Megan Harvey as Yuko Yoshikawa
Mike Pollock as Masahiro Hashimoto
Ryan Bartley as Satomi Niyama
Sarah Anne Williams as Natsuki Nakagawa
Wayne Grayson as Noboru Taki
Xanthe Huynh as Ririka Kenzaki

Carrie Savage as Meiko
Courtney Shaw as
Blue Girl
Kumiko Ōmae
Ryan Bartley as Senritsu
Stephanie Sheh as Tsubomi

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Hoopla
Tubi TV
Licensed by: Anime Limited (United Kingdom and Ireland)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Alexandre Gibert

Adaptation: Vanessa Leiritz
Sound Engineer: Aaron Baustert
Alice Orsat as Nozomi Kasaki
Pauline Ziadé as Mizore Yoroizuka

Julie Claude as Oiseau Bleu

Adèle Senninger as Reina Kosaka
Audrey Di Nardo as Natsuki Nakagawa
Julie Savary as Tsubomi
Karl-Line Heller as Ririka Kenzaki
Lila Lacombe as Yuko Yoshikawa
French companies
Dubbing: Soundtastic
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Riccardo Bambini

Dialogues: Riccardo Bambini
Dubbing Assistant: Federico Stucovitz
Mixing: Claudio Toselli
Synchronization: Paolo Brunori
Agnese Marteddu as Mizore Yoroizuka
Roisin Nicosia as Nozomi Kasaki

Beatrice Maruffa as
Kumiko Ōmae 
Kumiko Oumae
Benedetta Gravina as Hazuki Katō
CHIARA GIONCARDI as Satomi Niiyama
Emanuela Ionica as Ririka Kenzaki
Emiliano Coltorti as Noboru Taki
Erica Laiolo as Yuuko Yoshikawa
Francesco Cavuoto as Masahiro Hashimoto
Giulia Franceschetti as Natsuki Nakagawa
Martina Tamburello as Reina Kousaka
Sara Ciocca as Liz
Veronica Cuscusa as Sapphire "Midori" Kawashima

Fabrizio Dolce as Responsabile
Gaetano Lizzio as Arlt

Italian companies
Broadcaster: Sky
Dubbing: CDR
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Madeleine Stolze
Translation: Tatsuya Tagawa

Sound Mixing: Benedikt Uebe
Katharina Stark as Mizore Yoroizuka
Zina Laus as Nozomi Kasaki

Eleni Möller as Mysterious Girl
Katharina Iacobescu as Reina Kousaka
Laura Schneider as Natsuki Nakagawa
Nina Benz as Ririka Kenzaki
Patricia Strasburger as Yuuko Yoshikawa
Sarah Fuhr as Sapphire Kawashima

Amira Leisner as Flute Player
Andreas Thiele as Noboru Taki
Claus-Peter Damitz as Maths Teacher
Jochen Paletschek as Masahiro Hashimoto
Katharina von Daake as Kumiko Oumae
Lisa Dzyadyk as Flute Player
Madeleine Stolze as PE Teacher
Melanie Olbert as Meiko
Natascha Geißler as Satomi Niiyama
German companies
Broadcaster: ProSieben Maxx (from September 22.2023)
Distributor: Universum Anime
Dubbing: Mo Synchron GmbH
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: GaragePlay
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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