film staff

original story
bones & keiko nobumoto

director
tensai okamura

screenplay
keiko nobumoto

character designer
toshihiro kawamoto

mechanical designer
shinji aramaki

art director
atsushi morikawa

color coordinator
nobuko mizuta

director of photography
kousuke arakawa

sound director
kazuhiro wakabayashi [kiki]

music
yoko kanno

animation production
bones

produced by
fuji terevision, bones, bandai visual
masahiko minami [bones], minoru takanashi [bandai visual], go haruna [fuji terevision]

thanks!
eriko noma [velvet line], miyuki umeda [victor studio], sergio quagliarella,
edition gaspard,inc., sistema, office zoo, tim & mayu jensen, etsuyo onishi,
toshiaki oguro, rie tomokane, hisanori kunizaki, sachiko iijima,
kimikazu kobatake, takako masaoka, fujipacific music inc., grand funk, inc.

dedicated to all the people who have gone to rakuen.

piano & keyboards
yoko kanno

(session in japan)
drums
yauo sano,
akira sotoyama

bass
hitoshi watanabe
[by the courtesy of gemmatika records / no choice records]

guitar
tsuneo imahori

synthesizer manipulating
keishi urata
assisted by
yosuke sugimoto,
chikanari gokan

strings
masatsugu shinozaki strings

percussion
masaharu sato,
midori takada

harp
tomoyuki asakawa

flute, japanese flute
takashi asahi

oboe
satoshi shoji

clarinet
shoji togame

english horn
masakazu ishibashi

horn
hiroyuki minami group,
otohiko fujita group

cello solo
masami horisawa [15]

trumpet solo
tomonao hara [9]

guitar solo
tsuneo imahori [many many]

(session in brazil) 3, 4, 8, 10, 16, 19
drums
tutty moreno,
ricardo costa

bass
adriano giffoni

a.e. guitar
lula galvao

a. guitar
Joyce

a. guitar
mauricio maestro

a. guitar
carlinhos

percussion
marcos suzano,
ronaldo silva

chorus
boca livre [mauricio maestro, fernando gama, david tygel, claudio nucci]
* chorus arrangements by mauricio maestro

strings
pascoal perrota strings

strings quartet
quarteto bessler-reis
bernardo bessler [violin]
michel bessler [violin]
marie-christine springue [violoa]
alceu reis [cello]

ethnic flute solo
carlos malta [m-10]

coordinated by
jin nakahara,
tatiana horacio

assisted by
ligia ramos

(session in italy)
strings
orchestra di roma 1st violin ettore pellegrino [14]

s.sax solo
francesco marini [21]

coordinated by
yoshio nakatani

(session in u.s.a.)
a.guitar
steve conte [13]

coordinated by
cherry kaoru hulsey,
blue sun film [u.s.a.]

(session in poland)
orchestra
warsaw philharmonic orchestra [11, 12]

conduct
mario klemens

edited by
aleksandora nagorko

coordinated by
masza lejman

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