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Tamako Love Story (movie)

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Alternative title:
Miłosna opowieść Tamako (Polish)
たまこラブストーリー (Japanese)
타마코 러브 스토리 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Plot Summary: Mochizou has decided to move to Tokyo to study, but before he leaves, he finds the courage to finally confess his love to Tamako. However, Tamako is taken by surprise, and unsure how to respond.
User Ratings: 242 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:18, raw:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:33, dub:2, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 76 votes (sub:62, dub:9, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 67 votes (sub:54, dub:6, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 353 users, rank: #2735 (of 9855)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.628 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4694, rank: #1455 (of 10010)
Weighted mean: 7.555 (Very good−), rank: #1532 (of 10010) (seen all: 7.55)
Bayesian estimate: 7.551 (Very good−), rank: #1246 (of 7550)
Running time: 83 minutes
Vintage: 2014-04-26
Premiere date:
2014-04-26 (Japan)
2016-07-30 (UK, BAFTA 195 Piccadilly)
2019-12-13 (Poland, Anime Eden DVD)
Opening Theme:
"Koi no Uta" (恋の歌) by Dynamite Beans
Ending Theme:
"Principle" (プリンシプル) by Aya Suzaki
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A Silent Voice Anime Film's Theme Song Sampled in AIKO's Music Video (Sep 28, 2016)
Free Anime Screenings in London July and August (Jul 4, 2016)
Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice - Koe no Katachi, Higanjima Films Listed in Fall (Dec 27, 2015)
CGV Blitz, Japan Foundation to Hold Japanese Film Festival in Jakarta (Nov 20, 2015)
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Giovanni's Island Film Wins Media Arts Award (Nov 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, November 10-16 (Nov 18, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 13-19 (Oct 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 13-19 (Oct 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 6-12 (Oct 27, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 6-12 (Oct 26, 2014)
Japanese Box Office, May 10-11 (May 20, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film Introduced in 3-Minute Promo Video (May 10, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film's New TV Ad Features 'Koi no Uta' Song (Apr 30, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Opens With 30 Million Yen (Apr 29, 2014)
Tamako Love Story TV Spot Airs After Film's Opening (Apr 28, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film's Novel Adaptation's TV Spot Streamed (Apr 19, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film's Full Trailer Unveiled (Mar 21, 2014)
Aya Suzaki to Perform Tamako Love Story Film's Theme Song (Mar 8, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film to Be Shown With 'Dera-chan' Short (Feb 8, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film's 2nd Teaser Hints at Mochizō's Love (Feb 8, 2014)
Tamako Love Story Film's 1st Teaser Streamed (Dec 19, 2013)
Tamako Market's New Anime Is a Film Opening in April (Dec 18, 2013)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces June Slate (Mar 20, 2020)
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 23, 2017)
Other article:
Shelf Life - Tamako Love Story (Sep 4, 2017)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tamako Market - Love Story Collection (Blu-ray) 2020-06-02 (from $27.88)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Tamako Love Story [UK] (Blu-ray) 2022-04-25
    Tamako Market + Tamako Love Story [Collector's Edition][UK] (Blu-ray) 2020-10-19
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tamako Love Story (BD+DVD) 2017-09-12 (from $49.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Naoko Yamada
Script: Reiko Yoshida
Storyboard: Naoko Yamada
Unit Director:
Eisaku Kawanami
Naoko Yamada
Taichi Ogawa
Takuya Yamamura
Tatsuya Ishihara
Music: Tomoko Kataoka
Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi
Art Director: Ikuko Tamine
Animation Director:
Kayo Hikiyama
Nobuaki Maruki
Yukiko Horiguchi
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto
Executive producer:
Yōko Hatta
Yoko Kogawa
Yoshihisa Nakayama
Producer:
Riri Senami
Shinichi Nakamura

3D CG:
Mariam Agha
Norihiro Tomiita
Ryūta Nakagami
Tetsuro Umezu
Yūji Shibata
Assistant Animation Director:
Chiyoko Ueno
Nao Naitō
Seiichi Akitake
Assistant Director of Photography: Kōhei Funamoto
Assistant producer: Mai Takanashi
Background Art:
Ayami Hidaka (Anime Workshop Basara)
Cheon Bok Lee (Studio Blue)
Eun Kyung Kim (Studio Blue)
Hyun Ji Nam (Studio Blue)
Ji Hee Kim (Studio Blue)
Joji Unoguchi
Ju Ran Kim (Studio Blue)
Jung Ah Park (Studio Blue)
Kazuki Ikeda (Anime Workshop Basara)
Manae Yamatogi
Marie Kitai (Anime Workshop Basara)
Mi Jin Lee (Studio Blue)
Mi Ran Moon (Studio Blue)
Mikiko Watanabe
Miyuki Hiratoko
Momoka Nagatani
Mutsuo Shinohara
Naoki Hosokawa
Nozomi Ōishi
Sagako Itakura (Anime Workshop Basara)
Seiki Tamura (Anime Workshop Basara)
Shingo Kasai
Shūhei Okude
Shuuko Uematsu (Anime Workshop Basara)
So Yun Shin (Studio Blue)
Tomoki Hiraishi
Toru Hasegawa
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto (Anime Workshop Basara)
Yukiko Takeuchi
Yuri Kabasawa
Color Check:
Kana Miyata
Naomi Ishida
Yuki Semori
Color design: Akiyo Takeda
Color setting:
Akiyo Takeda
Yūka Yoneda
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Finish Animation:
Asako Aisawa
Ayumi Shimoura
Ayumi Yamamori
Azumi Kubo
Emi Ebisu
Eun Ha Song (Studio Blue)
Fuyuki Ohtsuka
Hitomi Imaizumi
Jung Eun Kim (Studio Blue)
Jung Suk Lee (Studio Blue)
Mayumi Nagayasu
Mayumi Taguchi
Mi Ran Kim (Studio Blue)
Mihoko Eda
Nanako Kitaoka
Naomi Takahashi
Norie Ōtō
Rie Takagi
Sachie Tsuda
Sang Soon Byeon (Studio Blue)
Seon Jong Han (Studio Blue)
Shōko Doi
Shoko Sasaki
Tomoko Shima
Yang Mi Yu (Studio Blue)
Yasumi Kawai
Youko Shukuya
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Higaki
Atsushi Ishida
Atsushi Miyaji
Aya Satō
Ayaka Tada
Chitose Nakamine
Emi Nakano
Eun Hee Lee (Studio Blue)
Fumiyasu Kodaka
Geum Seop Sin (Studio Blue)
Hana Hosoda
Jun Young Kim (Studio Blue)
Jun'ichi Uda
Kaori Furukawa
Kazuhiko Horikawa
Keita Nagahara
Kenji Murayama
Kiyoka Negi
Kōta Satō
Kumi Kuroda
Maiko Tanigami
Maki Inoue
Makiko Nagahora
Manami Natsumeda
Masato Fukushima
Mie Kiyohara
Minako Usugi
Naoya Nakayama
Natsumi Tada
Noriko Kashihara
Ryōsuke Shirakawa
Sae Sawada
Sanae Sawada
Sayaka Ikeda
Seon Hee An (Studio Blue)
Shiho Morisaki
Sumire Kusano
Youhei Kawasaki
Young Ju Kim (Studio Blue)
Yuki Yokoyama
Yumi Ōhashi
Yumi Ookawa
Yuuki Noguchi
In-Between Check:
Hiroko Kuroda
Motoki Matsumura
Naoko Fujita
Yumiko Hashi
Key Animation:
Ai Yukimura
Akiko Takase
Akiko Watanabe
Ayaka Nagahama
Chinatsu Morimoto
Chiyoko Ueno
Emiko Nakano
Fumio Tada
Haruka Fujita
Hidehiro Asama
Hiroshi Karata
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Kanae Ōkura
Kayo Hikiyama
Kōhei Nakahara
Kunihiro Hane
Kyōhei Andō
Maiko Hado
Mariko Takahashi
Minoru Ōta
Nami Iwasaki
Nao Naitō
Naoki Nakanishi
Naoko Machida
Nobuaki Maruki
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Rie Sezaki
Ryouhei Muta
Saeko Oofuji
Sana Suzuki
Seiichi Akitake
Seiya Kumano
Shinpei Sawa
Shoko Ikeda
Tadashi Kashiwagi
Taichi Ishidate
Taira Yamaguchi
Takuya Yamamura
Tatsunari Maruko
Tatsuya Satou
Teruyoshi Shidou
Tomoe Sahashi
Tomofumi Sugitani
Tomoko Yoshimura
Yoshinori Urata
Yuka Murakami
Yuki Tsunoda
Yukiko Horiguchi
Yuko Myouken
Yumi Fujii
Line Producer: Nagaharu Ohashi
Music producer:
Shinichi Nakamura
Suguru Yamaguchi
Photography:
Akihiro Ura
Hiroki Ueda
Kazuya Takao
Yoshiko Tanaka
Planning Assistant:
Gouto Muroichi
Yoshimi Nakajima
Planning Producer: Hideaki Hatta
Production Committee:
Futoshi Nishiya
Hiroko Utsumi
Kazumi Ikeda
Keiko Deguchi
Maiko Nishioka
Miku Kadowaki
Noriko Ōhashi
Shinichirō Hatta
Sui Nonoue
Takahiro Sasaki
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Special Effects:
Rina Miura
Shizuka Uno
Theme Song Performance:
Aya Suzaki
Dynamite Beans (OP)
設定: Seiichi Akitake
Aya Suzaki as Tamako Kitashirakawa

Atsushi Tamaru as Mochizō Ōji
Juri Nagatsuma as Kanna Makino
Rina Hidaka as Anko Kitashirakawa
Yuki Kaneko as Midori Tokiwa
Yurie Yamashita as Shiori Asagiri

Daiki Yamashita as Inuyama
Daisuke Ono as Kaoru Hanase
Fumihiko Tachiki as Gohei Ōji
Haruka Terui as Baton Club Second Grader
Hiro Shimono as Mecha Mochimazzi
Hiroshi Yanaka as Nobuhiko Tokiwa
Junko Iwao as Sayuri Yumoto
Keiji Fujiwara as Mamedai Kitashirakawa
Keiko Manaka as Classmate
Ken Narita as Takashi Uotani
Konomi Fujimura as Baton Club Second Grader
Kouji Tsujitani as Kunio Yaobi
Kumiko Watanabe as Fumiko Mitsumura
Kyōsei Tsukui as Chōji Yumoto
Naoya Nosaka as Momotarō
Nozomi Masu as Mochizo (young)
Rie Hazuki as Baton Club First Grader
Satsuki Yukino as Michiko Ōji
Takumi Yamazaki as Dera Mochimazzi
Tomomichi Nishimura as Fuku Kitashirakawa
Yōko Hikasa as Hinako Kitashirakawa
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Tomio Shimizu
Yuri Yamaoka as Choi Mochimazzi
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
Background Art:
Anime Workshop Basara
Studio Blue
Cooperation:
ekiSh
Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
LAWSON
MOVIC
Digital Cinema Studio: Q-Tec
Distributor: Shochiku
HD Editing: studio2001:
Music Production:
Manual of Errors Artists
Pony Canyon
Production:
Kyoto Animation
Pony Canyon
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Usagiyama Shopping District
Production Assistance: Animation DO
Recording:
studio2001:
studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Javier Lopez
ADR Script: Marta Bechtol
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall
Ricardo Contreras
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Mixing: Brent Marshall
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
E.W. Rector, III
Jose DeArmas
Kjell Doucet
Natalie Jones
Ned Gayle
Paul Mericle
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Subtitling: Neal Barnes
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Clint Bickham as Mochizō Ōji
Margaret McDonald as Tamako Kitashirakawa

Brittney Karbowski as Anko Kitashirakawa
Caitlynn French as Kanna Makino
David Wald as Mamedai Kitashirakawa
Francis Caorrots as Shiori Asagiri
John Swasey as Gohei Ōji
Juliet Simmons as Midori Tokiwa
Molly Searcy as Michiko Ōji

Alexandra Bedford as Female Students
Allison Sumrall as Choi Mochimazzi
Andrea Rodriguez as Female Students
Blake Shepard as
Inuyama
Mr. Yagi
Carl Masterson as Fuku Kitashirakawa
Carli Mosier as
Baton Girls
Mari Uotani
Carolyn Medrano as Female M.C.
Crystal Ruiz as Female Students
David Matranga as
Ambulance Man
Kunio Yaobi
Greg Ayres as Mecha Mochimazzi
James Belcher as Tokiwa
Jay Hickman as Dera Mochimazzi
Joel McCray as
"Just Meat" Vendor
Male Students
John Swasey as
Choji
Train Announcer
Kasi Hollowell as
Baton Girls
Sayuri Yumoto
Kyle Jones as
Male Vendor
Momotarō
Leraldo Anzaldua as Kaoru Hanase
Molly Searcy as
Bath Woman
Female Students
Natalie Jones as Female Students
Ned Gayle as
History Teacher
Male Students
Rozie Curtis as Hinako Kitashirakawa
Sarah Cain as Female Students
Scotty Fults as
Takashi Uotani
Teacher A
Tiffany Grant as
Baton Girls
Fumiko Mitsumura
Sweets Girl
English companies
Distributor: Anime Limited (UK and Ireland)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dariusz Garbarz as Mochizō Ōji
Patrycja Gosk as Tamako Kitashirakawa

Aleksandra Czerniec as Kanna Makino
Aleksandra Jankowska as Anko Kitashirakawa
Anna Grygorowicz as Michiko Ōji
Dominik Maślak as Mamedai Kitashirakawa
Filip Rumin as Gohei Ōji
Magdalena Zborowska as Shiori Asagiri
Urszula Dołżyńska as Midori Tokiwa

Aleksandra Jankowska as Female Student
Anna Grygorowicz as Baton Club First Grader
Anna Kutek as Female Students
Benjamin Golletz as
Fumiko Mitsumura
Male Students
Teacher
Damian Kuszewski as
Male Students
Tadashi Yagi
Tomio Shimizu
Dobrawa Musiał as Mochizō Ōji (young)
Dominik Maślak as
Male Students
Nobuhiko Tokiwa
Filip Rumin as Fumiko's Husband
Igor Szymański as Kunio Yaobi
Jakub Nowak as
Ambulance Man
Male Students
Teacher
Jolanta Dereń as Choi Mochimazzi
Kinga Romanowska as Mochizō Ōji (young)
Klaudia Cyrta as Hinako Kitashirakawa
Marta Czarkowska as
Baton Club Second Graders
Mari Uotani
Michał Balcerek as Mecha Mochimazzi
Michał Dąbrowski as Kaoru Hanase
Michał Nowak as
Dera Mochimazzi
Momotarō
Patrycja Gosk as Bath Woman
Patrycja Sowa as
Female Student
Female Vendor
Sayuri Yumoto
Paweł Pawlikowski as Fuku Kitashirakawa
Szymon Kanik as Inuyama
Szymon Zegadłowicz as
Chōji Yumoto
Male Students
Takashi Uotani
Polish companies
Broadcaster: 2x2 TV
Distributor: Anime Eden (voice-over version)
Dubbing: NanoKarrin
Internet Streaming:
Animagia.pl
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