Director / Writer / Producer
Norman England

Script
Jiro Kaneko

Producer
Shinako Sudo

Director of Photography
Hiroo Takaoka

Editor
Rob Moreno

Lighting Director
Hiroaki Morikawa, Taichi Suzuki

Location Sound Recordist
Noriko Ogawa

Video Engineer
Tatsuo Sasaki, Kenji Suzuki

Makeup / Hair Stylist
Sachie Munemura

Creature Creator
Kakusei Fujiwara

Wardrobe
Saori Shigeta, Megumi Sato

Computer Graphics
Takashi Yamazaki

Visual Effects
Hajime Matsumoto

Alien Figure sculptor
Bill Gudmundson

Production Manager
Rika Hayashi
Post Production Manager
Kaori Shintaku

Assistant Director
Takeru Emuta

Additional Photography
Shu G. Momose, Rob Moreno
Assistant Camera
Kenichi Maeda, Takako Maji, Hirotsugu Nakao

Electrician
Akiyoshi Chou, Taikai Honma, Takeshi Kuramori, Akihiko Murata,
Kazuya Nakamura, Toshihiko Mori, Yuya Okazaki

Grip
Takeshi Kuramori, Yusuke Tanaka, Shuhei Yamamoto

Boom Operator
Mikihiro Miyashita

2D Digital VFX
Mariko Sugawara, Naoyasu Yutaka, Kiyotaka Taguchi
Additional Visual Effects
Jason Koo, Rob Moreno

Makeup Assistant
Risa Hirakawa, Yuri Kumagai, Ai Sasaki

Oavian Crew
Takeru Emuta, Takashi Yamazaki

Art Director
Jiro Kaneko

Matte Painter
Bob Eggleton

Concept Artists
Bob Eggleton, Norman England, Kakusei Fujiwara,
Takashi Yamazaki, Daniel Zoehrer

Storyboards
Norman England

Still Photographer
Norman England, Emma Tamaoki

Main Titles
Rob Moreno

Scripter
Akiko Matsuhashi

Drivers
Yusuke Shirani, Manabu Sudo, Tsunemasa Sudo, Ken Yamanouchi

Script Consultant
Nicholas Rucka, Takashi Yamazaki

Documentary Videography
Ed Godziszewski, Jason Koo, Rob Moreno

Production Advisors
Shusuke Kaneko, Nicholas Rucka, Kosuke Suzuki,
Hiroaki Tochihara, Hiroshi Wada

Technical Advisors
Hironori Ide, Takashi Masaki


Office Manager
Naomi Sudo

Mayuka Body Double
Yuka Haraguchi
Yamada Body Double
Tony Mullen

Production Assistant
Hiroko Inagaki, Jason Koo, John Lipartito, Tony Mullen,
Pierre Pariseau, Isamu Shishido, Yoshihiro Sono,
Saizu Toshiaki, Daniel Zoehrer

Web Design
James Ballard

Camera Rental provided by Tec�fs Rental

Technical Assistance provided by Panasonic DV Studio DU

Technical Assistance provide by Tokyo Film Center School of Arts

Location Assistance

Kusou Zakka Toy Store
MLIT Keihin River Office
Ontakesan Shopping District
Setagaya Police Department
Tokyo City Shiba Park Office
Tokyo Water Works

Space Photography

NASA/JPL-Caltech
Rob Gendler

Sponsors

(Alphabetical Order)
Asia International, Inc.
Big X
Calm International
Cube Inc.
Dummy Head
Erika Hair Design
Film / Video Arts NYC
Forbidden Zone
Grandbazaar Megastore
Light Work, Inc.
Nihon Shomei, Inc.
Rag Tag
Shirogumi inc.
Sozo Shoten
Stardust Promotion
Studio Life
Sudo Fudosan
Tec's, Inc.
Tribeca com., Ltd
Waffle Cafe

Special Thanks

(Alphabetical Order)
Yoko Aoyagi
Ed Carmona
John Davis
Barbara England
Mike Gingold
Ed Godziszewski
Shizu Higashida
Seiko Hosaka
Tsukasa Igarashi
Tomoko Ishihara
Akira Ishizaki
Aya Ito
Hiroaki Jinno
Ryoichi Kamiya
Konomi Kaneko
Akane Kanemoto
Shoichi Kawahara
Kyoko Kuriya
Masaaki Koyama
Harry and Margo Logan
Tsuneo and Mieko Marui
Jiro Matsuda
Hiroyuki Murase
Noriko Murata
Junichi Nagakubo
Naomi Nemoto
Tomoko Ohno
Brad Parker
Pierre Pariseau
Tom Pierson
Neil Riebe
Kim Saxon
Fuyuki Shinada
Karoi Shintaku
Tetsuo Sudo
Takeo Suzuki
Ichiro Tanimura
Mario Tauchi
Anthony Timpone
Norio Tsuruta
Marc Walkow
Minoru Yoshino
Mami Yukawa

�gAlthough the names and spaces of existent establishments are used in this film,
the story and characters are fictional and do not necessarily reflect
the business practices employed in the classic toy sales market.�h

Original Soundtrack
Kow Otani

�gThe Corner�h
Anne Husick

�gNew Year�fs Wish�h
Norman England

In memory of J. Carter England 1921
2005 �gGone to the Great Jam Session in the Sky�h

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