Production staff

The following people have contributed to the production of 'A Little Princess Sara'. There are of course many more, do not forget all the painters for example.

Original novel
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)

'A Little Princess'

Other works:

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • The Secret Garden
Portrait
(Illustration by Margery Gill, 360x452 JPG)

Executive producer
Koichi Motohashi

Motohashi is the current president of Nippon Animation.

Portrait

Production supervision
Mitsuru Takakuwa

Project planning
Shohji Sato
Portrait

Eiichi Kubota (Fuji TV)

Music
Yasuo Higuchi

Other works:

  • Gundam X
  • Phoenix 2772

Character design
Shunji Saida
Portrait
(223x302 GIF)

Arts creation
Shohei Kawamoto
Portrait
(223x299 GIF)

Arts direction
Nobuaki Numai

Layout
Yasuji Mori (1925-1992)

Mori was one of the pioneers of Japanese animation has got a reputation comparable to Osamu Tezuka or Rin Taro. There is a home page dedicated to him on the WWW. His death was a great loss to the Japanese animation world.

Other work:

  • Panda and the Magic Serpent
  • Magic Boy
  • Heidi (key animation)
  • The Dog of Flanders (character design, key animation)
Portrait
(412x254 GIF)

Producers
Junzo Nakajima
Portrait

Taihe Ishikawa (Fuji TV)

Director
Fumio Kurokawa

Other work:

  • The Adventures of Sindbad, the Arabian Knight
  • Love's Tale of Young Grass (Little Women)
Portrait
(226x302 GIF)

Screenplay
Ryuzo Nakanishi
Portrait
(224x299 JPG)

Keiko Ryohroji

Animation directors
Shunji Saida

Toshiki Yamazaki
Portrait
(self portrait, 213x292 GIF)

Atsuko Otani

Other work (all key animation):

  • Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart)
  • Umi ga Kikoeru (I can hear the Sea)

Director of photography
Kuniyuki Ishii

Other work (all key animation):

  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Omoide Poro Poro (Only Yesterday)
  • Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart)
  • Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy

Audio recording
Tanhiro Komatsu

Colour coordinator
Kaoru Uno

Theme songs
Composition
Koichi Morita (Canyon Records)
Arrangement
Katsuhisa Hattori
Lyrics
Rei Nakanishi
Vocalist
Satoko Shimonari

Opening design
Michio Sakurai

Special effects
Masao Yoshiyama

Photographing studio
Trans Arts (Company)

Chief editors
Takeshi Seyama
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Shinichi Natori

Sound system
Onkyo Ezo System

Sound arranger
Hideyuki Tanaka

Sound effects (?)
Akihiko Matsuda

Audio recording studio
Ohira Studio

Processing
Toyo Genzosho

Sponsor
KLM Royal Dutch Airways

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Production desk
Shunichi Ogasa

Colour coordination assistant
Toeko Shinoyama

Title design
Akira Michikawa

Production
Nippon Animation Co., Ltd.
Fuji TV


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Taro Rehrl (e-mail), 1997-02-09, 2002-08-17