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Manga Aesop Monogatari (movie)

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Alternative title:
Le favole di Esopo (Italian)
Les fables d'Esope (French)
Manga: Aesop's Tale
حكايات لا تنسى (Arabic)
まんがイソップ物語 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys. He sets off to find a way back to the normal world. On his journey he befriends many classical creatures from well-known fables and encounters many trials, each teaching him a valuable lesson.
Running time: 61 minutes
Vintage: 1983-03-13
Premiere date:
1983-03-13 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Itazura no Tanemaki" by Shinji Maki, Sakura Kobayashi, Koorogi '73, & The Champs
Ending Theme:
"Ai to Pokopoko" by Katsue Miwa & Koorogi '73
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Norio Hikone
Screenplay: Hirohisa Soda
Music: Akihiro Komori
Original creator: Aesop
Character Design: Takao Kōzai
Art: Tomoko Eritate
Animation Director: Takao Kōzai
Director of Photography:
Toshiharu Takei
Yoshio Aiso
Producer: Chiaki Imada

Art Advancement: Takeshi Torimoto
Assistant Director:
Katsumi Minoguchi
Michihiro Kanayama
Background Art:
Kumiko Dan
Michiyo Matsuo
Midori Ikegami
Tomoko Ide
Editing: Yasuhiro Yoshikawa
Editing Assistant: Izumi Okuma
Finish Check: Yōko Yasunaga
Finishing Advancement: Masahiro Nakamura
In-Between Animation:
Hideki Hamasu
Hinako Komatsu
Hisako Yaji
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Kayoko Suzuki
Keiko Kanayama
Keiko Matsumura
Kenji Hattori
Kōichi Arai
Kōji Nashizawa
Masaharu Tada
Masahiro Andō
Miyo Yamada
Momoko Ueno
Ryōkichi Yoshizawa
Ryoko Kato
Setsuko Mitani
Sumiko Naganuma
Suzuko Igarashi
Taeko Kuromi
Takao Sakano
Teruo Hattori
Tomoko Araki
Toshiaki Kobayashi
Yayoi Suzuki
Yoko Suzuki
Yoshinobu Usuda
In-Between Check: Tsuneo Takei
Key Animation:
Akihiro Ogawa
Chikao Katsui
Fukuo Yamamoto
Jun Kawagoe
Junko Abe
Junko Funatsuka
Kahoru Hirata
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Sachiko Kamimura
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Takako Miyawaki
Takashi Abe
Tatsuji Kino
Tomeko Horikawa
Toshiki Yoshida
Tsukasa Abe
Yoshinobu Aohachi
Negative Editing: Chikako Matsubara
Painting:
Chizuko Masukawa
Junko Furuya
Junko Yamada
Kiyomi Fujihashi
Kuniko Murata
Masako Yamauchi
Michiyo Satō
Mitsuko Gotō
Yoshiko Sekiguchi
Photography:
Masaki Machida
Masao Shimizu
Masaru Sakanishi
Masashi Imamura
Masatoshi Fukui
Shigeyoshi Ikeda
Tamio Hosoda
Yōichi Takanashi
Yukio Katayama
Planning: Yasuo Yamaguchi
Production Advancement: Kenkichi Matsushita
Production manager: Yoshiro Sugawara
Record Keeping: Kiyoko Ikeda
Recording: Isao Hatano
Recording Assistant: Yasuo Tachibana
Sound Effects: Katsumi Itō
Special Effects: Keitaro Hama
Theme Song Performance: Koorogi '73
Tracing:
Kimiyo Okunishi
Mihoko Irie
Sonoe Sakano
Xerography:
Hideko Sakai
Tomoko Totsuka
Chika Takami as Aesop

Hiroshi Ohtake as Country Mouse
Junpei Takiguchi as Burro
Keiko Han as Pitchi
Minori Matsushima as Aesop's Mother

Eiko Masuyama as The Sun
Fuyumi Shiraishi as Mother Ant
Harumi Iizuka as Auntie
Hidekatsu Shibata as Cat Master
Hitoshi Takagi as Old Ant
Ichirō Nagai as Grasshopper
Ikuya Sawaki as Cat Cook B
Jouji Yanami as Tortoise
Kaneto Shiozawa as Young Ant
Kōji Yada as
Monkey
Wolf
Kōzō Shioya as Woodcutter
Masaharu Satō as Cat Cook C
Masashi Amenomori as Village Chief
Mugihito as Cat Cook A
Noriko Tsukase as Hare
Shima Sakai as Mistress
Shun Yashiro as City Mouse
Takashi Tanaka as The North Wind
Tomiko Suzuki as Girl
Japanese companies
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
Production: Toei Animation
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
French cast
French staff
(none)
Flora Balzano as Ésope
Nicole Fontaine as Pitcheline

Alain Zouvi as Lièvre
Benoît Marleau as
Dieu des neiges
M. Fourmi
Tortue
Daniel Lesourd as
Chef de la bande des chats
Rat des villes
Jacques Lavallée as Mulet
Jean-Louis Millette as
M. Orang-outan
Rat des champs
Johanne Leveillé as
Déesse du printemps
Mme Fourmi
Nicole Fontaine as Serveur
French companies
Broadcaster:
Radio Quebec (from 2 January 1988)
Super Ecran (Quebec)
Télé-Québec
Dubbing: Cinélume
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Lella Carcereri

Mixing: Massimo Giovannini
(none)
Italian companies
Dubbing: Carioca

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