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Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri (movie)

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Alternative title:

Secret Little Akko - The Sea! The Monster!! Summer Holiday

ひみつのアッコちゃん海だ！おばけだ!!夏祭り (Japanese)

Plot Summary: Akko spends a summer with her friends at her grandfather's home near the beach. There the kids learn about a legend that on a nearby island lives a white dolphin which is able to turn into a dragon. Some of Akko's friends are curious and are set on going to the forbidden island.

Vintage: 1989-07-15

Premiere date:

1989-07-15 (Japan)

Opening Theme:

"Himitsu no Akko-chan" (ひみつのアッコちゃん) by Mitsuko Horie

Ending Theme:

"Akko-chan Ondo" (アッコちゃん音頭) by Mitsuko Horie

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Hiroki Shibata

Screenplay: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama

Music: Yusuke Honma

Original Manga: Fujio Akatsuka

Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori

Art Director:
Kyōko Nakayama
Nobuto Sakamoto

Animation Director: Nobuhiro Masuda

Director of Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe

Art Advancement: Hiroshi Misono

Assistant Director: Harume Kosaka

Background Art:
Fumi Kanegawa
Fumiyo Sakano
Kaoru Inoda
Kyōko Nakayama
Masami Hagiwara
Mitsuyoshi Kosugi
Tomomi Yabuki

Chief Production Supervisor: Chiaki Imada

Editing: Shinji Shimizu

Editing Assistant: Masaharu Gotou

Finishing Advancement: Masatoyo Ogura

In-Between Check: Keiko Satō

Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Yokota
Junichi Hayama
Ken Masuda
Kenji Yamazaki
Makoto Arashiro
Nobuhiro Masuda
Tomohiro Koyama
Yukiko Oto

Music Selection: Hideyuki Tanaka

Negative Editing: Yukio Matsui

Paint:
Akiko Yudasaka
Eriko Ōhashi
Hatsumi Watanabe
Izumi Higuchi
Kaoru Sugawara
Kazuya Akita
Mariko Kato
Miho Sudō
Tadashi Takekoshi

Paint Check:
Fumie Itō
Mineko Maeda

Planning:
Hiromi Seki
Kenji Yokoyama

Planning Assistant: Kenichiro Haraoka

Production Advancement: Kazumasa Horikawa

Production manager: Masahisa Saeki

Recording: Sadashi Kuramoto

Recording Assistant: Yoshikazu Suzuki

Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Suwara Production)

Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima

Trace:
Fumie Itō
Hisako Takahashi
Mineko Maeda

Xerograph: Yoshifumi Sasamoto

Mitsuko Horie as Akko (Atsuko Kagami)

Kazuko Sugiyama as Moko (Motoko Naniwa)

Keiko Yamamoto as Chikako

Masaharu Satō as Dora

Noriko Uemura as Kankichi

Shigeru Nakahara as Kiio

Yoku Shioya as Daisaku Akatsuka (Taishō)

Yūko Mita as Ganmo Unohana

Chie Satō as Goma

Hirohiko Kakegawa as Fisherman

Katsue Miwa as Shōshō Akatsuka

Kōhei Miyauchi as Grandpa Minamoto

Michitaka Kobayashi as Gyoro

Mika Doi as White Dolphin

Naoko Watanabe as Shippona

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry

Production: Toei Animation

Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center

Sound Effects: Swara Pro

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