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Makoto-chan
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Makoto-chan 1980 Directed by Tsutomu Shibayama まことちゃん

A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Animation , Comedy
Release Date 26 July 1980
85 mins
Cast
Junji Chiba
Junji Chiba Old Man (voice)
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Beat Kiyoshi
Beat Kiyoshi
Kazuko Sugiyama
Kazuko Sugiyama Makoto (voice)
Kazuo Umezz
Kazuo Umezz
Rihoko Yoshida
Rihoko Yoshida Mika (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Noriko Ohara Mom (voice)
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Shinichi Yanagisawa Dad (voice)
Junko Hori
Junko Hori Monta (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Kaneta Kimotsuki Makoto-Mushi (voice)
Kimie Nakajima
Kimie Nakajima Old Woman (voice)
Mari Okamoto
Mari Okamoto Tomoko (voice)
Yumi Mizusawa
Yumi Mizusawa Ms. Hanako (voice)
Akio Nojima
Akio Nojima
Eiko Yamada
Eiko Yamada
Ichirô Murakoshi
Ichirô Murakoshi
Kazuya Tatekabe
Kazuya Tatekabe
Kazuyo Aoki
Kazuyo Aoki
Kumiko Takizawa
Kumiko Takizawa
Miki Kagawa
Miki Kagawa
Runa Akiyama
Runa Akiyama
Crew
Director
Tsutomu Shibayama
Tsutomu Shibayama
Writers
Tomoko Konparu
Tomoko Konparu
Masaki Tsuji
Masaki Tsuji
Noboru Shiroyama
Noboru Shiroyama
Tsunehisa Ito
Tsunehisa Ito
Producer
Tetsuo Katayama
Tetsuo Katayama
Executive Producer
Yutaka Fujioka
Yutaka Fujioka
Cinematography
Hirokata Takahashi
Hirokata Takahashi
Composer
Ryo Kawakami
Ryo Kawakami
Editor
Kazuo Inoue
Kazuo Inoue
Animation
Koji Morimoto
Koji Morimoto
Setsuko Shibuichi
Setsuko Shibuichi
Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi
Sound
Wataru Date
Wataru Date
Original Writer
Kazuo Umezz
Kazuo Umezz
Art Direction
Mariko Kadono
Mariko Kadono
Music
Kazuo Umezz
Kazuo Umezz
Seiji Suzuki
Seiji Suzuki