Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Atsumi Tanezaki
Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nao Toyama
Nozomi Kasaki (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Chika Anzai
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Konomi Fujimura
Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Noboru Taki (voice)
Shiori Sugiura
Ririka Kenzaki (voice)
Miyu Honda
Liz (voice)
Moe Toyota
Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Satomi Niiyama (voice)
Yuri Yamaoka
Yuuko Yoshikawa (voice)
Naoko Yamada
Director / Second Unit Director / Storyboard Artist
Kengo Shigemura
Editor
Kazuya Takao
Director of Photography
Kensuke Ushio
Original Music Composer
Reiko Yoshida
Screenplay
Futoshi Nishiya
Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director
Mutsuo Shinohara
Art Direction / Art Designer
Naomi Ishida
Color Designer
Akito Matsuda
Composer
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director / Executive Producer
Masahiro Owada
Music Supervisor
Hiroshi Kitashiro
Mixing Engineer
Stephanie Sheh
CastingDirector
Tatsuya Ishihara
Supervising Technical Director / Second Unit Director
Akiyo Takeda
Color Designer
Joji Unoguchi
3D Artist / Background Designer
Momoka Hase
Art Designer / Background Designer
Tetsuo Umetsu
3D Director
Shigeru Saito
Music Producer / Producer
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Second Unit Director
Taichi Ogawa
Second Unit Director
Shinpei Sawa
Second Unit Director / Key Animation
Yuko Myouken
Animation Director / Key Animation
Tatsunari Maruko
Animation Director
Kazumi Ikeda
Animation Director
Miku Kadowaki
Animation Director
Nobuaki Maruki
Animation Director / Key Animation
Chiyoko Ueno
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yuki Tsunoda
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kohei Okamura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yoshiji Kigami
Key Animation
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Key Animation
Sae Sawada
Key Animation
Ami Kuriki
Key Animation
Mariko Takahashi
Key Animation
Tatsuya Satou
Key Animation
Kayo Hikiyama
Key Animation
Minoru Ota
Key Animation
Yoshinori Urata
Key Animation
Seiichi Akitake
Key Animation
Hiroshi Karata
Key Animation
Fumie Okano
Key Animation
Kunihiro Hane
Key Animation
Taira Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Nami Iwasaki
Key Animation
Hidehiro Asama
Key Animation
Sana Suzuki
Key Animation
Kota Sato
Key Animation
Ryosuke Shirakawa
Key Animation
Shiho Morisaki
Key Animation
Aoi Okuno
Key Animation
Ryo Miyaki
Key Animation
Rie Sezaki
Key Animation
Ryouhei Muta
Key Animation
Takuya Yamamura
Key Animation
Maiko Hado
Key Animation
Kyohei Ando
Key Animation
Seiya Kumano
Key Animation
Sayaka Watanabe
Key Animation
Chiharu Kuroda
Key Animation
Saeko Fujita
Key Animation
Aoi Matsumoto
Key Animation
Sumire Kusano
Key Animation
Yuki Yokoyama
Key Animation
Chika Kamo
Key Animation
Tamami Tokuyama
Key Animation
Yurika Ono
Key Animation
Tomomi Sato
Key Animation
Momoka Yoshizaki
Key Animation
Aki Yamatogi
Background Designer
Tomoki Hiraishi
Background Designer
Naoki Hosokawa
Background Designer
Mikiko Watanabe
Background Designer
Sayaka Ichiyama
Background Designer
Shouko Ochiai
Background Designer
Shuuya Uchiyama
Background Designer
Miyuki Hiratoko
Background Designer
Ikuko Tamine
Background Designer
Nozomi Oishi
Background Designer
Shuhei Okude
Background Designer
Toru Hasegawa
Background Designer
Lee Mi-jin
Background Designer
Kim Ji-hee
Background Designer
Park Jung-ah
Background Designer
Sagako Itakura
Background Designer
Kazuki Ikeda
Background Designer
Etsuko Abe
Background Designer
Hiromune Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Shinichi Nakamura
Producer
Riri Senami
Producer
Yoshifumi Yarimizu
Producer
Eharu Oohashi
Producer
Yoko Hatta
Executive Producer
Yoko Kogawa
Executive Producer
Shunji Inoue
Executive Producer
Yoshiko Tanaka
Compositing Artist
Hiroki Ueda
Compositing Artist
Kohei Funamoto
Compositing Artist
Akihiro Ura
Compositing Artist
Teru Matsumoto
Compositing Artist
Kazuki Ueno
Compositing Artist
Rika Kashiwagi
Compositing Artist
Rin Yamamoto
3D Animator
Yuji Shibata
3D Animator
Norihiro Tomiita
3D Animator
Tatsunori Kase
3D Animator
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 21, 2018
Original Nameリズと青い鳥
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
Wiki.
Liz and the Blue Bird (Japanese: リズと青い鳥, Hepburn: Rizu to Aoi Tori) is a 2018 Japanese animated drama film directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, based on the Sound! Euphonium novel series written by Ayano Takeda and its eponymous anime television series adaptation by Yamada and Tatsuya Ishihara. Inspired in particular by the 2017 Sound! Euphonium novel Hibike! Yūfoniamu Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu, Haran no Dainigakushō Kōhen, the film is a spin-off sequel to the television series, focusing on the friendship of Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki, two supporting characters introduced during the series' second novel (adapted as part of the second season of the anime adaptation). It is intended as a standalone work that can be fully understood without prior knowledge of the series.The film focuses on the relationship between Mizore and Nozomi as they prepare for a concert with their high school's wind band; in parallel, it also depicts a fairy tale, from which the music piece worked on by the band is adapted, as a story within a story. Atsumi Tanezaki and Nao Tōyama, among others, reprise their voice roles as characters from the television series; most of them were re-designed to better fit the film's style and story. Liz and the Blue Bird had two composers: Kensuke Ushio, who wrote the minimal-style background music for the high school scenes, and Akito Matsuda, the composer of the television series, who wrote both the background music for the fairy tale segments, and the concert pieces performed by the characters.
It was released on April 21, 2018 in Japan, and had a limited release on November 9, 2018 in the United States. It received positive reviews from critics, with most praise going to the relationship and personalities of the two main characters, soundtrack, and animation.