Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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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)
Conomi 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)
Masahiro Owada
Music Supervisor
Hiroshi Kitashiro
Mixing Engineer
Futoshi Nishiya
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director / Character Designer
Chiyoko Ueno
Animation Director / Key Animation
Sae Sawada
Key Animation
Akito Matsuda
Composer
Chiharu Kuroda
Key Animation
Tamami Tokuyama
Key Animation
Akiyo Takeda
Color Designer
Yuko Myouken
Key Animation / Animation Director
Stephanie Sheh
CastingDirector
Nobuaki Maruki
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kohei Okamura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Minoru Ota
Key Animation
Kota Sato
Key Animation
Shuhei Okude
Background Designer
Shigeru Saito
Music Producer / Producer
Kazumi Ikeda
Animation Director
Fumie Okano
Key Animation
Ryouhei Muta
Key Animation
Seiichi Akitake
Key Animation
Sana Suzuki
Key Animation
Shiho Morisaki
Key Animation
Sumire Kusano
Key Animation
Tatsuya Ishihara
Second Unit Director / Supervising Technical Director
Yuki Tsunoda
Key Animation / Animation Director
Mariko Takahashi
Key Animation
Mutsuo Shinohara
Art Designer / Art Direction
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Second Unit Director
Taichi Ogawa
Second Unit Director
Kunihiro Hane
Key Animation
Maiko Hado
Key Animation
Momoka Hase
Background Designer / Art Designer
Joji Unoguchi
Background Designer / 3D Artist
Tetsuo Umetsu
3D Director
Tomomi Sato
Key Animation
Miyuki Hiratoko
Background Designer
Yoshiji Kigami
Key Animation
Tatsuya Satou
Key Animation
Kayo Hikiyama
Key Animation
Yoshinori Urata
Key Animation
Shinpei Sawa
Key Animation / Second Unit Director
Kyohei Ando
Key Animation
Shuuya Uchiyama
Background Designer
Kim Ji-hee
Background Designer
Naoki Hosokawa
Background Designer
Sayaka Ichiyama
Background Designer
Sagako Itakura
Background Designer
Kazuki Ikeda
Background Designer
Miku Kadowaki
Animation Director
Tatsunari Maruko
Animation Director
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Key Animation
Ami Kuriki
Key Animation
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Key Animation
Chika Kamo
Key Animation
Aki Yamatogi
Background Designer
Tomoki Hiraishi
Background Designer
Park Jung-ah
Background Designer
Naoko Yamada
Second Unit Director / Storyboard Artist / Director
Hiromune Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Sayaka Watanabe
Key Animation
Mikiko Watanabe
Background Designer
Shinichi Nakamura
Producer
Taira Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Momoka Yoshizaki
Key Animation
Lee Mi-jin
Background Designer
Riri Senami
Producer
Saeko Fujita
Key Animation
Shunji Inoue
Executive Producer
Eharu Ohashi
Producer
Yoko Hatta
Executive Producer
Hiroshi Karata
Key Animation
Ryosuke Shirakawa
Key Animation
Ryo Miyaki
Key Animation
Aoi Matsumoto
Key Animation
Yurika Ono
Key Animation
Aoi Okuno
Key Animation
Takuya Yamamura
Key Animation
Toru Hasegawa
Background Designer
Etsuko Abe
Background Designer
Nami Iwasaki
Key Animation
Rie Sezaki
Key Animation
Seiya Kumano
Key Animation
Yuki Yokoyama
Key Animation
Nozomi Oishi
Background Designer
Yoshifumi Yarimizu
Producer
Yoko Kogawa
Executive Producer
Yota Tsuruoka
Executive Producer / Sound Director
Hidehiro Asama
Key Animation
Shouko Ochiai
Background Designer
Ikuko Tamine
Background Designer
Yuji Shibata
3D Animator
Teru Matsumoto
Compositing Artist
Kazuki Ueno
Compositing Artist
Kohei Funamoto
Compositing Artist
Norihiro Tomiita
3D Animator
Rin Yamamoto
3D Animator
Tatsunori Kase
3D Animator
Hiroki Ueda
Compositing Artist
Akihiro Ura
Compositing Artist
Yoshiko Tanaka
Compositing Artist
Rika Kashiwagi
Compositing Artist
Mitsuki Takaki
3D Animator
Norie Oto
Special Effects
Naoki Kanazawa
Online Editor
Daiki Ishigami
Online Editor
Ayano Takeda
Characters
Yasushi Nagura
Sound Recordist
Ayaka Tatamino
Theme Song Performance
Narumi Ishida
Theme Song Performance
Honami Fukuda
Theme Song Performance
Yuki Fukutomi
Theme Song Performance
Saki Yasuda
Production Manager
Areum Han
Production Manager
Takahisa Fujita
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 21, 2018
Original Nameリズと青い鳥
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Box Office$737,286
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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. 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.