Spring and Chaos (1996)
December 14, 1996Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Shirō Sano
Kenji Miyazawa

Mariko Kouda
Toshi

Chikao Ohtsuka
Kenji's father

Keiichi Fujimura
Peasant A

Hiroshi Isobe
Kana

Victor Chin
Farmer

Kirk Durham
Tetsuo

Akane Tomonnaga
Seito

Naoko Hirai
Kuni

Shoji Kawamori
Director / Screenplay

Kumiko Ono
Background Designer

Susan Isaacs
Farmer, Kuni

Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Director

Kiyomi Enomoto
Background Designer

Akemi Arai
Background Designer

Yoshihiro Hirota
Background Designer

Masahiro Kubota
Background Designer

Miyoko Ichinose
Color Designer

Shinji Nasu
CGI Director

Hinoshi Ono
Background Designer

Shang Shang Typhoon
Music

Tsuneo Maeda
CGI Director

Stu Levy
Director

Kaoru Narasima
Background Designer

Hajime Noguchi
Cinematography

Emi Kitahara
Background Designer

Tsuneo Wakabayashi
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Tsuru
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation

Masashi Furukawa
Editor

Yasutaka Hanabusa
Key Animation

Hiroki Kawazoe
Key Animation

Tokuyuki Matsutake
Key Animation

Michio Ito
Key Animation

Masahiko Kubo
Key Animation

Toshiki Yoshida
Key Animation

Takahiro Umehara
Key Animation

Toshiko Baba
Key Animation

Kazuto Nakazawa
Key Animation

Hidenori Matsubara
Key Animation

Akiharu Ishii
Key Animation

Kôdai Iwata
Key Animation

Koji Hirama
Key Animation

Haruo Oogawara
Key Animation

Ichiro Itano
Key Animation

Norio Matsumoto
Key Animation

Yoshiko Konno
Key Animation

Takuya Saito
Key Animation
Media.



Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1996
Original Nameイーハトーブ幻想 Kenjiの春
StatusReleased
Running Time56m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Spring and Chaos (イーハトーブ幻想 Kenjiの春, Īhatōbu Gensō Kenji no Haru, lit, Ihatov Fantasy: Kenji's Spring) is a 1996 Japanese anime television special inspired by the life of poet Kenji Miyazawa, released in Japan to mark the 100th anniversary of Miyazawa's birth. It was directed by Shoji Kawamori. It was released in North America by Tokyopop. Miyazawa and the other characters in the program are depicted as cats, similar to the anime adaptation of Miyazawa's story Night on the Galactic Railroad.
The North American title Spring and Chaos derives from the title of Miyazawa's poetry collection Spring and Asura (Haru to Shura), the title poem of which is recited in part in the program. The "Ihatov" in the Japanese title is a setting in a number of Miyazawa's works; it is the word Miyazawa created in Esperanto for his place of residence, Japan's Iwate Prefecture.
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