The fairy tale follows a young man named Guskou in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Guskou is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Guskou joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Guskou from his home.

(Source: Anime News Network)

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Studios

• Sentai Filmworks
• Tezuka Productions

Staff

• Charles Campbell — ADR Director (English)
• John Ledford — Executive Producer (English)
• Eiichi Takahashi — Executive Producer (English)
• Gisaburou Sugii — Director, Screenplay, Storyboard
• Fusanobu Fujiyama — Sound Director
• Yukio Abe — Art Director
• Marisuke Eguchi — Animation Director, Character Design
• Tsuneo Maeda — Animation Director
• Youichirou Satou — Director of Photography
• Kazumasa Oda — Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance
• Osamu Kobayashi — Storyboard
• Marta Bechtol — ADR Script (English)
• Kenji Miyazawa — Original Creator
• Hiroshi Masumura — Original Character Design
• Gabriel Gama — ADR Director (Latin American Spanish)
• Ryouta Komatsu — Music