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Rainbow Fireflies (movie)

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Alternative title:
Niji-Iro Hotaru (Japanese) 
Niji-Iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsu Yasumi~ (Japanese) 
Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation 
虹色ほたる~永遠の夏休み~ (Japanese) 
Themes: time travel 
Plot Summary: On a blazing hot day, a young boy named Yuta is visiting the Hotarugaoka Dam, place where his father passed away, when he encounters a strange old man. Yuta helps the old man by giving him something to drink. Later that day the mysterious old man repays his kindness by saving the boy and taking him to the past, one month before the area is unnocuppied for the construction of the dam. Unaware of why he is there, Yuta meets Saeko, a girl who loves fireflies. 
User Ratings: 35 ratings have been given [details]
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 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:5, raw:1, others:2
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 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
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Seen in part or in whole by 51 users, rank: #6757 (of 10059)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.314 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.545, rank: #2626 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 7.334 (Good+), rank: #2352 (of 10234) (seen all: 7.33)
Bayesian estimate: 7.372 (Good+), rank: #1880 (of 7688)
Vintage: 2012-05-19
Premiere date:
2012-05-19 (Japan) 
2013-04-12 (Italy, Future Film Festival) 
Opening Theme:
"Ai to Tooi Hi no Mirai e." by Yumi Matsutoya 
Insert song:
"Mizu no Kage" (水の影) by Mia Inoue 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōnosuke Uda 
Screenplay: Kei Kunii 
Original creator: Masayuki Kawaguchi 
Character Design: Hisashi Mori 
Art Director: Seiki Tamura 
Animation Director: Hisashi Mori 
Director of Photography: Masao Ōnuki 

Assistant Director:
Toshinori Fukazawa 
Yasunori Gotō 
Assistant Production Manager: Yoshinori Omachi 
Background Art:
Ayami Hidaka (Anime Workshop Basara) 
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Anime Workshop Basara) 
Color Coordination: Tsutomu Tsukada 
Color design: Seiki Tamura 
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu 
Editing Assistant: Kiminori Yoshida 
Finish Check: Tsutomu Tsukada 
Insert Song Arrangement: Masataka Matsutōya 
Insert Song Composition: Yumi Matsutōya 
Insert Song Lyrics: Yumi Matsutōya 
Insert Song Performance: Mia Inoue 
Music Performance:
Aiko Hosokawa (Viola) 
Amiko Watabe (Viola) 
Ayano Kasahara (Cello) 
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute) 
Hitoshi Konno (Violin) 
Jun Saitō (Bass) 
Kioko Miki (Violin) 
Motoko Fujiie (Violin) 
Nagisa Kiriyama (Violin) 
Otohiko Fujita (Horn) 
Takayuki Oshikane (Violin) 
Tomoko Shimaoka (Viola) 
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp) 
Planning: Atsutoshi Umezawa 
Production Advancement: Yūki Sugitani 
Production manager: Munehisa Higuchi 
Recording: Chikako Abe 
Recording Assistant: Yuki Sawamura 
Screen Design: Takaaki Yamashita 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box) 
Sound Effects Assistant: Sawako Nishi (Sound Box) 
Special Effects:
Nao Ota 
Nobuhiro Shimokawa 
Studio Engineer:
Shigeru Fujibayashi 
Toshiaki Noda 
Theme Song Arrangement: Masataka Matsutōya 
Theme Song Composition: Yumi Matsutōya 
Theme Song Lyrics: Yumi Matsutōya 
Theme Song Performance: Yumi Matsutōya 
Akashi Takei as Yūta 
Ayumi Kimura as Saeko 

Chikao Ōtsuka as Blue Tengu 
Osamu Shinden as Kenzo 
Tarō Ishida as Old Man Hotaru 

Akemi Okamura as Yūta's Mother 
Haruhi Terada as Setsuko's Mother 
Ikuko Tani as Grandmother 
Kazunari Tanaka as Setsuko's Father 
Kazuya Nakai as Kenzo (Adult) 
Kenyū Horiuchi as Yūta's Father 
Mamiko Noto as Saeko (Adult) 
Masahiko Tanaka as Saeko's Father 
Ryōko Ono as Newscaster 
Satoshi Taki as Yoshizawa's Father 
Shuhei Hara as Tatsusaburo 
Takahiro Sakurai as Yūta (Adult) 
Tomoko Hiratsuji as Bus Announcer 
Yōhei Ōbayashi as Father 
Yuki Yagi as Yoshizawa-san 
Yuma Okura as Saeko's Brother 
Yūtarō Honjō as Shintaro 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation 
Distributor: Toei Company, Ltd. 
Film Recording: ARRI 
Finish Animation:
A-Line 
AI 
Artland 
DEFA 
Kagura 
Magic Bus 
Studio Cosmo 
Wish 
Music Recording Studio: Bunkamura Studio 
Photography: Tripod 
Production: Toei Animation 
Soundtrack Assistance: EMI Music Japan 
Theme Song Assistance: EMI Music Japan 

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