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Fireworks

"If only I could return to that moment."

2017

1h 30m

6.6(372 votes)

Animation

Romance

Fantasy

Drama

Overview

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.

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Production Companies

SHAFT

Aniplex

jeki

Lawson Entertainment

TOHO

TOY'S FACTORY

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KADOKAWA

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Nazuna Oikawa (voice)

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Norimichi Shimada (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Yūsuke Azumi (voice)

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Jun'ichi (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Kazuhiro (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Minoru (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Nazuna's Mother's Fiancé (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Teacher Miura (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Teacher Mitsuishi (voice)

Michiko Neya

Michiko Neya

Norimichi's Mother (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Akiyuki Shinbo
Written by: Hitoshi One
Produced by: Junnosuke Ito
Akiko Yodo

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