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Information: Summer Special

The Summer Special cuts into the TV series and goes more into Kanna and Ryuuya's pasts. The two episodes have a much lighter and happier tone comapared to the TV and movie. The general storyline is that it follows Kanna, Ryuuya, and Uraha as they go on a journey to find Kanna's mother.

First Broadcast: 2005-08-28 (Part 1 Broadcast), 2005-09-04 (Part 2 Broadcast)
Total Episodes: 2
Running time: 24 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-05 (Japan Limited Edition)
Studio: Key, Visual Art's

Opening Theme: "’¹‚ÌŽ (Tori no Uta; Poem of the Bird)" by Lia
Ending Theme: "Farewell Song" by Lia

Episode Titles
  • 2005-08-28 1. Yamamichi ~mountain path~ (やまみち~mountain path~ ), First half (Zenpen; 前編)
  • 2005-09-04 2. Ametsuchi ~universe~ (あめつち~universe~ ), Second half (Kouhen; 後編)

    Japanese Cast

    Chinami Nishimura as Kannabi no Mikoto
    Kikuko Inoue as Uraha
    Nobutoshi Canna as Ryuya
    Chiwa Saito as Ryuya (child, ep 2)
    Fumihiko Goto as Chicken peddler (ep 1)
    Kazuo Hara as Bandit (ep 2)
    Keisuke Fujii as Pursuer (ep 1)
    Kenichi Mine as Bandit (ep 2)
    Ryou Sugisaki as Bandit (ep 2)
    Ryuuta Anzai as Pursuer (ep 1)
    Yoshinori Muto as Skinny man (ep 1)
    Yutaka Shimaka as Peddler (ep 1)

    Japanese Staff

    Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
    Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo
    Storyboard: Tatsuya Ishihara
    Episode Director: Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 1-2)
    Music: Jun Asae, Magome Togoshi, Shinji Orito
    Original Character Design: Itaru Hinoue (Visual Art's)
    Character Design: Tomoe Aratani
    Art director: Jouji Unoguchi
    Chief Animation Director: Tomoe Aratani
    Animation director: Tomoe Aratani
    Director of Photography: Ryuuta Nakagami
    Art Setting: Jouji Unoguchi
    Assistant Episode Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
    Assistant producer: Eharu Oohashi, Kishi Takano, Takashi Takano
    Background Art: Chioi Hosokawa (Ep 2), Emi Kesamaru (Ep 2), Miyuki Hiratoko (Ep 2), Mutsuo Shinohara (Ep 2)
    Color design: Akiyo Takeda
    Color Design Check: Akiyo Takeda
    Editing: Chieko Takayama (Morita Editing Room), Masanori Sakamoto (Morita Editing Room)
    In-Between Check: Emi Nakano
    Layout: Hiroyuki Takahashi
    Logo Design Assitance: Keiko Maekawa
    Online Editing Supervision: Naoki Kanazawa
    Photography: Kazuya Takao, Rin Yamamoto, Yoshiko Tanaka
    Planning Assistance: Kouji Shinmyou (BS-i)
    Producer: Shinichi Nakamura, Yoko Hatta, Yoshihisa Nakayama
    Publicity Producer: Mikie Nishiguchi, Yuusuke Iida
    Recording: Yasushi Nagura
    Recording Assistance: Mika Kamemoto
    Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo
    Setting Manager: Kazuki Awara
    Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
    Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
    Sound Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
    Special Effects: Rina Miura
    Theme Song Arrangement: Kazuya Takase (OP - I've), Magome Togoshi (ED)
    Theme Song Composition: Magome Togoshi (ED), Shinji Orito (OP)
    Theme Song Lyrics: Jun Asae (OP/ED)
    Theme Song Performance: Lia (OP/ED)
    Web Design: Norihiro Fujita

    Japanese Companies

    Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
    Broadcaster: BS-i, TBS-BS
    Effect: Kyoto Animation Digital Eizou Kaihatsu Shitsu
    In-Between Animation: AniVillage
    Music Production: Key
    Online Editing: Imagica
    Original Creator: Visual Art's/Key
    Paint: AniVillage
    Production: Kyoto Animation, Pony Canyon, TBS
    Recording Studio: Studio Gong
    Sound Effects Production: Gakuonsha
    Sound Production: Rakuonsha