<P> The film's animation directors are Akihiko Yamashita (Suikoden III opening, Howl's Moving Castle, The Secret World of Arrietty), Atsushi Yamagata (InuYasha the Movie, Origin, Brave Story) and Kitarō Kōsaka and its most - known key animators include Makiko Futaki, Shinji Ōtsuka, Takeshi Honda, Takashi Hashimoto, Hideki Hamasu, Atsuko Tanaka, The Secret World of Arrietty director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Hiroyuki Aoyama . </P> <P> The main voice cast members were officially unveiled on May 13, 2011 . It was announced that actress Masami Nagasawa would voice Matsuzaki, the main character . This was Nagasawa's first voice acting role in a Studio Ghibli film . In addition, Jun'ichi Okada, a member of the Japanese band V6, would be voicing Shun Kazama, a member of the school newspaper publishing team . Additionally, Jun Fubuki, Keiko Takeshita, Takashi Naitō, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuriko Ishida, Nao Ōmori and Shunsuke Kazama would voice other minor characters . </P> <P> In June 2012, it was announced that a North American dub would be recorded and that it was being executive produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, written by Karey Kirkpatrick and directed by Gary Rydstrom . The cast members of the dub include Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Ron Howard, Jeff Dunham, Gillian Anderson, Chris Noth, Ronan Farrow, Isabelle Fuhrman, Emily Osment, Charlie Saxton, Alex Wolff, Beau Bridges, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Christina Hendricks, Elisa Gabrielli and Aubrey Plaza . </P> <P> The score of From Up on Poppy Hill was composed by Satoshi Takebe . In December 2010, it was announced that singer Aoi Teshima would sing the film's theme song, "Summer of Farewells--From Up on Poppy Hill" (「 さよなら の 夏 ~ コクリコ 坂 から ~ 」, "Sayonara no Natsu ~ Kokuriko - zaka kara ~"). </P>

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