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The Great Passage (TV)

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Alternative title:
Fune o Amu (Japanese)
Fune wo Amu (Japanese)
舟を編む (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Araki is a veteran editor for the dictionary department at the Genbu Shobō publishing company. He is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The "odd couple" work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).
User Ratings: 160 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:8, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:38, dub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 42 votes (sub:34, dub:2, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 44 votes (sub:44)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 229 users, rank: #3598 (of 9898)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.738 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3439, rank: #1207 (of 10043)
Weighted mean: 7.716 (Very good−), rank: #1149 (of 10043) (seen all: 7.77 / seen some: 8.45 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.698 (Very good−), rank: #900 (of 7598)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2016-10-13
Opening Theme:
"Shiokaze" by Taiiku Okazaki
Ending Theme:
"I&I" by Leola
Review:
The Great Passage Episodes 1-11 Streaming (Feb 24, 2017)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Great Passage - The Complete TV Series (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-02-25 (from $17.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Series Composition: Takuya Satō
Script:
Takuya Satō (ep 1)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (ep 2)
Toshizo Nemoto (eps 5-6)
Yoriko Tomita (ep 3)
Yuichiro Kido (ep 4)
Storyboard:
Miwa Sasaki (ep 3)
Seishirō Nagaya (eps 2, 6, 8, 10)
Shinobu Tagashira (ep 4)
Shinsaku Sasaki (ED)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 9)
Tatsumi Fujii (ep 5)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (OP; eps 1, 7-8, 11)
Episode Director:
Fumiaki Kouta (ep 7)
Midori Yui (ep 8)
Miwa Sasaki (eps 3, 9)
Seishirō Nagaya (eps 2, 6, 10)
Shinobu Tagashira (ep 4)
Tatsumi Fujii (ep 5)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (eps 1, 11)
Unit Director:
Shinsaku Sasaki (ED)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (OP)
Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Original creator: Shion Miura
Original Character Design: Haruko Kumota
Character Design: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Art Director: Yuka Hirama
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Aoyama (eps 1-2)
Yūko Yahiro (eps 5, 10)
Animation Director:
Asami Nakatani (ep 5)
Daisuke Kitagawa (ep 10)
Harumi Takagi (ep 1)
Haruna Gōzu (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Aoyama (OP)
Ikuko Matsushita (eps 7, 10)
Miwa Sasaki (ep 3)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 6)
Noriko Shimazawa (ep 1)
Shinobu Tagashira (ep 4)
Sōichirō Sako (ep 2)
Takayuki Noguchi (ep 1)
Tetsurō Moronuki (ep 10)
Tomomi Kamiya (ep 7)
Yasunari Nitta (eps 2, 5)
Yūko Yahiro (ep 5)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Director of Photography: Takahiro Hondai
Producer:
Akitoshi Mori (Fuji TV)
Soichiro Umemoto

2nd Key Animation:
Aki Nakagawa (ep 11)
Tatsunobu Inazu (ZEXCS; eps 1, 4, 11)
Animation Director Helper: Akiko Matsuo (ep 1)
Animation producer: Kiyoshi Shintaku
Background Art:
Chinami Takeuchi (Atelier Platz; OP; eps 1-2)
Hiroki Matsumoto (Atelier Platz; eps 1-2)
Kaori Fujii (Atelier Platz; eps 1-2)
Miho Tsurumachi (Atelier Platz; OP; eps 1-2)
Risa Wakabayashi (Atelier Platz; OP; eps 1-2)
Yuka Hirama (Atelier Platz; OP; eps 1-2)
Background Art Design: Mamio Ogawa
Chief Animation Director Helper:
Masahiro Tomaru (ep 2)
Shizuka Satō (ep 2)
Shogo Matsumoto (ep 2)
Color design: Naoko Satō
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
In-Between Animation: Takuya Niinuma (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (ep 6)
Erkin Kawabata (eps 6, 10)
Kyoshiro Ezawa (ep 8)
Miwa Sasaki (ep 3)
Miyako Yatsu (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Osamu Tanabe (ep 3)
Shinobu Tagashira (all ep 4)
Shogo Matsumoto (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Shū Sugita (ep 8)
Susumu Matsunaga (ED)
Tatsunobu Inazu (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 9-10
)
Tomomi Kamiya (OP)
Yūki Yonemori (ep 8)
Yūta Yokoo (ep 11)
Main Animator:
Noriko Shimazawa
Tomomi Kamiya
Yasunari Nitta
Music producer:
Hiroaki Sano
Toshihiro Funahashi
Planning:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Kiyoshi Nagai
Miho Okada
Tomoaki Maejima
Yūichi Nakao
Theme Song Performance: Taiiku Okazaki (OP)
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line (ep 11)
Akatsuki (eps 4, 6)
Anime R (eps 2, 5-7, 11)
Anitus Kōbe (ep 8)
Art Base Bam (eps 4-5)
B.S.P (eps 4-7)
BONES (ep 12)
C-Station (ep 5)
CJT (eps 5, 10-12)
drop (ep 4)
Encourage Films (eps 4, 8)
feel. (eps 1, 12)
Green (ep 11)
ingresA (ep 5)
Jumondo (eps 5, 10-12)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 10)
Mouse (ep 1)
NAZ (eps 4, 6-8)
Production GoodBook (eps 10-11)
R.I.C (ep 5)
Reboot (ep 11)
Seigasha (eps 8, 10)
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division (5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Snow Light Staff (ep 8)
Studio Boomerang (ep 10)
Studio CL (ep 4)
Studio Comet (eps 5-7)
Studio Elle (eps 4, 8)
Studio Gram (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-7, 10-12
)
Studio Live (eps 4, 10)
Studio μ (ep 5)
Taekwan Anime (eps 4, 8, 11-12)
TAP (ep 11)
Triple A (ep 11)
Wao World (eps 4, 6-7)
ZEXCS (ep 4)
3DCGI: Studio A-Cat (eps 1-4)
Animation Production: ZEXCS
Backgrounds:
Atelier PLATZ (eps 1-4)
NARA Animation (ep 4)
Triple A (eps 1-4)
Broadcaster:
Fuji Television Network
Noitamina
Finish Animation:
Ace Company (ep 4)
Akatsuki (ep 4)
Asahi Production (eps 4-6)
Assez Finaud Fabric. (eps 2-3, 6)
B.S.P (eps 4-6)
BEEP (eps 1, 6)
Caramel Art (eps 2, 4-5)
CJT (eps 1-6)
D-COLORS (eps 1, 3)
ensemble (ep 1)
FAI International (eps 1-2)
Green (eps 1-3, 6)
LIDEN FILMS (ep 1)
M.S.C (eps 4-6)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1-3, 5-6)
MK-Za (eps 1-2, 5)
R.I.C (eps 4-5)
Reboot (ep 2)
Rising Force (eps 1-2)
SILVER LINK. (eps 2-3)
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division (ep 4)
Studio Elle (eps 1-6)
Studio Gram (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Studio Road (eps 1-3, 5)
Studio μ (ep 4)
Taekwan Anime (eps 1-2, 4-5)
TAP (ep 4)
Triple A (ep 2)
TYO Animations (eps 1-2)
Wish (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
8 bit (eps 2-3)
A-Line (ep 2)
Ace Company (ep 4)
Akatsuki (ep 4)
Animation Planet (ep 6)
Asahi Production (ep 6)
Ashi Productions (ep 3)
B.S.P (eps 4-6)
BEEP (eps 1, 6)
C-Station (ep 2)
CJT (eps 1, 3-6)
diomedéa (ep 2)
ensemble (ep 1)
FAI International (eps 1-2)
feel. (eps 5-6)
GAINAX (ep 2)
GONZO (eps 2-3)
Green (eps 1-2, 6)
HEBARAKI (ep 2)
Jumondo (eps 2, 6)
Khara (ep 2)
M.S.C (eps 2-3)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 5)
NAZ (ep 3)
Production I.G (ep 3)
Production IMS (ep 3)
R.I.C (ep 4)
Reboot (ep 2)
SILVER LINK. Overseas Division (ep 4)
Studio Gash (ep 2)
Studio Gram (eps 2, 4, 6)
Studio μ (ep 4)
SynergySP (eps 3, 6)
Taekwan Anime (eps 1-2, 4-5)
TAP (ep 4)
TNK (ep 2)
ufotable (eps 5-6)
Wafū Animation (ep 3)
ZEXCS (eps 1-2, 6)
Music Production: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Photography: Assez Finaud Fabric. (ep 4)
Production:
Aniplex
Fuji Television Network
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
Kobunsha
Kyoraku Industrial Holdings Co.,Ltd.
TOHO
Recording Studio: Three S Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Theme Song Production:
SME Records (OP)
Sony Music Associated Records (ED)
Title Logo Design: Hive & co., ltd.
Japanese cast
Hiroshi Kamiya as Masashi Nishioka
Takahiro Sakurai as Mitsuya Majime

Azuki Shibuya as Kai-kun
Chiwa Saitō as Remi Miyoshi
Ikuko Tani as Take Hayashi
Maaya Sakamoto as Kaguya Hayashi
Mugihito as Tomosuke Matsumoto
Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Hiroshi
Satsumi Matsuda as Sen-kun
Tetsuo Kanao as Kōhei Araki
Yō Taichi as Rinta
Yōko Hikasa as Midori Kishibe
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kaoru Sasaki

Ai Maeda as narrator (ep 4)
Eiichirō Tokumoto as announcer (ep 2)
Fumi Hirano as female TV personality (ep 4)
Haruki Ishiya as employee (ep 3)
Hiroki Gotō as designer (ep 10)
Hiroshi Yanaka as male TV personality (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Endō as
part-timer (ep 10)
PR department employee (ep 11)
Junichi Yanagita as
employee (eps 1, 9)
PR department employee (ep 11)
Kōichi Sōma as
PR department chief (ep 5)
printer (ep 11)
Mari Yokoo as Chie Matsumoto (eps 10-11)
Michiho Akutsu as part-timer (ep 10)
Nobuo Tobita as Professor Oda (eps 5, 7)
Ryūichi Kijima as agent (ep 4)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as agent (ep 4)
Shintarō Asanuma as Shinichiro Miyamoto (eps 8-9)
Shusaku Shirakawa as
cashier (ep 1)
part-timer (ep 10)
Sōta Arai as
employee (ep 9)
mailman (ep 6)
Tadanori Date as employee (ep 3)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Chief Yamashita (ep 5)
Yōsuke Akimoto as Minami-san (ep 4)
Yūsuke Handa as part-timer (ep 10)
English staff
English companies
Subtitle Preparation: Roman Stuart (Discotek)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (UK)
Anime Strike (US)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Eduardo Ramírez as Masashi Nishioka
Rafael Pacheco as Mitsuya Majime

Cecilia Airol as Kaoru Sasaki
Enrique Cervantes as Kohei Araki
Irma Carmona as Take Hayashi
Jorge Santos as Tomosuke Matsumoto
Pamela Cruz as Midori Kishibe
Rosa María Martínez as Remi Miyoshi
Rossy Aguirre as Kaguya Hayashi

Edgar Pedroza
Gerardo del Valle
Itzíhuappe Escalera
Lupita Cruz
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)

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