an Essen Communications/Hyde Park Entertainment production ; a Hisako Matsui film ; produced and directed by Hisako Matsui ; produced by Ashok Amritraj ; producers, Yuuki Itoh, Masao Nagai
screenplay, Kazunori Ito ; produced by Kodansha in association with Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment ; production studio, Production I.G. ; producers, Yoshimasa Mizuo, Ken Matsumoto, Ken Iyadomi, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G) ; director, Mamoru Oshii