Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
97 mins
Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town. Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would, but Nikuko’s bold spirit makes her especially well-known in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in. As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school, enhanced with touches of magical realism from her ever-present imagination, a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship.
Raiizumi Inagaki
Penguin / Zenji's Niece (voice)
Moaang
Key Animation
Kou Horio
Key Animation
Miyaso
Key Animation
Proro
Key Animation
Shinji Kimura
Art Direction
Takanori Nakajima
CGI Director
Miyuki Ito
Color Designer
Koji Kasamatsu
Sound Director
Kenichiro Akimoto
Second Unit Director
Kiyoshi Hirose
Editor
Takatsugu Muramatsu
Original Music Composer
Mitsugu Yamada
Producer
Harumi Yamazaki
Key Animation
Katsuya Yoshii
Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi
Key Animation
Ren Onodera
Key Animation
Junya Komatsu
Producer
Kaori Hayashi
Key Animation
Kanako Yoshida
Animation Director
KAWAHAGI
Animation
Sakako Itakura
Background Designer
Keiichi Yoshizaki
Executive Producer
Kaori Hayashi
Animation Director
Miki Matsumoto
Key Animation
Tadashi Kudo
Background Designer
Takahiro Terauchi
Background Designer
Kiyoshi Sameshima
Background Designer
Chisayo Namai
Background Designer
Katsumi Akimoto
Background Designer
Kouji Maruyama
Background Designer
Shunsuke Hirota
Animation Director
Emi Tamura
Key Animation
Hisako Akagi
Background Designer
Nachi Kitayama
Background Designer
Marie Kitai
Background Designer
Sanae Shimada
Animation Director
Huang Chieh
Key Animation
Blue
Key Animation
Tsuyoshi Nakatani
Background Designer
Hisayoshi Takahashi
Background Designer
Saori Iwatani
Background Designer
Gin-san
Animation
Manamoto
Animation
Shunsuke Hirota
Key Animation
Yuuya Geshi
Key Animation
Katsuhiko Kitada
Key Animation
Tomokatsu Nagasaku
Key Animation
Masumi Yoshida
Key Animation
Shogo Teramoto
Key Animation
Kiyakiya
Animation
Akiko Itagaki
Key Animation
Maiko Kobayashi
Key Animation
Emiko Shimura
Key Animation
Ayami Hidaka
Background Designer
Tomoki Moriya
Background Designer
Keisuke Okura
Key Animation
Magho
Animation
Ami Shimomura
Background Designer
Sugoroku
Key Animation
Tatsuzo Nishida
Key Animation
Mado
Animation
Yuitsu Kusakabe
Key Animation
Keita Nagahara
Key Animation
Tomoko Sekiya
Background Designer
Akihiko Okamoto
Executive Producer
Minoru Ohashi
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Key Animation
Rina Kagiyama
Key Animation
Izumi Murakami
Key Animation
Saurabh Singh
Animation
Saki Hasegawa
Key Animation
Junko Matsui
Background Designer
Kanako Yoshida
Key Animation
Yu Tachimoto
Background Designer
Shu Kamigaso
Executive Producer
Sanae Shimada
Key Animation
Rika Ota
Key Animation
Shintaro Doge
Key Animation
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Key Animation
Miyuki Sugita
Background Designer
Shun Miyakawa
Key Animation
Julia Derungs
Animation
Satomi Oshima
Screenplay