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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Yukiji Asaoka, Molly Shannon, Yasuko Tomita, Daryl Sabara, Masako Araki, Chocho Miyako, Naomi Uno, Akiko Yano, Jim Belushi, Toru Masuoka, David Ogden Stiers, Liliana Mumy ...MORE

Cast: Yukiji Asaoka, Molly Shannon, Yasuko Tomita, Daryl Sabara, Masako Araki, Chocho Miyako, Naomi Uno, Akiko Yano, Jim Belushi, Toru Masuoka, David Ogden Stiers, Liliana Mumy, Tress MacNeille, Tamao Nakamura ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Japanese Movies, Animation, Comedy, Children's, Family Film, Domestic Comedy, Anime

My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun) is an anime film directed by Isao Takahata and released by Studio Ghibli on July 17, 1999. The movie is a family comedy that is presented in a comic strip style which is unusual since all the other Studio Ghibli movies are presented in the traditional anime style of Studio Ghibli. Based on the yonkoma manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, it was the first completely digital Studio Ghibli movie. Takahata wanted Yamada-kun to have the art style of watercolor pictures rather than cel pictures.... MORE

My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun) is an anime film directed by Isao Takahata and released by Studio Ghibli on July 17, 1999. The movie is a family comedy that is presented in a comic strip style which is unusual since all the other Studio Ghibli movies are presented in the traditional anime style of Studio Ghibli. Based on the yonkoma manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, it was the first completely digital Studio Ghibli movie. Takahata wanted Yamada-kun to have the art style of watercolor pictures rather than cel pictures. To achieve that, the traditional paint-on-cel techniques were replaced with digital technology, making Yamada-kun the first Ghibli movie to have animation drawings painted entirely on computers. Despite decent reviews, the movie did not fare as well at the box office in Japan as other Studio Ghibli movies. It was released on DVD in America in August 2005, alongside another Takahata film, Pom Poko. Produced by Toshio Suzuki.My Neighbors the Yamadas received an Excellence Award for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival. This film is about the daily lives of the Yamada family: Takashi and Matsuko (the father and LESS