Now and Then, Here and There

Synopsis

Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers the true terrors of war, which includes genocide, brutal torture, hunger, thirst, and child explotation. Now Shu is trying to save Lala-Ru, as well as his hard earned, and often relunctant, new friends from the insane dictator, Hamdo. Whether Shu can possibly accomplish saving those he cares about while still holding up to his values remains to be seen.

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Cast

Akemi Okamura

Shuuzou Matsutani (voice)

Kaori Nazuka

Lala-Ru (voice)

Azusa Nakao

Sara Ringwalt (voice)

Yuka Imai

Nabuca (voice)

Reiko Yasuhara

Koji Ishii

Hiroko Konishi

Rica Matsumoto

Crew

Art

• Masanobu Nomura Art Direction

Camera

• Akio Saito Director of Photography

Directing

• Akitaro Daichi Series Director
• Akitaro Daichi Director

Sound

• Kazuya Tanaka Sound Director
• Taku Iwasaki Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Atsushi Oizumi Character Designer
• Rie Nishino Character Designer
• Rie Nishino Supervising Animation Director

Writing

• Hideyuki Kurata Series Composition
• Akitaro Daichi Original Story
• Hideyuki Kurata Screenplay

Seasons & episodes