NiNoKuni (2019)

August 23, 2019 (JP) • Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance • 106m

Overview

Adapted from the video game series of the same name, NiNoKuni follows high school peers Yuu and Haru who must travel between two separate yet parallel worlds to help save their childhood friend, Kotona, whose life is in danger. In this magical quest complicated by love, the three teens will be tasked with making the ultimate choice.

Director

Yoshiyuki Momose

Writer

Akihiro Hino

Top Billed

Kento Yamazaki

Keywords

princess friendship magic kingdom despair wheelchair wheelchair user love friends unrequited love school creature parallel world based on video game disability fantasy world accident anime isekai swords fantasy swords duel mystery

Where to watch

Free / Included

Netflix

Netflix Standard with Ads

Top Billed Cast

Kento Yamazaki

Yuu (voice)

Mackenyu

Haru (voice)

Mei Nagano

Asha / Kotona (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Balton (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Danpa (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Flander-ou (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Gabalas (voice)

Tsuyoshi Muro

Ojiisan (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Saki / Versa (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Yoki (voice)

Madison Rojas

Young Yu (English version voice)

Crew

Yuuka Igarashi

Key Animation

Ryota Itoh

CGI Director

Anri Ikumi

Key Animation

Yasushi Nishiya

Character Designer

Kaori Hayashi

Animation Director

Tatsuro Onishi

Background Designer

Hiroki Makino

Background Designer

Masahiro Matsunaga

Second Unit Director

Akihiro Hino

Executive Producer

Kwon Young-sig

Executive Producer

Yasushi Nishiya

Animation Director

Yuko Kato

Animation Director

Shihomi Matsubayashi

Animation Director

Zhu Qiaodan

Background Designer

Kenichi Nishida

Storyboard Artist

Tadaaki Miyata

Animation Director

Kazuhiko Shibuya

Animation Director

Satoshi Hirayama

Animation Director

Shingo Kunieda

Executive Producer

Jun Owada

Storyboard Artist

Makoto Shiraishi

Art Designer

Zhong Quanbin

Background Designer

Chihiro Okawa

Background Designer

Toshiaki Okuno

Executive Producer

Chie Tanimoto

Color Designer

Masashi Nogawa

Editor

Osamu Murata

Animation Director

Saho Yamane

Background Designer

Tsukasa Koitabashi

Producer

Jun Owada

Second Unit Director

Shinji Ushiro

Storyboard Artist

Isao Nanba

Animation Director

Kazuo Ogura

Background Designer

Masahiro Matsunaga

Storyboard Artist

Yasushi Muroya

Second Unit Director

Naohito Takahashi

Key Animation

Yu Tajima

Background Designer

Hiroyuki Fujita

Executive Producer

Hiroyuki Morita

Assistant Director

Shiori Shiwa

Art Direction

Ryou Kujirai

Director of Photography

Yasushi Nishiya

Supervising Animation Director

Takeshi Iida

Animation Director

Nagi Miwa

Background Designer

Hiroyuki Morita

Storyboard Artist

Hiroyuki Morita

Second Unit Director

Takuya Matsumura

Animation Director

Kenji Hachizaki

Animation Director

Daiki Ito

Background Designer

Soichiro Kubo

Sound Director

Kazuhiro Inoue

Background Designer

Akihiro Hino

Screenplay

Hiromasa Amano

Second Unit Director

Tetsuo Yajima

Storyboard Artist

Masaya Onishi

Animation Director

Kohei Honda

Background Designer

Yoshiyuki Momose

Storyboard Artist

Naohito Takahashi

Second Unit Director

Atsushi Suzuki

Animation Director

Miyako Ota

Animation Director

Kyouko Takeuchi

Animation Director

Ayano Okamoto

Background Designer

Lu Jiafang

Background Designer

Atsushi Yokoyama

Background Designer

Shinichi Yoshino

Animation Director

Taichi Furumata

Animation Director

Tomohiro Koyama

Animation Director

Chikako Noma

Animation Director

Masahito Sawada

Animation Director

Yu Takahashi

Animation Director

Hiroko Tanabe

Background Designer

Keiko Nakagawa

Animation Director

Takahiko Kyougoku

Storyboard Artist

Hiromasa Amano

Storyboard Artist

Yoshinori Nabana

Key Animation

Nichika Ono

Key Animation

Aki Yamauchi

Key Animation

Hidekazu Ebina

Key Animation

Yusuke Inada

Sound Effects

Choi Seung-goo

Assistant Director of Photography

Hodaka Okamoto

Background Designer

Kazuhiko Shibuya

Key Animation

Eri Sano

Key Animation

Zhang Liwen

Key Animation

Yuki Yabe

Key Animation

Yusa Ito

Background Designer

Keisuke Kobayashi

Key Animation

Ayaka Koide

Key Animation

Yuki Hashimoto

Key Animation

Junichi Masunaga

Online Editor

Yoshihiro Toriyama

Online Editor

Miyako Ota

Prop Designer

Atsushi Nakagawa

Key Animation

Kazuaki Arima

Executive Producer

Naotoshi Tsunoda

Executive Producer

Masaki Tanaka

Key Animation

Makoto Nakata

Storyboard Artist

Makoto Nakata

Second Unit Director

Kei Morita

Executive Producer

Yoshiyuki Momose

Director

Hiroyoshi Koiwai

Executive Producer

Keina Suda

Theme Song Performance

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Yoshiyuki Momose

Character Designer

Bahi JD

Key Animation

Mitsuyoshi Hazama

Compositing Artist

Yuki Adachi

Compositing Artist

Kanta Tazume

Compositing Artist

He Wenxin

Compositing Artist

Mitsutoshi Ohta

Compositing Artist

Sae Takahashi

Compositing Artist

Shintaro Nagisa

Prop Designer

Takaharu Mizutari

Publicist

Minayo Shimoda

Prop Designer

Minayo Shimoda

CG Artist

Reviews

Alunauwie

⭐ 7/10

August 31, 2025

Ni No Kuni is a film inspired by the game series created by Akihiro Hino and Level 5, continuing the story after Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. The movie retains several game elements and shares a visual tone reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, partly due to the involvement of Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose as director. While the story about parallel worlds is intriguing and logically presented, its execution feels somewhat shallow, leaving many pa… read the rest.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

—

Revenue

$2,858,846

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NiNoKuni (2019)

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