HARD PUNCHER (episode)/Credits

Credits for episode 5 of Trigun.

English Version (Pioneer)

Opening Credits

Planned by

Shigeki Komatsu

Masao Maruyama

Based on the comic by

Yasuhiro Nightow

Serialized in, “Young King Hours”

(Shonen Gaho Publishing)

Shonen Captain Comics

(Tokuma Publishing Company)

Produced by

Shigeru Kitayama

Series Story Editor

Yosuke Kuroda

Character Design by

Takahiro Yoshimatsu

Mechanical Design by

Noriyuki Jinnguji

Art Director

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Director of Photography

Hisao Shirai

Audio Supervisor

Yasunori Honda

Music

Tsuneo Imahori

Music Produced by

Yukako Inoue (Victor Entertainment)

Opening Theme

“H.T” Composed & Performed by Tsuneo Imahori

Opening Animation

Storyboard

Satoshi Nishimura

Unit Director

Shigetoshi Takayanagi

Animation Director

Takahiro Yoshimatsu

Animation Produced by

Mad House

Animation Producer

Masao Morosawa

Directed by

Satoshi Nishimura

Presented by

Victor Company of Japan, LTD.

End Credits

Cast

Vash the Stampede	Masaya Onosaka
Meryl Stryfe	Hiromi Tsuru
Milly Thompson	Satsuki Yukino
Nebraska	Kenichi Ogata
Gofsef	Norio Wakamoto
Chairman	Yoshitaka Arimoto
Henry	Nobuaki Fukuda
Owner	Ken Shiroyama
Monica	Wakana Yamazaki
Tonis	Chiaki Morita
Tonis's Mother	Yoshiko Kamei
Man A	Wataru Takagi
Man B	Takashi Nagato
Man C	Hiroaki Ishikawa
Man D	Kazuyuki Ishikawa
Sandie	Yukari Honma
Housewife	Naoko Ishii

Written by

Yousuke Kuroda

Animation Director

Shiro Hisataka

Assistant Animation Director

Satoshi Tazaki

Key Animators

Akiko Nishio	Toshiyuki Fujisawa
Akiko Yamaguchi	Tsuyoshi Konakawa
Masaru Oshiro	Toshiaki Chishima
Toshiya Washida	Toshiyuki Kanno
Yuuki Iwai	Asami Endo
Koichi Hatsumi	Kumiko Takahashi
Keisuke Watabe	Kunihiko Sakurai
Usami Koichi	D.R. Movie

Inbetween Checker

Masatsugu Kawai

Inbetweeners

Echo Pro	Studio Ghibli
D.R. Movie	Kyoko Douga

Ending Theme

"Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku"

Written, composed, and Arranged by

AKIMA & NEOS

Ending Animation

Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Background

Kazuko Katsui	Masumi Nishikawa
Toshiyuki Yoshimura	Yuka Okamoto
Mayumi Okada	Hiroki Matsumoto
Takuya Iida	Yasunari Usuda
Masayoshi Banno	Katsushi Aoki

Color Coordinator/Color Key

Akihiko Isozaki

Paint

Fusako Shiho	Kana Nakayama
Studio OZ	DR. Movie
Kyoko Douga	Echo Pro
Harue Ono

Special Effects

Toyohiko Sakakibara

Photography

Studio Cosmos	Motoaki Ikegami
Tetsuo Oomori	Shinji Ikegami
Takashi Shimada	Koichi Furusawa
Kanae Hirano

Sound Effects

Shizou Kurahashi

Recording

Kazunari Tanaka

Recording Studio

Omnibus Japan

Sound Produced By

Arts Production

Keiko Terao

Edited By

Ogata Editing Laboratory

Hirotoshi Ogata

Satoshi Terauchi

Yukiko Ito

Laboratory

Tokyo Development Laboratory

Titling

Maki Productions

Video Editing

Video Tech

Marketing

Junya Ito (TV Tokyo)

Program Representative

Mitsuki Sekiya (TV Tokyo)

Assistant Producer

Masahiro Otake

Production Assistant

Yasuko Kamo

Storyboard/Unit Director

Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Presented By

Victor Company of Japan, LTD

English Version Produced By

Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P.

In Association with

ZRO Limit Productions

&

Animaze Inc.

Production Coordinator

Osamu Maseba

Production Assistant

Kei Onishi

Translation Subtitle Timing

Anna Exter

ZRO Limit Productions

Director

Lia Sargent

English ADR Script Writer

Steve Nattow

Trina Watton

Recording Facility

Magnitude 8 Post

Digital ADR Tracking

"Big Phil" Brewster

Final Mix

Les Claypool III

Post Production Facility

VDI Multimedia West

Online Editor

Kris Santa Cruz

English Cast

Johnny Yong Bosch	Thor
Marie Downing	Jimmy Theodore
Shannon White	Michaline Babich
Mary Carver	Lynn Fischer
Aaron Weslee	Lauren Benjamin
J.W. Harper	Dean Mariarty
Penny Sweet	David Thompson
Dave Mallow	Billy Regan
Christopher Joyce	William Fredrick
Joe Romersa	Dorothy Melendrez
Sonja S. Fox	Lia Sargent
David Lucas	Marie Danielle
Christy Mathewson	Ian Hawk
Brian Edwards

Executive Producer

Hideki Goto

Producers

Yuji Moriya

Yutaka Maseba

Haruyo Kanesaku

©1998 Yasuhiro Nightow/Shonen Gaho-Sha, Tokuma Shoten, JVC