The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Nov 20, 2004

1h 30m

★ 6.6

Against all odds, a promise will be kept.

Overview

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

Genres

Animation

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

CoMix Wave Films

The Place Promised in Our Early Days Trailers

Cast

Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Takuya Shirakawa (voice)

Masato Hagiwara

Sayuri Sawatari (voice)

Yuuka Nanri

Okabe (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Tomizawa (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Maki Kasahara (voice)

Risa Mizuno

Arisaka (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Eki Shanai Announce / Byoin Incho (voice)

Masami Iwasaki

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / TV News (voice)

Eiji Takemoto

Emishi Seisakujo Koin / Daigakuinsei (voice)

Takahiro Hirano

Daigakuinsei / Radio Hoso (voice)

Takeshi Maeda

Joshi Seito (voice)

Yûki Nakao

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