Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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| Directing | Makoto Shinkai | Director |
| Editing | Makoto Shinkai | Editor |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Art Direction |
| Production | Makoto Shinkai | Producer |
| Production | Noritaka Kawaguchi | Line Producer |
| Writing | Makoto Shinkai | Screenplay |
| Camera | Makoto Shinkai | Director of Photography |
| Production | Chung Jin-ho | Producer |
| Production | Joey Goubeaud | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Ledford | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Tenmon | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Makoto Matsuda | Casting |
| Production | Sawako Todoroki | Casting |
| Sound | Makoto Shinkai | Sound Director |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Ooshiro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoto Hosoda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ushio Tazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Moon Hyun-hee | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroko Minowa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumiko Hara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Shinkai | Color Designer |
| Writing | Makoto Shinkai | Original Story |
| Editing | Daisuke Atsumi | Other |
| Editing | Yuji Mitsuya | Other |
| Editing | Yuko Shimura | Other |
| Editing | Nozomi Takeuchi | Other |
| Editing | Yoshinari Yamzaki | Other |
| Production | Shelley Thomas | Production Manager |
| Sound | Fusanobu Fujiyama | Other |
| Sound | Erika Fukushima | Other |
| Sound | Jacob A. Gragard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Takeshi Imaizumi | Other |
| Sound | Kimiko Hayashi | Other |
| Sound | Shouji Katou | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Kazuhito Nakanishi | Other |
| Sound | Tsutomu Sukigara | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yoshitaka Takeuchi | CG Artist |
| Camera | Akinori Kawakami | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Saiko Mikami | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Masayoshi Yamazaki | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Tsutomu Kawahigashi | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | Mikio Mori | Dolby Consultant |
| Crew | Chieko Misaka | Thanks |
| Sound | Tatsuhiro Amano | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Hiroyasu Yamashita | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takayo Nishimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Shinkai | Character Designer |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyuki Ueda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nozomu Fujii | Key Animation |
| Art | Takumi Tanji | Background Designer |
| Art | Akiko Majima | Background Designer |
| Art | Minako Shimada | Background Designer |
| Art | Yumi Ishii | Background Designer |
| Art | Shingo Kanai | Background Designer |
| Art | Akira Hirosawa | Background Designer |
| Art | Kaori Izumiya | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoshitaka Takeuchi | Background Designer |
