Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors. Finally free, the pair seek out a simple existence in the countryside but are pursued by nefarious forces. Intent on protecting Yuna at all costs, Van must uncover the true cause of the plague ravaging the kingdom—and its possible cure.
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| Visual Effects | Masashi Ando | Character Designer |
| Directing | Masashi Ando | Director |
| Sound | Harumi Fuuki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hiromi Kikuta | Sound Director |
| Art | Hiroki Shinagawa | Conceptual Design |
| Writing | Taku Kishimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nahoko Uehashi | Novel |
| Directing | Masayuki Miyaji | Director |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Hashimoto | Color Designer |
| Art | Hiroshi Ohno | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Masashi Ando | Animation Director |
| Camera | Koji Tanaka | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Hisako Shimozuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Antoine Antin | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Liang Boya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuuya Geshi | Key Animation |
| Art | Akira Honma | Prop Designer |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Inoue | Lead Animator |
| Directing | Taisuke Mamori | Assistant Director |
| Sound | milet | Theme Song Performance |
| Art | Ei Inoue | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ei Inoue | Key Animation |
| Art | Masako Sato | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Masashi Ando | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Masayuki Miyaji | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ai Takashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akira Honma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiyo Okuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Asako Matsumura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Tamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chie Morita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Emi Ota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hidetsugu Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Shinagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroko Minowa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Izumi Seguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kanae Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Emi Tamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuchika Kise | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazutaka Ozaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Konishi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuki Hoshino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maho Tomisaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mariko Ishikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Takiyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masafumi Yokota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoki Kobayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoko Kawahara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoya Wada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Futoshi Oonami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Murata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Reiko Nagasawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryosuke Tsuchiya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Seiichi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Takenaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Suetomi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Hirota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Susumu Mitsunaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masami Mori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takafumi Hori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahisa Katagiri | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Mukouda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Nishio | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsubasa Hatashima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshimi Itazu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuka Hirata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Igarashi | Key Animation |
| Production | Keiko Matsushita | Line Producer |
| Art | Hiroshi Ohno | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Honda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Inoue | Animation Director |
