An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Writing | Izo Hashimoto | Writer |
| Writing | Mitsutoshi Ishigami | Adaptation |
| Writing | Yoji Ogura | Adaptation |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Adaptation |
| Writing | Kazuo Umezz | Comic Book |
| Production | Kenichi Nakamura | Producer |
| Production | Hirohiko Suekichi | Producer |
| Production | Kyôko Ôbayashi | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yoshiyuki Shima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nobuo Ogawa | Editor |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Production | Nobutsugu Tsubomi | Producer |
| Sound | Shouhei Hayashi | Sound Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Umezz | Novel |