Set in the beginning of the 20th century Japan, the film follows the bright and eccentric Kenji from his late student years through his adulthood. Kenji suffers the tragedy of being an artist whose art isn't recognized during his lifetime. Based on the life of the author Kenji Miyazawa, the film depicts his brief but intense existence.
| Writing | Kenji Miyazawa | Writer |
| Writing | Shoji Kawamori | Writer |
| Directing | Shoji Kawamori | Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuchika Kise | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Norio Matsumoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tokuyuki Matsutake | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Tsuru | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsuneo Wakabayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiko Konno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Takeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasutaka Hanabusa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiko Baba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiki Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takuya Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Umehara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shiho Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Michio Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiko Kubo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maki Fujita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kôdai Iwata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koji Hirama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuto Nakazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kahoru Hirata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ichiro Itano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroko Kazui | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Kawazoe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirofumi Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hidenori Matsubara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Shimada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Haruo Oogawara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Asami Endo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiharu Ishii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kishida | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kishida | Animation Director |
| Writing | Shoji Kawamori | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shang Shang Typhoon | Music |
| Sound | Atsumi Tashiro | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Nasu | CGI Director |
| Visual Effects | Tsuneo Maeda | CGI Director |
| Art | Akemi Arai | Background Designer |
| Art | Emi Kitahara | Background Designer |
| Art | Hinoshi Ono | Background Designer |
| Art | Kaoru Narasima | Background Designer |
| Art | Kiyomi Enomoto | Background Designer |
| Art | Kumiko Ono | Background Designer |
| Art | Masahiro Kubota | Background Designer |
| Art | Yoshihiro Hirota | Background Designer |
| Crew | Hajime Noguchi | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Miyoko Ichinose | Color Designer |