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 |
| Production | Kenichi Nakamura | Producer |
| Production | Kyôko Ôbayashi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hirohiko Suekichi | Producer |
| Camera | Yoshiyuki Shima | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kazuo Umezz | Comic Book |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Writing | Mitsutoshi Ishigami | Adaptation |
| Editing | Nobuo Ogawa | Editor |
| Writing | Yoji Ogura | Adaptation |
| Writing | Izo Hashimoto | Writer |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Adaptation |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Sound | Shouhei Hayashi | Sound Director |
| Production | Nobutsugu Tsubomi | Producer |
| Writing | Kazuo Umezz | Novel |