ESPY/Credits

The following is a transcript of the opening credits of the Japanese, international export, and UPA American versions of ESPY.

Japanese

Produced by

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Fumio Tanaka

Original story by

Sakyo Komatsu

Hayakawa Publishing's "ESPY"

Screenplay by

Ei Ogawa

Photographed by

Shoji Ueda

Kazumi Hara

Art director

Shinobu Muraki

Recording by

Toshiya Ban

Lighting technician

Masakuni Morimoto

Still photography by

Takashi Nakao

Music by

Masaaki Hirao

Kensuke Kyo

Theme song

Felix Records

Performed by

Kiyohiko Ozaki

"All We Need is Love"

Lyrics by

Kyoko Yamaguchi

Composed by

Masaaki Hirao

Arranged by

Kensuke Kyo

Assistant director

Tsunesaburo Nishikawa

Edited by

Michiko Ikeda

Sound effects by

Toho Effects Group

Mixing by

Toho Recording Center

Production manager

Keisuke Shinoda

Special effects

Photographed by

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Lighting technician

Yoshio Oguchi

Compositing by

Kazunobu Sanpei

Animations by

Takeaki Tsukada

Optical photography by

Takeshi Miyanishi

Wire operation by

Shoji Ogawa

Special effects by

Tadaaki Watanabe

Assistant director

Yoshio Tabuchi

Wardrobe in cooperation with

Longchamp Co., Ltd.

Kaoru Yumi's costume designed by

Masahisa Shimura (Sogo)

Suits provided by

Sogo

Angelo Litrico Menswear

Furs by

PALLION (Sanada Corporation)

Accessories by

Tokyo Kogei Co., Ltd.

Cast

Hiroshi Fujioka

Kaoru Yumi

Masao Kusakari

Eiji Okada

Goro Mutsumi

Katsumasa Uchida

Luna Takamura

Hatsuo Yamaya

Jimmy Shaw

Andrew Hughes

Steve Green

Willy Dorcey

Ralph Jesser

Franz Gruber

Koichi Ito

Yoshio Katsube

Toshio Hosoi

Hiroya Morita

Fight choreography by

Takamitsu Watanabe

Kazutoshi Takahashi

Japan Action Club

Kenyukai Ono

Yuzo Kayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama (special appearance)

Director of special effects

Teruyoshi Nakano

Associate director

Kenjiro Omori

Directed by

Jun Fukuda

International

Executive Producers

Original Story by

Screenplay by

Photographed by

Shoji Ueda

Kazutami Hara

Art Direction by

Shinobu Muraki

Lighting by

Masakuni Morimoto

Sound Recording by

Toshiya Ban

Music by

Masaaki Hirao

Kensuke Kyo

"Love Is All" sung by

Kiyohiko Ozaki

Assistant Director

Tsunesaburo Nishikawa

Production Manager

Keisuke Shinoda

Starring

Hiroshi Fujioka

Kaoru Yumi

Masao Kusakari

Eiji Okada

Goro Mutsumi

Katsumasa Uchida

Luna Takamura

Hatsuo Yamaya

Jimmy Shaw

Andrew Hughes

Steve Green

Yuzo Kayama

Guest Star

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Special Effects by

Teruyoshi Nakano

Associate Director

Kenjiro Omori

Directed by

Jun Fukuda

American

A UPA Productions of America Release

Toho Company, Ltd.

Starring

Hiroshi Fujioka

Kaoru Yumi

Masao Kusakari

Yuzo Kayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Eiji Okada

Original Story By

Sakyo Komatsu

Screenplay By

Ei Ogawa

Executive Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Directed By

Jun Fukuda

Film credits

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live-action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Short films

Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (1980) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Other Daiei films

Warning from Space (1956) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)

Heisei period	Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Death Kappa (2010) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • Gorgo (1961) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Reptilian (1999) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)

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