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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

20217.1 / 1097 min

Animation, Drama, Family, Comedy

Overview

Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.

Cast

Shinobu Otake

Nikuko-chan (voice)

Cocomi

Kikuko (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Ninomiya (voice)

Ikuji Nakamura

Sassan (voice)

Izumi Ishii

Maria (voice)

Atsushi Yamanishi

Zenji (voice)

Yuichi Yasoda

Old man at the aquarium / Other characters (voice)

Matsuko Deluxe

Darcia (voice)

Riho Yoshioka

Miu (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Lizard / Gecko (voice)

Rena Motomura

Kanemoto (voice)

Koko Ueno

Hozumi (voice)

Raiizumi Inagaki

Penguin / Zenji's Niece (voice)

Crew

Kurumi Inagaki

Theme Song Performance

Moaang

Key Animation

Miyaso

Key Animation

Kou Horio

Key Animation

Proro

Key Animation

Kenichi Konishi

Supervising Animation Director

Shinji Kimura

Art Direction

Miyuki Ito

Color Designer

Koji Kasamatsu

Sound Director

Takanori Nakajima

CGI Director

Kenichiro Akimoto

Second Unit Director

Kiyoshi Hirose

Editor

Takatsugu Muramatsu

Original Music Composer

Daiki Harashina

Key Animation

Mitsugu Yamada

Producer

Harumi Yamazaki

Key Animation

Hisashi Eguchi

Key Animation

Katsuya Yoshii

Key Animation

Ren Onodera

Key Animation

Sanae Shimada

Key Animation

Kaori Hayashi

Key Animation

Akiko Itagaki

Key Animation

Emiko Shimura

Key Animation

Shu Kamigaso

Executive Producer

Magho

Animation

Emi Tamura

Key Animation

Huang Chieh

Key Animation

Yuki Igarashi

Key Animation

Yu Tachimoto

Background Designer

Tomoko Ogiwara

Production Assistant

Minoru Ohashi

Key Animation

Mado

Animation

Hisako Akagi

Background Designer

Nachi Kitayama

Background Designer

Kanako Yoshida

Key Animation

Katsuhiko Kitada

Key Animation

Miki Matsumoto

Key Animation

Takahiro Terauchi

Background Designer

Ami Shimomura

Background Designer

Yuuya Geshi

Key Animation

Tomokatsu Nagasaku

Key Animation

Saki Hasegawa

Key Animation

Kouji Maruyama

Background Designer

Kiyoshi Sameshima

Background Designer

Kenji Suga

Producer

Saurabh Singh

Animation

Shunsuke Hirota

Animation Director

Sanae Shimada

Animation Director

Kanako Yoshida

Animation Director

Ayako Hata

Key Animation

Rika Ota

Key Animation

KAWAHAGI

Animation

Hisayoshi Takahashi

Background Designer

Saori Iwatani

Background Designer

Akihiko Okamoto

Executive Producer

Blue

Key Animation

Marie Kitai

Background Designer

Miyuki Sugita

Background Designer

Tsuyoshi Nakatani

Background Designer

Sakako Itakura

Background Designer

Kaori Hayashi

Animation Director

Masumi Yoshida

Key Animation

Izumi Murakami

Key Animation

Junko Matsui

Background Designer

Keiichi Yoshizaki

Executive Producer

Keisuke Okura

Key Animation

Shintaro Doge

Key Animation

Yasuyuki Shimizu

Key Animation

Junya Komatsu

Producer

Sugoroku

Key Animation

Erika Nishihara

Key Animation

Katsumi Akimoto

Background Designer

Ayami Hidaka

Background Designer

Shunsuke Hirota

Key Animation

Kyohei Ishiguro

Additional Storyboarding

Rina Kagiyama

Key Animation

Keita Nagahara

Key Animation

Manamoto

Animation

Ayako Hata

Animation Director

Nobuyuki Takeuchi

Key Animation

Tadashi Kudo

Background Designer

Maiko Kobayashi

Key Animation

Yuitsu Kusakabe

Key Animation

Tomoko Sekiya

Background Designer

Tomoki Moriya

Background Designer

Tatsuzo Nishida

Key Animation

Kazuhiko Yabumoto

Key Animation

Shogo Teramoto

Key Animation

Chisayo Namai

Background Designer

Kiyakiya

Animation

Gin-san

Animation

Shun Miyakawa

Key Animation

Julia Derungs

Animation

Kanako Nishi

Novel

Sanma Akashiya

Producer

Ayumu Watanabe

Director

Satomi Oshima

Screenplay

Kenichi Konishi

Character Designer