Kazuya Tatekabe

• Name — Kazuya Tatekabe • Native Name — たてかべ 和也 • Birth Name — Kazuya Tatekabe (立壁 和也) • Other Names — Kabe-san • Born — 25 July 1934 • Birthplace — Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan • Died — 18 June 2015 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — * Actor • voice actor • talent manager • Credits — Doraemon as Takeshi "Gian" Gōda Time Bokan as Warusa Yatterman as Tonzura • Agent — Kenyu Office (permanent affiliation) • Website — Kazuya Tatekabe @ Kenyu Office Co., Ltd July 25, 1934 – June 18, 2015 was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and talent manager from Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office until the time of his death. Until 1977, he performed under his birth name Kazuya Tatekabe. He is most known for the roles of Takeshi "Gian" Gōda (Doraemon), Warusa (Time Bokan), and Tonzura (Yatterman).

Tatekabe was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō on July 25, 1934. His ancestors were pyrethrum farmers. His late father used to work for the Iburi Longitudinal Railway, but when he became too weak to continue working, the family moved to Shimokitazawa, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, in 1942, when Tatekabe was in second grade. If they hadn't done so, he might have stuck in Hokkaidō. He once said, "I might have worked for an agricultural cooperative, gotten married, had grandchildren, watched Doraemon by the stove, and listened to the voice of Gian, who was probably played by someone else, and wondered, 'Who is that nasty voice? Tatekabe was born an only child, and as a young boy, he was similar to the character of Nobita, as he spoke with a slight Hokkaido accent and was a frequent victim of bullying throughout his childhood years. During the war, while Tatekabe was in fourth grade elementary school, he was evacuated to Asama Onsen in the northeast of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, but was then evacuated again to Senba in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture. He would wet his bed every night around that time, a habit that continued for six months close to the end of the war. Once he returned to his parents' home from the evacuation site, he was able to finally stop wetting his bed. Every day when he returned home from Daizawa National School, now known as Daizawa Elementary School, in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, he was absorbed in playing baseball, a passion that continued after entering Tokyo Agricultural Education College Junior High School.

During high school, Tatekabe was asked to take part in the drama club's production of Alt Heidelberg as Dr. Jüttner, to which he was met with praise from audiences, leading him to believe that he had the talent to become an actor and that theater was interesting. However, he did not end up joining the drama club because he disliked being tied down to anything. Afterwards, he started to see plays all over Tokyo nearly every week. He was impressed by every play he saw and thought, "This is the only way I can live my life," and his desire of becoming an actor in the business grew stronger. However, Tatekabe was not particularly interested in acting. After graduating from high school, Tatekabe entered the Department of Theater Arts at the Nihon University College of Art. One of his university classmates and friends was Kiyoshi Kobayashi. After Tatekabe graduated from high school, he wanted to join a professional theater company as soon as possible and become a trainee. However, when he saw his parents' faces, he could not bring himself to tell them. As an only child, he had previously thought that he would become a businessman someday and take care of his parents. He also did not like studying very much, and had the impression that he would be able to just have fun in the theater department, so he went to the university. Even after entering university, he did not study, but participated in many theater productions, including "The Bottom". Around this time, Tatekabe began to become interested in producing, and for a while focused on studying as a production staff member. After Tatekabe graduated from the university, he went around applying to various broadcasting companies with hopes of becoming a television producer, but ended up failing at all of the job interviews he had to do in order to proceed. While working as a stagehand at Nippon Television, he teamed up with university classmate Yasuo Tanaka to form the theater company Engeki-za and performed "Poison and Old Lady" in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Kobayashi asked Tatekabe to join his Izumiza theater company, which Tatekabe agreed to it. The Izumiza theater company performed plays about the People's Republic of China, but most of the plays were ideological and were considered uninteresting. When Tatekabe was asked if he wanted to do it, he accepted before going on-stage. After TV broadcasting began, Tatekabe officially began his career as a voice actor. His first voice acting roles were dubbing foreign films. He had no memory of the first dub he partook in, other than being told that it would be "profitable". Tatekabe's television drama debut was in Dial 110. Tatekabe was a member of the theater company Mitou, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ezaki Productions throughout his career. He originally performed using under his real name Kazuya Tatekabe (立壁 和也), but after appearing in Time Bokan, he changed his name to Kazuya Tatekabe (たてかべ和也) so that children could easily understand it. There was a slight misunderstanding between Tatekabe and his manager at the agency, and he initially thought it was a mismatch, but soon realized that there were other people around him who had similar doubts. Having decided to do it himself, in 1979, Tatekabe officially founded Office Chuo, serving as both its president and as a voice actor. He tried to sell everyone by acting as a manager, but in the end, he was the only popular one, so he had no desire to be actor and manager at the same time. He had no choice but to do it because of Time Bokan and Doraemon, though in reality he wanted to sell everyone. During his time at Office Chuo, he met Kenyu Horiuchi. The people who had been with him despite the opposition of the agency members said, "Let's keep going like this," because they had been working hard for five years. However, as pressure came on the agency, they realized that things would be hard if they went on as is, so they decided to merge in 1984 and absorbed into Production Baobab. After Horiuchi ended up leaving Baobab to establish Kenyu Office, Tatekabe also decided to leave with him in order to work for the same agency, serving as director.

In 2009, Tatekabe was diagnosed with gastric cancer and had to have his entire stomach removed. During his medical treatment, he was determined to complete his role as Tonzura in the Yatterman series, as before the cancer diagnosis, he never got a serious illness, therefore having never been hospitalized. Tatekabe died from acute respiratory failure in Tokyo on June 18, 2015, at 80 years old. He was single all his life, and was said to have been attended by his relatives and staff at his agency during his final moments. After undergoing gastrectomy in 2009, he did not suffer from a recurrence of cancer, but his health declined until his final years, and he died of senility, with his final voice acting role being Max Tennyson in the Japanese version of Ben 10.

As a voice actor, Tatekabe's most recognized voice acting roles were as Gorilla-Imo from The Gutsy Frog, Dotechin from Giatrus, Tonzura from Yatterman, Warusa from Time Bokan, and Takeshi "Gian" Gōda from Doraemon. His voice range was baritone and he was known for playing tough, gorilla-like characters. Tatekabe himself stated that he enjoyed playing generally arrogant characters. During his time with Haikyo, in addition to providing voice-over work, Tatekabe also did work as an actor and in radio voice over as minor roles without a credited name. His acting jobs for those often required him to stay tied for days despite scenes for him coming few and far between. However, the voice acting work he did never got cancelled, so Tatekabe felt that if he did minor roles, then voice acting was better off for his career. In the Japanese dub of Ben 10, Tatekabe voiced the role of Max Tennyson. When he originally auditioned, the Japanese dub's production staff were very reluctant to hire Tatekabe for the role. However, when Tatekabe sent his audition over to the United States, the company asked him to be the voice of Max, and therefore he was chosen for the dubbing role. His hobbies were watching baseball and reading, with his personal motto being "Cheerful, courageous, popular, and sometimes carefree".

While at Production Baobab, Tatekabe did not want the merger to fail. He was told, "I can't quit Doraemon, but you don't have to do any other work." He also worked as a manager and a senior managing director. With his position in the former, he was responsible for scouting and discovering voice acting talent such as Aki Uechi, Yuko Mizutani, Ai Orikasa, and Wasabi Mizuta, the voice actress of Doraemon since the 2005 series. He arranged for Uechi to star in Idol Densetsu Eriko from her debut, and also arranged her to audition for the role of Shinnosuke in Crayon Shin-chan. He also had highly recommended Mizutani despite the fact that they were in different agencies at the time. When a sound director had criticized actress Yūko Gotō, claiming she had an "evil voice", Tatekabe advised her, "The drawback of having a voice that stands out in a bad way can also become a weapon in anime. Poison can also be a medicine."

• Illustration — Tatekabe posing with an official Gian mascot costume for the release of Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey in 2004. In the Doraemon anime television series, Tatekabe famously voiced the character Takeshi Gōda, known by the nickname of "Gian", for 26 years from 1979 to 2005. When he was originally offered the role, Tatekabe had no idea what Doraemon was or who the character of Gian was, wondering, "What is Doraemon?" He had already been familiar with Obake no Q-Tarō, but he did not know about Fujiko Fujio much then. When he was interviewed upon his departure from the role, Tatekabe said that playing the role of Gian required a lot of energy, as to prepare for recording, he smoked 20 cigarettes a day and drank alcohol six days a week. By late 2004, with his final recording scheduled to occur in about three months, Tatekabe reflected on his time, "I wonder how I'll feel on the last recording day, looking back on 26 years. I might even cry." He also expressed hope that the next voice actor for Gian would be "someone with a kind heart". Tatekabe wanted to have a drink with the person who would take over the role of voicing Gian in the 2005 series, but was greatly disappointed when he found out that the selected successor for the role of Gian, Subaru Kimura, was 14 years old and a junior high school student at the time of casting. He hoped to live for another five years and then be able to drink with him. Kimura's high school happened to be close to the house Tatekabe lived at, so Tatekabe would often go to see Kimura whenever a school festival or an event was held during the wait. Tatekabe's wish eventually came true, as Kimura turned 20 years old in 2010 and they were able to go out drinking together, which became a trending topic online in Japan in 2014 when Kimura shared two photos from the time on Twitter. According to Tsutomu Shibayama, director of the Doraemon anime television series and feature films from 1983 to 2005, "The voice actors have a deep understanding of the characters, so I don't have to say anything." Shibayama gave an example through Tatekabe with Gian, as he was extremely conscious of using foul language. Whenever lines like "You idiot!" or "Damn it" were written in the scripts, he would end up receiving complaints from Tatekabe about how "Gian wouldn't say such things." Tatekabe also wrote the lyrics for Gian's signature character song in the 1979 anime, "Ore wa Jaian-sama".

With Tatekabe stepping down due to his advanced aging, the following other voice actors have taken over some of his roles. • Successor — Character — Work — Debut • Kōji Ishii — Big Hand — The Monster Kid — CR The Monster Kid: The Demon's Sword • Shinpachi Tsuji — Max Tennyson — Ben 10 — Ben 10 • Kenta Miyake — Strongman of the Villainous Trio — Time Bokan — CR Yatterman

List of voice performances in television animation • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • 1964 — Wolf Boy Ken — Additional voice • Astro Boy — Additional voice • Big X — Additional voice • 1966 — Kaizoku Ouji — Bud • 1967 — The Golden Bat — Daleo • Thunder Boy Pikkari-B — Additional voice • 1968 — The Monster Kid — Dr. Yes • Star of the Giants — Takashi Yoshida • Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae — Mamushi, Hachigoru, Genji, Ginji, Gonji, Rokusuke, Chief Denhachi, Daigoro, Suganoku, Yasuke, Ryutatsu, Genta, Gosuke, Fusazo, Kisuke, Tensen, Viper, Person • Fight Da!! Pyuta — Thief Cat, Tipster, Doctor • 1969 — Umeboshi Denka — Additional voice • Judo Boy — Additional voice • Dororo — The Monster Donburibara • Ninpu Kamui Gaiden — Dodo, Ronin, Man, Peasant, Samurai, Sengoku, Roku, Jo, Ryu, Samurai, Magistrate, Village Chief, Ninja • The Genie Family — Gejigon • Moomin — Antlion, Octave, Coachman • 1970 — Ashita no Joe — Additional voice • Attack No. 1 — Additional voice • The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee — Spider, Ninja Bug • Tiger Mask — Daigo Daimon / Mister Fudo, Hans Schleger, Leonard, Scarfy Rodziński, Seiji Sakaguchi • Norakuro — Additional voice • Bakuhatsu Taishō — Additional voice • 1971 — Animentary: The Decision — Additional voice • Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai — Kunisada Chūji, Kida, Shushō, additional voice • Golgo 13 — Additional voice • Sazae-san — Anago-san — first voice • Wandering Sun — Additional voice • Tensai Bakabon — Additional voice • 1972 — Science Ninja Team Gatchaman — Taichō, Kagakusha • Pinocchio: The Series — Charlie, Confectionery Shop, Peasant, Voice of the Tree, Seagull, Large Tree Evil Spirit, Soldier, additional voice • GeGeGe no Kitarō — Additional voice • The Gutsy Frog — Imotarō Gorira / Gorilla-Imo • 1973 — Karate Master — Henchman, additional voice • Samurai Giants — Togashi, Audience • Jungle Kurobe — Additional voice • Casshan — Barashin, Robot A, DDH • Dororon Enma-kun — Additional voice • Little Wansa — Midori's Brother, Police Chief • 1974 — Vicky the Viking — Hjalmar the Seal, additional voice • The Song of Tentomushi — Mr. Bear, Karabei • Tamageta-kun Next Door — Bulldog • First Human Giatrus — Dotechin • Hurricane Polymar — Baron (Danshaku) • Hoshi no Ko Chobin — Radar Bat • New Honeybee Hutch — Tentaro • Zero Tester — Bankichi • Kōya no Shōnen Isamu — Additional voice • 1975 — Time Bokan — Warusa • Maya the Honey Bee — Guards, Bumblebee, Ant, Flower Spider, Spider, additional voice • Raideen — Thunders, Basutodon, Kōkatsu, Rēzaru, Sandāsu, Girumorā • 1976 — Gowappa 5 Gōdam — Captain • Combattler V — Daisaku Nishikawa, Narua • Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster — Goliath, Investigator A • Paul's Miraculous Adventure — Tornado Cactus, Subordinate, Spirit of the Snow, Paper Animal Dog, Pliers, Damper, Lion Knight • Manga Hana no Kakarichō — Additional voice • UFO Warrior Dai Apolon — Rikimaru • Robokko Beeton — Buriki • 1977 — Attack on Tomorrow! — Arashi Sankichi • Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix — Hassan • Ikkyū-san — Additional voice • Ippatsu Kanta-kun — Tanuki, Koyama's father • Ganso Tensai Bakabon — Additional voice • New Star of Giants — Additional voice • Voltes V — Beast Warrior • Dokaben — Audience Member A • Tobidase! Machine Hiryū — President Gapporin • Yatterman — Tonzura • 1978 — Nobody's Boy: Remi — Additional voice • Ikkyū-san — Kuro Kuro • Song of Baseball Enthusiasts — Sarumata, Kimata • Tōshō Daimos — Georiya • Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern — Sentry, Subordinate • One Million-Year Trip: Bandar Book — Additional voice — Television film • The Adventures of the Little Prince — Additional voice • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 — Dobin • 1979 — Galaxy Express 999 — Gizorl — episode 53 • New Star of the Giants II — Additional voice • Zenderman — Donjuro, Jūrō Donno • Gordian Warrior — Barubadasu • Doraemon — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda, Yasashi Gōda, Muku, Truck Driver, additional voice • Lupin the 3rd Part II — Benson Donkonjo Jr. — episode 128 • 1980 — The Monster Kid — Gang, Shishizō with Fresh Wounds, Acneen, Fly Man, One of the Piranha Boys, Kojira, Big Hand, Gerun, Gururun • Otasukeman — Dowarusuki • The New Adventures of Gigantor — Staff Officer, additional voice • Astro Boy — Shibugaki, Sultan's secretary • Muteking, The Dashing Warrior — Demon Bear, Hijacker A • Fumoon — Tabasco — Television film • Hoero! Bun Bun — Additional voice • 1981 — Golden Warrior Gold Lightan — Ibaruda-Daiou, Mr. Mech X — Mr. Mech X appears in episode 50 • Saikyo Robo Daioja 1 — Warubada, Gouhara — Warubada appears in episode 19, Gouhara appears in episodes 40-41 • Ninja Hattori-kun — Gorilla, Sumo Wrestler • Yattodetaman — Alan Sukadon, Tonzura, Photographer Koyama • 1982 — Little Pollon — Helios • Ippatsuman — Kyokanchin, Kumagoro • Game Center Arashi — Monster — episode 14 • Robby the Rascal — Kusaku, Nozoki, Matsuo Ikura • Dash Kappei — Judge • Tokimeki Tonight — Frankenstein • Ninjaman Ippei — Left Eye, Principal • Boku Patalliro! — Chief Chin • Magical Princess Minky Momo — Guard, Harry, Walbur, Number One, Neil, Surmetch, Gang A, Broker • 1983 — Itadakiman — Tonmentan • Psycho Armor Govarian — Zeku Alba • Fuku-chan — The Driver • 1984 — Special Armored Battalion Dorvack — Middle-aged Man, Bogotá • Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel — Former Actor • 1986 — Doteraman — Whisky Oni — debuts in episode 4 • 1988 — Topo Gigio — Dracula the 102nd — episode 18 • Mister Ajikko — Come On — Tatekabe also handling casting assistance • 1990 — PEACH COMMAND: Shin Momotarō Densetsu — King Tatekabe • 1998 — Ojarumaru — Chuntaro • 1999 — The Legend of the End of the Era: Wonderful Tatsunoko Land - The Flying Saucer Alien UBO - — Tonzura • 2000 — Time Bokan 2000: Kaitou Kiramekiman — Ondore, Tonzura, Walsa • 2001 — Let's Go! Anpanman — Red Steel Horrorman — episode 612 • 2002 — The Twelve Kingdoms — Hō-Rōshi — episode 22 • Hanada Shōnen Shi — Enkiri-dera no Osho-san • 2003 — Cinderella Boy — Bob • Peacemaker Kurogane — Nakayama • Tank Knights Portriss — Pappalardi • 2004 — Let's Go! The Farcical Three — Kotetsu Tsukioka — debuts in episode 11 • 2005 — Patalliro Saiyuki! — The Buddha • Monster — Old Man • Yakitate!! Japan — Schweinlinch • The Snow Queen — Thomas • 2006 — Ergo Proxy — Empty Person • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society — Tonoda — Television film • Magikano — Aijan • Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori — Jackpot • 2008 — Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de — De Niro • Glass Maiden — Homeless • Slayers Revolution — Council Member B • Yatterman — Tonzura, Alan Sukadon, Donjuro • RoboDz Kazagumo Hen — Boss Jellyfish • 2009 — Nyan Koi! — Chatora • 2011 — Fairy Tail — Roubaul • 2012 — Ozuma — Roksanda Umai • 2015 — I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying — A-ta

List of voice performances in theatrical animation • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • Jungle Emperor — Additional voice • The Golden Bat — Additional voice • Do It!! Yasuji's Pornorama — Additional voice • First Human Giatrus — Additional voice • Time Bokan — Additional voice • New Star of the Giants — Additional voice • Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! — Additional voice • 1980 — Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Zenderman: The Mysterious Box of the Pyramid! Zenderman — Additional voice • Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2nd Gekitō Pennant Race — Additional voice • Makoto-chan — Dry Cleaner's • Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3rd Aa Tsuppari Jinsei — Additional voice • 1981 — Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Time Patrol Team Otasukeman: Atasha's Wedding Reception!? — Dowarusuki • What Am I for Momotaro? — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Dorami-chan: Mini Dora SOS!!! — Yasashiku "Giachibi" Gōda, Future Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits! — Takezō — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda, Gitos • Doraemon: Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • 2112: The Birth of Doraemon — Jaibee — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • 1998 — Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon Comes Back — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy — Easel's father • Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Nobita's the Night Before A Wedding — Future Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • A Grandmother's Recollections — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • 2001 — Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Good Luck! Gian!! — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi: The Secret of the Frog Stone — Yuusuke Harukaze — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • The Day When I Was Born — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda — Short film • Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey — Takeshi "Gian" Gōda • Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom — Additional voice • Animal Forest: The Movie — Alan • Gekijō-ban Yattāman Shin Yattāmeka dai Shūgō! Omocha no Kuni de Daisakusenda Koron! — Tonzura • Duel Masters: Blazing Bonds XX!! — Diabolos Zeta, Annihilation Awakened — Final film role

List of voice performances in original video animation • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • –1994 — Time Bokan: Royal Revival — Walther, Tonzura, Donjuro, Dowarusuki, Alan Sukadon, Kyokanchin, Tonmentan • Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Spiral Labyrinth — Chan Tao

• Gunbird (Valnus, Claude) • Gunbird 2 (Valpiro, Blade) • Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Tonzura) • Project X Zone (Drei Belanos)

• Everybody Loves Raymond (Frank Barone: Peter Boyle) • Frankenstein's Army (Robert Gwilym: Novikov) • The Man from Hong Kong (Win Chan: Sammo Hung) • Seed of Chucky (Pete Peters: John Waters)

• Alice in Wonderland (Carpenter) • Ben 10 (Max Tennyson) • Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (Pappy) • Wacky Races (Little Gruesome)

• Robot Detective (Dennetsuman) • Choujin Bibyun (Bagdard)

In 2005, Tatekabe, along his Doraemon co-stars Nobuyo Ōyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, and Kaneta Kimotsuki, received the Rikiya Tayama Award at the 14th Japan Movie Critics Awards. In November 2006, they received the Special Award at the 11th Animation Kobe and in March 2007, they received the 3rd Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.

• Year — Award — Category — Result • 2005 — Japanese Movie Critics Awards — Rikiya Tayama Award • 2006 — 11th Animation Kobe — Special Award • 2007 — Tokyo International Anime Fair 2007 — 3rd Achievement Award