My Neighbors the Yamadas
German voice actors:
- Grandma: Maddalena Kerrh
- Mama: Kathrin Simon
- Papa: Gerd Meyer
- Nonoko: Paulina Bohlmann
- Noboru: Patrick Roche
- Title Speaker: Claus Brockmeyer
My Neighbors the Yamadas (Japaneseホーホケキョ と なり の 山田 くん, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada -kun ), also known as family Yamada - My Neighbors known, is a Japanese animation ( anime) by Isao Takahata and Studio Ghibli in 1999 He. based (originally: Tonari no Yamada -kun ) on the Yonkoma manga Nono -chan by Hisaichi Ishii to the 2001 from an anime television series aired 61 episodes on TV Asahi.
Action
The Yamada family whose life moves between normality and insanity, lives in a Japanese suburb. The head of the family ( Takashi ) ekes out his life with a boring job in an office. His wife ( Matsuko ) holds by the classical housework, and also from works in general, not much. The Yamadas have two children together ( Noboru, the son and Nonoko, daughter ). In addition to the children survived the grandmother ( Shige, mother of Matsuko ) in the house that always has something to complain about, and the little lazy dog ( Pochi ), which languish in the kennel in the garden. Therefore, one experiences that Mr. Yamada arguing with his wife in Karate style in the living room by the TV remote control, or that his wife has once again cooked anything and he gets nothing for dinner except a banana. Noboru therefore often wishes that his family would be cool, unlike his sister who is satisfied with the situation.
Awards
My Neighbors the Yamadas received at the 1999 Japanese Academy Awards the "Award for Excellence " for the animation.
Publication
The film, which has cost 2.36 billion yen, came on 17 August 1999 with 245 copies in Japanese theaters.
On 8 June 2005 the anime was entitled Yamada family - My Neighbors the first time in Japanese with German subtitles, on German television. On June 2, 2008 My neighbors appeared the Yamadas in Germany on DVD at Anime universe.