Tokyo Godfathers

Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ Tōkyō Goddofāzāzu) is a 2003 Japanese anime film directed by Satoshi Kon loosely based on Peter B. Kyne's novel Three Godfathers.

Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people residing in Tokyo -- middle-aged alcoholic Gin, teenage runaway Miyuki, and former drag queen Hana -- look through a dumpster for Christmas gifts, when cries from a baby draw their attention. Believing this was a gift from God, Hana, not being able to have a child of her own, vowed to take care of the abandoned baby girl. They then, together, begin to search for the baby's mother. Through Christmas Eve to the end of the year, they encounter a variety of characters and find people they thought they'd never see again.

Dubbing History

Sometime between 2004 and 2006, an English dub was produced for and broadcast by the television station Animax Asia. Little is known about this dub and few clips of it exist online.

On December 19, 2019, international animation licensor, GKIDS, announced they would be releasing the movie in 2020 with a brand new 4K restoration and a new English dub.^[1]

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor^[2]
	Gin	Tōru Emori	Jon Avner
	Miyuki	Aya Okamoto	Victoria Grace
	Hana	Yoshiaki Umegaki	Shakina Nayfack
	Kiyoko	Satomi Kōrogi	Kari Wahlgren
	Ōta	Shōzō Iizuka	Jamieson Price
	Mother	Seizō Katō	Kate Bornstein
	Yasuo	Hiroya Ishimaru	Kirk Thornton
	Old Man	Ryūji Saikachi	David Manis
	Miyuki's Father	Yūsaku Yara	Crispin Freeman
	Sachiko Nichisawa	Kyōko Terase	Larissa Gallagher
	Kiyoko	Mamiko Noto	Erica Schroeder
	Doctor	Akio Ōtsuka	Jamieson Price
	Arao	Rikiya Koyama	Michael Sinterniklaas
	Mrs. Kurumizawa	Inuko Inuyama	Philece Sampler
	Mrs. Yamanouchi	Kanako Yahara	Philece Sampler
	Cat Lady	Rie Shibata	Erica Schroeder
	Taxi Driver	Kōichi Yamadera	Marc Thompson
	Maria	Myrta Dangelo	Gloria Garayua
	Mario	Luis Sartor	Orlando Rios