Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope

Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope
Theatrical release poster
Japaneseそれいけ!アンパンマン りんごぼうやと みんなの願い
Directed byJun Kawagoe
Screenplay byShōji Yonemura
Based onAnpanman
by Takashi Yanase
Produced byToshio Nakatani
Yusuke Kubo
Megumi Hoshino
Yuka Oshima
StarringKeiko Toda
Ryūsei Nakao
Mao Inoue
Keisuke Okada
Music byTaku Izumi
Hiroaki Kondo
Production
companies
Anpanman Project
TMS Entertainment
Distributed byTokyo Theatres
Release date
  • 5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)
Running time
45 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥400 million (Japan)

Soreike! Anpanman: Ringo Bōya to Minna no Negai (それいけ!アンパンマン りんごぼうやと みんなの願い) is a 2014 Japanese anime children's fantasy adventure film part of the Anpanman film series and directed by Jun Kawagoe. It was released on 5 July 2014.[1] This film is dedicated to Takashi Yanase, the author of the original Anpanman book series who died on October 13, 2013.[2] The movie was dubbed into English as Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope and was released on Tubi on April 15, 2021.[3] It was later moved to Netflix on September 19, 2025 alongside 10 other Anpanman movies with a new English dub.[4][5]

Cast

Cast[6]
Role Japanese (2014) English
Macias Group (2021) Igloo Music (2025)
Anpanman Keiko Toda Ghia Burns Ell
Baikinman Ryuusei Nakao Jason Kesser Andrew Russell
Apple Boy Mao Inoue Sarah Bartels Mary Kate Wiles[7]
Majora Keisuke Okada Witchteria
Paul Louis Mueller
Shokupanman Sumi Shimamoto Bread Head Man
Alex Machado Nikko Austen Smith
Currypanman Michiyo Yanagisawa Paul Louis Mueller Anna Ishida
Creampanda Miki Nagasawa Natalie Perlin Mary Kate Wiles[7]
Melonpanna Mika Kanai Amanda Lopez Cori Baik
Uncle Jam Hiroshi Masuoka Barry Tarallo Todd Haberkorn
Butterko Rei Sakuma Batako
Elaine Flores Rina Hoshino
Cheese (grunts) Kouichi Yamadera Clay Cartland Lucien Dodge
Dokin-chan Hiromi Tsuru Dokeen
Krystal Valdes Cristina Vee
Horrorman Kaneta Kimotsuki Horror
Hernán Chavarro Ryan Garcia
Hamburger Kid Yuuji Mitsuya Óscar Cheda Teddy Matthews[8]
Pickles the Horse (grunts) Kouichi Yamadera
SL Man Tomohiro Nishimura Jason Kesser
Kuutan the Whale Keiko Yamamoto Jorge Barranco
Ringo-chan Yuriko Yamamoto Appleena
Olivia Cruz
Miss Mimi Roko Takizawa Mauriette Chayeb Erin Yvette
Chibizou Chika Sakamoto Olivia Cruz Kelly Baskin
Pyon Eriko Hara Paula Barros
Usako Hiromi Nakamura Krystal Valdes
Kaba Jorge Barranco Brad Norman[9]
Rot-rot Clay Cartland
Male Appleland Resident Tsunehisa Fujii Óscar Cheda
Female Appleland Resident Haruna Gotou Alisha Todd

Box office

The film grossed ¥71.5 million during its first weekend in Japan.[10] The film went on to gross over ¥400 million ($3.78 million) in Japan.[11]

References

  1. ^ それいけ!アンパンマン りんごぼうやと みんなの願い (2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ^ "1st Anpanman Film After Creator's Passing to Open on July 5". Anime News Network. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Pastry Powered Hero 'Anpanman' Gets Exclusive Tubi Premiere". 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ @NetflixAnime (September 15, 2025). "Wondering what to watch this week? Wonder no more! Here are the episodes dropping this week 👇" (Tweet). Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @igloo_music (September 19, 2025). "Ha-hi-hu-he-hoooo 10 Anpanman musical movies are out on Netflix today! The new English dub, dialogue and songs, were recorded & mixed at Igloo". Instagram. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  6. ^ "Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  7. ^ a b Wiles, Mary Kate (September 19, 2025). "All 10 Anpanman movies are out on @netflix now and you can hear me as Cream Panda in the English dub (don't call him a panda!!!!!!! 😡🐼)! I also voice Apple boy (🍎), Kulun (⭐️), and a handful of other lil guys..." Instagram. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  8. ^ Matthews, Teddy (September 20, 2025). "ALSO!! Check me out as #burgerthekid in #anpanman on #netflix You'll hear my voice on the English dub of Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope! Streaming now on Netflix!!". Instagram. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  9. ^ Norman, Brad (September 20, 2025). "Hi all! Starting today you can hear some more of my voice work in Anpanman on Netflix. I voice Kaba, the little hippo boy (as well as some giant monsters and whatnot)". Instagram. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Kevin Ma (8 July 2014). "Maleficent dethrones Frozen in Japan". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  11. ^ "映画『アンパンマン』3年連続の興収4億円突破確実!第2弾来場特典オリジナルカード配布決定 | テレビ関連ニュース". DOGATCH (in Japanese). 2014-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 20 August 2014.