Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachi

Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachi
Gamba 3D
Air Bound
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanjiガンバと仲間たち
Directed by
  • Tomohiro Kawamura
  • Yoshihiro Komori
Screenplay byRyota Kosawa
Based onBoukenshatachi: Ganba to 15-hiki no Nakama (冒険者たち ガンバと15ひきの仲間, lit. The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions), a novel by Atsuo Saitō
Produced by
  • Tetsu Fujimura
  • Kenichiro Hayafune
  • Avi Arad
  • Barry Brooker
StarringSee below
Edited by
  • Tomomi Kikuchi
  • Ryûji Miyajima
Music byBenjamin Wallfisch
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)
Running time
94 minutes
92 minutes (Lionsgate)
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
English
Budget$16,700,000
Box office$2,889,160

Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachi (Japanese: ガンバと仲間たち), alternately known in English-language releases as Gamba 3D and Air Bound, is a 2015 Japanese 3D CG animated adventure film directed by Tomohiro Kawamura and Yoshihiro Komori, produced by Tetsu Fujimura, Kenichiro Hayafune, Avi Arad and Barry Brooker, and written by Ryota Kosawa. It is based on the 1972 novel Boukenshatachi: Ganba to 15-hiki no Nakama (冒険者たち ガンバと15ひきの仲間, lit. The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions) by Atsuo Saitō and is a remake of the 1975 anime series Gamba no Bouken. It was released in Japan on October 10, 2015. An English-language version was released by SC Films International under the title Gamba 3D in 2015, while retaining the original Japanese names of the characters. Another English-language version was later released in the United States by Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment Group under the title Air Bound in 2017 that changed the Japanese names of the characters to English names.