Production
Voices of a Distant Star was written, directed and produced entirely by Makoto on his Power Mac G4. Makoto and his wife, Miko provided the voice acting for the working dub (A second Japanese dub was later created for the DVD release with professional voice actors). Makoto's friend Tenmon, who had worked with Makoto at his video game company, provided the soundtrack. Shinkai cited Dracula and Laputa as inspirations to make Voices.
- Noboru Terao Voiced by: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese), Adam Colon (English)
- Mikako Nagamine Voiced by: Sumi Mutoh (Japanese), Cynthia Martinez (English)
- Operator of the Lysithea Voiced by: Donna Burke in both Japanese and English Versions
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