Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town. Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would, but Nikuko’s bold spirit makes her especially well-known in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in. As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school, enhanced with touches of magical realism from her ever-present imagination, a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship.
Unfortunately the movie Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Sound | Kurumi Inagaki | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Moaang | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Proro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miyaso | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kou Horio | Key Animation |
| Art | Shinji Kimura | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Konishi | Supervising Animation Director |
| Directing | Kenichiro Akimoto | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Miyuki Ito | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takanori Nakajima | CGI Director |
| Editing | Kiyoshi Hirose | Editor |
| Sound | Koji Kasamatsu | Sound Director |
| Sound | Takatsugu Muramatsu | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Daiki Harashina | Key Animation |
| Production | Mitsugu Yamada | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Eguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ren Onodera | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsuya Yoshii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Harumi Yamazaki | Key Animation |
| Production | Tomoko Ogiwara | Production Assistant |
| Art | Kyohei Ishiguro | Additional Storyboarding |
| Production | Shu Kamigaso | Executive Producer |
| Production | Akihiko Okamoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Junya Komatsu | Producer |
| Production | Kenji Suga | Producer |
| Production | Keiichi Yoshizaki | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Hirota | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Hirota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sanae Shimada | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Sanae Shimada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Hayashi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Hayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Hata | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kanako Yoshida | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kanako Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuuya Geshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sugoroku | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuzo Nishita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsuhiko Kitada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Minoru Ohashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Hata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rika Ota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Okura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomokatsu Nagasaku | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mado | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Erika Nishihara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Magho | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Emi Tamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Huang Chieh | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Saurabh Singh | Animation |
| Visual Effects | KAWAHAGI | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Saki Hasegawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Itagaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masumi Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maiko Kobayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuhiko Yabumoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuitsu Kusakabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Blue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shogo Teramoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rina Kagiyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shintaro Doge | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miki Matsumoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Emiko Shimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keita Nagahara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Igarashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Izumi Murakami | Key Animation |
| Art | Tsuyoshi Nakatani | Background Designer |
| Art | Hisako Akagi | Background Designer |
| Art | Nachi Kitayama | Background Designer |
| Art | Katsumi Akimoto | Background Designer |
| Art | Hisayoshi Takahashi | Background Designer |
| Art | Saori Iwatani | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Art | Tadashi Kudo | Background Designer |
| Art | Kouji Maruyama | Background Designer |
| Art | Sagako Itakura | Background Designer |
| Art | Kiyoshi Sameshima | Background Designer |
| Art | Marie Kitai | Background Designer |
| Art | Ayami Hidaka | Background Designer |
| Art | Takahiro Terauchi | Background Designer |
| Art | Yu Tachimoto | Background Designer |
| Art | Tomoko Sekiya | Background Designer |
| Art | Ami Shimomura | Background Designer |
| Art | Junko Matsui | Background Designer |
| Art | Chisayo Namai | Background Designer |
| Art | Tomoki Moriya | Background Designer |
| Art | Miyuki Sugita | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kiyakiya | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Gin-san | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Manamoto | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shun Miyakawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Julia Derungs | Animation |
| Directing | Ayumu Watanabe | Director |
| Writing | Satomi Oshima | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Konishi | Character Designer |
| Production | Sanma Akashiya | Producer |
| Writing | Kanako Nishi | Novel |
