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While the American version of How to Train Your Dragon has "Sticks and Stones", the Japanese version uses a J-pop song called "Emerald" written by Becky♪♯.
For the Japanese release of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Shoko Nakagawa wrote an upbeat, cheerful song called "Rainbow Forecast" as the ending theme, differing slightly from Miranda Cosgrove's "Raining Sunshine". If you picture the ending credits with this, the song actually fits pretty well.
For Robots, Japan uses "Mawaru Sora" written by Hitomi Yaida. The European theme is "From Zero to Hero" by Sarah Connor. (No, not that one.) The British release uses Melanie's Blatt's "See Me."
In Japan, Ice Age, a family comedy, has a surprisingly melancholy theme song. It's called "Hitoshizuku" which translates to "A Single Drop of Tears". This could be because the first movie is Darker and Edgier than the other three.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire has a different theme song for the Japanese version, called "Crystal Vine", written by DREAMS COME TRUE.
The Japanese dub of Monster House has "Seishun no Tobira".
Meet the Robinsons uses "Hitomi Hiraite" by Mitsuki as the Japanese theme song.
A Christmas Carol 2009 uses "Present" as the theme song in the Japanese version.
The Japanese version of Kung Fu Panda uses "Your Seed" as the theme song.
Over the Hedge has "Key of Heart" as its Japanese theme and "People Say" as its Korean theme. Both were sung by BoA, who was the voice of Heather the opossum in both versions, making this a Do It Yourself Theme Tune.
For the Tinkerbell films, Japan uses "Fairy Song" as the theme song for the first film and "You Were" for the second film.
Hoodwinked has its own Japanese theme song.
Shrek the Third has a different theme song for the Japanese version, called "Love is the Greatest Thing" by w inds.
The Japanese version of The Smurfs uses Hey! Say! JUMP's "Magic Power" as its theme song. Again, a couple of the singers were voice actors in the Japanese dub.
The Japanese version of Happy Feet uses "Hoshi wo Mezashite" by NEWS as the theme song. One of the singers voiced Mumble in the dub.
In Japan, The Day After Tomorrow gets a theme song called "More Than a Million Miles" by a band called...Day After Tomorrow.
- Also in France, it gets a theme song called Le Jour d'Apr�s (the song's title in French).
Kimura Kaela's "Jasper" is the theme song for the Japanese version of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. You can view the music video here but beware, it's a Mind Screw.
The second Arthur and the Invisibles has this as its Japanese theme song.
The theme song of the Japanese version of Open Season is called "Tookage" by Chemistry.
- The theme of the Latin American version is Tu Eres El Amor by Reyli (who also did the voice of Boog in that version).
"Everlasting" by BoA is the image song for Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist.
There is a Japanese theme song for the Thunderbirds movie.
The Japanese version of Twilight: New Moon uses Kato Miliyah's "Destiny" as its theme song.
Rie Fu's "Until I Say" is the Japanese theme of the 2005 film Heidi.
The Japanese theme song of Spider-Man 2 is called "Web of Night" by T.M. Revolution.
The Japanese theme for Sin City is "Violet Sauce" by Namie Amuro.
"Solve" is the image song for the Japanese release of Little Nicky.
"Sailing My Life", sung by Hirahara Ayaka and Fujisawa Norisama, is the theme song for the Japanese version of Disney Nature's Oceans.
The Rugrats Movie has "Winter's Review" by SHAZNA as its Japanese theme song.
The film of The Spiderwick Chronicles uses "Checkmate" by Yuugin as its theme song in Japan.
The theme song for Bridge to Terabithia is "To Be in Love" by MISIA in Japan.
The Japanese theme song for Son of the Mask is "Mask" by Tackey & Tsubasa.
"Good Times (Bad Times remix) by Rip Slyme is the Japanese theme song of Despicable Me.
G-Force in Japan has a different theme song.
The Japanese theme song for Hop is called "Hug Tomo" by Not Yet.
The image song for the Japanese version of The Wild is called "Prisoner of Love" by the Gospellers.
The theme song for the Japanese version of Nacho Libre is called "Go! Go! Carlito" by Jonny Jakobsen.
The Japanese version of Bolt has a different ending theme called "I Look Up at the Same Sky".
The Japanese version of Fantastic Four uses "Kirikirimai" by Orange Range as its theme song.
The Japanese version of An Arctic Tale uses "Miracle Star" by Aoi Teshima as the theme song.
The Japanese version of The Expendables uses the song "Kizuna" by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi as an Image Song.
In the Japanese release of Fearless the theme song was changed from "Fearless" by Jay to "Crime" by High and MIGHTY COLOR. This apparently upset many Japanese fans of the original song.
"Sweetest Coma Again" by Luna Sea is the Japanese ending theme for The World Is Not Enough.
"Returner" by Gackt was used as the theme song in the Japanese version of The Prestige.
The theme song for the Japanese version of the movie Stealth is called "Countdown" by Hyde.
The Japanese version of Mulan has "Breathe" by Luna Sea as the theme song. The Korean version uses "Eternal Memory" by Lena Park.
In the Japanese release of March of the Penguins uses "Hikari no Niwa" by Chara as the theme song.
The Japanese version of Resident Evil: Extinction uses "Last Angel" by Koda Kumi as the theme song.
Koda Kumi's "But" is used as the theme song in the Japanese version of American film: Step Up.
In the Japanese version of Silent Hill, Anna Tsuchiya's "Lovin' You" is used.
"Winner" by Kazuya Yoshii is used as the theme song for Goal II: Living the Dream.
The Japanese version of P.S. I Love You has this as its theme song.
The Japanese version of Hachiko: A Dog's Tale uses "Wasurenai yo" as its theme song.
The Japanese version of Van Helsing uses "Wild Romance" by Kyosuke Himuro.
The Japanese version of Wanted uses a song by Breakerz as its ending theme.
The Japanese version of War uses "Strong Style" by Kreva.
The Pursuit of Happyness uses "Shiawase no Chikara" as its theme song in Japan.
"Girlfriend" by Crystal Kay, featuring BoA, is the theme song for the Japanese dub of He's Just Not That Into You.
"Before I Decay" is the Japanese theme song of The Fast and the Furious.
The theme song for the Japanese version of Dear Wendy is "Gogo no Teikiatsu".
"Natsu No Jewelry" was the theme song of the Japanese version of The Neverending Story.
The theme song for the Japanese version of Racing Stripes is "I Will" by Hitomi Shimatani.
The theme song for the Japanese version of Bewitched is "I'll Fall in Love" by Seiko Matsuda.
"0 Game" by Spyair will be the theme song for the Japanese version of The Amazing Spider-Man.
DREAMS COME TRUE's "Winter Song" is the theme song for the movie Sleepless In Seattle in Japan, although the lyrics are in English.
The Japanese version of Kung Fu Hustle uses "Shiwase Nara Te wo Tatakou" by Nobodyknows as the theme song.
The Japanese version of Oliver & Company has "Oliver" by Chami Satonaka.
The theme song for the Japanese dub of Chicken Little is "Itsuka Kitto" by Mayo Okamoto.
The Japanese dub of Shall We Dance? uses "a love story" by Toshinobu Kubota as its theme song.
"Can We Go Back", sung by Koda Kumi, is the theme song to the Japanese dub of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.
The Secret Life of Words uses a song of the same name in the Japanese version.
"Wonder Volt" by Kaela Kimura is the theme song for the Japanese version of Frankenweenie.
"Someone" by Eiko Matsumoto is the theme song for the Japanese version of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
"Love & Peace" by Kazuya Yoshii is the ending theme for the Japanese version of Countdown to Zero.
"Witaj w moim swiecie" by Edyta Bartosiewicz is the ending theme for the Polish version of the ''Winnie the Pooh'' 2011 movie. This song was also used (and translated) in Ukrainian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Romanian versions of this movie.