De Yamadas zijn een doodgewoon gezinnetje dat samen in een huisje ergens in een buitenwijk van Tokio woont. De gezinsleden hebben allemaal zo hun probleempjes en eigenaardigheden, en kunnen het niet altijd even goed met elkaar vinden.
Ja! de film Hôhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | 徳間康快 | Executive Producer |
| Production | Seiichiro Ujiie | Producer |
| Directing | 高畑勲 | Director |
| Production | Takashi Shoji | Producer |
| Sound | Akiko Yano | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Naoya Tanaka | Art Direction |
| Art | 武重洋二 | Art Direction |
| Writing | Hisaichi Ishii | Comic Book |
| Visual Effects | 大塚伸治 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 安藤雅司 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Yuasa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 山森英司 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Ohira | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 小西賢一 | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | 賀川愛 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 二木真希子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Yamada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 濱洲英喜 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 松尾真理子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Matsuse | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Etsuko Tomita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sachiko Sugino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 大谷敦子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 吉田健一 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Misuzu Kurata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shougo Furuya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 森田宏幸 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 近藤勝也 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 清水洋 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Yoshio | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 山口明子 | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | 稲村武志 | Key Animation |
| Art | Noboru Yoshida | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Osamu Tanabe | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | 百瀬義行 | Second Unit Director |
| Writing | 高畑勲 | Screenplay |
| Editing | 瀬山武司 | Editor |
| Visual Effects | 保田道世 | Color Designer |
| Camera | 奥井敦 | Director of Photography |
