Crayon Shin-chan’s 33rd 2D Film Set for October 22 Release in Malaysia
Muse Asia announced the Malaysian release on Saturday; the film debuted in Japan on July 31.
Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Super Strange! My Yōkai Monster Vacation opens in Malaysia on October 22. The film follows the Nohara family into the land of yōkai after escaped creatures threaten Akita and other parts of Japan.
Muse Asia announced on Saturday that Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Super Strange! My Yōkai Monster Vacation (Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Kikikaikai! Ora no Yōkai Bake-shon) will open in Malaysia on October 22. It is the Crayon Shin-chan series’ 33rd 2D anime film.
The film debuted in Japan on July 31 and placed third in its opening weekend. Its first three days drew 441,000 ticket sales and earned 539,371,500 yen (about US$3.41 million).
Sairi Itō stars as Yako, a nine-tailed fox yōkai. Sakamoto, from the comedy duo Mayurika, voices the Squid Yōkai, the Edomae Sushies baseball team’s first baseman. The team challenges Shin-chan and his friends to a baseball game.
The cast also includes:
- Yumiko Kobayashi
- Miki Narahashi
- Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Satomi Koorogi
The film’s staff and production companies include:
- Director Masaki Watanabe (Battle Spirits: Heroes, Sakamoto Days)
- Scriptwriter Yoshiko Nakamura (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise, PriPara)
- Producers Shinei Animation, TV Asahi, ADK Emotions, and Futabasha
- Distributor TOHO
Singer TOMOO performed the theme song, “Otona ni Nattara” (When I Become an Adult).
The story centers on the “land of yōkai.” During summer, the Nohara family visits Hiroshi’s hometown of Akita for a famous fireworks festival. An incident lets yōkai escape their land, threatening havoc in Akita and elsewhere across Japan.
The family then enters the land of yōkai. There, an unpredictable adventure awaits them in a world that feels both mysterious and nostalgic.
