Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States explained

Native Name:
Kanji:クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ アッパレ!戦国大合戦
Revhep:Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi o Yobu: Appare! Sengoku Daikassen
Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States
Director:Keiichi Hara
Starring:
Studio:Shin-Ei Animation
Distributor:Toho
Runtime:95 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 2002 anime film. It is the 10th film based on the popular comedy manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan. The film was released to theatres on April 20, 2002, in Japan.[1] It is the final film in the series to use traditional cel animation, and the last film to be written and directed by frequent director and animator of the saga Keiichi Hara.

The film was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind the anime television. Its only screening in the US was on April 26, 2014, in Japanese with English subtitles as Crayon Shin Chan: Bravo! Samurai Battle! at the Embassy of Japan.[2] It was released as Crayon Shinchan The Movie: Battle in the Daimyo Era with English subtitles on VCD and DVD by PMP Entertainment.[3] [4]

A Japanese live-action movie based on this movie called Ballad (BALLAD 名もなき恋のうた) was released in 2009.[5]

Cast

Reception

Out of all the long-running anime film franchises (Detective Conan, Doraemon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Pokémon, etc.), it is the only anime film to ever win Grand Prize in the Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division,[6] even within the Crayon Shin Chan series.

Writer Kazuki Nakashima of Gurren Lagann fame also praised this film,[7] even calling it a 'masterpiece'.

Accolades

Awards
YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
2002Japan Media Arts FestivalAnimation AwardsCrayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States
Animation KobeIndividual AwardKeiichi Hara
Mainichi Film AwardBest Animation FilmCrayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States
2003Tokyo Anime AwardBest DirectorKeiichi Hara
Domestic Feature FilmCrayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shin-Chan Film's Story Remade as Live-Action Film. Anime News Network. 2008-10-07. 2011-10-17.
  2. http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/events/pdf/Shin%20Chan%20Flyer.pdf
  3. http://www.pmp-entertainment.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=885
  4. http://www.pmp-entertainment.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=933
  5. Web site: 'Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta'. 28 August 2009.
  6. Web site: アニメーション部門 第6回 2002年. 歴代受賞作品. 文化庁メディア芸術祭. 文化庁メディア芸術祭 歴代受賞作品. ja. 2019-06-07.
  7. Web site: 『オトナ帝国』と『戦国大合戦』が傑作過ぎて大変だった!?中島かずきが原恵一監督に激白 - 映画 Movie Walker. Movie Walker. 27 October 2017 . ja. 2019-06-07.