List of Shimajirō films explained

Since 2013, ten Japanese animated feature films based on Benesse's Shimajirō franchise have been released.

Feature films

(2013)

Shimajirō to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana
Italic Title:no
Native Name:しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ~すくえ!七色の花~
Director:Isamu Hirabayashi
Directors:-->
Producer:Tsutomu Chuji, Yutaka Sugiyama, Shin Furukawa,Kota Kimura, Hiroki Fujiwara, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso, Takashi Nakamura,Yoshimi Ishii
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Mei Satô
Chafûrin
Narrators:-->
Music:Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Mamiko Katakura
Cinematography:Ken Murakami
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DASH Co., Ltd.Demand, DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, Korean, Chinese

is a 2013 Japanese children's live action/anime film. It's the first film to feature the character Shimajirō.[1] The film is directed by Isamu Hirabayashi and was released on March 15, 2013.[2]

Japanese Voice Cast

Korean Voice Cast

Chinese Voice Cast

[3]

(2014)

Shimajiro to Kujira no Uta
Italic Title:no
Native Name:劇場版しまじろうのわお!しまじろうとくじらのうた
Director:Isamu Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Kawamata
Producer:Tsutomu Chuji, Yutaka Sugiyama, Shuhei Ishibasi, Hiroki Fujiwara, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Music:Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Mamiko Katakura
Cinematography:Ken Murakami
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DASH Co., Ltd., Demand, DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Country:Japan
South Korea
China
Indonesia
Language:Japanese
Korean
Chinese
Indonesian

is a 2014 Japanese film directed by Isamu Hirabayashi.[4] The theme song of the film is "Kunshou" by Negoto and ending theme song is "Tomodachi no Wao!" by PUFFY.[5]

Japanese Voice Cast

Indonesian Actors

[6]

Korean Voice Cast

[7]

Chinese Voice Cast

(2015)

Shimajirō to Ōkina Ki
Italic Title:no
Native Name:しまじろうとおおきな木
Director:Isamu Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Kawamata
Producer:Tsutomu Chuji, Yutaka Sugiyama, Koji Hosono, Azusa Shintaku, Hiroki Fujiwara, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshimi Ishii
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Narrators:-->
Music:Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Mamiko Katakura
Cinematography:Ken Murakami
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DASH Co., Ltd., Demand, DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Korean
Chinese

is a 2015 Japanese children's live action/anime film. It's the third film to feature the character Shimajirō. The theme song of the film is "Hana no Nioi" by Chara. The first part of the film is in live action and the second is animated. The film was released on March 13, 2015.[8]

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Korean Voice Actors

Chinese Voice Actors

(2016)

Shimajirō to Ehon no Kuni ni
Italic Title:no
Native Name:しまじろうとえほんのくに
Director:Isamu Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Kawamata, Yong Hirabayashi
Producer:Tsutomu Chuji, Shiho Kawahara, Yutaka Sugiyama, Masako Nagata, Koji Hosono, Hiromi Mitsuhasi, Hiroki Fujiwara, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshimi Ishii
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Narrators:-->
Music:Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Mamiko Katakura
Cinematography:Ken Murakami
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DASH Co., Ltd., Demand, DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Runtime:61 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, Korean, Chinese

is the fourth Shimajiro feature film. It was released on March 11, 2016.

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Korean Voice Actors

Chinese Voice Actors

(2017)

Shimajirō to Niji no Oashisu
Italic Title:no
Native Name:劇場版しまじろうのわお!しまじろうとにじのオアシス
Director:Isamu Hirabayashi, Hiro Takashima
Producer:Tsutomu Chuji, Shiho Kawahara, Shinya Nakahara, Yukiko Nagaoka, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshimi Ishii, 覃宏 Hong Qin, 郑泰成 Tae-sung Jeong
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Mummy D.
Cowcow
Hanako Yamada
Narrators:-->
Music:Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Tomonori Adachi, Miyu Nakahara, 金石源 Suk-won Kim[10] Seongjang Lee [11] Mamiko Katakura[12]
Cinematography:Ken Murakami
Editing:황 종 환 Hwang Jong-hwan: Pipeline Technical Director [13]
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DASH Co., Ltd., DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation, Beaver House Studio
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Runtime:54 Min.
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English

is the fifth feature film in the Shimajirō franchise. It was released on March 10, 2017.

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English Voice Actors

Korean Voice Actors

[14] [15] [16]

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[17] [18]

(2018)

Movie Shimajirō Mahō no Shima no Daibōken
Italic Title:no
Native Name:映画しまじろうまほうのしまのだいぼうけん
Director:Hiroshi Kawamata, Hiro Takashima
Producer:Shiho Kawahara, Yukinori Udagawa, Shinya Nakahara, Yukari Kiso
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Narrators:-->
Music:Tadao Harasaki, Shingo Nishimura
Cinematography:Toshiharu Mizutani
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, BACKSTREETS INC., Sony Music Direct, Megabox
Runtime:52 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese

is the sixth feature film in the Shimajirō franchise. It was released in 2018.

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Chinese Voice Actors

(2019)

Shimajiro to Ururu no Heroland
Italic Title:no
Native Name:映画しまじろうしまじろうとうるるのヒーローランド
Director:Takamitsu Kawamura, Ryoji Aoki
Producer:Shiho Kawahara, Yukinori Udagawa, Yukari Kiso, Nozomi Ogasawara
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Narrators:-->
Music:Tadao Harasaki, Shingo Nishimura
Cinematography:Toshiharu Mizutani, Eri Yamanashi
Production Companies:The Answer Studio, BACKSTREETS INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment, Megabox, Sony Music Direct
Runtime:58 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, Chinese, English

is the seventh feature film in the Shimajirō franchise. It was released in 2019.

Japanese Voice Cast

Qiǎo hǔ dà fēichuán lìxiǎn jì (2019)

Italic Title:no
Director:Kawamura Tomohiro, He Cun, You Hong, Zhou Hong-Zhi, Po Jing-Zhen, Yoshio Maruyama
Producer:Wang Zhen, Karen Fu Ban-Sing, Xia Xi Jian Song, Du Jun, Chen Zhen-Yu
Writers:-->
Screenplay:Sugiura Risa, Sugiura Masafumi, Wang Zhen
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Saori Sugimoto
Narrators:-->
Music:Nonaka Yuichi, Okuda Ryo, Wang Zhen, Zhou Jian-Bo
Cinematography:Wang Xin
Editing:Lin Guo-Zhen
Studio:Benesse
Distributors:Sony Music Direct-->
Runtime:80 min (Chinese release)
59 min (Japanese release)

is the eighth feature film in the Shimajirō franchise, and the first Shimajiro film made in full CGI. The original 80-minute version was released in 2019 in Chinese/Hong Kong theaters. A 59-minute Japanese re-edit,, was originally slated for a 2020 release delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was released in Japan on March 12, 2021.

Chinese Voice Cast

Japanese Voice Cast

Qiǎo hǔ mófǎ dǎo lìxiǎn jì (2021)

Italic Title:no
Director:Tomohiro Kawamura[21]
Writers:-->
Starring:Ye Li
Narrators:-->
Music:Yuichi "masa" NONAKA
Distributors:-->
Runtime:80 min
Language:Chinese

is the ninth feature film in the Shimajirō franchise and the second Shimajiro film to be in CGI animation.[22] In October 2023, Benesse announced a 2024 Japanese version,, as the next installment in the series.[21]

Chinese Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Shimajirō to Kirakira Ōkoku no Ōji-sama (2022)

Shimajirō to Kirakira Ōkoku no Ōji-sama
Italic Title:no
Native Name:しまじろうとキラキラおうこくの おうじさま
Director:Takamitsu Kawamura
Producers:-->
Writers:-->
Story:Hisayuki Toriumi, Shigeto Tsuji
Starring:Omi Minami
Miki Takahashi
Takumi Yamazaki
Sugimoto Saori (Posthumous release)
Narrators:-->
Music:Hyadain, Shoko Nakagawa
Production Companies:The Answer Studio Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation, TV Setouchi
Distributor:TOHO Visual Entertainment
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese, Chinese

is the tenth feature film in the Shimajirō franchise. Released on March 22, 2022, it is the final film to feature Saori Sugimoto's voice before her death on October 21, 2021.

Japanese Voice Cast

[23]

Qiaohu and the Fantasy Stage Adventure (2023)

Qiaohu and the Fantasy Stage Adventure
Italic Title:no
Native Name:巧虎奇幻舞台历险记预告片-抖音
Director:Tomohiro Kawamura
Producers:-->
Writers:-->
Starring:Li Ye
Narrators:-->
Production Companies:Benesse Corporation
Country:China
Language:Chinese

巧虎奇幻舞台历险记预告片-抖音 Qiaohu and the Fantasy Stage Adventure, is the eleventh feature film in the Shimajirō franchise. Released on June 1, 2023 [24]

Chinese Voice Cast

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kids' Anime Character Shimajirō Gets His 1st Film. November 8, 2012. January 25, 2015. . Egan . Loo .
  2. Web site: 劇場版 しまじろうのわお! しまじろうと フフの だいぼうけん ~すくえ!七色の花~(2013). January 25, 2015. Allcinema.net. Stingray. Japanese.
  3. Web site: Shimajiro Movie; Cast & Crew. Kodomo.benesse.ne.jp. 18 January 2022.
  4. Web site: http://eiga.com/movie/79222/. ja:劇場版しまじろうのわお! しまじろうとくじらのうた. January 23, 2014. Eiga.com. Japanese.
  5. Web site: PUFFY's 'Tomodachi no Wao!' chosen as ending theme for 'Shimajiro' movie again. January 18, 2014. January 23, 2014. Tokyohive.com. 6Theory Media, LLC..
  6. Web site: "Shimajiro to Kujira no Uta" to be Shown in Indonesia. Kaorinysantara.or.id. 14 October 2020.
  7. Web site: 호비와 쿠우의 어드벤처 : 고래의 노래 .
  8. Web site: Shimajirō Kids' Anime Gets 3rd Theatrical Film. January 24, 2015. January 25, 2015. Anime News Network.
  9. Web site: 巧虎:繪本王國歷險記 Chiauhu Movie 演職人員總覽 - 電影神搜 .
  10. Web site: 巧虎电影:巧虎的彩虹绿洲 的全部演职员 .
  11. Web site: Credits 2017 | Smecky Music Studios Prague .
  12. Web site: MamikoKatakura – SIGNSOUND . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325034056/https://signsound.net/engineer/mamiko-katakura#soundtrack_2023 . 2023-03-25 .
  13. Web site: 비버멘토 .
  14. Web site: 내친구호비 극장판 호비와 매직아일랜드. Movie.naver.com.
  15. Web site: [호비와 무지개 오아시스 대모험 극장판 (Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis) [1DISC]] .
  16. Web site: DVD - 호비와 무지개 오아시스 대모험 [극장판] - Hottracks .
  17. Web site: 巧虎電影:巧虎的彩虹綠洲 Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis 演職人員總覽 - 電影神搜 .
  18. Web site: shimajiro的搜尋結果. Movies.yahoo.com.tw. 18 January 2022.
  19. Web site: 내친구호비 극장판 호비와 매직아일랜드. Movie.naver.com.
  20. Web site: Qiaohu and the Fantastic Flying Ship (巧虎大飞船历险记, 2019) :: Everything about cinema of Hong Kong, China and Taiwan .
  21. News: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Shimajirō Franchise's 10th Anime Film Opens Next March . 2023-10-21 . . 2023-10-01.
  22. Web site: "The Adventures of Qiao Hu Magic Island" was praised for its reputation, unlocking the best interactive animated movies of the summer . 27 October 2021 .
  23. Web site: Shimajirō to Kirakira Ōkoku no Ōji-sama CG Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Cast, Theme Song, March 11 Premiere. Anime News Network. 18 January 2022.
  24. Web site: Qiaohu and the Fantasy Stage Adventure (2023) | Animation . .