It has been revealed that the 32nd film in the popular anime series "Crayon Shin-chan," the latest addition to the series, "Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers," will be released in theaters in India in late October. The latest film is the first in the series' history to be set in India, and will be released locally to coincide with India's biggest festival, Diwali. In addition to a Japanese version with English subtitles, dubbed versions in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu will also be screened. The film will be released in Japan on August 8th.
"Crayon Shin-chan" became popular as soon as the TV anime series began broadcasting on the kids' channel "HungamaTV" under JioStar (formerly Disney India) in 2006, and is still broadcast daily. From May 2024, it will also begin broadcasting on the kids' channel "Sony YAY!" under Sony Pictures. It has been popular for a long time, recording top-class viewer ratings, but in India, a movie powerhouse, domestic movies are overwhelmingly popular, making it extremely difficult to release foreign movies in theaters, and children's films in particular have a high hurdle to release in theaters. Meanwhile, the appeal and potential of children's theatrical animation has begun to attract attention, and demand is gradually increasing in India, and this is why "Crayon Shin-chan the Movie" will be released in theaters.
Ahead of the release of "Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers" in late October, "Crayon Shin-chan Shin-chan the Movie: My Dinosaur Diary" (2024), which recorded the highest box office revenue in the series' history of approximately 2.69 billion yen, will be released on May 9th.
The latest work is a dance entertainment movie set in India, where Nohara Shinnosuke and the Kasukabe Defense Force dance and dance. The Kasukabe Defense Force came to India to participate in an entertainment festival and enjoyed sightseeing in India, but when they found a backpack that resembled the shape of a nose in a suspicious general store, Bo-chan was led by an evil power and became a "tyrant (Bo-kun)" and went on a rampage... That's the story. Shinnosuke and his friends try to stop Bo-chan, who has obtained a threatening power that could shake the world.
The film will be directed by Masakazu Hashimoto, who has worked on the Crayon Shin-chan chan movie series such as "Honeymoon Hurricane: The Lost Hiroshi" and "Mononoke Ninja Chinpuden," and the script will be written by Kimiko Ueno, who has worked with Hashimoto on numerous Crayon Shin-chan chan movie series.
The first film in the Crayon Shin-chan chan series, Crayon Crayon Shin-chan : Action Kamen vs. High-Grade Demon King, was released in 1993. The first full-length 3DCG animation in the series' history, New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan Shin-chan: The Movie: Psychic Battle - Tobe Tobe Temaki Sushi, was released in 2023 and became a hot topic. The box office revenue of Crayon Shin-chan -chan: My Dinosaur Diary, released in 2024, exceeded 2.5 billion yen, breaking the record for the highest box office revenue in the series' history.
