Crayon Shin-chan 2024 Movie Holds 3rd Place, The Colors Inside Opens at 7th Place

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Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaurary), the 31st 2D animated film in the Crayon Shin-chan film series, ranked #3 in its fourth weekend. The film sold 148,000 tickets and earned 173,122,300 yen (about US$1.20 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 1.77 million tickets and earned a total of 2,146,878,000 yen (about US$14.96 million).

The film opened at number 2 at the Japanese box office over the weekend of August 9–11. The film sold 365,000 tickets and earned 455,302,200 yen (about US$3.05 million) in its first three days, selling 510,000 tickets and earning 636 million yen (about US$4.32 million) in its first four days, including Monday (August 12 is Mountain Day, a holiday in Japan).

The film opened in Japan on August 9.

The film tells the story of the friendship between the Nobara family's pet dog Shiro and the “little dinosaur”. Their bond helps the development of Shinnosuke and the Kasukabe Defense Team.

Takumi Kitamura guest stars in the film as Billy, a dinosaur-loving biologist who works with the Kasukabe Defense Team. Comedians Ozwald Yū Hatanaka and Shunsuke Itō also guest star in the film as Chū and Ammoner Itō, respectively.

Shinobu Sasaki (director of many Duel Masters anime including the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Duel Masters TV anime) directed the film. Moral, who wrote the script for the Crayon Shin-chan TV series, wrote the script.

Rock band My Hair is Bad performs the film's theme song “Omoide o Kakenukete”(Run Past Your Memories).

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My Hero AcadeKaren THE MOVIE: You're Next (My Hero AcadeKaren: You're Next), the fourth anime film in the My Hero AcadeKaren series, rose from #6 to #4 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 149,719,000 yen (about US$1.04 million) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 2,993,781,000 yen (about US$20.85 million).

The film opened in Japan on August 2. It sold 608,500 tickets and earned about 895 million yen (about US$6.28 million) in its first three days. It was shown simultaneously in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema formats. TOHO International will release the film in theaters in the United States on October 11. The film will have English subtitles and dubbing.

The film's initial antagonists are members of a large, mysterious criminal organization called The”Gorrini Family.”

Tensai Okamura (Darker than Black) is directing the film at BONES. Returning staff from the television series and previous films include screenwriter Yōsuke Kuroda, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and composer Yuki Hayashi. Voundy performs the theme song “Homunculus” as well as the ending theme song “Gift”.

Original manga author Kōhei Horikoshi served as chief supervisor and original character designer. The film has an original story that takes place at the same time as the current TV anime, with the collapse of safe society. In the film, a mysterious giant fortress and a man resembling the former “Symbol of Peace” suddenly appear in a society that has collapsed due to war.

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Kingdom: Taishogun no Kikan (Return of the General), the live-action film of the Fourth Kingdom, fell from 5th to 6th place in its eighth weekend. The film earned 128,403,100 yen (about US$894,400) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 5.02 million tickets and earned a total of 7,401,215,200 yen (about US$51.55 million).

The film opened on July 12. It sold 1,065,000 tickets and grossed 1.629 billion yen (about US$10.28 million) in its first three days. The film sold 1.46 million tickets in its first four days of release, including Monday (which is a Marine Corps holiday in Japan), and grossed 2.2 billion yen (about US$13.89 million) during that time.

The film covers the Shi Ka (Zi Xia) arc of the manga and the Battle of Bayou – the first time Shin (Xin) and Ō Ki (Wang Qi) stand together on the battlefield, to fight against the invasion of the powerful Chō (Zhao) from the north. Anne (Anne Watanabe) returns as the pivotal character Shi Ka (Zi Xia). Other cast members include Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji), Kōji Yamamoto as Chō Sō (Zhao Zhuang), Yuki Yamada as Man Goku (Wan Ji), Eri Murakawa as You Li (Yū Ri), Hinako Sakurai as Dong Mei (Tō Bi), and Yūki Araki as Kyō.

Kento Yamazaki, Ryō Yoshizawa, Takao Osawa and Kanna Hashimoto all reprise their respective characters Shin (Xin), Ei Sei (Yin Zheng), Ō Ki (Wang Qi) and Ka Ryō Ten (He Liao Diao), respectively, from the previous two films. Nana Seino, Hiroshi Tamaki and Kōichi Satō from the second film also reprise their respective characters Kyо̄ Kai, Sho Hei Kun (Lord Changping) and Ryo Fui (Lu Buwei).

Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) returns as director. Manga author Yasuhisa Hara and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, live-action Black Butler, GANTZ:O) return to write the script.

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The Colors Inside (Kimi no Iro), a new anime feature film from Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, The Heike Story, A Silent Voice), opened at No. 7. The film earned 97,739,500 yen (about US$680,200) in its first three days.

The anime premiered in Japan on Friday. It was originally scheduled to open in fall 2023, but was later rescheduled to open in 2024. The film will be shown in IMAX at 51 theaters in Japan. GKIDS acquired the film for North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand, and will open it in winter 2024. Anime Ltd. acquired the film for Europe. PLAION PICTURES will handle Italian- and German-speaking territories, while CHARADES will handle sales for the rest of Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.

The story revolves around Totsuko, a high school girl who can see the “colors” of emotions in people’s hearts. She attends a missionary school in Nagasaki. In order to keep her friends and family from feeling dark, she worries, reads situations, and even lies to solve things. At an antique bookstore on the corner of town, she meets a beautiful woman with incredibly beautiful skin and a music-loving boy who is trying to form a band. The story follows these three sensitive people who come together to play in a band.

Yamada directed the film at Science SARU. Story Inc. is credited as planner and producer. Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Girls und Panzer, Ride Your Wave, Violet Evergarden) wrote the script and Kensuke Ushio (Space Dandy, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, Chainsaw Man) composed the music. Daisuke Richard designed the original characters, while Takashi Kojima designed the characters and served as animation director. Mr. Children performed the theme song “in the Pocket.”

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The live-action film adaptation of Rensuke Oshikiri's horror manga Sayuri ranked No. 8 in its second weekend.

The film opens in Japan on August 23.

Ryōka Minamide plays the film's protagonist Norio, the eldest son of the Kamiki family. Kōji Shiraishi (Sadako vs. Kayako, Impossibility Defense) directed the film.

The series is about a family that moves into their own house. Immediately, the family and the house experience mysterious phenomena.

Oshikiri published the manga in Gentosha Comics' Comic Birz magazine from January 2010 to March 2011. The manga has two volumes.

The First Slam Dunk, the anime film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's basketball manga Slam Dunk, rose from #10 to #9 in its third week since reruns began on August 13. The film earned 81,815,390 yen (about US$569,400) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 16,464,137,370 yen (about US$114 million).

The film has now surpassed James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar to become the 12th highest-grossing film ever in Japan.

The film opened in Japan in December 2022 and debuted at number one in its opening weekend. The film sold 847,000 tickets and earned 1,295,808,780 yen (approximately US$9.50 million) in its opening weekend.

As of June 2023, the film has sold over 10 million tickets and earned 14.43 billion yen (about US$103.5 million) in Japan, after about half a year in theaters. The film ended its main run in Japan after about nine months in August 2023. The film last had a revival screening in January.

GKIDS released the film theatrically in the United States and Canada with both an English dub and with Japanese audio and English subtitles in July 2023. It grossed US$662,211 in its opening weekend in North America. GKIDS released the film on Blu-ray Disc on June 25, with distribution by Shout! Studios. It began streaming on Netflix in the United States on August 25.

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The two-week theatrical release for the third season of the anime Re:ZERO-Starting Life in Another World-premiered on August 30. Although it did not make the top 10, the film earned 44,772,500 yen (about US$311,600) in its first three days.

The third season of “Shūgeki-hen”(Attack Arc) will premiere on October 2 on TOKYO MX, AT-X, and other channels with a special 90-minute runtime. The anime will also be streamed on the ABEMA streaming service and d Anime Store in Japan. “Hangeki-hen”(Counterattack Arc) will premiere on February 5, 2025. Each season will have eight episodes.

Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.

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Bandai Namco Filmworks' sequel to Zegapain STA (Zegapain Statement Alpha) dropped from #2 to #5 in its third week of release on the mini-cinema chart.

The film opens on August 16.

Shintarō Asanuma, Kana Hanazawa, Ayako Kawasumi, and Romi Park return from the previous anime as their characters Kyo Sogoru, Ryoko Kaminagi, Shizuno Misaki, and Lu Sheng, respectively.

Masami Shimoda returns from the previous Zegapain anime as director at Sunrise. Katsuhiko Takayama (Aldnoah.Zero, Ga-Rei: Zero, Looking Up At The Half-Moon) is writing the film's script. Akihiko Yamashita returns as character designer, along with fellow character designers Tatsuya Suzuki and Marie Tagashira, who later took on character designs for new footage in the Zegapain ADP compilation film. Rei Nakahara, Noriyuki Jinguji, Takahiro Yamada, and Hideki Fukushima all return from the previous anime as mechanical designers. Ayako Ōtsuka is also returning to compose the music.

The film has two parts. The first part, titled “Reminiscence Arc”, retells the Zegapain animated television series and the Zegapain ADP (Zegapain Adaptation) compilation film. The second part, titled “Olta Moda Arc”, depicts the future after the final episode of the Zegapain television series. The “Olta Moda Arc” is named after a “new force” in the Zegapain world.

The 25th anniversary screening of the anime film Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie ranked third in the mini-cinema rankings in its fourth weekend.

The theatrical release of the Hypnosis Mic-Division Rap Battle-Rule the Stage-New Encounter ranked fourth in the small theater charts on its opening weekend.

Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC