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The 2024 Doremon movie Eiga Doremon: Nobita no Chikyū Symphony (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony) opened at No. 1 on Friday. The film sold 538,000 tickets from Friday to Sunday for 655,555,580 yen (about 4.37 million USD).
The new film has a music theme, as Doraemon and his friends go on an adventure to meet new friends, connect with people through music, and save the world from crisis.
Kouji Kikkawa voiced the role of Maestro Vento for the first time in the film. (Kikkawa previously narrated the anime Gifū Dōdō!! Kanetsugu to Keiji.) Kanji Ishimaru plays robot musician Wakner in his first foray into the Doremon series. Comedian duo Kagaya (Shō Kaga and Sōya Gaya) guest star in the film in multiple roles.
Kazuaki Imai (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Treasure Island, Doremon the Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur) directed the film. Teruko Utsumi, screenwriter of the television anime Doremon, wrote the script for the film. The current cast of the television anime reprized their roles in the film.
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Gekijōban Haikyu!! Gomi Suteba no Kessen (Haikyu!! the Movie: The Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump), the first of the two Haikyu!! The sequel film project eventually dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 at the Japanese box office in its third week of release. The film sold 380,000 tickets for 525,419,080 yen (about $3.50 million) over the weekend with a total of 3.59 million tickets sold for 5,145,588,230 yen (about $34.31 million) America).
The film premiered in Japan on February 16 and was also shown in IMAX format. Susumu Mitsunaka (first, third Haikyu!! TV anime) both directed and wrote the film.
The film sold 1,529,000 tickets and earned 2,230,465,540 yen (about US$14.83 million) in its first three days of screening. The film now has the biggest opening weekend for a film this year in Japan, beating the 1,065,983,130 yen opening weekend of the anime Mobile SuitGundam Seed FREEDOM.
The anime production team announced two films for August 2022. The first film depicts the “fateful duel” between Karasuno High School and Nekoma High School.
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Mobile Suit Gunma Seed FREEDOM dropped from 4th to 5th place in its sixth weekend of release. The film earned 135,579,840 yen (about $904,000) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold 2,207,227 million tickets with a cumulative total of 3,707,774,060 yen (about 24.72 million USD).
The film is being shown in 353 theaters in Japan with additional 4DX, MX4D and Dolby Cinema screenings starting February 9.
The film opened at No. 1 at the Japanese box office, selling 634,182 tickets for 1,065,983,130 yen (about US$7.20 million) in its first three days of release, marking a three-week box office gross. Highest opening day for an anime series. Mobile SuitGundam Seed FREEDOM premiered in Japan on January 26. The film is expected to screen in 56 countries and territories.
Mobile Suit Gundunda director Mitsuo Fukuda directed the film at Bandai Namco Filmworks. Fukuda also co-wrote the script with his late wife Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto. Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gun Seed) designed the characters.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba-To the Hashira Training-, the theatrical release of the first hour-long episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Anime TV Arc, dropped from 3rd to 7th in its fifth weekend . The screenings earned 79,078,970 yen (about US$527,200) from Friday to Sunday and have earned a cumulative total of 1,922,529,397 yen (about US$12.81 million).
Screenings opened at No. 1 at the Japanese box office on its opening weekend in Tokyo on February 2 and sold 443,700 tickets for 646,790,467 yen (about $4.35 million) in three days Firstly.
The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc anime will premiere on television this spring.
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Satoru Noda’s live-action film Manga Golden Kamuy dropped from 6th to 8th place in its seventh weekend. The film earned 72,411,760 yen (about US$428,700) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a cumulative total of 2,672,179,760 yen (about US$17.81 million).
The film opened in Japan on January 19 and topped the Japanese box office that week. first weekend. The film sold 356,000 tickets for 533,848,690 yen (about US$3.62 million) in its first three days of release.
Shigeaki Kubo directed the film at production company CREDEUS. Tsutomu Kuroiwa wrote the script. Yutaka Yamada composed the music. Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe were assigned to monitor the Ainu. Japanese rock group ACIDMAN performs the theme song “Kagayakerumono”(Those Who Shine).
Satoru Noda launched the manga in Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine in 2014 and ended it in April 2022. The manga has inspired four anime, and production of the final anime season has been greenlit.
The anime film SPY×FAMILY Code: White dropped out of the top 10 in its 11th weekend of release.
The new “fan film” for Square Enix’s SINoALICE game, titled SINoALICE Ichiban Saigo no Monogatari (The Last Story), dropped from #3 to #5 in the small theater rankings in second week of release.
Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC