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Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Shinsei-ban (True Birth Version), a shortened version of the anime film Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo (The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe), dropped from 3rd to 5th place in its second installment. two weekends. The film earned 71,939,840 yen (about US$482,400) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 272,393,960 yen (about US$1.82 million). Additionally, both versions of the film grossed a total of more than 3 billion yen (about 20.10 million USD).
The film ranked 3rd in its first week of release. The film sold 97,700 tickets and grossed 156,305,640 yen (about US$1.05 million) in its first three days of release.
The new version of the film opened in theaters in Japan on October 4. The new version features approximately 327 reruns of cut scenes, as well as some re-dubbed lines. The new version is rated R15+. The film's initial screening had a PG12 rating.
The original version of the film opened in Japan in November 2023 and sold 111,500 tickets for 160,106,620 yen (about 1.07 million USD) in the first three days of release. The film has earned a cumulative total of 2,472,410,610 yen (about US$16.79 million) as of January 28.
Gō Koga (Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!, One Piece Episode of Sabo) directed the series at Toei Animation and Hiroyuki Yoshino (Macross Frontier, World Trigger, 2018's 13-episode GeGeGe no Kitarō) wrote the script. Tōko Yatabe (director of GeGeGe no Kitarō 2018's third ending, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, assistant director) designed the characters.
The film is part of four “major projects” commemorating the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki's birth. Mizuki passed away in 2015 at the age of 93. Another project is the anime Akuma Kun which premieres on Netflix in November 2023.
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Great Precure! The movie! The film Doki Doki Game no Sekai de Daiboken (Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Grand Adventure in a Thrilling Game World) held 8th place in its fifth week of release. The film earned 42,029,650 yen (about US$281,500) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a cumulative total of 1,095,162,740 yen (about US$7.33 million).
The film opened in Japan on September 13. The film ranked No. 2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 295,000 tickets and earned 367 million yen (about $2.59 million) in its first three days of release, marking the second-highest three-day opening weekend gross of the Precure series, trailing only last year's Precure All Stars F. Great Precure! The movie! Doki Doki Game no Sekai de Daiboken sold 405,000 tickets and earned 497 million yen (about $3.51 million) in its first four days of release, including September 16 (which is Respect for the Aged Day in Japan). ).
The film follows Komugi and Iroha on a new adventure as they are drawn into the world of the video game Doki Doki Tanukingdom (Thrilling Raccoon-Dogkingdom). The characters in Soaring Sky! Precure (Hirogaru Sky! Precure) and Maho Girls Precure! (Mahō Tsukai Precure!) also appears in the film.
Naoki Miyahara (director of The First Slam Dunk unit) directed the film. Yoichi Kato (Yo-kai Watch) wrote the script. Takayuki Murakami is the unit director. Erika Fukasawa composes music.
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Fureru., the new original anime film from the Super Peace Busters creative team, dropped from #5 to #10 in its second weekend. The film earned 35,004,900 yen (about US$234,500) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 173,915,700 yen (about US$1.16 million).
The film ranked at number 5 in its opening weekend. The film sold 69,000 tickets and earned 102,554,300 yen (about US$692,200) in its first three days of release.
The film opens in Japan on October 4.
The story is about three childhood friends, connected by a mysterious creature. The film follows three people as young adults in Tokyo. The film is set in Takadanobaba, a different location from the previous three works of the Super Peace Busters trilogy (Chichibu is Mari Okada's hometown).
The film stars nine actors from the group's three previous anime works including anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Song of the Heart and Her Blue Sky.
The Super Peace Busters creative team includes director Tatsuyuki Nagai, writer-director Mari Okada and artist Masayoshi Tanaka. Nagai (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, The Anthem of the Heart, and Her Blue Sky) directed the film at CloverWorks. Okada wrote the script and Tanaka designed the characters.
YOASOBI performs the theme song “Monotone”.
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom (Gekijō-ban Overlord Sei Ōkoku-hen), the new film project for the Overlord anime, dropped out of the top 10 in its fourth weekend, but still earned 38,566,860 yen (about $258,400 USA) from Friday to Sunday, and earned a cumulative total of 910,185,100 yen (about US$6.09 million).
Grandma. Green Apple//The White Lounge at CINEMA, screening during the 2023-2024 concert tour of the band Mrs. Green Apple, remained outside the top 10 in its fifth weekend, but still earned 69,849,400 yen (about $468,000) from Friday to Sunday. The film earned a cumulative total of 1,653,737,000 yen (about US$11.08 million).
Eiga Given: Umi e (Given The Movie: To the Sea), the second film in the two-part anime sequel project, held the No. 1 spot in the mini-cinema chart for its fourth weekend . The film opens on September 20.
Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC, Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo's X/Twitter account