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Kingdom: Taishogun no Kikan (The Return of the Shogun), the fourth live-action film about the Kingdom, held the No. 1 spot at the Japanese box office in its second weekend. The film sold 529,000 tickets from Friday to Sunday, earning 816,278,900 yen (about $5.34 million). The film has grossed a total of 3,614,864,500 yen (about $23.66 million), selling a total of 2.41 million tickets.
The film opened on July 12. It sold 1,065,000 tickets and earned 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, including Monday (which is a Marine Corps holiday in Japan), and earned 2.2 billion yen (about US$13.89 million) during that time.
Shinsuke Satō is directing the new film.
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 off the invasion of the mighty 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. Hara and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, live-action Black Butler, GANTZ:O) return to write the script.
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The STPR Origin Story the Movie: Strawberry School Festival!!!! (STPR Origin Story the Movie: Strawberry School Festival!!!!) film ranked third in its opening weekend. The film earned 178,821,570 yen (approximately US$1.17 million) in its first three days of release.
The film opens on July 19.
The group members will participate in dubbing the film.
Entertainment character Nana Mori is credited as chief production supervisor and planning producer of the anime, and his off-stage character Masato Kashiwabara is credited as the original story creator. Naoki Matsuura (Liar Liar) directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS and Chika Suzumura (Burn The Witch) wrote the script. Yumi Nakamura (Liar Liar, Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku) designed the characters.
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The anime film based on Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot “Look Back” dropped from No. 2 to No. 6 in its fourth weekend at the Japanese box office. The film earned 119,678,340 yen (about $783,000) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 700,000 tickets for a cumulative total of 1,186,595,080 yen (about $7.76 million).
The film opened in Japan on June 28. It ranked #2 in box office revenue (but #1 in weekend earnings) in its opening weekend, selling 135,000 tickets, grossing 227 million (about US$1.40 million) in its first three days.
Yūmi Kawai and Mizuki Yoshida star in the film. Kawai plays Fujino, a fourth-grader who draws four-panel comics for the school newspaper. Yoshida plays Kyomoto, Fujino's classmate who skips school.
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip Flappers) is directing the anime, and is also responsible for the script and character designs. Oshiyama's studio Durian is producing the series. Singer urara will perform the film's theme song “Soft Song” by composer Haruka Nakamura.
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“Kuro no Shinryaku” (Dark Invasion), the first film from Yamato yo Towa ni: Rebel 3199 (Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199), the next project in the Space Battleship Yamato remake, opened at No. 8. The film earned 58,863,050 yen (about US$385,100) in its first three days of release.
The anime will premiere in seven films. “Kuro no Shinryaku” premiered on July 19. The second film, “Sekijitsu no Shutsugeki” (The Assault of the Burning Sun), will premiere on November 22.
Naomichi Yamato (From the New World, Mobile Suit Gunma: Iron-Blooded Orphans (episode director) is directing the new anime, with Harutoshi Fukui now also credited as supervising director along with serving as scriptwriter and chief scenario writer as in the previous anime in the series. Hideki Oka will also return as co-scriptwriter. Nobuteru Yuki will return as character designer. Junichirō Tamamori, Mika Akitaka, and Yasushi Ishizu are credited as mechanical designers. Hiroyuki Goto is the CG producer, while Shōsuke Uechi is credited as CG director. Tomohiro Yoshida is the sound director.
As with previous anime in the series, the late producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is credited for the original work, and his son Shōji Nishizaki is credited as executive producer and copyright supervisor. Akira Miyagawa will return to compose the music alongside Shu Kanematsu (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses). Akira Miyagawa's late father and original Space Battleship Yamato composer Hiroshi Miyagawa is also credited for the music.
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Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun (Baikinman and Lulun in Picture Book), the 35th film in the Anpanman series, dropped from #3 to #9 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 43,372,560 yen (about US$283,600) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a cumulative total of 516,493,550 yen (about US$3.37 million).
The film opened in Japan on June 28 and debuted at number 1 in box office sales (but number 2 in weekend earnings). The film sold 137,000 tickets and earned 170 million yen (about US$1.05 million) in its first three days, the highest opening weekend for an Anpanman film in the series' history.
Actress Aya Ueto (live-action Azumi, Thermae Romae) voices the film's central character Lulun, while comedian Takashi Okamura voices a ferocious elephant.
The story of the film focuses on Anpanman's arch-nemesis Baikinman, but this time, he tries to become a warrior of love and courage. when he is sucked into a picture book. Inside the book is a vast forest where fairies live. Baikinman meets the fairy Lulun, who asks him to defeat a rampaging elephant in the forest. Baikinman is reluctant but tries his best to defeat the elephant. However, it is too strong for Baikinman so he tells Lulun to call Anpanman to help protect the picture book world.
Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (Case Closed: Million Dollar Pentagram) fell out of the top 10 in its 15th week of release at the Japanese box office.
The third season of the four-part anime project Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (originally titled Gode Geass: Z of the Recapture, or Dakkan no Zetto) also fell out of the top 10.
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Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC