Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Graffiti Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes is a 2020 Japanese anime film produced by Shin-Ei Animation. It is the 28th film of the popular comedy manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan.[2][3] The film was originally scheduled for release to theaters on April 24, 2020 in Japan, but was postponed to September 11, 2020 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
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Japanese | クレヨンしんちゃん 激突! ラクガキングダムとほぼ四人の勇者 |
Hepburn | Kureyon Shinchan Gekitotsu Rakugakingudamu to Hobo Shi-Ri no Yūsha |
Directed by | Takahiko Kyogoku |
Based on | Crayon Shin-chan by Yoshito Usui |
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Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Production company | Shin-Ei Animation |
Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 103 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $11 million [1] |
The slogan of the movie is "Save the world with Crayons".
The film's story features a "magical crayon," and centers around a floating kingdom called Rakuga Kingdom (the name is a pun on the word "rakugaki" meaning "scribbling"). The kingdom gets its energy from scribbles, but lately the scribbles are decreasing and the kingdom is in danger of collapsing. To save the country, the military started to capture and force children to scribble.[6]
Debuting 317 screens, the film opened at #1 and sold 212,000 tickets with earnings around 262 million yen (about US$2.47 million) in its opening weekend.[6] By Sixth Weekend, The film dropped from #5 to #7 in ranking and earned overall gross of 1,085,377,700 yen (about US$10.28 million).[7][8]
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