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2026 Crayon Shin-chan Film Opens in Malaysia on October 22
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced on Saturday that it will open Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Kikikaikai! Ora no Yōkai Bake-shon (Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Super Strange! My Yōkai Monster Vacation), the 33rd 2D anime film in the Crayon Shin-chan series, in Malaysia on October 22.
The film opened in Japan on July 31. The film ranked at #3 in its opening weekend, and sold 441,000 tickets and earned 539,371,500 yen (about US$3.41 million) in its first three days.
The film centers on "the land of yōkai." The Nohara family go to Hiroshi's hometown of Akita to attend a famous fireworks festival during the summer. However, an incident causes yōkai to escape from their land and will wreak havoc in Akita, and in other areas throughout Japan. The Nohara family then go to the land of yōkai, and find themselves in a mysterious yet nostalgic world, where they go on an unpredictable adventure.
Sairi Itō stars in the film as Yako, a nine-tailed fox yōkai. Sakamoto of the comedy duo Mayurika plays the Squid Yōkai, first base player of the Edomae Sushies baseball team, which challenged Shi n-chan and his friends to a baseball game.
Cast members include Yumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, and Satomi Koorogi.
Masaki Watanabe (Battle Spirits: Heroes, Sakamoto Days) directed the film. Yoshiko Nakamura (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise, PriPara) penned the script. Shinei Animation, TV Asahi, ADK Emotions, and Futabasha produced the film, and TOHO is distributing. Singer TOMOO performed the film's theme song "Otona ni Nattara" (When I Become an Adult).
