Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)

Original title

クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ モーレツ！オトナ帝国の逆襲

Directed by

Keiichi Hara

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

7

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Shin-chan must rescue the adults of Kasukabe after they abandon their daily lives to hang out at a new expo that celebrates the 20th century. The adults are stuck reliving their youth, so Shin-chan and the kids have to snap them out of it.

playfulnostalgicbittersweetchaoticsillyemotionalfast-pacedlighthearted

What happens

Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ モーレツ！オトナ帝国の逆襲, Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi o Yobu: Mōretsu! Otona Teikoku no Gyakushū?) is a Japanese animated film released on April 21, 2001. It is the ninth installment of the Crayon Shin-chan series. The name is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back. It was released as Crayon Shinchan The Movie: Counter Attacking the Adult's Empire with English subtitles on VCD and DVD by PMP Entertainment. The film tells the story of Shin-chan, who must rescue the adults of Kasukabe when they mysteriously abandon their responsibilities to relive their youth at the new 20th-century expo. Since its release, the film has received widespread critical acclaim, with praise given to the animation, screenplay, direction, music, mix of comedy and drama, emotional weight and the approach of themes such as reminiscence, nostalgia, and past vs future. The “Hiroshi's Reminiscence” scene has been compared to the famous beginning of Up. The film is considered by critics to be the best film in the series, one of the greatest animated films of all time, and even one of the best Japanese films of all time by publications such as Kinema Junpo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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