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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back

2001 · 90 min

A silly, sweet adventure that sneaks up on you with real emotional depth about growing up and family.

Directed by: Keiichi Hara
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara

Overview: Shin-chan must rescue the adults of Kasukabe when they mysteriously abandon their responsibilities to relive their youth at the new 20th-century expo.

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Directed by: Keiichi Hara
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
identity
memory
parenthood
Places: small town
fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Crayon Shinchan the Movie Collection

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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri KingdomMovie · 1994
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Unkokusai's AmbitionMovie · 1995
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Great Adventure in HenderlandMovie · 1996
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Pursuit of the Balls of DarknessMovie · 1997
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Blitz! Pig's Hoof's Secret MissionMovie · 1998
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Burst! Hot Spring BattleMovie · 1999
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The JungleMovie · 2000
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes BackMovie · 2001 This title
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring StatesMovie · 2002
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of HonorMovie · 2003
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening SunMovie · 2004
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge!Movie · 2005
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!Movie · 2006
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks BombMovie · 2007
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Hero of KinpokoMovie · 2008
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Roar! Kasukabe Animal KingdomMovie · 2009
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My BrideMovie · 2010
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: Operation Golden SpyMovie · 2011
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Storm Called: Me and the Space PrincessMovie · 2012
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Awesome Tasty! B-grade Gourmet Survival!!Movie · 2013
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes BackMovie · 2014
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: My Moving Story! Cactus Attack!Movie · 2015
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming WorldMovie · 2016
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Invasion!! Alien ShiririMovie · 2017
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy-Movie · 2019
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four HeroesMovie · 2020
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: School Mystery! The Splendid Tenkasu AcademyMovie · 2021
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Tornado Legend of Ninja MononokeMovie · 2022
New Dimension! Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers ~Flying Sushi~Movie · 2023
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Our Dinosaur DiaryMovie · 2024
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe DancersMovie · 2025
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Spooky! My Yokai VacationMovie · 2026

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