Live-Motion Blank Canvas: My So-Known as Artist’s Dash Movie Opens at #4

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), the Twenty eighth movie in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise, stayed at #1 in its fifth weekend. The movie equipped 346,000 tickets for 516,244,100 yen (about US$3.56 million) from Friday to Sunday. The movie has equipped a total of 8.43 million tickets for a cumulative total of 12,200,988,300 yen (about US$84.21 million).

The movie opened at #1 at the Eastern field office. The movie earned 3,438,626,700 yen (about US$24.15 million) and equipped 2,314,690 tickets in its first three days, a brand contemporary opening-weekend legend for the franchise.

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback opened in Japan on April 18, and has screenings in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema to boot as to odd screenings. The movie opened in 522 theaters in Japan, a brand contemporary legend for the franchise. King Gnu performs the theme tune “Twilight!!!.”

The movie takes location in the snowy mountains of Nagano prefecture, and a previous visible depicted Conan on a snowboard. Yamato — an inspector in Nagano with an injured left behold — and Kogoro — a foremost persona whose ultimate major characteristic in a movie was back in the ninth movie Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005 — every seem in the movie. Taka’aki and Yui, who are also from Nagano, also seem in the movie.

Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the movie. Takeharu Sakurai (varied Detective Conan movies) wrote the script.

The live-motion movie of Akiko Higashimura‘s semi-autobiographical manga Blank Canvas: My So-Known as Artist’s Dash (Kakukaku Shikajika) manga ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The movie equipped 125,000 tickets and earned 169,750,080 yen (about US$1.17 million) in its first three days.

The movie opened on May maybe maybe also 16.

The movie stars Mei Nagano as highschool girl Akiko and Yō Ōizumi as art teacher Hidaka.

Kazuaki Seki directed the movie. Date-san co-wrote the script with long-established creator Higashimura. Yuki Munakata smooth the music.

Seven Seas licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Excessive schooler Akiko has huge plans to change into a popular mangaka before she even graduates, however she wants to accumulate seriously higher at drawing if she ever wants to attain her aim. Purchasing for a in point of fact easy repair, she signs up for an art class, pondering all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a shock: her contemporary instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. Nonetheless perchance this unconventional art teacher is ethical what she wants to appreciate her wishes!

Gekijōban Utano☆Princesama♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX (read as: TABOO NIGHT KISSES), the contemporary Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE movie, dropped from #4 to #6 in its 2d weekend. The movie earned 118,611,460 yen (about US$817,200) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 318,303,260 yen (about US$2.19 million).

The movie opened in Japan on May maybe maybe also 9 and debuted at #4. The movie equipped 92,000 tickets and earned 189,399,380 yen (about US$1.29 million) in its first three days.

To celebrate the latest movie’s begin, the franchise‘s previous movies Uta no Prince Sama Maji Savor Kingdom and Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Excursions had particular encore screenings in theaters for 3 weeks, that started on March 7.

Takeshi Furuta (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Savor Kingdom, Visible Penal complex) was the movie’s chief director, and Akiko Seki (Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima, Lycoris Recoil episode director) directed the anime at A-1 Photos. Chinatsu Kurahana, the sleek persona dressmaker of a few Utano☆Princesama movies and sequence, was again credited for the movie’s long-established persona designs, and Maki Fujioka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Savor Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Legend Big title, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Excursions) was the persona dressmaker. Hiroshi Nakajima (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Savor Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Excursions) was the CG director, Takeshi Ōkawa (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Excursions, NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a) was the sub CG director, and Katsuyoshi Miyajima (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Excursions) was the persona modeling director. Parts Backyard smooth the music.

Tabekko Dōbutsu THE MOVIE, the movie in accordance with the Tabekko Dōbutsu keep of animal-formed butter biscuits, stayed at #7 in its third weekend. The movie earned 78,690,950 yen (about US$542,600) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 525,046,520 yen (about US$3.62 million).

The movie opened in Japan on Thursday, May maybe maybe also 1. The movie earned 176,110,370 yen (about US$1.22 million) in its first four days.

Hitoshi Takekiyo (After Faculty Midnighters, FLCL: Grunge) directed the movie at Marza Animation Planet, and Tetsuhiro Ikeda (FLCL: Grunge, Inzai Aru Aru Monogatari) wrote the script. Gin Hashiba (Magical Destroyers) smooth the music at TBS TV. Chikako Yokota was the sound director at Glovision. Riko Koarai was the creative producer, Masato Ui was the animation producer, Yōsuke Sakai was the CG supervisor, Kiyoaki Kamei was the art director, and Hiroki Takahashi was the line producer. Travis Japan performed the movie’s theme tune “Would You Like One?”

Kotaro Sudo deliberate and produced the movie. The Klockworx Co., Ltd. and TBS TV are distributing the movie.

The Tabekko Dōbutsu biscuits ship worldwide in over 20 nations and territories, and had been equipped since 1978. The snacks are formed like animals and labeled with the English title of the animal.

The Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- movie did no longer inferior finally 10 in its thirteenth weekend, however tranquil earned 62,604,100 yen (about US$432,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,554,432,000 yen (about US$10.72 million).

The theatrical screening of a efficiency of the A3! franchise‘s Mankai Stage A3! Four Seasons Live 2024 stage efficiency ranked at #1 in the mini-theater rankings in its opening weekend. The stage efficiency ran in Japan from October to November ultimate year.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (hyperlink 2, hyperlink 3), comScore through KOFIC