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Crayon Shin-Chan Faces Robo-Dad in Film by Gurren Lagann Writer
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for the Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Gachinko! Gyakushū no Robo Tō-chan (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Fight! Robo-Dad's Counterattack), on Friday.
Narrator: In the year 2014, the "father revolution" breaks out throughout the land. In these troubled times, this man will rise.
Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara: Robo Dad!
Robo Dad: Shinosuke! Let's combine!
Robo Dad: I will protect my family!
Shinosuke: Beep
In the kindergartner "Shin-chan's" latest movie, his father goes for a massage to fix his sprained back. However, he returns home as a robot, "with a snort more powerful than an electric fan!"
Kill la Kill) wrote the screenplay.
The film will open in Japan on April 19, 2014. While supplies last, theaters nationwide will be giving away 50,000 windup Hasshin! Aruku Robo Shin-chan (Launch! Walking Robo Shin-chan) toys to moviegoers.
The October issue of Monthly Manga Town magazine began serializing Kenta Aiba's manga adaptation of the film.
American publisher Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Bakauma—! B-Kyū Gourmet Survival!!, the previous film inspired by the manga, opened in Japanese theaters this past April.
Images © Yoshito Usui/Futabasha, ADK 2014
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