Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back

Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back
File:The Adult Empire Strikes Back.jpg
Directed by	Keiichi Hara
Production company	Shin-Ei Animation
Release dates	April 21, 2001 (2001-04-21)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$16,246,993

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 anime film. It is the ninth installment of the Crayon Shin-chan series. It was released in 2001. The name is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back.

Plot

The film begins with Shin and his family attending a convention that dates back to the 20th century. Even though adults like Hiroshi and Misae are filled with fascination and excitement, children like Shin and Himawari are disinterested and concerned for their parent's nostalgia. As this goes on, Ken and Chaco (the owners of the convention) discuss plans to "rid of the smell of the 21st century." This takes into effect during the night as Hiroshi and Misae suddenly sleeps for the night.

The next morning, Shin finds that Hiroshi and Misae have become very crude and irresponsible. After angrily leaving the house for kindergarten, Shin (taking Himawari along with him) finds that every adult is acting childlike; this even extends to the kindergarten he goes to. Suddenly, trucks appear and take every adult to a place where only the 20th century exists. Shin and his friends meet at his house to discuss the events that occurred in their hometown. Not only they found out that children are trying to survive without their parents, the media they are watching and listening to is reverting to the 20th century; this is only made worse when the electricity shuts down. Later, trucks appear and several workers claim that they arrive to pick up the children and reunite them with their parents; however, Shin and his friends realize this is nothing more than a trap, and that they heard they will come back to capture other stray children. After deciding to not stay where they are, Shin, Himawari, his friends, and his dog Shiro take refuge in a department store.

As the hunt for more children beings, Shin and his friends realize that they overslept and must leave immediately. After failing to hide from the henchmen (including several adults that Shin knows), Shin, his friends, and what is left of his family go on the run. Several hi-jinks later, they decide to steal the principal's bus to escape from the adults. Accidentally going to the land of the 20th century, Shin and everyone in the bus decides to find and confront their parents. After crashing the bus inside the building, Shin's friends are captured; however, Shin, Himawari, and Shiro are able to escape. Finding the door where Hiroshi is reliving his childhood, Shin found out that the smell of the 20th century is affecting the adults; as such Shin uses his father's bad feet odor to neutralize the 20th smell that is affecting Hiroshi. Realizing that the hardships of growing older gave him the family he loves, Hiroshi is successfully brought back to reality. After finding Misae, Ken decides to take Shin and his reunited family to the source of the 20th century. He explains that his machine will launch the smell of the 20th century, thanks to the added scent of the people living in the false 20th century. Because of the situation at hand, Hiroshi, Shin, Misae, Himawari, and Shiro must stop the evil plan before it is too late. One by one, Shin's family distracts the henchmen to buy him time. With the future at stake, Shin desperately dashes to the control room.

Though Shin failed to reach the control room before Ken and Chaco, the actions of him and his family made those living in the 20th century realize that they want to go back to the future. As a result, the smell of the 20th century is disappearing. Even though they accept defeat, Ken and Chaco are unable to accept the future; therefore, they attempt to suicide at the top of the building. But as they attempt the act, they are halted by a pigeon protecting its family. With their suicidal actions stopped, Ken and Chaco realize that they too must find a place to live.

The film ends with several children and adults reunited and sent back to their hometown. Shin and his family return home where the future awaits.

Cast

• Akiko Yajima - Shin-chan
• Keiji Fujiwara - Hiroshi
• Miki Narahashi - Misae
• Satomi Kōrogi - Himawari
• Masane Tsukayama - Ken
• Ai Kobayashi - Chaco

Honors

• Kinema Junpo's Top Anime Films of All Time #4
• The movie was voted as the best Crayon Shin-chan movie on the 20th anniversary of the series, in an award ceremony called "Bakademy Awards" in 2012.

External links

• Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back at IMDb