“Nintama the Movie” collaboration MV for “Courage 100%” sung by Naniwa Danshi is released! This year, the group and sixth graders were very active, making for a thrilling experience.
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“Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Dotake Ninjatai’s Strongest Tactician” will be screened nationwide from December 20, 2024. A collaboration MV for the theme song “Courage 100%” sung by Naniwa Danshi has been released. In addition to the activities of the group and sixth graders, the first year includes footage of action scenes of professional ninjas.
Since the anime “Nintama Rantaro” began airing, it has continued to be loved by a wide range of generations in various forms such as TV animation, musicals, and live-action movies.
This work, “Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Dotake Ninja Team: The Strongest Strategy Officer” is a film adaptation of the novel “Rakudai Ninja Rantaro: Dotake Ninja Team: The Strongest Strategy Officer”, which is very popular among fans.
The director served as the first character designer and was responsible for the previous work released in 2011, “Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Ninjutsu Academy Everyone Goes Out!” Masaya Fujimori, who also directed “Nodan.” The script will be written by Kazuhisa Sakaguchi, who is the author of “Novel Rakudai Ninja Rantaro: Dotake Ninja Team: The Strongest Tactician” and has also worked on a TV series. Continuing from the TV series, Ajiado will be in charge of animation production, with familiar faces including Minami Takayama (Rantaro), Mayumi Tanaka (Kirimaru), Sadatomo Ichiryusai (Shinbei), Toshihiko Seki (Hansuke Doi), and others. A gorgeous cast appears. We will be working on this work with exactly the “strongest” lineup.
A collaboration MV for the theme song “Courage 100%” sung by Naniwa Danshi has been released. Naniwa Danshi is an idol group to which Ryusei Onishi and Joichiro Fujiwara, who appear as guest voice actors in this work, belong. Naniwa Danshi also performed the theme song “Arigatou Kokokokarika”.
In this music video, the students of the One Year Class are searching for the missing Doi Sensei, the Tasogaredoki Ninja Army, the sixth graders of Ninjutsu Academy, Yamada Sensei and his son Rikichi appear along with the song. Also included are Sakuragi Seiemon and Wakaoji Kanbei, played by Onishi Ryusei and Fujiwara Joichiro. It shows daily life at Ninjutsu Academy.
At the end, Tenki appears in a realistic cut of the movie moving through a bamboo thicket, creating a video that makes you imagine the exciting developments.
The theme songs “Yuki 100%” and “Arigatou Kokoro” for which the collaboration MV was released are included in Naniwa Danshi’s digital single. It’s currently being distributed on various music streaming and download services, so be sure to watch it before it’s released in theaters.
“Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Dotake Ninjatai’s Strongest Tactician” will be released nationwide on December 20th.
“Theatrical version Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja Team’s strongest tactician”
Released in theaters on Friday, December 20th
Original work: “Fakudai Ninja Rantaro” by Soubei Amago (published by Asahi Shimbun Publishing)
TV anime series “Nintama Rantaro”
“Novel Failed Ninja Rantaro Dokutake Ninja Team The Strongest Tactician”
(Original work/illustration: Amago Sobei/Novel: Kazuhisa Sakaguchi/Published by Asahi Shimbun Publishing)
Cast: Minami Takayama, Mayumi Tanaka, Sadatomo Ichiryusai, Toshihiko Seki
Akio Otsuka Kosuke Okano Yasuhiro Mamiya Shotaro Morikubo Tsubasa Yonaga
Narita Ken Soichiro Hoshi Shigeru Shibuya Ennen Kana Ryutaro Okiayu Chihiro Suzuki
Toshimitsu Oda Junichi Kanemaru Takumi Yamazaki Ryuichi Higashi
Special Guest: Ryusei Onishi Joichiro Fujiwara
Supervisor: Masaya Fujimori
Screenplay: Kazuhisa Sakaguchi
Music: Koji Makaino
Theme song: “Thank you from the heart” / Theme song: “Courage 100%” Naniwa Danshi
Character design: Emiko Niiyama
Deputy Director: Hiroki Negishi
Action animation director: Masayuki Sekine
Art director: Masaaki Kawaguchi (Atelier Rourke 07)
Director of Photography: Kojiro Hayashi (Graphinica)
Color design: Eriko Murata (Graphinica)
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto (Morita Editorial Office)
Sound Supervisor: Daxiong Akira
Sound effects: Masahiro Shoji
Sound production: AUDIO PLANNING U
Animation production: Ajiado
Distribution: Shochiku
Production: Nintama Rantaro the Movie Production Committee
(C) Amago Soubei/Nintama Rantaro the Movie Production Committee