The official web site for Gekijо̄-ban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyо̄ no Gunshi (Nintama Rantaro the film: The Dokutake Ninja Crew’s Strongest Strategist), the primary anime movie within the Nintama Rantaro cartoon franchise in 13 years, confirmed returning forged members for fifth graders on the Ninjutsu Academy and revealed character pictures on Friday:


Toshimitsu Oda as Heisuke Kukuchi

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Shigeru Shibuya as Kanemon Ohana

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Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Raizo Fuwa

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Takumi Yamazaki as Saburo Hachiya

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Ryuichi Azuma as Hachizaemon Takeya

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The movie will premiere in Japan on December 20.

The movie relies on Kazuhisa Sakaguchi‘s 2013 novel of the identical title, which revolves round Rantaro’s instructor Hansuke Doi who loses a battle to Sonnamon and Zatto Konnamon who turns into a instructor on the Ninjutsu Academy.

The returning forged contains: Minami Takayama from Rantaro, Mayumi Tanaka as Sendaru, Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Shinbei Fukutomi, and Toshihiko Seki as Hansuke Doi. Furthermore, Naniwa Danshi members Ryusei Ōnishi And Joichirō Fujiwara will seem within the movie as visitor voice actors.

Masaya Fujimori (Doraemon movies) returns from the earlier movie to direct the brand new one Ajia-dosimilar animation studio for the tv collection. Authentic novelist Sakaguchi is writing the script.

Naniwa Danshi will carry out the movie’s theme track and also will direct the long-running Nintama Rantaro theme track from the anime collection “Yūki 100%” (Braveness 100%), which can be used within the movie. Goro Matsui wrote the lyrics and Coach McCoy composed the music for Naniwa Danshi‘s new track, which was created particularly for the movie. Matsui and Makaino additionally wrote the lyrics and composed the theme track “Yūki 100%”.

The franchise‘s earlier film Gekijo-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō no Dan opened in March 2011.

The thirty first collection within the Nintama Rantaro cartoon franchise debuted in April 2023. The thirty second collection premiered in April 2024.

Soubee Amakothe unique Rakudai Ninja Rantaro ninja gag manga revolves round Rantarō, a ninja scholar at an elite ninjutsu academy in historic Japan. As elementary college college students, Rantarō and his ninja-in-training pals are referred to as “Nintama” — a portmanteau of the phrases “ninja” and “tamago” (“egg”).

The manga impressed the Nintama Rantaro tv anime in 1993, and the NHK-E channel nonetheless airs the 10-minute anime each weekday. The manga additionally impressed two anime movies and two live-action movies. Takashi Miike directed the primary live-action movie.

Sources: Gekijо̄-ban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyо̄ no Gunshi web site of the film, Comedian Natalie