Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (クレヨンしんちゃん 暗黒タマタマ大追跡, Kureyon Shinchan: Ankoku Tamatama Daitsuiseki), also known as Dark Tamatam Thrilling Chase!,^[1] is a 1997 Japanese animated film and the fifth installment of the Crayon Shin-chan series. It was released in India on June 17, 2012 as Shin Chan in Dark Tama Tama Thrilling Chase and aired on Hungama TV. It was released as Crayon Shinchan The Movie: The Dark Ball Chase with English subtitles on VCD by PMP Entertainment.^[2]

Characters[]

• Shinnosuke
• Misae
• Hiroshi
• Himawari
• Shiro

Movie exclusive characters[]

• Hecson: One of the descendants of the Clan of the Cataplines who had emigrated to Europe. He can read the minds of their opponents by a training in Tibet. He has blonde and blue eyes.
• Majo: It is directed by the troops of Clan Cataplines. She is an expert in the art of rhythmic gymnastics combative.
• Rosa is one of the three sisters of transvestites Tamayura Clan. Pink goes with her head shaved. Obese. Her real name is Takeshi.
• Lavender: One of the three sisters of transvestites Tamayura Clan. Will lime green with a shaved head. She is thin and has painted eyes. Her real name is Tsuyoshi.
• Lima is one of the three sisters of transvestites Tamayura Clan. She goes from yellow and with a shaved head. Is thin. Her real name is Kiyoshi.
• Satake: He is the son of the chief of Clan Cataplines. He's champion in martial arts. He loves children. In the end, is passed to the good with Tamayura clans. Its major peculiarity is its enormous musculature.
• Yone Higashimatsuyama is a policeman from Chiba. She only hits a shot in the film and is very useless. The origin of the surname is in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, her guns are Beretta M92 FS and M84
• Nakamura: Chief of Clan Cataplines. Wears a kimono, owner of hostess club, has Kyoto accent.
• The Evil: Transvestite turned that they removed the eggs for over a thousand years. She wears a sticker on the back it says it is Diablo product expired on 12/31/1996 and call Mali.
• Yoshito Usui: cameo appearance, he is love karaoke. In Tokyo, he wears tie and coat, hit by Hiroshi.

Plot[]

While watching the news, the Nohara family discovers the theft of two magical balls that have the power to awaken evil. While walking his dog Shiro, Shin-chan discovers an unconscious man near the lake. He greets the man as he wakes up and takes a shiny ball lying next to the man. Shin-chan returns home and while he is distracted, his sister Himawari swallows the ball. That night, the Nohara family (Shin-chan's mother Misae and father Hiroshi) are attacked by the same man accompanied by his 2 brothers. They introduce themselves as Rosa, Lavender and Lima. They reveal themselves to be searching for a ball, which they believe to be in Shin-chan's possession. After discovering the ball's location to be in Himawari, they forcefully take the Nohara family with them.

On the way, the brothers explain to the Noharas that they are the descendants of the Tamayura Tribe and maintained close friendship with another tribe, Cataplines (originating from Europe). One day, the Cataplines' leader awakened the Dark power Jack in order to gain magical abilities. He planned to rule the world alongside Jack but was defeated when Tamayura defeated Jack. In order to prevent Jack from reawakening, Tamayura divided Jack's powers into 2 balls in a statue and hid it deep within. Now the Cataplines' descendants Hecson (mind reading techniques achieved from meditation in Tibet), Tamao Nakamure (one of Cataplines' descendants) & her three daughters (trained in Gymnastics) and Satake (a martial artist) are after the 2 balls (with one already in their possession).

The group stops at a Hot Spring to take some rest as Yone Higashimatsuyama, a policewoman from Chiba joins them. However, they are ambushed by the Cataplines and fortunately escape them. Hecson however, uses his mind-reading abilities to locate the group. The Cataplines once again track them down as Yone and Hiroshi get separated from the rest of the group. The next morning, the group stops at a Grocery Store to purchase diapers for Himawari. The Cataplines once again attack the group and succeed in capturing Lima and Lavender. Rosa leads the Nohara family to his home in the mountains as Yone & Hiroshi rejoin the group. Rosa informs his mother about the situation as she orders her soldiers to defend Himawari at all costs. She also reveals Rosa, Lima and Lavender's real names to be Takeshi, Kiyoshi and Tsuyoshi. This time, only Hecson comes from the Cataplines but succeeds in capturing Himawari despite the best efforts of Takeshi, Takeshi's mother, Takeshi's mother's troops, Yone, Shin-chan, Hiroshi and Misae.

Using her own abilities, Takeshi's mother discover the Cataplines to be near Tokyo's industrial regions the next morning. Determined to save Himawari, Shin-chan, Shiro, Hiroshi, Misae, Yone and Takeshi head there straight away. Meanwhile, Hecson and Tamao extract the ball from Himawari but insist on keeping her as to use her as a bargaining chip later on as Hecson & Tamao warn Satake to not get too attached to Himawari. The group arrives as Satake leaves the Cataplines and joins Takeshi and returns Himawari to the Noharas. A fight ensues between the group and Tamao's daughters and in midst of the chaos, Tamao and Hecson escape. Tamao and Hecson try to insert the 2 balls in Jack's statue as Tamao betrays Hecson. The group arrives (including Kiyoshi and Tsuyoshi) to retrieve Jack's statue as a fight ensues. Shin-chan uses his humor to overcome Hecson's abilities and ultimately succeeds. But in the process, Shin-chan accidentally awakens Jack by inserting the 2 balls. But Jack reveals that he had died many years ago and is just an ordinary human being and no longer wields dark powers.

As Yone arrests the Cataplines, the Nohara family return home as they are flabbergasted upon discovering that their adventure took two days.

Cast[]

• Akiko Yajima - Shinnosuke Nohara
• Keiji Fujiwara - Hiroshi Nohara
• Miki Narahashi - Misae Nohara
• Satomi Kōrogi - Himawari Nohara
• Daisuke Gōri - Rose
• Kaneto Shiozawa - Lavender
• Shinya Ōtaki - Lemon
• Fumihiko Tachiki - Satake
• Yuriko Yamamoto - Yone Higashimatsuyama
• Keiko Yamamoto - Tamaō Nakamure
• Jun Hazumi - Hexon

Staff[]

• Character Designer - Katsunori Hara
• Animation Director - Katsunori Hara, Noriyuki Tsutsumi
• Art Director - Kanako Nomura, T. KOGA
• Set Designer - Masaaki Yuasa
• Cinematographer - Toshiyuki Umeda
• Clay animation - Takuya Ishida
• Musician - T. Arakawa, Shinji Miyazaki
• Recording Director - Akira Okuma
• Editor - Hajime Okayasu
• Producer - Hitoshi Mogi, Kenji Ota, Takashi Horiuchi
• Written and directed by storyboards - Keiichi Hara
• Director - Tsutomu Mizushima
• Color Designer - Sachiko Nonaka
• Colorization - Next Susumu Morita
• Special Effects - Doi, Michiaki
• Check Video - Kenji Ohara
• Video - Yangurujimu same, Kyoto Animation, dream theater string
• Finishing - Lightfoot, Island Studios, Kyoto Animation, the studio trace M, IG production
• Finish Inspection - Sanae Matsutani, Tomoko Inamura
• Background - Uni studio, Atelier Rourke
• Production CG - Muneharu Yamaura, Jun Kondo
• CG designer - Water Water S., Kazumi, Akira live
• Effects - Akihiko Matsuda ( Fizz Sound Creation )
• Recording Studio - Studio APU
• Quiet - Nobuhiro Shibata
• Assistant Quiet - Nobutaka Taguchi
• Sound Production - Audio utility planning
• Sound Production Desk - Tomoko Nakamura

References[]

External links[]

• Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness at IMDb