As you know by now, I'm a big fan of Shimajiro and I've recently watched Shimajiro in Bookland on youtube starring Omi Minami as Shimajiro Shimano the orange tiger boy, Miki Takahashi as Mimi-Lynne the white rabbit, Takumi Yamazaki as Flappie the green parrot, Saori Sugimoto as Nyakkii Momoyama the pink cat, Minoru Inaba as Gaogao-san the lion scientist, Kikuko Inoue as Shimajiro's Mother, and Kanon Kimoto as Punitan the blue monkey.
This live action animated film is about Shimajiro who plays with Hana and Shimajiro's mother as he and Flappie draw in the magical book later on Shimajiro, Mimirin, Flappie, and Nyakkii who gets sucked into a storybook and they go on a mine cart ride, they meet Punitan the blue monkey who has magical powers, they also meet 2 feuding kingdoms, King Iron and Queen Joy with their little soldiers. Shimajiro also meets the 2 Macaroon Sisters who they wash one of her sisters face off from the graffiti, they also meet the clown king and they're captured by guards and the find a way to escape. They eventually stop the feud and they escape from the book and goes home.
I like this film due to the live action scenes where the mascots in the costumes of Shimajiro, Mimirin, Flappie, Nyakkii and Gaogao-san are dancing on location at the beach and there's a puppet show kinda like the Muppets. I always wondered where the Benesse company got the mascot costumes it reminds me of Sesame Street. I like the animation and Flappie also known as Torippii the parrot always makes me laugh.
I heard rumors that there's actually an English but I couldn't find it on Amazon Prime Japan. I hope the English version gets released online soon as I couldn't understand a word the characters were saying in Shimajiro in Bookend. I hope the English audiences from American, Canada. Europe and Australian start watching Shimajiro TV show and the films as they're worth watching but you'll want to learn Japanese to understand what's going on in the film.
Also if you get this on DVD, be warned it's a region 2 Japanese version or region 3 Korean version you'll want to watch it on a PC or a region free DVD player. I only hope that these films become officially available on youtube and get put on Netflix and Amazon Prime English as this is a kids anime movie worth watching and hopefully there will be a Shimajiro fan base.
This live action animated film is about Shimajiro who plays with Hana and Shimajiro's mother as he and Flappie draw in the magical book later on Shimajiro, Mimirin, Flappie, and Nyakkii who gets sucked into a storybook and they go on a mine cart ride, they meet Punitan the blue monkey who has magical powers, they also meet 2 feuding kingdoms, King Iron and Queen Joy with their little soldiers. Shimajiro also meets the 2 Macaroon Sisters who they wash one of her sisters face off from the graffiti, they also meet the clown king and they're captured by guards and the find a way to escape. They eventually stop the feud and they escape from the book and goes home.
I like this film due to the live action scenes where the mascots in the costumes of Shimajiro, Mimirin, Flappie, Nyakkii and Gaogao-san are dancing on location at the beach and there's a puppet show kinda like the Muppets. I always wondered where the Benesse company got the mascot costumes it reminds me of Sesame Street. I like the animation and Flappie also known as Torippii the parrot always makes me laugh.
I heard rumors that there's actually an English but I couldn't find it on Amazon Prime Japan. I hope the English version gets released online soon as I couldn't understand a word the characters were saying in Shimajiro in Bookend. I hope the English audiences from American, Canada. Europe and Australian start watching Shimajiro TV show and the films as they're worth watching but you'll want to learn Japanese to understand what's going on in the film.
Also if you get this on DVD, be warned it's a region 2 Japanese version or region 3 Korean version you'll want to watch it on a PC or a region free DVD player. I only hope that these films become officially available on youtube and get put on Netflix and Amazon Prime English as this is a kids anime movie worth watching and hopefully there will be a Shimajiro fan base.
