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Shin-chan: Our Dinosaur Diary Film Airs on Indian TV on October 19

PVR INOX Pictures hosted the Indian premiere event for the film on April 19. The company postponed the Indian theatrical release of the film from May 1 to May 9. The film screened in Japanese with English subtitles, in Hindi, in Tamil, and in Telugu. The film won the award for Best International Animated Feature Film at The Animation & More Summit's Ann Awards 2025.

The film premiered in Japan in August 2024. The film opened in Japan at #2. It sold 365,000 tickets and earned 455,302,200 yen (about US$3.05 million) in its first three days, and sold 510,000 tickets and earned 636 million yen (about US$4.32 million) in its first four days including Monday (August 12 was the Mountain Day holiday in Japan).

The film follows the friendship between the Nobara family's pet dog Shiro and a "small dinosaur." Their connection helps the growth of Shinnosuke and the Kasukabe Defense Squad.

Takumi Kitamura guest stars in the film as Billy, a biology researcher who loves dinosaurs and works with the Kasukabe Defense Squad. Ozwald comedian duo Yū Hatanaka and Shunsuke Itō also guest star in the film as Chū and Ammoner Itō, respectively.

Shinobu Sasaki (director of many Duel Masters anime including the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Duel Masters TV anime) directed the film. Moral, who writes scripts for the Crayon Shin-chan TV series, wrote the screenplay.

Rock band My Hair is Bad performed the film's theme song "Omoide o Kakenukete" (Run Past Your Memories).

Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Chō Karei! Shakunetsu no Kasukabe Dancers (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Magnificent! Scorching Kasukabe Dancers), the latest anime film in the Crayon Shin-chan series, opened in Japan on August 8. It opened in India on September 26. The film is the "series' first dance entertainment movie" and the series' first film set in India.

Sources: Sony YAY! via @Animesourceindia