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FC presale registration for MORNING MUSUME。’26’s Oda Sakura graduation concert opened on September 24, and it’s been revealed that while the applicant must be an FC member, the companion they bring doesn’t have to be. On the thread, this drew comparisons to Juice=Juice, which sold out all 8,000 seats in FC first-round presale alone without any such companion allowance — some pointed to it as proof of a gap in drawing power between the groups, while others were simply glad they can now attend the graduation show with non-member parents or friends. At the same time, some questioned the setup, since under the same lottery system, it’s still possible for the member applicant themselves to lose out.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Notice of FC Presale for ‘MORNING MUSUME。’26 Concert Tour Autumn “Chou Heartful 11 Cosmos” ～Oda Sakura FINAL～’.”

The anime film ‘Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island’ surpassed 11.33 million admissions and ¥16.52 billion in box office revenue over its 62-day run, climbing to 15th place on Japan’s all-time box office chart. It’s just one step behind 14th-place ‘THE FIRST SLAM DUNK’ (¥16.67 billion), and it’s already the No. 1 grossing film of 2026. On 5ch, reactions were split over how to read the numbers — some pointed to the huge stack of admission bonuses (nyujosha tokuten) driving repeat viewings, others admitted to doing a total 180 after once being skeptical of the franchise, and some wondered whether it’s enjoyable without knowing the source material.

Sep 24 (Thu) 15:43

Box office figures for the anime film “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island” (released July 24) were announced, showing it surpassed 11.33 million admissions and ¥16.52 billion in revenue over its 62-day theatrical run. It’s already the No. 1 grossing film released in 2026, and ranks 15th on the all-time box office chart. In 14th place is “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” (released 2022), with ¥16.67 billion.

Released in 447 theaters nationwide (382 standard + 65 IMAX), the film is Chiikawa’s first movie, built around a long-form story called the “Siren Arc,” written especially for the film by original creator Nagano. It follows Chiikawa and friends as they receive an invitation to a “special island” and head off on an island training camp. This long-awaited adaptation brings to life one of the series’ most popular arcs — one that repeatedly trended on social media as it was serialized — with Chiikawa’s adventures depicted under Nagano’s full supervision.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

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*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Movie] ‘Chiikawa’ Box Office Tops ¥16.52 Billion, Climbs to 15th All-Time.”

Sho Hasumi of the comedy trio Dau 90000 wrote a script for the anime Crayon Shin-chan that radio host Hikaru Ijuin blasted as “boring enough to make your legs give out.” Hasumi responded on another show with a self-deprecating “I should’ve just mooned them” — a line originally coined by Nobuyuki Hanawa of the comedy duo Knights, which Hasumi was merely echoing. On 5ch, though, that nuance got lost, and some took it as plain defiance rather than self-deprecating humor, splitting opinion. Plenty of posters who actually watched the episode on TVer agreed with Ijuin that “it really wasn’t funny,” and the thread argued over whether to blame the script itself or the way Ijuin delivered his takedown.

Sep. 24 (Thu), 3:20 PM

Sho Hasumi (29) of Dau 90000 appeared as a guest on Nippon Broadcasting’s “Knights the Radio Show” (weekdays 1 PM) on the 24th. He responded to comments from Hikaru Ijuin (58), who had called the Crayon Shin-chan script Hasumi wrote “boring enough to make your legs give out.”

During the late-night broadcast on the 21st of TBS Radio’s “Monday JUNK: Hikaru Ijuin’s Late-Night Baka Chikara,” Ijuin had ripped into the Crayon Shin-chan script Hasumi wrote, calling it “boring enough to make your legs give out.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “Dau’s Sho Hasumi: “I should’ve just mooned them” — responds to Hikaru Ijuin’s comment that his Crayon Shin-chan script was “boring enough to make your legs give out,” saying “I was trying to be unconventional”.”