Kodoani.com – Anime Own Yurukyan △ (Laid-Back Camp Movie) based on the Yurucamp (Yurukyan △, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga, has surpassed 1,000,000,000 yen (approximately US$7 million) at the Japanese box office, in just about two months after opening. The film has sold 690,000 tickets, as of Tuesday.
The film opened at No. 3 on July 1 and grossed 219,161,120 yen (approximately $1.61 million) in its opening weekend and 351,407,900 yen (approximately $2.58 million) in its opening weekend. the first three days from Friday to Sunday.
Shochiku is distributing the film. The anime features familiar characters from the franchise that have now grown up and reunited to build a campsite.
The anime depicts Nadeshiko and the others, now adults, after some time has passed since the television anime. Rin, currently working at a small publishing house in Nagoya, receives a text message from Chiaki. Yamanashi’s tourism promotion organization has put Chiaki in charge of reopening a site that closed a few years ago. Upon hearing this, Rin suggested such a spacious location could be turned into a camping ground. Chiaki and Rin reunite with Nadeshiko, Aoi, and Ena to launch the campsite development project.
The five gather in work clothes to mow the lawn, hold planning meetings and build a campsite from square one, in scenes reminiscent of their club days in high school . The trailer also features scenes of Ayano Toki and Sakura Kagamihara.
The five main characters of the television anime will reprise their roles, and some of the main staff include director Yoshiaki Kyougoku and screenwriters Jin Tanaka and Mutsumi Ito returning from the television anime. Singer Asaka performed the movie’s song “Sun Is Coming Up”, and Eri Sasaki performed the ending theme song “Mimosa.”
