Presented by the Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan and DC Anime Club CCCraaayyyooonnn SSShhhiiinnn CCChhhannn::: BBrraavvoo!! SSaammuurraaii BBaattttllee © 2002 Usui Yoshito / Futabasha ・SHIN-EI Animation ・ TV Asahi Corporation. / All Rights Reserved. FFFrrriiidddaaayyy,,, AAAppprrriiilll 222444 @@@ 666:::333000 pppmmm After Shin chan and his family dream about a beautiful lady dressed as a feudal princess, their dog Shiro uncovers an ancient box of letters while tearing up the garden. Inside, they find a note written in Shin chan’s clumsy script, but he can’t remember writing it. Suddenly he finds himself transported to the chaos of Japan’s Warring States Period. Will Shin chan’s crazy antics save his new samurai friends and rewrite history? Crayon Shin Chan: Bravo! Samurai Battle was made in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first broadcast of Yoshito Usui’s popular animated series. Full of the great gags and silly scenarios Shin chan fans have come to love, it became famous in Japan for moving scores of adult audiences to tears during the final scene. In 2002 it received the prestigious Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Animation, which was given to Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning Spirited Away the previous year. Cool Prizes! Japanese with English subtitles. 2002, 95 min. Directed by Keiichi Hara. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis. Reservations required. Please send your name, affiliation, the number in your party and the names of your guests to [email protected]. Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan Lafayette Centre III (lower level) 1155 21st Street NW, Washington D.C. 20036 Metro: Dupont Circle, Farragut North (Red) / Farragut West (Orange / Blue) www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc .