Special 'Baahubali Week' in Japan : It's now time to be involved in !!
Last week was like 'Baahubali Week' in Japan. In Kansai and also in Tokyo, a couple of theatres had special events, and more than 1500 people joined them.
What an enthusiasm it is??
From when Baahubali 2: The conclusion released in Japan, the box office grossed more than 1 million dollars and 70 thousand audiences watched it till the end of February 2018*1.
It is the unprecedented situation that Indian movie runs such a long period in Japanese theatres. Even after 15 weeks, the box office is still going strong, and it gets new fans more and more. *2
A Special week for Baahubali Fans
As I said before, last week was special for Baahubali fans in Japan.
There is an event list below:
1. Movix Sakai (in Osaka) Baahubali Bakuon Film Festival 5-8th April, including Cheering style screening on 5th April
Reportedly, this film festival screened only Baahubali movies for 4 days with special coordinated sound adjusted by HIGUCHI Yasuhito. (Boid)
The hashtag on twitter is #
Despite the inconvenient location of the theatre, many audiences came to watch there.*3
#MOVIX堺 にて #バーフバリ #爆音映画祭 4/5(木)より4日間開催してまいりましたが、昨日全ての上映を終え、大盛況のなか閉幕致しました。この後も爆音映画祭は各地で続きます。またどこかでお会いしましょう!沢山のご来場ありがとうございました‼爆音映画祭今後の予定は👉https://t.co/VrFuS5oC6W pic.twitter.com/T8avUQpxC2
— 丸の内ピカデリー&新宿ピカデリー爆音映画祭 (@piccabakuon) 2018年4月9日
V8Japanさんから本場の剣を頂きましたぞ!王族のものなので勿体無くわたくしは使えませぬ…#Bahubali2 #kattappa #バーフバリ爆音絶叫 pic.twitter.com/Aack6h3p5J
— papiko (@papiko5656) 2018年4月5日
2. Cheering style Masara screening in Kobe International Shochiku Theater on 7th April
Not only Tokyo people but also lots of Kansai region fans are there! In the style screening, we can use confetti. Incredibly fun!!
In Kobe, the style screening has already planned more 2 times.
「バーフバリ 王の凱旋」4/7に神戸国際松竹にて行われたマサラ上映終了後、シアター内で(SNS掲出OKの)お客様と撮られた記念写真が劇場より届きました!盛り上がっている雰囲気が伝わりますね!神戸国際松竹では4/14、4/15に連続マサラ上映もございます。ご参加お待ちしております! pic.twitter.com/dIIGwQ30kf
— 映画会社 ツイン (@movietwin2) 2018年4月9日
3. All-night cheering style screening at Shinjuku Piccadilly on 7th April
Surprisingly, this event gathered more than 1200 people once. 6 screens in the same theatre were filled up by Maahishmathian. See #バーフバリ絶叫AN and witness the excitement!!! These tickets were sold out promptly.
Maahishmathian gathered in Shinjuku Piccadilly. It looks over 30% people dressed in costume as a character including not human-beings characters, for example, elephants, palm trees, and so on.
The hashtag about this event took the top trend on Twitter Japan on 8th April.
今朝のトレンドだけどマジ伝説誕生#バーフバリ絶叫AN pic.twitter.com/wwEMMllsRZ
— 渡久山 孝洋@4/7新宿ピカデリーバーフバリAN絶叫上映前説 (@ninifuta) 2018年4月8日
4. Masara (cheering) style screening at @kineca_omori theatre on 8th April
It is incredible that some audience took part in the event only after 8hrs from the All night one in Shinjuku. The hashtag is #
キネカ大森マサラ最高でした!!!!!!!!!!!!
— はなすけ (@hnsk26) 2018年4月8日
盛り上がりほんと異常で楽しかった………
紙吹雪って素敵だな!!!!
最期の画像は大森駅のエスカレーター#バーフバリ連続絶爆マサラ pic.twitter.com/de7chjKTzH
『バーフバリ』2作連続絶叫爆裂ラストマサラ上映終了!
— キネカ大森 (@kineca_omori) 2018年4月8日
某AN上映とはしごしているツワモノが半数を占めているとは思えない盛り上がりぶり!さすが歴戦の王国民!ジャイホー!!
ラストと銘打ちましたが、【完全版】でまたお会いしましょう!!
3、2、1…バーフバリ~!!#バーフバリ連続絶爆マサラ pic.twitter.com/oHFduzUzVa
In addition to, at the same time as the all-night screening event, there was a unique event on the web. The V8Japan *4, which is the mastermind behind this screening event, prepared it on twitter hashtag #
On the hashtag, those who couldn't get tickets for screening event or couldn't come to Tokyo because of various reasons watched Baahubali 1 and 2 in their home. They shared their impressions with tweeting. Many people joined #
Maahishmathian tweeted around 100 tweets in only 7hours on the hashtag.
Some good news for Maahishmathian in Japan
In the events, We fans in Japan heard a couple of good news.
The first one is that Baahubali producer Mr Shobu Yarlagadda and director Mr S.S. Rajamouli is going to come to Japan and join cheering style screening and so on!!!
We cannot wait to see you, Mr Yarlagadda and Mr Rajamouli!
And addition to the scheduled events around Tokyo, you are sure to come to Kansai !!
We fans in Kansai also eager to see you!
Tsukaguchi Sunsun theatre*5 is one of the origins of
That 2nd news also made us overjoyed.
The film‐distributing agency Twin Co., Ltd. revealed that 'Baahubali 2' will be released on 1st June in Japan!!
Also, I appreciate to Twin Co., Ltd. and V8Japan, and theatres screens this fantastic movie in Japan.
The 3rd news in the same day, it was announced that Baahubali movies are going to cartoonized in Japan. Baahubali media mix is still expanding.
Dear All Mahishmati People,
— 「バーフバリ」マンガプロジェクト【公式】 (@baahubali_manga) 2018年4月7日
The story of Baahubali will be manga in Japan by GENTOSHA COMICS. Follow this account and get the latest information! Jai Mahishmati! *Usually this twitter account posts any information by Japanese. #Baahubali #BaahubaliManga
*1:"「バーフバリ」をたたえよ…興行収入1億円突破!ヒット御礼予告解禁" Natalie. Retrieved on 9th April 2018. Archived URL: https://megalodon.jp/2018-0409-1254-55/https://natalie.mu:443/eiga/news/271391
*2:Cinema Ranking (Retrieved on 9th April 2018) Archived URL: https://megalodon.jp/2018-0409-1242-09/www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/minitheater/
original URL: http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/minitheater/
*3:someone said that "I went to watch Baahubali over there to Deep Amazon". This joke derives from Movix Sakai's location. That's next door of Amazon.co's warehouse.
*4:https://twitter.com/V8Japan
*5: Official Web Site: http://www.sunsun.info/