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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

 

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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

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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 #バーフバリ爆音絶叫 .

 

Despite the inconvenient location of the theatre, many audiences came to watch there.*3

 

   

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.

 

 

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. 

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Photo by ななえ(https://twitter.com/nanamusik)さん

The hashtag about this event took the top trend on Twitter Japan on 8th April.

 

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 #バーフバリ連続絶爆マサラ .

 

 

 

 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 #バーフバリ絶叫AN同時再生祭 .

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 #バーフバリ絶叫AN同時再生祭 .

Maahishmathian tweeted around 100 tweets in only 7hours on the hashtag.

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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 Masara cheering style screening and it will screen "Baahubali" 1&2, and "Eega" from 28th April!!

 

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photo by Tukaguchi Sunsun Theater site( 9th April, 2018)

 

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.

 

*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/