Nintama Rantarō the Movie: Wrong Dimension (劇場版 忍たま乱太郎 間違った寸法の段 Gekijō-ban Nintama Rantarō Machigatta sunpō no dan) is a 2015 Japanese animated adventure comedy war drama film directed by Hideo Kurosawa, produced by Michiyo Yamada, Yoshiaki Yanagida, Kunio Yamada and Yoshihisa Yamashita and written by Satoshi Suzuki. It was produced by NHK and Ajia-do Animation Works and distributed by Warner Bros. Japan.
The film was released in Tokyo on September 7, 2015 and in wide Japan on September 10, 2015 to positive reviews.
Sound Design Services were provided by Skywalker Sound. Ethan Van der Ryn and Tom Myers served as Sound Designers and Christopher Boyes as Supervising Sound Editor for Skywalker Sound (as well as an uncredited sound effects recordist and possibly sound designer). Sound Editors Scott Guitteau and Chris Scarabosio are claimed to be uncredited Sound Design Editors; Beau Borders served as Sound Design Editor. Scott Guitteau is also uncredited as a field recordist.
Storyline
In 1942, it was business as usual in the Ninjutsu Academy as our heroes wade through their adventures, activities, money, food or playing.
Meanwhile in the previous year on December 7, the Imperial Japanese Navy begins its attack on Pearl Harbor. The US Pacific Fleet suffers severe damage in the surprise attack, and most of the defending airfields are obliterated before they are able to launch fighters to defend the harbor. US Army soldiers David Fox, Kevin Fox and William Fox manage to take off in P-40 fighter planes, and are able to shoot down several of the attacking planes. They later assist in the rescue of the crew of the capsized USS Oklahoma, but are too late to save the crew of the sinking USS Arizona.
The next morning, drill instructor Tommy Stone informed the three Foxes and their fellow soldiers about the Ninjutsu Academy, an academy that was founded by the headmaster Heiji Uzumasa Ookawa and is still active since near the end of the Muromachi period.
The next year, back in 1942, as Hemu-Hemu rings the school bell in alert and an air raid siren occurs, the United States Army show up raiding and destroying the Ninjutsu Academy with their specially modified B-25 Mitchell bombers in a surprise attack, shocking everyone inside it and making them storm out of the academy in panic.
With the Ninjutsu Academy gone, it's up to Rantarō, Kirimaru and Shinbei to escape the clutches from the dreaded United States Army and their bombers to get the academy back, with the help of Yuki, Tomomi, Shige and Hemu-Hemu. Former L.A. jazz singers Alina Sims, Erin Lewis and Heather Cunningham serve as their assistants, too.
Release Date
- Japan: September 7, 2015 (Tokyo), September 10, 2015
- Canada: September 11, 2015
- Malaysia: September 13, 2015
- Singapore: September 29, 2015
- Egypt: September 30, 2015
- Switzerland: October 1, 2015 (German speaking region)
- Kazakhstan: October 1, 2015
- Russia: October 1, 2015
- Brazil: October 2, 2015
- Philippines: October 3, 2015
- Greece: October 4, 2015
- UK: October 5, 2015
- United States: October 10, 2015
Sound Effects Used
- Bomb Drops - Falling from Distance (May've been used in lower pitches?)
- Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl
- Hollywoodedge, Ak 47 Multiple Bursts TE028802
- Hollywoodedge, Ar15 Automatic Rifle PE093401
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls On Grass Di FS044601
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Various TE027602
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impact GlassD PE112601
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impact Sweete PE115101
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Ricochet OffD PE097001
- Hollywoodedge, Car Crash Small 1 Shor PE111901
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Glass PE110901
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110101
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110301
- Hollywoodedge, Grunt 4 Male Strained PE132401
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Face Punch FS040303
- Hollywoodedge, Large Shatter Window PE283602
- Hollywoodedge, Lear Jet Pass By Fast PE849501
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
- Hollywoodedge, M60 Automatic Multip PE233901
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1103601
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701
- Hollywoodedge, Multiple Single Bull PE236501
- Hollywoodedge, Pottery Drop Break PE112401
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 3 Woman Singl PE133701
- Hollywoodedge, Single Piece Wood Fal PE113801
- Hollywoodedge, Splash Water SS016901
- Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901/Hollywoodedge, Wind Cold Whistle BT022801
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Break Or Shatter PE113401
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Crash Large PE113501
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door 3 Open SlamM PE180301
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob PE180101
- GEORGE WATTERS II MACHINE GUN 01
- GEORGE WATTERS II PISTOL SHOT 01
- Machine Gun Sound 1
- Pro Sound Effects, Explosion, Artillery, Fiery Hits, Trail of Debris 02
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - AIRPLANE FAST PASS BY 01
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - DOGFIGHT, WWII AIRCRAFT, GUNFIRE
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - INERTIA STARTER-LIKE WHINE UP
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - JET PASS BY
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - SHORT JET ENGINE WHINE DOWN AND UP
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - STUKA SIREN SCREAM BY, SHORT
- SKYWALKER BEEPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER BODYFALL SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 01
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 02
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 03
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 04
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 05
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLET OR RICOCHET SHINGS
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLET STRIKING THROUGH GLASS WITH WHINE
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLETS STRIKING METAL
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - DESCENDING DOUBLE RICOCHET WHIZZING
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - HOTH BLASTER RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - LONG TRACER WHIZ BY AND AWAY
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET SCREAM WITH DECAY
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 01
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 03
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SCREAM-LIKE RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SHORT, HIGH-PITCHED RICOCHET WHIZ
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SMALL DOUBLE RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SMALL HIGH-PITCHED RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SPARK-LIKE RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - TWO BULLETS RICOCHET BY
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - VARIOUS ARRAY OF RICOCHETS
- SKYWALKER, CRASH - CRASHY METAL WITH DEBRIS
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
- SKYWALKER, ENGINE - SHUTTING DOWN
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 02
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 04
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 08
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 09/SKYWALKER COUGAR GROWL 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 10 / SKYWALKER FIRE ROARING SOUND
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 11
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 12
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 13
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 14
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 15
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 16
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRASHED METAL SQUEAKING ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSION WITH QUICK METALLIC GROAN
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM SET-OFF WITH WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - NEARBY HEAVY EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - POOF EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SHARP, METALLIC "SNAP" EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SHORT, MASSIVE BLAST
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THERMAL DETONATOR: CHARGE 01
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED CLUSTERING BIG BOULDER CRACKLE SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED MONSTER SQUEALING SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
- SKYWALKER, METAL - AT-AT LEG ROAR
- SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL
- SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG VEHICLE CRASH
- SKYWALKER, METAL - RESOUNDING CLANG (Heard often for hitting any character's head in a comic manner.)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, HEAVY METALLIC GROAN 01
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, SHRILL SCREECH
- SKYWALKER PISTOL SHOT
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - CLOVERFIELD SHRIEK (Used once for metal squeaking.)
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - AIR RAID SIREN
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - STUKA SIREN WAIL BY, SHORT
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - STUKA SIREN WHOOP
- SKYWALKER, SMASH - BIG WALL SMASH
- SKYWALKER TV SMASHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY "SHING" SWISH
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - METALLIC PIECES FLY BY
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SYNTHESIZED JET FLY BY
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - DESCENDING WHISTLE 01
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - GIANT FLAMING WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - SHORT, DESCENDING WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - SMALL FIREWORK WHISTLE (Used for bombs dropping.)
- Sound Ideas, BODYFALL - BODYFALL ON DIRT, HUMAN 01
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - DRUM HIT WITH TAKE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - DINKY DOG DIGGING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - DIVE AND SQUISH INTO TIGHT PLACE, RUN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - SQUEEZE OUT OF TIGHT PLACE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
- Sound Ideas, Explosion Deep Echo 01 - Single explosion with deep, reverberating echo
- Sound Ideas, Explosions - Incoming Artillery - C U - Very Good, Explosions With Incoming Whoosh Of Shell, Large Concussive Whumps From Explosion, Some Whistles An (Heard once in the NHK logo.)
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - 9MM AUTO 01
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - AK-47 01
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - AK-47 02
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - AK-47 03
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - GALIL 01
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, SPECIAL WEAPONS - .44 MAXI PUMA KAPOW WITH TRAIL
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE (Heard in a normal and a +12 pitch)
- Sound Ideas, GUN FOLEY - HANDLING 12 GAUGE MOSSBERG SHOTGUN RELOADING
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 02
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 03
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 04
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 06
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 07
- Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - SILLY SPRINGY TAKE
- Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - WHISTLE TAKE
- Sound Ideas, WIND - FOREST WIND, LEAVES STIR, WEATHER (Heard in the beginning of the movie.)
- TECHNICOLOR GLASS SHATTER 01
- WB SIREN - STUKA SIREN HOWL