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King of Prism: Pride the Hero Anime Film Earns 200 Million Yen
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web news website reported on Monday that the King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO anime film has earned about 236 million yen (about US$2.12 million) at the box office as of Sunday. The film has sold about 143,000 tickets at 56 theaters in Japan since opening on June 10.
The film sold 47,000 tickets to earn 82 million yen (about US$746,000) in its opening weekend. The film sold 59,000 tickets to earn more than 100 million yen (about US$913,000) at the box office in its first four days. The anime debuted at #7 at the box office and fell off the top 10 box office chart in its second weekend.
Masakazu Hishida, who directed various Pretty Rhythm anime series, as well as the KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm film, returned to direct King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO at Tatsunoko Production. Jou Aoba (Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream episode director) also returned to write the script. Mai Matsuura was again credited with the original character designs and character designs. The main cast members reprise their roles in the film, and Tomokazu Sugita plays the new character George Takadanobaba.
