The appeal and evaluation of the movie "Butt Detective" - ​​Seriousty

Butt Detective Seriousty the Movie - A fascinating new adventure

Butt Detective: Siriality, released on March 18, 2022, is the latest animated film based on Troll's popular children's book series Butt Detective. This is the first feature-length film in the series and tells a thrilling story of a confrontation with the evil genius Professor Siriality. Below, we will introduce the appeal, highlights, and related information of this movie in detail.

■ Story

The story begins with a stuck door in the basement of the Ho-Hoo Museum. The Wankolo Police apprehend an intruder, but the criminal is taken away in a suspicious car. The evil genius Professor Sirialty is behind the incident. His target is the mysterious treasure, "O-Parts." In order to catch Sirialty, a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, Butt Detective begins an investigation with Audrey from Wantapole International Police. Butt Detective solves the mysterious incidents that occur one after another. Then Sirialty causes an incident that shakes the town.

"Let darkness extinguish the light. With the power of these parts."

Who will win, the butt or the ass? Can they protect the mysterious treasure from evil?

■Explanation

Butt Detective, who has always calmly solved cases, is faced with the worst and strongest enemy... His name is Seriousty! A mysterious case, a trap set by the One-Colo Police... And then, Butt Detective finds himself in a desperate situation. Damaged, Butt Detective loses his will to fight. What motivates him then...?

Butt Detective is a hit children's book series written by Troll, with a total of over 9 million copies in print. The TV anime series has been broadcast regularly since December 2018. The popular anime Butt Detective is full of addictive elements, such as unique characters, solving mysteries, and the catchphrase "I'll take care of you" that you hear when you corner the culprit. This is the fourth film in the Butt Detective series and the first feature-length film. The voice of the original film character, Sirialty, is played by actor Masaharu Fukuyama. With his cool and deep voice, he takes on the role of the strongest villain in Butt Detective's history. The voice of Audrey, a rookie investigator at Wantapole, the international police force who pursues Sirialty with Butt Detective, is played by voice actress Mie Sonozaki. In addition to the roles in the anime, she has also dubbed roles played by many actresses in Western films, such as Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley. Butt Detective's brilliant deductions and the greatest special move showdown in history! It's a story full of suspense and excitement, with plenty of laughs too.

■Cast

・Butt Detective/Yuko Sanpei・Brown/Ayaka Saito・Maltese Headmaster/Ikkei Watanabe・Kubi Futoshi/Kenji Sugimura・Permanent/Tetsuhiro Ikeda・Ears/Katsuyuki Konishi・Koimayu/Makoto Nakamura・Master/Takayuki Sugo・Suzu/Reika Uyama・YUKI/Yu Kobayashi・Suzuki Beagle/Yuhei Takagi・Yoshida Samoyed/Kodai Uzugi・Megane Tanaka/Haruki Ishiya・Bull・Bulloo/Daichi Hayashi・Fujisaki Spanny/Miyu Tomita・Saotome Shoko/Satomi Kobashi・Miharu Mizube/Atsuki Miyazaki・Masami Kashimasse/Yoshito Sasaki・Penguin Taro/Takahiro Sakurai・Kenta Kishu/Hiroki Takahashi・Professor Hoho/Naoki Kusumi・Midori Kamenoko/Nozomi Furuki・Hawsaw TV Reporter / Masaaki Yano, Audrey / Mie Sonozaki, Colonel Oran / Fumihiko Tachiki, Porosh / Toshiyuki Morikawa, Professor Siriati / Masaharu Fukuyama

■ Main staff

Produced by Toei Animation (Takagi Katsuhiro), Poplar Publishing (Chiba Hitoshi), Toei (Muramatsu Hidenobu), NHK Enterprises (Shibata Yuji), Toei Video (Yoda Hisashi)
・Planning/Washio Sora・Producer/Tanigami Kaori・Animation Producer/Yuji Yokoo・Original Story/Troll・Music/Takagi Hiroshi・Script/Chiba Katsuhiko・Storyboards/Kado Yuriko, Ochi Kazuhiro, Shibata Hiroki, Tezuka Emi・Direction/Shibata Hiroki, Tezuka Emi・Character Design/Maniwa Hideaki, Kono Hiroyuki・Chief Animation Directors/Kono Hiroyuki, Nashizawa Takashi, Maniwa Hideaki, Alejandro John Belen, Dennis Cablao
・Key animation: Nobuyoshi Sasakado, Tomomi Ouchi, Yumi Sudahara, Katsuji Matsumoto, Mika Hironaka, Wakako Yoshida, Miwa Takeuchi, Akiho Sato, Hiroto Saito, Zhiguang Liu, Noriyuki Hirota, Takahiro Kojima, Shin Kashiwaguma, Mutsumi Fujii, Chika Yamazaki, Hisao Matsueda, Shuichi Iijima, Tatsuya Miki, Minoru Okabe, Ayumu Ono, Mitsuyo Tsuno, Kiyoshi Matsushita, Fuyumi Toriyama, Daisuke Kumamaru, Resty Roque, Joseph Burgos, Junjie Espiritu, Allen Geraldino, Paul Zaldivar, Ed Martin Crisostomo, Midori Saito, Masaru Fukushima, Yuichiro Otsubo, Chuei Shimizu, Yusuke Tanabe, Hideaki Maniwa, Dennis Cablao, Hiroyuki Kono ・Video inspection: Yuka Kubota, Ericson Ramos, Irwin Ibarra, Juan Orense, Alexander Ibalio Jr.
Video: Yuka Kubota, Hiyori Ikuto, Hana Kashiwabara, Masaya Hasegawa, Joji Yamada, Kiyoka Kamiya, Ryota Kogure, Yuna Hatanaka, Mihoko Tomita, Shinobu Nakamura, Hiroko Inoue, Takayoshi Mizuguchi, Yuko Shimodaira, Takami Oshima, Yukitoshi Yamaguchi, Mihoko Yamazaki, Aoi Kuroki, Atsushi Ogura, Sora Toida, Hisashi Mawatari, Rey-An Santos, Mark Anthony Lozada, Francisco Dela Rosa Jr., Edgar Allan Alcabaza, Rizel Toniza, Jerome Padre, Jose Peregrine Montalban, Ferdinand Chavez, Sandy Aquino, Raissa Viny Uy
Color design: Kumiko Yanagisawa Digital coloring: Sachiko Iura, Yurie Fukuda, Kanae Ando, ​​Oriko Muramoto, Yuki Tonegawa, Maricar Balabat, Peter Paul Galang, Rolando Dasilio, Noel Santos, Ryan Prajinog, Eliseo Verdadero, Marites Corpuz, Enrico Farduno, Brenda Garduno, Bryan Adam Ricario
Testing: Aiko Seguchi, Motoi Takahashi, Ayumu Tada, Mitsuo Ogino, Shigeru Ando, ​​Jessica Mai Okazaki, Yoshitada Ishii, Satoru Nakatoku, Shoichi Kurihara, Dindo Salamanca, Ricardo Agquiz, Merceditas Santos, Vidal Bautist
・Scanning / Yuko Asami, Kenjiro Shimokawa ・Digital special effects / Toshio Katsuoka ・Animation finishing progress / Susumu Kuroda ・Art design / Ryutaro Masuda ・Art director / Miki Azuma ・Backgrounds / Nobuaki Ishihara, Hiromi Bando, Shota Suzuki, Michiyo Miki, Yuko Doi, Izumi Muta, Shuhei Moriyama, Masami Hatori, Aya Ozeki, Taichi Suzuki, Nagisa Nishida, Miki Imai, Emiko Naga, Chie Sato, Chika Yamashita, Rika Miyamoto, Kaoru Homma ・Art progress / Masato Nishimaki ・CG director / Ryoichi Ishigami ・CG animators / Koharu Sato, Shunkai Ohno ・Modeler / Noa Takahata , Masahiko Saito・Compositor / Tomohiko Takahashi・Director of Photography / Kunihito Noritomo・Assistant Director of Photography / Tomokazu Shiratori・Digital Photography / Naoto Sawa, Hiroyuki Sako, Kogo Onishi, Misako Ogata, Michiko Fukui, Naohiro Kaneko, Hironari Natsuhara, Hirochika Yamaguchi, Haruhiko Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Yoshino, Kosuke Arakawa, Fumio Hirokawa, Yoshiyuki Anzai・Supervision of Photography / Takayuki Wada・Editor / Kimiyuki Hida・Assistant Director of Production / Hina Nakahata・Production Manager / Masahiro Murakami・Production Manager / Mitsuki Uehara, Jie Mok Lee・Title Movie / Mitsukazu Hirata・Cooperating Productions / Toku, Kino Production, Studio VOLN, Studio Okagura, Asahi Production, Studio MAO, FrameBox, DRAWIZ, San-ei Printing, Sanko Productions, TOEI ANIMATION PHILS., INC.
・Sound recording: Hiroki Sawamura ・Sound assistant: Chika Abe ・Song selection: Makiko Kayahara ・Sound effects: Ryuta Nakahara (Swara Pro)
Dubbing engineers: Ryota Ogasawara, Hiroaki Hayashi Recording: Minori Kajimoto Casting: Morimi Matsuyama (Toei)
・Sound Production: Tabak・Recording Studio: Toei Digital Center・Lab Coordinator: Masahiro Yono・Online Editing: Osamu Abe・Digital I/O: Kohei Fujisaki, Yutaro Koike・DCP Mastering: Ryo Baba, Kumi Ogata・Technical Cooperation: Toei Lab Tech, Toei Digital Lab・Music Recording: Kenji Furukawa・Music Cooperation: Toei Animation Music Publishing, gloria
・Music producer: Mai Inuzuka ・Director of the festival: Satoshi Shinohara ・Publicity producer: Ryosuke Koregi (Toei Agency), Satoshi Maruyama ・Publicity: Jun Harada, Rina Komatsu, Asumi Okano (Toei Agency), Chiyu Yachimori ・Designer: Daisuke Ishizuka (CNS)
Official website: Atsushi Hagiwara, Kentaro Matsubara, Maria Konagai (CNS)
・Tie-up promotion/Masashi Okuyama (Toei Agency)
Publicity: Chie Kaizuka (Primastera), Yoshiro Abe, Hiromi Hashimoto, Kumiko Hirose, Kosei Yamamoto, Yuki Koyanagi (Brownie), Teisha Hara Trailer Director: Aki Imai (Gal Enterprises)
・Distribution Supervisor/Sugawara Fumi・Theater Sales/Inoue Megumi, Ogino Toshiyuki, Kasai Yunosuke, Takahashi Yui, Morita Maho, Tomizaki Yuta, Maruyama Itaru, Kayama Naoto, Terahara Ho, Toudou Yoshikiyo, Toyama Yoko・Theater Promotion/Igawa Yoichi, Wakatsuki Kentaro, Kondo Maki, Noda Akari, Fujii Mina・Local Promotion/Kang Tae-eung, Isobe Takeshi, Satoshi Yuki, Kurokawa Kaoru・Promotional Support/Kitazaki Shingo, Tanaka Hiroshi, Yoshida Miyoshi, Teng Ching, Tanaka Zenta, Ishihara Kenichiro, Ikegami Kaho, Sanpei Keita, Wang Xinyuan, Yoshida Minoru, Tsuyuki Shiho, Kagawa Hirotoshi, Motoyoshi Yusuke, Tada Sawako, Okada Tomoko・Original Work Support/Poplar Company, Sakai Kanako, Hasegawa Keita; Distribution: Toei; 2022 "Butt Detective" Movie Production Committee; Toei Animation (Suzuki Atsushi, Inoue Takahiro, Sakaguchi Mio), Poplar Publishing (Miyaishi Naonori, Takei Tomomi), Toei (Yoshida Jun, Yanagisako Shigehiko, Taniguchi Takeshi, Mano Tomoya, Ishikawa Kei, Murakami Kenta), NHK Enterprises (Nojima Masahiro, Nojima Eri), Toei Video (Suzuki Michimasa, Nishijima Nagisa)
Planning cooperation: Butt Detective Production Committee, Toei Animation, Poplar Publishing, NHK Enterprises Director: Kado Yuriko

■ Main Characters

・Butt Detective
Always calm. Likes hot drinks and sweet treats (especially sweet potatoes). Hobbies are tea time and drinks. Habitual phrase is "Hmm, that smells good."
Brown
She is the daughter of Butt Detective. She is so innocent that she easily gets carried away. She loves sweet things.
・SHIRIARTY
He is a villain who causes incidents all over the world. He is called a teacher because he teaches other villains the art and science of crime. He came to steal the secret weapon "O-Parts".
・Audrey
International Police Wan Ter Pole is in full swing. They are stretching out in various ways so that they can be seen by the public. The building is equipped with many special devices for the purpose.
・Maltese Headmaster/MALTESE
He is the head of the Wankoro Police Station. His body moves before he thinks. When he sees something round, he can't help but jump at it. His hobby is golf.
・KUBIFUTOSHI
A police officer at the Wankoro police station. He has a serious personality and a cool body.
・PERMANENT
Keiji is a dog-like police officer. He has fluffy ears and is always telling puns.
・MIMITOGARI
A police officer at the Doggie Police Station. He has pointy ears and is good at detecting insects, but is afraid of ghosts.
・KOIMAYU
Police officer at the Doggie Police Station. He has thick eyebrows. He is the father of a family.

●Siriati's contribution to Oran/ORAN
I was surprised to see Siriati. He is called a disciple and respects Siriati, who has a wealth of knowledge about culture. His favorite food is bananas.
・POLOSH
He is a disciple and driver of Siriaty. He respects Siriaty, who has a wealth of knowledge about the arts, and calls him a disciple.

■ Related works

・Butt Detective Movie: Dream Jumbo Sweet Potato Festival ・Butt Detective TV Series ・Butt Detective Movie: Curry Incident ・Butt Detective Movie: The Mystery of the Ladybug Ruins ・Butt Detective Movie: The Secret of Sufure Island

■ Theme songs and music

・ED1
・Pupu to Humu to Kaiketsu Dance (Produced by Masaharu Fukuyama)
Lyrics: Noriko Fujimoto; Composition: Yasuo Kosugi; Arrangement: Masaharu Fukuyama; Singer: Daiki Ise

■ The appeal and highlights of the film

"Butt Detective: Siriality" is the first full-length movie in the series, and is a long-awaited work for fans. In particular, the confrontation with the evil genius Professor Siriality is the most thrilling in the series so far. Professor Siriality is a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the treasure "O-Parts," which he is after, and the story is sure to draw viewers in.

Also not to be missed is the performance of Masaharu Fukuyama, who voices Professor Sirialty, an original character in the film. With his cool, deep voice, Fukuyama's presence as the strongest villain in the history of Butt Detective adds tension to the entire film. Another point to note is the performance of Mie Sonozaki, who voices Audrey, a rookie investigator at Wantapole International Police. Her experience and track record as a voice actress bring realism to the character of Audrey.

In terms of the story, the highlight is the showdown between Butt Detective's brilliant reasoning and the greatest special move in history. The showdown between Butt Detective's calm reasoning and Professor Seriousty's clever traps is sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. It also has some fun moments, making it enjoyable for both children and adults.

■ Behind the scenes

Many staff members were involved in the production of this film. It was produced by a group of professionals from various fields, including director Yuriko Kado, screenwriter Katsuhiko Chiba, and composer Hiroshi Takagi. In particular, the work of character designers Hideaki Maniwa and Hiroyuki Kono played an important role in supporting the film's visual aspects. Many staff members, including the animation director, key animators, and in-betweeners, worked together to create beautiful images.

In terms of sound, excellent staff such as sound recordist Hiroki Sawamura, music selector Makiko Kayahara, and sound effects director Ryuta Nakahara are also involved. In particular, the ending theme "Pupu to Humutto Kaiketsu Dance" produced by Masaharu Fukuyama is an important element in livening up the atmosphere of the movie.

■ Related works and series history

"Butt Detective" started as a children's book series by Troll and is a huge hit with a total of over 9 million copies in print. A regular TV anime series began airing in December 2018, and its unique characters, puzzle solving, and special moves have made it popular. Four films have been released so far: "Butt Detective: Dream Jumbo Sweet Potato Festival," "Butt Detective: Curry Incident," "Butt Detective: The Mystery of the Ladybird Ruins," and "Butt Detective: The Secret of Sufure Island." This latest film is the latest in the series.

Each film has a different theme and story, entertaining fans. In particular, this latest film, "Butt Detective Seriousty," is the first full-length film in the series, and features a deeper story and character development.

■ Recommendations and ratings

"Butt Detective: Seriousity" is an entertainment film that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. The confrontation between Butt Detective's calm reasoning and Professor Seriousity's clever traps is sure to draw viewers in. Also, don't miss the performances of the gorgeous cast, including Masaharu Fukuyama and Mie Sonozaki. Furthermore, the beautiful images and music, as well as the ending theme "Pupu to Humutto Kaiketsu Dance", also enhance the appeal of the film.

This is a long-awaited feature film for fans of the series, and will also attract new fans. Please come and experience its charm at the theater.