Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis

Shimajrio and the Rainbow Oasis is a live action animated film released in 2017. Created by Benesse Corporation and created by Toho Animations, distributed by Sony Music Direct. It was distributed to Megabox theaters in South Korea.

The guest stars for the film are Mummy D the Japanese rapper who plays MC Spike the cactus puppet and Cowcow 2 Japanese singers who plays 2 Turtles. It also includes a bonus TV episode "Exciting Everyone" in the DVD release.

## Plot Summary

Shimajiro and friends tour the dig bug robot which breaks down in the middle of the desert. Shimajiro meets a girl named Coco who was separated from her mother in a sandstorm, and they look for her mother.

## Cast of Characters

**Shimajiro Shimano**

**Hana Shimano**

**Shimajiro's Mother**

**Shimajiro's Father**

**Mimi-Lynne's Mother**

**Mimi-Lynne**

**Flappie**

**Flappie's Mother**

**Nikki**

**Nikki's Mother**

**Dr. Roarson**

**Coco**

**Coco's Mother**

**Coco's Father**

**MC Spike**

**3 Rock Creatures**

**Cactus Gang**

**Scorpion**

**Lone Turtle**

**2 Turtles**

**2 Crocodiles**

**Rattlesnake**

**Old Dung Beetle**

## Credits

**Director: Isamu Hirabayashi**

**Co-Director: Hiro Takashima**

**Written By: Isamu Hirabayashi, 许英万 Yeong-man Heo**

**Produced by: Tsutomu Chuji, Shiho Kawahara, Shinya Nakahara, Yukiko Nagaoka, Madoka Katsumata, Yukari Kiso, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshimi Ishii, 许英万 Yeong-man Heo, 郑泰成 Tae-sung Jeong**

**Art Direction: Ken Murakami**

황  종  환 **Jonghwan Hwang: Pipeline Technical Director**

**Music by: Daudi Joseph, Takashi Watanabe, Tomonori Adachi, Miyu Nakahara, 金石源 Suk-won Kim, Seongjang Lee**

**Music Engineer: Mamiko Katakura**

### Korean Cast

 송영인 Song Young-in
 방지원 Lee Woo Lee
 신정훈 Shin Jung-hoon
 박상우 Sang Woo Park
 조연우 Yeon Woo Cho

### English Cast

* **Rumiko Varnes (voice/English) Shimajiro**
* **Vinay Murthy (voice/English) Flappie**
* **Mirei Yamagata (voice/English) Mimi-Lynne/Nikki/Flappies Mother**
* **Yuki Toyoda (voice/English)**
* **Cyrus Nozomu Sethna (voice/English)**
* **Jack Merluzzi (voice/English)**
* **Sachiko Hara (voice/English)**
* **Rachel Walzer (voice/English)**
* **Kris Roche (voice/English)**
* **Diana Garnet (voice/English)**

**Bonus TV Episode: Exciting Everyone**

## Studios

**The Answer Studio, DASH Co.,Ltd., DENTSU INC., TV Setouchi Broadcasting(TSC), Benesse Corporation, Smecky Music Studios, Beaver House Studios**

**TOHO Visual Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Megabox**

## DVD releases

This movie is released in Region 2 for Japan and UK, and Region 3 for South Korea.

**(Note on the DVD viewing: Be warned this film will not play on a region 1 DVD player. To view this movie you'll need a Region Free DVD player or dedicate your DVD player and set your DVD to Region 2 or Region 3 depending on the DVD version, and a word of warning you can set it for about 5 times before it gets region locked. You can also set it to region 2 or 3 on your Playstation 4 console or Windows 7, 8 or Windows 10 but be warned you can set it 5 times before it gets region locked.)**

**However if you live in the UK, Greenland or Europe countries or Japan you should be able to play it on a DVD player just fine.**

## Trivia

* This is the fifth Shimajiro film produced by Benesse.
* The TV episode Exciting Everyone shows a movie poster of Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis.
* The opening credits features the Singing Trees and the TV opening from Shimajiro World of Wow!
* In the Japanese DVD box cover of Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis, the Rattlesnake puppet is missing, however the Rattlesnake puppet is added in the English, Korean and Chinese box art cover.
* This is the first time Coco the girl Desert Fox is introduced along with her mother and father.
* Japanese guest celebrities Mummy-D and Cowcow makes a cameo in this film.
* There is actually an English dub to this film Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis. However, this film has never been released in English speaking countries, North America, Australia, New Zeland,
* Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis was actually screened at the Candian film festival and also the Kids First Film Festival in San Francisco and Hawaii, United States of America. But the English Dub has never seen an English DVD release or a video release.
* The English dub is now considered a lost film due to the unavailability of not being released on DVD or streaming in English speaking regions. It's unknown if the English dub has been lost somewhere in the Toho animation vault as only the Japanese, Chinese, Korean dub is available in 3 languages.

## Goofs

* How is it possible for Dr. Roarson to dig and tunnel under the Earth with his Digging Giant Machine when Dirt is heavy and hard to dig. Also, it would actually take many days instead of 5 minutes to get to the desert. Dr. Roarson would've been better off just activating the flying bug mode instead to fly over to the desert.

## External Links

* [1] IMDB page link

* [2] Official Shimajiro Credits PDF file.
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