"Chiii Chiii Tan Tan" - Tra la la Chiitan: The Movie is a upcoming 2033 American-Japanese animated adventure costumes japanese mascots comedy film based on Koh Hashibiroi's japanese mascot of the same name was formerly (present) a self-declared unofficial representative of the city of Susaki. Produced by Toei Animation and StudioCanal & distributed by Columbia Pictures and Sony. it is directed by Faryn Pearl, produced by Theodore Shapiro, screenplayers by John Cohen & Hoberg, writers by Ken Daurio, Brian C. Brown, Jon Vitti & Julia Cho and cinematographic by John Seale.
The film is Chiitan's legacy and past life. Apart from exploring everything related to Japan.
Plot[]
Many already know Chiitan as someone mischievous and funny, who uploads every video or shorts (YouTube, Instagram, X "Twitter" and more webs) causing accidents, but in his spare time she is a normal baby fairy otter visiting various costumes friends from all over Japan, but one day she will meet a mysterious revenge costume who, upon seeing his talents, swears to ruin it, Chiitan will do everything to keep his career safe.
Meanwhile, Chiitan will go looking for help, United States to go to american people, who will help him, especially Miraliz, but he will have to learn to face his fatal past.
She gradually becomes more charismatic and her human friend's wishes are fulfilled more and more, but she will soon have to leave to return to Jokojko (Japan).
Cast[]
- Eleanor Matsuura as Chiitan, a self-described "0-year-old fairy baby" (true age is 4) light brown otter that wears a turtle as a hat. is the unofficial mascot of the city of Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, Her hobby is doing pranks like falling, jumping high, dancing, etc. What she likes most is being petted and being followed on social media, but not everything was rosy, what she will meet is someone who did wrong in her past, which will see her save her position, but then a very strange consequence will come. She lives secretly in Jokojko where several otters live.
- Yvonne Chapman as Kame-chan, a Chiitan's pet and best friend, It is always in Chiitan's head as a matter of fortune, in his free time he likes to relax in the sun sometimes and maybe by chance, at least when she sees a threat she always warns his beloved friend.
- Andrew Kishino as Chiikewjo, a self-described "4-year-old rocky hairy" red otter, which used to look good in the 90s the unofficial mascot of the city of Susaki, but everything changed when Chiitan came to replace him in his position as japanese mascot, which years later would come with resentment in revenge.
- Ciara as Miraliz, A american thirteen-year-old teenage who, after the loss of her mother, had to try hard to be a cheerleader, but it went very badly for her, but everything changes when Chiitan comes to ask to stay at her house, which becomes her maternal figure, but she will have to protect her before the arrival of Chiikewjo.
- Joe Taslim as Shinjo-kun, a self-described "1-year-old handsome baby" dark brown river otter that wears a ramen dish as a hat. a Chiitan's boyfriend, is the official mascot of the city of Susaki and Kochi Prefecture, who is in charge of entertaining a lot of public but he likes to be alone with girlfriend and that nothing bad happens to him. He lives secretly in Jokojko where several otters live.
- Patrick Warburton as Salgerk, A american construction worker, He always sees the best in his daugther, after losing his wife his job made it difficult for him but when Chiitan asked them to stay at his house he began to have his life as before but then he accepts that he would only be a friend.
- Wai Ching Ho as Chiitinna, a Chiitan's mother and Chiikejo's rival, light brown otter that wears a sunflower as a hat. is the formely unofficial mascot of the city of Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, She lives secretly in Jokojko where several otters live.
- Erika Ishii as Yume-chan, She is the official mascot of Japan's public Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, This kawaii plush is a white fairy mascot with ears modeled after pine trees. She learned about magic and her great friendship with everyone, which she will warn everyone when Chiitan was in danger
- Charlie Carrick as Álvaro, A american policeman who previously implicated Salgerk, but later sees the truth and apart from defending Ijjokok, he must do justice, which is what he always wanted to be a judge.
- Tim McInnerny as Jairo, A american costumes seeker who finds Chiitan decides to take her but in the end only causes a senseless escape. But soon he would catch Chiikewjo.
- Gordon Maeda as Pipo-kun, He is the official mascot of Japan's public Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Even the police forces have their own mascots. Is fuzzy orange mouse. His design includes an antennae and big ears that help him spot any sort of trouble occuring in the japanose cities. He manages to distract Chiikewjo so as not to catch Chiitan.
- Denis Akiyama as Domo-kun, He is the official mascot of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, It is a rectangular chocolate, which like everything else is filled with filling, which is funny to hug anyone.
- Mark Dacascos as Kumamon, He is the official mascot of Japan's public created by the government of Kumamoto Prefecture, He is a black bear always surprised, who was a mentor to Chiitan, he is dedicated to pleasing the spectator in his promotions.
- Catalina Yue as Sanomaru, She is the official mascot of Japan's public Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, This kawaii plush is a samurai who wears a ramen noodle bowl. She was an old friend of Chiitan, who rarely appears for visits, but is more busy with her fashion.
- Maya Erskine as Waka-pi, She is the official mascot of Japan's public created by Wakayama Women’s Prison, This cute anthropomorphic orange mascot was designed to bring brightness to a prison?, Although she only stole plush oranges so as not to damage them, it won't be impossible, but she will pause while she goes to find out if Chiitan is okay.
- Isabella Wei as Makki, She is the official mascot of Japan's of Matsubara City in Osaka Prefecture. She is kawaii plush of nature. Her mission is to bring smiles to everyone she meets. She knows how to plant tall flowers which gives Chiitan a cactus as defense.
- Brian Tochi as Kaparu, He is the official mascot of Shiki, Saitama Prefecture. He is a kappa monster carrying a messenger bag. Recently, he won a Best Performance award at a mascot contest in Taiwan for playing bass guitar. Very distracted but sometimes he trips, more for Chiitan.
- Brian Tee as Sanudon, He is the official mascot of Japan's of Kagawa Prefecture. He wears a sunny-side up egg on his head, and can sometimes rap to guests about the greatness of Sanuki Udon. Very shy which makes him sad at the same time although the one who makes him calm is Chiitan.
Production[]
In November 3, 2029, From Japan they were asked if one of their japanese mascots "costumes" would have a film adaptation according to sources, to which Sony Pictures responded that they would make the most popular one which in the end would turn out to be Chiitan. Then they began to talk to their creator about giving them what he said would be respected in their way of being as Chiitan. Then they will start producing but they have a hard time adapting them so they hired some outsiders who did not socialize with Sony so Faryn Pearl would start to direct it.
Licenses with other japanese mascots like Shinjo-kun, Yume-chan, Pipo-kun, Domo-kun, Kumamon, Sanomaru , Waka-pi, Makki, Kaparu and would appear while the rest could not but would pay quite a bit. Those who were borrowed were given voices. Others appear but they only appear as cameos
They started making hybrid animation in some scenes which would give a good result as happened with Spider-Verse trilogy, In the case of the japanese mascots, they would have expressions that were difficult at first, but with more support, the development was possible and we were successful. It was previously decided by production that Chiitan is female given his appearance and personality, despite the fact that the creator said that Chiitan does not have a defined gender.
Afterwards, Sony had to collaborate with other countries because some scripts ran out of ideas, so StudioCanal came to fix it, so they changed some things, but Faryn Pearl doesn't want it to look disappointing, that happened to a other DreamWorks Animation proyects with storyboards wasted, but after so many consultations, both Toei Animation and Sony approved the positive so that this jn would be well received.
In March 7, 2033, it was announced that the released date for Chiitan: The Movie moved one week later from its original release date, June 20, 2033.