Yuru Camp△ Movie (Laid-Back Camp: The Movie)

As time marches forward, Rin Shima, Nadeshiko Kagamihara, and their friends have grown into full-fledged adults. Now with careers and responsibilities, they can no longer freely spend their days camping and adventuring. However, Chiaki Oogaki, who currently works for the Yamanashi Tourism Organization, reunites the group as she comes up with an exciting proposal—to build a campground together to revitalize an abandoned patch of land from their homeplace, the Yamanashi Prefecture.

Motivated by this ambitious project, the girls combine their efforts to create an environment where future generations can enjoy unique moments as they once did, all while reminiscing the charms of camping from their high school days.

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Yuru Camp△ Movie is an original story inspired by a scene from the final episode of the Yuru Camp△ series, in which Nadeshiko imagined herself and her friends as adults. The movie earned over seven million dollars worldwide in only two months following its official premiere.

Japanese theaters showing Yuru Camp△ Movie distributed limited-edition items to the audience, consisting of an original 24-page manga, illustrations made by the animation staff, picture cards, and bookmarks. To commemorate the film's release, a series of events were held, including a camping festival from September 17, 2022 to September 18, 2022, and an outdoor screening at Akishima Mori Park Outdoor Village from October 21, 2022 to October 23, 2022.

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"Sun Is Coming Up" by Asaka

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"Mimosa (ミモザ)" by Eri Sasaki

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Mar 4, 2024

SenseiSempai-san

Recommended

Yuru Camp or Laid-Back Camp as it was known in some media like Crunchyroll, is one nice relaxing anime for the soul. It is sweet and well paced. Not too fast nor slow. The characters are funny and relatable high school kids. Though the only downside is that they are all girls. Perhaps one with the boys series may be in the future works. Still it is no biggie. But now in this movie they are now adults and get back together for camping.

The MC Rin is a girl who does enjoy camping very much. So much so to the point of getting a motorcycle ...

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Jul 12, 2023

whatsosticky

Recommended

This is another beautiful work in line with the rest of the series. I absolutely loved the first two seasons and, while I did enjoy this, I felt a little bit of disappointment and I can't exactly pin down just exactly what it might be.

All the characters were virtually the same, though appropriately adjusted for adulthood. They were still young women and had continued to work (kudos to the mangaka that made sure people understood they were working for what they wanted to do rather than just magically having money or getting it from their parents as an allowance.) That still share their love for ...

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Apr 17, 2023

earl_of_sandvich

Recommended

In the opening act of the final episode of the 1st season, we see the Yuru Camp girls all grown up, with Rin arriving on her grandpa's motorcycle and Aki taking on the mantle of Miss Chug. Everything looks realistic until the punch line where Nadeshiko arrives on a rocket-powered tent. "Hey, maybe this is how we'll end up in 10 years?" "BS." Evidently someone saw this and said, "Hold that thought. No, not the rocket tent, that's absurd."

You get a taste of what the research and animation teams are capable of when the film starts with Shochiku's towering Mt. Fuji signature card and fades ... into a shot of Mt. Fuji at the exact same angle. It would have been much easier to trace or re-render Shochiku's Mt. Fuji, but because our intrepid heroines often camp where the sacred peak is visible, it was fitting that the studio found the exact same spot and drew it in their own style. While the characters are based on Afro's style, the backgrounds are of impeccable quality. After a scene where the girls look forward to what they might be capable of when they're no longer limited by age restrictions, the opening song by Asaka fires up, transporting us 10 years into a day in Rin's life as a magazine columnist.

The series has always been slice-of-life with a nod towards realism, but the film's central theme is "freedom, limitations, and revival". The opening act had the girls ready to embrace the freedom adulthood brings, while the film's events show them that for various reasons they can't do whatever they want. Sometimes they don't have the resources to make something happen. Sometimes Japan's shrinking population forces the issue. Sometimes a better cause gets priority for government funds and policies. Even though no one is harmed in this film (except maybe a 1990s-era robot), these adversities make the film all the more believable, and the solutions the girls come up with track with the feel of the show perfectly.

The other thing that makes it believable are the characters and the performances by the main cast. For the most part the glimpse of the future we saw in season 1 was carried over to inform the performances, but making sure to include what they've learned in season 2.

This time the big how-to narrated by Grandpa Shima is how to build a campground, in a corner of Yamanashi called Takaori. Its conversion into a campground parallels a real-life conversion story, and both were used to promote one another. While much of the dirty details are omitted, and the story takes a good deal of artistic license, if someone wants to turn an abandoned community site into a campground, this film isn't a bad place to start.

The soundtrack is what happens when Akiyuki Tateyama gains access to a full orchestra, which gives him the flexibility to start small with the Takaori theme using only a handful of instruments, almost going away completely when the project seems doomed to fail, and bringing in everyone for a rousing buildup to the climax. Personally I like his take on bluegrass and folk and there's a little of that here too, but you won't hear the stuff from the TV series except as small reprises.

This is a worthy coda to the Yuru Camp story, and yet a great way to keep the series going until the 3rd season.

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