is a 2002 anime film. It is the 10th film based on the popular comedy manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan. The film was released to theatres on April 20, 2002, in Japan. It is the final film in the series to use traditional cel animation, and the last film to be written and directed by frequent director and animator of the saga Keiichi Hara.

The film was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind the anime television. Its only screening in the US was on April 26, 2014, in Japanese with English subtitles as Crayon Shin Chan: Bravo! Samurai Battle! at the Embassy of Japan. It was released as Crayon Shinchan The Movie: Battle in the Daimyo Era with English subtitles on VCD and DVD by PMP Entertainment.

A Japanese live-action movie based on this movie called (BALLAD 名もなき恋のうた) was released in 2009.

Cast Akiko Yajima - Shinnosuke Nohara Keiji Fujiwara - Hiroshi Nohara Miki Narahashi - Misae Nohara Satomi Kōrogi - Himawari Nohara Mari Mashiba - Toru Kazama and Shiro Tamao Hayashi - Nene Sakurada Teiyū Ichiryūsai - Masao Sato Chie Satō - Bo Suzuki Yusaku Yara - Yoshitoshi Matabe Ijiri Ai Kobayashi - Ren Kasuga Michio Hazama - Yasutsuna Chikao Ōtsuka - Yorihisa Kazuhiro Yamaji - Takatora Ōkurai Kenichi Ogata - Niemon Noriko Uemura - Osato Keiko Yamamoto - Yoshino Hiroyuki Miyasako (Ameagari Kesshitai) - Hikozo Tōru Hotohara (Ameagari Kesshitai) - Gisuke Rokurō Naya - Tadatsugu Tesshō Genda - Hayato Hidenari Ugaki - Gonbe Sakuma Fumihiko Tachiki - Naotaka Magara Tarozaemon

Reception Out of all the long-running anime film franchises (Detective Conan, Doraemon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Pokémon, etc.), it is the only anime film to ever win Grand Prize in the Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division, even within the Crayon Shin Chan series.

Writer Kazuki Nakashima of Gurren Lagann fame also praised this film, even calling it a 'masterpiece'.

Accolades AwardsYear Award Category Recipients and nominees Result2002 Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Awards Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States Animation Kobe Individual Award Keiichi Hara Mainichi Film Award Best Animation Film Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States 2003Tokyo Anime Award Best Director Keiichi Hara Domestic Feature Film Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States

See also Crayon Shin-chan Yoshito Usui Sengoku Period

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