#16「長田、オリンピックおじさん化計画」

Hasumi Sho's Crayon Shin-chan Script and Ijuin Hikaru's Review

Hasumi Sho of Daw 90000 (ダウ90000) has been in the news for writing an episode of the long-running anime Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん). The script is structured so that Shin-chan himself barely appears; instead, Misae and Hiroshi simply talk to each other for the entire episode. It was Ijuin Hikaru (伊集院光) calling it "so boring it knocked me off my feet" on his radio show that sent the story viral. The two hosts were full of admiration: "Even if it isn't funny, generating this much buzz means it has already done its job."

They also touched on the news that Ueda-san from Europe Kikaku (ヨーロッパ企画) has written scripts for both Mario and Doraemon, marveling that "writing for an IP you grew up with is a savage level of pressure — and he pulled it off."

On the general experience of being handed a legacy IP's script, they agreed that both extremes — being told "do whatever you like" and being told "give us something unlike anything before" — are equally cornering situations.

A Vision for Taking Ninja Content Global

Nagata said he has an interest in directing and singled out ninja content as the thing Japan should be pushing to the world right now. "The whole world already knows what a ninja is, and yet the potential still hasn't been used up," he said. His dream lead: Kasamatsu Sho (笠松将), whom he described as "sharp, cool, and a face that international audiences can take to easily."

He then floated the idea of a Cirque du Soleil-style ninja show in which techniques like Katon no Jutsu and swordsmanship and shield work are staged as magic-show attractions — similar to how the Harry Potter attractions tie into on-screen spell effects. Bring Naruto into the mix as a collaboration, he argued, and you have global draw. "Ninja parks and ninja villages could be taken somewhere far bigger than they are now."

Long-Running Anime Script Fantasies

Spinning off from the Shin-chan discussion, the pair ran through a wish list of long-running anime — Sazae-san (サザエさん), Doraemon (ドラえもん), Chibi Maruko-chan (ちびまる子ちゃん), Conan (コナン), Anpanman (アンパンマン), and Nintama Rantaro (忍たま乱太郎) — and imagined what they'd do with each.

For Sazae-san they concluded it could only go in a "direction that breaks it": an episode filmed from cat Tama's GoPro, showing him stealing fish and keeping Katsuo company. For Anpanman, Nagata wants to create an original character — Frankenboya, who idolizes Baikinman as a father figure while Baikinman mutters "please stop" with quiet heartbreak. "Genuinely adorable," they agreed.

Nintama Rantaro, they said, is a waste of its own premise: "It's the longest-running ninja anime there is, and nobody is using it properly." Their proposal: a serious action episode à la Jujutsu Kaisen, backed by a full visual reboot in the vein of Chainsaw Man's art style. The segment closed with a direct address to the producers: "We're waiting for the offer."

Asian Games Rundown

Nagata reported that he has been watching the ongoing Asian Games with intense excitement. The men's table tennis team took gold for the first time in 60 years in a tense match where Matsushima, Zhang Ben, and Tokami traded points back and forth — he walked through the key moments in detail. In swimming, a high-school athlete broke the world record in the 200 m breaststroke. "The situation where you have to set a world record in order to set a high-school record — that's wild," he said. In basketball, Japan lost to South Korea, but he noted South Korea had military-service exemptions on the line: "The difference in motivation when you're literally fighting for your career is real." The same dynamic applied in baseball, where South Korea's professional players faced off against Japan's company-league team.

In esports, 11-year-old Kurihara won gold in Puyo Puyo. Nagata vividly reenacted the final against the South Korean opponent: Kurihara's field stacking up dangerously, barely managing to cancel, then pulling off a roughly 15-chain total clear for the comeback win. He also highlighted Gran Turismo's full racing format — same car model for everyone, with tire choice and pit stops in play — and a team format for Street Fighter II, Tekken, and King of Fighters where three players rotate. His parting shot: "The Asian Games are only on BS. Television is throwing away half its potential. Put it in prime time on terrestrial TV."

The Olympic-Uncle Declaration

Nagata offered a candid self-diagnosis: "If you're going wild over sports as a spectator — not because you used to play, but just sports in general — you're already an uncle." His attempted defense: "It's only international tournaments, so it's fewer than four times a year." He recalled being genuinely moved by an old special feature on the famous "Olympic uncle" (オリンピックおじさん), and mentioned that a new Olympic uncle is apparently active today as well. He closed with a passionate declaration that he will attend multiple events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in person, and called on listeners to join him: "Let's go see it once every four years."