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Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988)

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West poster
Original title
映画ドラえもん のび太のパラレル西遊記
Directed by
Tsutomu Shibayama
Genre
animation, adventure, family, fantasy, science fiction
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
G
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Nobita and his friends become characters from a classic story when demons from a video game escape into the real world. They must stop the demons from causing trouble.

whimsicaladventurouslight-heartedfunimaginativeaction-packednostalgic

What happens

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (のび太のパラレル西遊記, Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki), also known as Doraemon's Parallel Journey to the West, is a 1988 Japanese animated science fantasy film which premiered on March 12, 1988, in Japan. This is the 9th Doraemon film. In the film, Nobita and his friends find themselves taking on the roles of characters from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West after demons from a game based on it escape and wreak havoc in the real world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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