Doraemon Comes Back (1998)

Original title

帰ってきたドラえもん

Directed by

Ayumu Watanabe

Genre

animation, family

Country

Japan

Runtime

27 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A robot cat from the future leaves his young friend. The boy tries to prove he can handle life on his own. The cat later returns for a surprising reunion.

heartfeltbittersweetnostalgicgentlewhimsicalemotionalpoignantchildlike

What happens

Doraemon Comes Back (帰ってきたドラえもん, Kaettekita Doraemon) is a 1998 Japanese animated science fiction comedy-drama short film. It premiered in Japan on March 7, 1998 on a triple feature with The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects! and Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas. It won the 16th Golden Gross Award for Excellence (Silver Prize) at the 16th Golden Gross Awards. It is largely an expanded version of the 1974 chapters "Goodbye Doraemon" and "Doraemon Comes Back". Parts of Stand by Me Doraemon were largely based off of this short film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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