Underplayed Gems

The Day When I Was Born (2002)

The Day When I Was Born poster
Original title
ぼくの生まれた日
Directed by
Ayumu Watanabe
Genre
animation, family
Country
Japan
Runtime
28 min
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short film features the characters from Doraemon. It tells a story about Nobita's birth and his early days with his family.

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What happens

Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (ドラえもん のび太とロボット王国(キングダム), Doraemon Nobita to Robotto Kingudamu) also known as Doraemon the Movie 2002, is a 2002 Japanese animated science fantasy film which premiered in Japan on March 9, 2002, based on the Doraemon manga series by Fujiko F. Fujio. It is the 23rd Doraemon film in the series. Released on a triple billing with both The Doraemons: Goal! Goal! Goal!! and The Day When I Was Born short films, it is the final film in the series to have been animated using cel animation, though the 1979 series didn't switch to digital animation officially until October 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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