Underplayed Gems

Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

Stand by Me Doraemon poster
Original title
STAND BY ME ドラえもん
Directed by
Takashi Yamazaki
Genre
adventure film, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
G
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 600 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A robot cat from the future named Doraemon appears before a lazy boy named Nobita. Doraemon uses gadgets to help Nobita overcome his troubles and improve his future. The story follows their growing friendship and Nobita's journey toward becoming a better person.

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What happens

Stand by Me Doraemon (Japanese: STAND BY ME ドラえもん, Hepburn: Sutando Bai Mī Doraemon) is a 2014 Japanese animated science fiction comedy-drama film based on the Doraemon manga series and directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki. It was released on 8 August 2014. It is the highest-grossing film of the Doraemon franchise. Bang Zoom! Entertainment premiered an English-dubbed version of the film at the Tokyo International Film Festival on 24 October 2014. Stand by Me Doraemon was commercially successful in Japan. It was number one on the box office charts for five consecutive weeks and was the second highest-grossing animated film of 2014 in Japan, with a box office total of $183.4 million, behind Disney's Frozen. In February 2015, the film won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 38th Japan Academy Prize. A sequel was released on 20 November 2020 in Japan. The film is primarily based on the first chapter of the manga "All the Way From the Future", the 1973 chapter "Mountain Rescue", the 1980 chapter "Goodbye Shizuka", the 1984 chapter "Imprinting Shizuka", the 1998 short film Doraemon Comes Back, and the 1999 short film "Doraemon: Nobita's Night Before a Wedding", though several other chapters are briefly brought up as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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