Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes
Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes (ドラえもん のび太の宇宙英雄記, Doraemon: Nobita no Supēsu Hīrōzu), also known as Doraemon The Super Star 2015 and later as Doraemon the Movie 35th is a Japanese animated science fiction action film[4] and the 35th Doraemon film. Released in Japan on 7 March 2015, it commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Doraemon (1979) anime series and the 10th anniversary of the Doraemon (2005) anime. It is similar to Doraemon's 6th movie, Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985).
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| Japanese | ドラえもん のび太の宇宙英雄記 |
| Hepburn | Doraemon: Nobita no Supēsu Hīrōzu |
| Literally | Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes |
| Directed by | Yoshihiro Osugi |
| Written by | Higashi Shimzu |
| Based on | Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio |
| Starring | Wasabi Mizuta Megumi Ōhara Yumi Kakazu Tomokazu Seki Subaru Kimura Inoue Marina Noto Mamiko Yuji Tanaka Mizuki Arisa Masachika Ichimura Furukawa Yutaka Nobuaki Sekine Soga Natsumi Yuji Tanaka Furuta Uta Kotono Mitsuishi |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $36 million[2][3] |
Plot
A space ship crashes into the hill at dark night. One day, Suneo, Gian and Shizuka decide to make a movie about a space-based hero film "Guardians of the Galaxy", which is a magical current blockbuster. In the meantime, Nobita did rubber band art in front of the little kids. Nobita went to the hill where he saw his three friends shooting the film. Gian and Suneo made Nobita perform as the monster, as Nobita wanted to act. Gian beats Nobita as he was a space alien and Nobita starts crying and runs away to his house to ask help from Doraemon. After that, they two returned to the hill where Suneo was shooting the film and Doraemon takes a gadget from his pocket, which is a film director called Burger director.
They all become space heroes (using a "real-light", which made their costumes real) and with the help from Burger, they started fighting a fake space monster. Meanwhile, an alien from another planet came to ask help from the space heroes and they agreed to follow him. On the spacecraft, Aron the alien, who is the sheriff of Pokkoru planet which is full of mice, was lucky to escape the pursuit of security personnel of Recreation Land Space (who are actually alien pirates).
The following morning, Aron and the reconnaissance group enter the Pokkoru planet. After that Aron tries to warn councilors and the public to remain alert, but no one believes him. Nobita discovers some alien pirates, so they push him away and he goes down and drops the star crest down in the wells. Fortunately, Aron finds Nobita tied by ropes and accidentally left his disguise active knowing that Space Land is sucking the energy plan of the planet to shoot down the Arumasu star. However, Aron and Nobita were discovered by Meba, and Gian and Suneo were arrested earlier by Ogon. Shizuka, Doraemon, and Nobita had seen the star drifting toward him, and they knew something was wrong so they rescue them and their friends. Although the rescue was successful, Shizuka was caught by Haido. In order to make Aron's group surrender, he threatens to impale her. Burger director then shows virtual images to scare Haido and save Shizuka. When all of them shelter, the group began to split and Aron learns the truth about the heroes, but still Aron praises the group as heroes since they still came to the planet Pokkoru for helping him. The group then decided to help save the planet, Pokkoru Aron.
The group moves towards the straight to the tower group Space, while the residents of Pokkoru were unaware of their dangers. Meba and Ogon arrive to block and fight the group, while Haido and his group is in the basement below the tower. Meba attacks Aron and Nobita tries to help but was accidentally teleported inside the ship of pirates because the belt on Meba’s waist fell against him, Shizuka then fights and defeats Meba, with Gian dueling and beating Ogon. Doraemon, Suneo, and Aron go into the basement but Haido used his fighter to chase them away. Shizuka and Gian arrive and attack Haido's fighter, resulting in Haido crashing. After confronting Haido, the group learns the secret out.
Nobita fights Ikaros when alone but because he is too weak (due to no energy from graphite - a major component of the star Arumasu), Nobita quickly defeated him. After learning the secret out, they returned to the ship heading to disable launchers but they were too late because Ikarosu had triggered it. Luckily, they stopped the star explosions and killed Arumasu after Burger Director rewinds the time Pokkoru has not sucked the energy to restore the life on their planet. They save Pokkoru from destruction and the residents gradually awakened before Aron's warning. The story ends with the message "Let's protect this smile ..."
Production team
- Original - Fujiko F. Fujio
- Screenplay - Higashi Shimzu
- Director - Yoshihiro Osugi
- Production - "Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes" 2015 Producer (Fujiko professional, Shin-Ei Animation, Shogakukan, Asatsu DK, TV Asahi, ShoPro, Toho, Dentsu, Shirogumi, Robot Communications, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, menu - tele, Shuji Abe, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Hokkaido TV, Hiroshima Home TV)
- Major Production - Shin-Ei Animation
- Distributed by - Toho
Cast
| Character | Japanese voice Actor |
|---|---|
| Doraemon | Wasabi Mizuta |
| Nobita Nobi | Megumi Ōhara |
| Shizuka Minamoto | Yumi Kakazu |
| Takeshi "Giant" Goda | Subaru Kimura |
| Suneo Honekawa | Tomokazu Seki |
| Burger Director | Mamiko Noto |
| Aron | Marina Inoue |
| Hyde | Yuji Tanaka |
| Ogon | Yutaka Furukawa |
| Meba | Alisa Mizuki |
| Ikaros | Masachika Ichimura |
| Councilor | Motomu Kiyokawa |
| Secretary | Nobuyuki Kobushi |
| Grandpa | Nobuaki Sekine |
| Space Pirate Minions | Katsumi Toriumi Kenji Kitamura |
| Children | Ai Fukada Kanami Satō Tomomi Tenjinbayashi Shiori Matsuda |
| Tamako Nobi | Kotono Mitsuishi |
| Gian's Mama | Miyako Takeuchi |
Music
For the first time on December 10, 2014 Miwa singer has revealed she will be able to present songs in the film.[5] On February 25, 2015 her 17th single entitled "360" - the movie theme song was released.
The opening song: Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon (Character ver.) Author: Kurosu Katsuhiko / song - Doraemon (Wasabi Mizuta), Nobita (Ohara Megumi), Shizuka (Yumi Kakazu), Jaian (Kimura Subaru), Suneo (Tomokazu Seki) (Columbia )
The song ends: 360 Lyrics: Miwa / songwriter - Miwa & NAOKI-T / song - Miwa (Sony Music Japan Inc.)
Cage in the movie:
- Yume o Kanaete Doraemon / Lyrics: Kurosu Katsuhiko / Artist: Suginami Children Chorus
- Ginga Boueitai Miracle / Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama / Artist: Suginami Children Chorus
Guest Characters
- Aron - He comes from 'Pokkuru' planet to Earth to get help as his planet is being invaded by space monsters
- Burger Director - He is a gadget from Doraemon made to help the person using the gadget shoot a film.
Box office
The film topped the Japanese box office during its opening weekend (March 7–8) earning US$5.3 million on 557,000 admissions from 365 screens.[6] As of April 19, 2015, it had grossed (¥3.75 billion) at the Japanese box office.[7] The film was the fifth highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥3.93 billion (US$32.7 million).[2] As of February 2016, the film has grossed in Japan ($32.7 million), Hong Kong ($799,043), Italy ($1,295,875), South Korea ($696,169), Taiwan ($108,560), United Arab Emirates ($69,349), Vietnam ($350,706).
Here is the box office of this film of all the weekends in Japan:
| # | Rank | Weekend | Weekend gross | Total gross till current weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | March 7–8 | ¥644,735,500 ($5.4 million) | ¥644,735,500 ($5.4 million) |
| 2 | 1 | March 14–15 | ¥474,683,950 ($3.9 million) | ¥1.24 billion ($10.4 million) |
| 3 | 2 | March 21–22 | ¥327 million ($2.7 million) | ¥1.76 billion ($14.8 million) |
| 4 | 1 | March 28–29 | ¥309,586,900 ($2.6 million) | ¥2.55 billion ($21.2 million) |
| 5 | 1 | April 4–5 | ¥254,795,700 ($2.1 million) | ¥3.4 billion ($29 million) |
| 6 | 3 | April 11–12 | ¥139 million ($1.1 million) | ¥3.67 billion ($30.8 million) |
| 7 | 8 | April 18–19 | ¥52 million ($440,000) | ¥3.74 billion ($31.4 million) |
| 8 | - | April 25–26 | ¥30 million ($280,000) | ¥3.78 billion ($31.7 million) |
| 9 | 13 | May 2–3 | ¥25 million ($210,000) | ¥3.81 billion ($32.0 million) |
| 10 | - | May 9–10 | ¥50 million ($465,000) | ¥3.87 billion ($32.5 million) |
| 11 | - | May 16–17 | ¥15 million ($125,900) | ¥3.89 billion ($32.7 million) |
| Final Total | ¥3.93 billion |
Interesting Trivia
The Arumasu planet, referred to as a sun made out of diamonds, is a planet that exists in the Milky Way, called 55 Cancri e.
References
- ^ "Eiga: Doraemon -- Nobita no Space Heroes". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ^ a b "Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed". Anime News Network. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ "Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Space Heroes". Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "2015 Doraemon Film is Nobita no Space Heroes Uchū Eiyū-ki". Anime News Network. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ "miwa to sing the theme song for new doraemon movie". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Mark Schilling (March 9, 2015). "Japan Box Office: Latest 'Doraemon' Cartoon Opens on Top". Variety. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ Gavin J. Blair (April 19, 2015). "Japan Box Office: 'Furious 7' Opens in Third, Hits Franchise-Best Numbers". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved April 20, 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- ドラえもん&藤子・Ｆ・不二雄公式ファンブック Fライフ 2015-05-11 at the Wayback Machine