Doraemon Comes Back
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by Fujiko F. Fujio
- Jun Kaji
- Junichi Kimura
- Sōjirō Masuko
| Doraemon Comes Back | |
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| Directed by | Ayumu Watanabe |
| Screenplay by | Noboru Shiroyama |
| Based on | Doraemon by Fujiko F. Fujio |
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| Starring | |
| Edited by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 27 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $32.1 million |
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.[1] It won the Excellent Award and Silver Award at the 16th Golden Gloss Awards.[2] It is largely an expanded version of the 1974 chapters "Goodbye Doraemon" and "Doraemon Comes Back".
The short film features significant additions and deviations from the original manga chapters, most notably that Shizuka, Dorami, and Nobita’s grandmother, characters who weren't featured in the original stories, were added in to play major roles.
Doraemon Comes Back is the first out of five in a series of Doraemon short films that released from 1998 to 2002.[3]
Called the "Doraemon Moving Series", the short films, consisting of this work, Nobita's Night Before A Wedding, A Grandmother's Recollections, Good Luck! Gian!!, and The Day When I Was Born, were made by people who wanted to carry on the spirit and legacy of Doraemon series creator Fujiko F. Fujio after he died in 1996 by selecting to adapt stories from the manga.[4]
Ayumu Watanabe, the director of Doraemon Comes Back, would go on to serve as the director of the twenty-sixth Doraemon feature film, Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006, a remake of the first Doraemon feature film Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur.[5]
Cast
Soundtrack
Theme song
- "Blue Sky in the Pocket"
- Lyrics: Hiroo Takada / Composition and Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi / Vocals: Satoko Yamano
Insert song
- "Doraemon Comes Back (Suite)"
- Featured as Track 21 on Disc 1 of the "Doraemon Sound Track History ~Shunsuke Kikuchi Music Collection~" album[6][7][8][9]
Release
The short film was released in Japan on March 7, 1998.
It was screened theatrically in a triple feature with the nineteenth Doraemon feature-length film Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas and the Doraemons short film The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects!.[10]
Reception
Box office reception
Because the short film was screened as a triple feature with The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects! and Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas, it grossed ¥2.1 billion yen ($32.1 million) at the Japan box office.
Awards
It received the Excellent Award and Silver Award at the 16th Golden Gloss Awards.[11]
Post-release
Home media
DVD
- "The Movie: Doraemon Comes Back / Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! / The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects! (DVD, Shogakukan, EAIN: 4988104028693, ASIN: B00MDJV8KW, April 1, 2005)[12]
- "The Movie: Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! / The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects! / Doraemon Comes Back [Doraemon the Movie 30th Anniversary Limited Edition]" (DVD, Shogakukan, November 3, 2010)[13]
- "DORAEMON THE MOVIE BOX 1998-2004+TWO" (DVD, Shogakukan, September 3, 2012)[14]
VHS
- "The Movie: Doraemon Comes Back / The Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects!" (VHS, Shogakukan, ASIN: B00005FTP0, March 1, 2000)[15]
Further reading
Books
- "A Collection of Heartwarming Doraemon Classics: Doraemon Comes Back: Nobita's the Night Before A Wedding (This Is Animation)" (Nook, Shogakukan, ISBN-10: 4091015506, ISBN-13: 978-4091015501, October 1, 1999)[16]
