This list of Doraemon films features both feature-length and short films based on the manga and anime series Doraemon . Since 1980, all of these films to date have been released by Toho. Toho currently holds worldwide distribution and licensing rights for all of the films in the series. As of 2024, there are 44 feature films and 2 special feature films.
At the Japanese box office, Doraemon had grossed more than ¥100 billion revenue and sold more than 100 million tickets by 2015, having surpassed Godzilla as the highest-grossing film franchise in Japan. [1] As of 2020 [update] , the Doraemon films have grossed a total of ¥187 billion ($1.7 billion) worldwide. [2] Doraemon is on the list of highest-grossing films in Japan, one of the all time highest-grossing non-English film franchises, and one of the highest-grossing animated film franchises worldwide.
Most of the original series films were directed by Tsutomu Shibayama. Shunsuke Kikuchi was the music and composer of the movies from the year 1980 to 2000, except the 1998 and 1999 movies, whose music was composed by Senri Oe. Kikuchi was followed by Katsumi Horii for the movies of the years 2000-2004. The music for the films from 2006–17 are composed by Kan Sawada. Takayuki Hattori followed from 2018–present.
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Kyōryū" (Japanese: ドラえもんのび太の恐竜) | 15 March 1980 |
2 | " Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer " Transliteration: "Doraemon Nobita no Uchū Kaitakushi" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の宇宙開拓史) | 14 March 1981 |
3 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyō" (Japanese: ドラえもん: のび太の大魔境) | 13 March 1982 |
4 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil " Transliteration: "Doraemon Nobita no Kaiteiki Ganjō" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城) | 12 March 1983 |
5 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Makai Daibōken" (Japanese: ドラえもん: のび太の魔界大冒険) | 17 March 1984 |
6 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Ritoru Sutā Wōzu" (Japanese: ドラえもん: のび太の宇宙小戦争) | 16 March 1985 |
7 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops " Transliteration: "Doraemon Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太と鉄人兵団) | 15 March 1986 |
8 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs " Transliteration: "Doraemon Nobita to Ryū no Kishi" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太と竜の騎士) | 14 March 1987 |
9 | " Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki" (Japanese: のび太のパラレル西遊記) | 12 March 1988 |
10 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Nippon Tanjō" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の日本誕生) | 11 March 1989 |
11 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Animaru Puranetto" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太とアニマル惑星) | 10 March 1990 |
12 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太のドラビアンナイト) | 9 March 1991 |
13 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Kumo no Ōkoku" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太と雲の王国) | 7 March 1992 |
14 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Buriki no Rabirinsu" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太とブリキの迷宮) | 6 March 1993 |
15 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Mugen Sankenshi" (Japanese: ドラえもん: のび太と夢幻三剣士) | 12 March 1994 |
16 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Sōsei Nikki" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の創世日記) | 4 March 1995 |
17 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Ginga Ekusupuresu" (Japanese: ドラえもん: のび太と銀河超特急) | 2 March 1996 |
18 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Nejimaki Shitī Bōkenki" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太のねじ巻き都市冒険記) | 8 March 1997 |
19 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Nankai Daibōuken" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の南海大冒険) | 7 March 1998 |
20 | " Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Uchū Hyōryūki" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の宇宙漂流記) | 6 March 1999 |
21 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Taiyōō Densetsu" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の太陽王伝説) | 4 March 2000 |
22 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Tsubasa no Yūsha-tachi" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太と翼の勇者たち) | 10 March 2001 |
23 | " Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Robotto Kingudamu" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太とロボット王国) | 9 March 2002 |
24 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太とふしぎ風使い) | 8 March 2003 |
25 | " Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Wan-Nyan Jikūden" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太のワンニャン時空伝) | 6 March 2004 |
26 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Kyōryū 2006" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん のび太の恐竜2006) | 4 March 2006 |
27 | " Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibōken ~7-nin no Mahō Tsukai~" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん のび太の新魔界大冒険 〜7人の魔法使い〜) | 10 March 2007 |
28 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend [3] " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden" (Japanese: 映画 ドラえもん のび太と緑の巨人伝) | 8 March 2008 |
29 | " Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Shin • Nobita No Uchu Kaitakushi" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん 新・のび太の宇宙開拓史) | 7 March 2009 |
30 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の人魚大海戦) | 6 March 2010 |
31 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Shin • Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan ~Habatake Tenshi Tachi~" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん 新・のび太と鉄人兵団 ~はばたけ 天使たち~) | 5 March 2011 |
32 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to Kiseki no Shima 〜Animaru Adobenchā〜" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん のび太と奇跡の島 ~アニマル アドベンチャー~) | 3 March 2012 |
33 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太のひみつ道具博物館) | 9 March 2013 |
34 | " Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five " Transliteration: "Eiga Doraemon: Shin • Nobita no Daimakyo ~Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai~" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん 新・のび太の大魔境〜ペコと5人の探検隊〜) | 8 March 2014 |
35 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes [4] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の宇宙英雄記) | 7 March 2015 |
36 | " Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Shin • Nobita no Nippon Tanjō" (Japanese: ドラえもん 新・のび太の日本誕生) | 5 March 2016 |
37 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi [5] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Nankyoku kachikochi dai bōken" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の南極カチコチ大冒険) | 4 March 2017 |
38 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island [6] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Takarajima" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の宝島) | 3 March 2018 |
39 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration [7] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Getsumen Tansa-ki" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の月面探査記) | 1 March 2019 |
40 | " Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur [8] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Kyōryū" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の新恐竜) | 7 August 2020 |
41 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 [9] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Ritoru Sutā Wōzu 2021" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん: のび太の 宇宙小戦争2021) | 4 March 2022 |
42 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia [10] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita to Sora no Utopia" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん: のび太と 空の理想郷) | 3 March 2023 |
43 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony [11] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no chikyū shinfonī" (Japanese: 映画ドラえもん:のび太の地球交響楽) | 1 March 2024 |
44 | " Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales [12] [13] " Transliteration: "Doraemon: Nobita no Esekai Monogatari" (Japanese: ドラえもん のび太の絵世界物語) | 7 March 2025 |
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | " Stand by Me Doraemon " (Japanese: スタンド・バイ・ミー ドラえもん) | 8 August 2014 |
2 | " Stand by Me Doraemon 2 " (Japanese: スタンド・バイ・ミー ドラえもん 2) | 20 November 2020 |
These short films were usually shown alongside the feature-length movies above. The specials were usually aired on TV and aren't included in the regular episode numbering.
The following short films have been shown or are being screened at the Fujiko F. Fujio theater (Fシアター) in Japan: [14]
Film | Release year | Ticket sales (Japan) | Box office gross revenue | |
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Japan | Overseas | |||
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur | 1980 | 60,720,000 [15] | ¥2,640,000,000 [16] | Unknown |
The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer | 1981 | ¥2,980,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Haunts of Evil | 1982 | ¥2,070,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil | 1983 | ¥1,700,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld | 1984 | ¥2,810,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita's Little Star Wars | 1985 | ¥2,040,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Steel Troops | 1986 | ¥2,210,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs | 1987 | ¥2,550,000,000 [16] | ||
The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West | 1988 | ¥2,310,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Birth of Japan | 1989 | ¥3,430,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Animal Planet | 1990 | ¥3,250,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita's Dorabian Nights | 1991 | ¥3,060,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds | 1992 | ¥2,860,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth | 1993 | ¥2,810,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen | 1994 | ¥2,300,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World | 1995 | ¥2,210,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express | 1996 | ¥2,720,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Spiral City | 1997 | 17,550,000 [17] [15] [18] | ¥3,400,000,000 [16] | |
Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas | 1998 | ¥3,570,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita Drifts in the Universe | 1999 | ¥3,400,000,000 [16] | ||
Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King | 2000 | ¥3,050,000,000 [19] | ||
Nobita and the Winged Braves | 2001 | ¥3,000,000,000 [19] | ||
Nobita in the Robot Kingdom | 2002 | ¥2,310,000,000 [19] | $723,229 [20] | |
Nobita and the Windmasters | 2003 | ¥2,540,000,000 [19] | $1,401,849 [21] | |
Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey | 2004 | ¥3,050,000,000 [22] | $549,304 [23] | |
Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 | 2006 | 2,970,000 [18] | ¥3,280,000,000 [22] | $5,375,823 [a] |
Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld | 2007 | 3,260,000 [18] | ¥3,540,000,000 [22] | $4,352,792 [b] |
Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | 2008 | 3,130,000 [18] | ¥3,370,000,000 [22] | $3,334,403 [c] |
Nobita's Spaceblazer | 2009 | 2,300,000 [18] | ¥2,450,000,000 [22] | $1,596,436 [32] |
Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King | 2010 | 2,980,000 [18] | ¥3,160,000,000 [22] | $2,295,514 [d] |
Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels | 2011 | 2,270,000 [18] | ¥2,460,000,000 [22] | $1,334,369 [34] |
Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure | 2012 | 3,310,000 [18] | ¥3,620,000,000 [22] | $1,674,089 [e] |
Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum | 2013 | 3,650,000 [18] | ¥3,980,000,000 [22] | $2,882,956 [f] |
New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five | 2014 | 3,260,000 [18] | ¥3,580,000,000 [22] | $2,651,639 [g] |
Stand by Me Doraemon | 2014 | 6,250,000 [38] | ¥8,380,000,000 [22] | $183,442,714 [h] |
Nobita's Space Heroes | 2015 | 3,510,000 [18] | ¥3,930,000,000 [22] | $3,406,274 [i] |
Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 | 2016 | 3,630,000 [18] | ¥4,120,000,000 [22] | $17,270,593 [j] |
Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi | 2017 | 3,890,000 [44] | ¥4,430,000,000 [22] | $24,302,752 [k] |
Doraemon the Movie 2018: Nobita's Treasure Island | 2018 | 4,680,000 [49] | ¥5,370,000,000 [22] | $33,812,757 [50] |
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration | 2019 | 4,370,000 [51] | ¥5,020,000,000 [52] | $21,025,896 [53] [54] [l] |
Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur | 2020 | 2,760,000 [55] | ¥3,350,000,000 [56] | $11,522,851 [57] |
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 | 2020 | 2,260,000 [55] | ¥2,780,000,000 [22] | $65,201,374 [m] |
Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 | 2022 | 1,784,513 [59] | ¥2,127,589,250 [59] | Unknown |
Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia | 2023 | 3,620,000 [60] | ¥4,340,000,000 [61] | $37,475,850 [62] |
Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony | 2024 | 3,561,328 [63] | ¥4,133,386,930 [63] | $30,187,415 [64] |
Regional total | 145,715,841 | ¥145,690,976,180 | $455,820,879+ | |
Worldwide total | ¥187,000,000,000 ($1,700,000,000) [2] |
Doraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. First serialized in 1969, the manga's chapters were collected in 45 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan from 1974 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back from the 22nd century to help a boy named Nobita Nobi.
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend, also known as Doraemon, Nobita and the Green Planet, is a 2008 Japanese animated science fantasy film that was released in Japan on 8 March 2008. It's the 28th Doraemon film.
Doraemon the Movie: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer, also known as Doraemon: The Hero 2009 then later as Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction neo-western film. It's the 29th of Doraemon films series. It is a remake of the 1981 movie The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer.
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King is a 2010 Japanese animated science fantasy action adventure film based on the manga and anime series Doraemon, and is the 30th Doraemon film. The film was released in Japan on March 6, 2010.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~, also known as Doraemon the Movie 2012, Doraemon Animal Adventure and Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Last Haven -Animal Adventure-, is a 2012 Japanese animated film based on the popular manga and anime series Doraemon. It's the 32nd Doraemon film. The film was released in Japan on March 3, 2012.
Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum, also known as Doraemon and Nobita Holmes in the Mysterious Museum of the Future and Doraemon the Movie: Nobita in the Secret Gadget Museum, is a 2013 Japanese anime science-fiction mystery comedy film. It is the 33rd film of the Doraemon film series.
Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five is a 2014 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film. It is a remake of the 1982 film, Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil. The film was released on 8 March 2014 in Japan & 4 August 2016 in United States. It's the 34th Doraemon film. This movie was the 5th highest grossing animated film of 2014 anime in Japan. The opening theme song is "Yume o Kanaete Doraemon", performed by MAO and the ending theme song is "Hikari no Signal" performed by Kis-My-Ft2.
Stand by Me 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. The English version features the cast of the Disney XD show Doraemon: Gadget Cat From the Future. A different English version with local actors was distributed by Multivision Pictures Entertainment and VIVA International Pictures for a Filipino audience in 2015, however is currently lost. It is therefore the first of 2 Doraemon films to be dubbed in English.
Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes, also known as Doraemon The Super Star 2015 and later as Doraemon the Movie 35th is an anime science fiction action adventure film 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.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 is a 2016 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film written and directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa. It is the 36th feature film of Doraemon franchise. It is a remake of the 1989 film Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan. The film is about the adventure of Nobita and his friend in Japan, 70,000 years ago. The taglines were "Friendship could cross over space-time", "Daddy, I saw the birth of Japan in 21st century", "We can see the birth of Japan in 21st Century" and "Some of the secrets only have in Japan".
Doraemon the Movie 2017: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi is a Japanese animated science-fiction film. It is the 37th installment in the Doraemon movie series. It is directed and written by Atsushi Takahashi. Takahashi was an assistant director on Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning Spirited Away.
Doraemon's Long Tales, also known as Doraemon's Long Stories, is a manga series based on Fujiko F. Fujio’s Doraemon. As the name suggests, Doraemon’s Long Tales features whole volumes of longer and continuous narratives about Doraemon, Nobita and friends on their adventures into various lands of science fiction and fantasy, unlike the regular Doraemon series which is merely compilations ("volumes") of various self-contained shorts.
Events in 2017 in anime. This year is known as the Anime Centennial Year, and was celebrated as its 100th anniversary to commemorate the ending of the Heisei era.
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island, also known as Doraemon the Movie 2018, is a Japanese anime science fiction action-adventure film. It is the 38th Doraemon film. The story is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island, with a screenplay written by Genki Kawamura - the producer of Your Name and The Boy and the Beast. Kazuaki Imai, an episode director on the Doraemon television anime, directs the project as his first Doraemon franchise film.
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration is an anime epic science fiction film directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa and screenplay provided by Mizuki Tsujimura. It was premiered in Japan on 1 March 2019.
Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur is a Japanese animated science fiction adventure film, and the first Doraemon film released during the Reiwa era. It celebrates 50 years of the Doraemon franchise, alongside Stand by Me Doraemon 2. The screenplay for Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur is written by Genki Kawamura.
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 is a 2022 Japanese animated epic space opera film. It is the 41st Doraemon film and serves as a remake of the 1985 film Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars.
Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia is a 2023 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film. It is the 42nd film of the Japanese animated series Doraemon created by Fujiko F. Fujio. Directed by Takumi Doyama with a screenplay by Ryota Furusawa, it was released on 3 March 2023.
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