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Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980), directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi, starring Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara.

03/15/1980 BR Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy and Science Fiction 1h 47m

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When Suneo does not show Nobita the fossil of a dinosaur claw, he takes up a challenge to find a dinosaur. He digs up a hillside and finds an egg, which later hatches and becomes a dinosaur.

What the catalogue says about this film

  • Film 1 of 45 in Doraemon: Coleção, by release order
  • Film 1 of 5 by 福冨博 in the catalogue
  • Nobuyo Oyama and Noriko Ohara share the screen in 33 films in the catalogue
  • Rated 6.7, against a Science Fiction average of 6.1

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  • 三沢勝治Cinematography
  • Hiroshi FukutomiDirector
  • 井上和男Editing
  • 森田清次Editing

Doraemon: Coleção

The franchise in release order. 46 films.

About the film

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (ドラえもん: のび太の恐竜, Doraemon: Nobita no Kyōryū) is a 1980 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film based on the manga series Doraemon, particularly the first volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series, which itself was based on a single chapter of the original manga. The film premiered on March 15, 1980, in Japan. It is the first feature-length Doraemon film. In 2006, the film received a remake called Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 as the first feature-length film for the 2005 reboot. It is an expanded version of the 1975 chapter of the same name. It became the highest-grossing animated film of 1980.

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Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (ドラえもん: のび太の恐竜, Doraemon: Nobita no Kyōryū) is a 1980 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film based on the manga series Doraemon, particularly the first volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series, which itself was based on a single chapter of the original manga. The film premiered on March 15, 1980, in Japan. It is the first feature-length Doraemon film. In 2006, the film received a remake called Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 as the first feature-length film for the 2005 reboot. It is an expanded version of the 1975 chapter of the same name. It became the highest-grossing animated film of 1980.

Plot

Suneo shows a fossil of a dinosaur claw to everyone except Nobita. Being very furious, Nobita claims he will be able to find a living dinosaur. Due to Doraemon refusing to help him, he digs on a hillside, but instead earns punishment from a landlord nearby who forces him to unearth a hole in the ground. He finds an egg-shaped stone underneath and quickly uses a time wrap to return it to its former form, and after warming it, the egg hatches to reveal a Futabasaurus, who is subsequently named Piisuke by Nobita. Instead of immediately showing the Futabasaurus to the others, Nobita waits for it to grow while making a deal with others. However, as Piisuke grows too large, Nobita and Doraemon hide him in the nearby lake but attract the attention of a mysterious assailant from the 24th century who wanted to purchase Piisuke from Nobita. Worried about the risk of Piisuke being found and overwhelmed in having to take care of the dinosaur, Doraemon and Nobita transport him to 100 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period. They are attacked by an assailant who previously tried to make a deal with Nobita to sell Piisuke, though they manage to escape. When Gian and Suneo confront Nobita about his claim about his living dinosaur, he runs into Shizuka, but after revealing that even she thinks he's lying, Nobita got furious and brings all three of them to his house to show Piisuke. Left with no proof, Nobita instead shows them Piisuke through a television monitor, but realizes that he and Doraemon had unknowingly transported Piisuke to the North American shore after the time machine was attacked by the assailant. They and the others decide to go there, but the time machine is overloaded and gets destroyed once they arrive.

The group lands on the North American shore and finds Piisuke, proving Nobita's claim and making his friends apologize to him. Doraemon suggests the others have fun on the beach, while he quietly tries to fix the time machine. He only reveals that the time machine is broken and must be taken back to Nobita's desk in faraway Japan if they want to go back to the present time after he failed. At night, when they are having dinner, a large Tyrannosaurus appears from the forest. Doraemon uses his Momotaro Dango to control it, and orders him to go back. The group decides to travel across Beringia to return home. In their way, they meet with various dinosaur species who either help or hinder their progress, such as Brontosaurus and Ornithomimus. At a cliff, they are attacked by a pack of Pteranodons, who break their bamboocopters. They are saved by several assailants, who reveal they are dinosaur hunters working for a fossil collector named Dollmanstein from the 24th century. They offer to return them back home in exchange for selling Piisuke. Refusing the deal, the group set a lure for the hunters by making mud statues of them and placing them in cars, while they escape across a river with a raft. However, they are eventually spotted and separated, with Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka captured by the hunters, while Nobita, Doraemon and Piisuke fell from a waterfall.

Thankfully, one of Doraemon's gadgets saved the three. Leaving Piisuke behind for its safety, Doraemon and Nobita find the hunters' quarter downstream where Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka are used as baits for a Tyrannosaurus. The hunters demand that they hand over Piisuke in exchange for their lives, but the Tyrannosaurus is revealed to be the one they had previously used a Momotaro Dango for, and the group uses it to attack the hunters. The hunters are subsequently captured and imprisoned by the Time Patrol. Piisuke is transported to his homeland, Late Cretaceous Japan, while Nobita and his friends bid him farewell and go back to the present day.

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Release

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur was released in Japan on March 15, 1980, where it was distributed by Toho. The film grossed ¥2.64 billion in Japan and was the fifth highest-grossing Japanese film of the year, and one of the highest-grossing animated films.

Home media

The film was first released on Laserdisc in Japan on October 18, 1989.

The film was released on VHS by Shogakukan in December 1991. It was later re-released on VHS by Pony Canyon on May 17, 1996. Pony Canyon eventually released the film on DVD on March 14, 2001. The company later re-released the film on DVD on September 3, 2010.

See also

List of films featuring dinosaurs

List of Doraemon films

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External links

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur at IMDb

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Text from Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon:_Nobita's_Dinosaur

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What is Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur about?

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur: When Suneo does not show Nobita the fossil of a dinosaur claw, he takes up a challenge to find a dinosaur. He digs up a hillside and finds an egg, which later hatches and becomes a dinosaur.

Who directed Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur?

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur was directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi in 1980.

Who stars in Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur?

The cast of Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur includes Nobuyo Oyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kazuya Tatekabe and Kaneta Kimotsuki.

How long is Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur?

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur runs for 107 minutes, or 1h47.

What is the correct order of the Doraemon: Coleção films?

The Doraemon: Coleção franchise has 46 films in the catalogue. In release order: Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur; 映画ドラえもん のび太の宇宙開拓史; 映画ドラえもん のび太の大魔境; 映画ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城; 映画ドラえもん のび太の魔界大冒険; 映画ドラえもん のび太の宇宙小戦争; 映画ドラえもん のび太と鉄人兵団; 映画ドラえもん のび太と竜の騎士.

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