The latest film in the popular anime series "Doraemon: Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Teramoto Yukiyo), the 44th installment in the series, was released on March 7th, and it has been revealed that its box office revenue has exceeded 1.4 billion yen in the 10 days since. The number of moviegoers has exceeded 1.14 million, making it a hit. According to the movie attendance rankings for March 14-16 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha), the number of moviegoers over the three-day weekend was about 467,000, and the box office revenue was about 576 million yen, making it the number one film for two consecutive weeks.
The latest film is the 45th anniversary work of the "Doraemon" movie series. The stage is "the world inside the painting", where Doraemon and Nobita and friends who met in the painting face off against a powerful enemy for the phantom jewel.
The film will be directed by Yukiyo Teramoto, who has directed the TV anime "Doraemon " and became the series' first female director with " Nobita 'Doraemon New Great Adventure into the Underworld: The Seven Magicians" in 2007. The screenplay will be written by Kimihisa Ito, who has written many scripts for the TV anime " Doraemon," and will be taking part in the "Doraemon the Movie" series for the first time.
