It has been revealed that the box office revenue of the latest film version of the popular anime series "Doraemon", "Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Teramoto Yukiyo), the 44th film in the series, has exceeded 2.1 billion yen. It has been a hit, drawing in over 1.77 million moviegoers. According to the movie attendance rankings for March 21-23 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha), the film drew an audience of about 282,000 people over the three-day weekend, bringing in box office revenue of about 347 million yen, making it the number one film for three 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 is directed by Yukiyo Teramoto, who directed the TV anime "Doraemon" and became the first female director in the series with "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Demon Adventure ~The Seven Magicians~" in 2007, and is written by Kimihito Ito, who has written many screenplays for the TV anime "Doraemon", and is taking part in the "Doraemon the Movie" series for the first time as the screenwriter. It was released on March 7th.
