It has been revealed that the 44th film in the popular anime series "Doraemon," the latest movie version, "Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Teramoto Yukiyo), has attracted over 2.47 million viewers. Box office revenue is approaching 3 billion yen. According to the movie attendance rankings for the 28th to 30th of March (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) announced on March 31st, the film attracted approximately 358,000 viewers over the three-day weekend, bringing in box office revenue of approximately 435 million yen, surpassing the results of the previous week and making it number one for the fourth consecutive week.
The latest film is the 45th anniversary work of the "Doraemon the Movie" series. The setting is "the world inside the painting," where Doraemon and Nobita and friends meet in the painting and face off against a powerful enemy over the phantom jewel. It is directed by Teramoto Yukiyo, who directed the TV anime "Doraemon" and became the first female director of the series with "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld ~The Seven Magicians~" in 2007, and Ito Kimishi, who has written many screenplays for the TV anime "Doraemon," is in charge of the script for the "Doraemon the Movie" series for the first time. It was released on March 7th.
The first film in the "Doraemon" series, "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dinosaur," was released in 1980. The highest box office revenue in the series was recorded by "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island" in 2018, which earned 5.37 billion yen.
