The creditless version of the opening video of the latest movie version of the popular animation "Doraemon", "Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Yukiyo Teramoto), the 44th film in the series, has been released on YouTube. The video features the famous song "Make Your Dreams Come True, Doraemon," and shows Doraemon and friends using the secret gadget, the hidden light, to play in various worlds inside pictures. It will be available for a limited time until June 30th.
The opening video starts with Alphonse Mucha's "La Traviata," followed by Edvard Munch's "The Scream," Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night," Ito Jakuchu's "A Golden Pheasant in the Snow," Utagawa Kuniyoshi's "A Collection of Goldfish," and other famous paintings from around the world. The production team's attention to detail can be seen in the way the drawing style of Doraemon and friends changes for each work, and it has become a hot topic on social media with comments such as "I was captivated from the opening," and "The artwork is divine."
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 meet in the painting and face a powerful enemy over the phantom jewel. The film is directed by Teramoto, 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 the screenplay is written by Ito Kimishi, who has written many screenplays for the TV anime "Doraemon", and is participating in the "Doraemon Movie" series for the first time.
It was released on March 7th and has been a hit, attracting 3.49 million viewers and grossing over 4.19 billion yen.
