Aimyon, who performs the theme song for the latest theatrical release of the popular anime series "Doraemon: Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Yukiyo Teramoto), the 44th film in the series, visited Rome, Italy to promote the film together with Doraemon.
The setting of the latest film, the "world inside a painting," the Principality of Arturia, is modeled on Italy, and the world premiere took place on February 23rd at Rome's "The Space Cinema Moderno" movie theater. The day before the world premiere, Aimyon strolled around Rome's famous sites with Doraemon. "It's my first time in Italy! Today I'll be traveling around Italy with Doraemon all day, so I want to enjoy it to the fullest. I want to promote Doraemon to people walking around the city!" she said enthusiastically.
The trip to Rome started at the Borghese Gallery, in keeping with "Picture World Story." Many 17th century art pieces are on display in the museum, and as soon as Aimyon entered she couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow..." in excitement. She actually loves art museums and visits them often, saying, "Europe is known as the land of art, so I'm happy to be able to visit a real art museum. Actually, yesterday I bought all the Doraemon-colored paints at a local art supply store so I could draw Doraemon. Today I'm going to look at the paintings in the museum and learn from them."
On the way, while looking around the whole room decorated with paintings, Doraemon. Furthermore, as he went further into the museum, he arrived at a room with a familiar wall. "It looks like the room with the paintings in Arturia Castle! (Looking at the wall with no paintings) Could it be the work of the painting thief who appears in the movie...!?" he said, getting very excited as he compared it to the main story. "It's amazing to think that old paintings have remained like this," he said, enjoying the museum.
Next, we went to the Plaza de España, which features a large staircase with 135 steps. After meeting up with Doraemon and taking a commemorative photo, we headed to the next famous spot, the Mouth of Truth. Just like the legend of the end of the world that is passed down in the Principality of Arturia, here is a famous legend that "if a liar puts his hand in the mouth, he will not be able to get it out or will get his hand bitten," and it is crowded with many tourists every day. "Once, I had to get on an airplane for some business, which I'm not very good at, and I lied and said I had a stomach ache (lol)," Aimyon said, coming out, and while Doraemon watched over her, she timidly put it in her mouth. "It's scary!" she said, frightened, but when she safely removed her hand, she showed a smile of relief and said, "It was okay! Safe!"
After parting ways with Doraemon, who said he was going to eat some real tiramisu, Aimyon headed to Trevi Fountain to achieve her goal of the trip, which was to toss a coin. "The water is clearer and prettier than I expected. I can see the coins that fell into the fountain. I want to toss it quickly!" she commented. There is a superstition that if you toss a coin with your right hand over your shoulder, your wish will come true, and the wish that comes true will differ depending on the number of coins you toss. After hearing this, Aimyon decided to try to tossing two coins, which is said to allow you to stay with your loved one forever. "I wonder if they will go in..." she thought nervously as she tossed the coins, and both of them went into the fountain. "Yay! Now I've achieved my goal. I was worried that the coins would hit people, but I was able to toss them safely," she said with great joy.
They then toured the Colosseum, an amphitheater, before heading to Castel Sant'Angelo in the center of Rome as their final destination. They met up with Doraemon and took a commemorative photo at a great spot with Castel Sant'Angelo directly in front of them. Aimyon, who still wanted to enjoy Rome, ended her visit with a visit to the Pantheon, Rome's oldest temple. "It's amazing how well preserved it is, even though it's the oldest in Rome. It's so cool," she said, impressed.
After finishing her trip to Rome, Aimyon sent the following message: "The cityscape with its rows of warm-colored houses is just like the Principality of Arturia! Next time I want to watch the movie carefully, from start to finish." "Opportunities like this don't come around often, so it was a surprise to be able to come with Doraemon and it was a nice treat to myself. Gracchie (thank you)!! In Italy I was able to realize once again how great Doraemon is, and I hope that in the movie you will pay attention to the Italian scenery and atmosphere, as well as Doraemon and Nobita's great adventure. I was also looking forward to the theme song and insert songs."
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, 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 screenplay for the first time in the "Doraemon the Movie" series. It was released on March 7th.
