Countries where Doraemon visited in the movies

This list of ''

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'' films features both feature-length and short films based on the

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and

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series ''

''. Since 1980, all of these films to date have been released by

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. Toho currently holds worldwide distribution and licensing rights for all of the films in the series. At the Japanese box office, ''Doraemon'' had grossed more than revenue and sold more than 100 million tickets by 2015, having surpassed ''

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'' as the highest-grossing film franchise in Japan. , the ''Doraemon'' films have grossed a total of () worldwide. ''Doraemon'' is the highest-grossing anime film franchise of all time, the highest-grossing non-English film franchise, and one of the highest-grossing animated film franchises worldwide.

Feature films

Most of the original series films were directed by

Tsutomu Shibayama is a Japanese anime director of film and television. He is known for directing the 1980 and 2006 ''Doraemon'' series. He was born in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo. In 2012 he won Agency for Cultural Affair Award.Shunsuke Kikuchi was a Japanese composer who was active from the early 1960s until 2017. He specialized in incidental music for media such as television and film. Kikuchi was regarded as one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working princi ...

was the music and composer of the movies from the year 1980 to 2000, except the 1998 and 1999 movies, whose music was composed by Senri Ohe. Kikuchi was followed by Katsumi Horii for the movies of the years 2000-2004. The music for the films from 2006–17 are composed by

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followed from 2018–present.

Special films

Short films

These short films were usually shown alongside the feature-length movies above. The specials were usually aired on TV and aren't included in the regular episode numbering. * ''What Am I for Momotaro'' (ぼく、桃太郎のなんなのさ) - 1981 * ''In A Thrilling, Solar Car'' (トキメキソーラーくるまによん) - 1992 * ''2112: The Birth of Doraemon'' (2112年ドラえもん誕生) - 1995 * ''Doraemon Comes Back'' (帰ってきたドラえもん) - 1998 * ''Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding'' (のび太の結婚前夜) - 1999 * '' A Grandmother's Recollections'' (おばあちゃんの思い出) - 2000 * ''Ganbare! Gian!!'' (Good Luck! Gian!!) ( がんばれ!ジャイアン!!) - 2001 * ''The Day When I Was Born'' (ぼくの生まれた日) - 2002 * ''Doraemon's 25th Anniversary'' ( ドラえもんアニバーサリー25) - 2004 * ''Doraemon: Ken-chan's Adventure'' (ドラえもんケンちゃんの冒険) - 1981 * ''Doraemon Meets Ninja Hattori'' (82お正月だよ！ドラえもん・怪物くん・忍者ハットリくん) - 1982 * ''Doraemon: Europe Rail Travel'' (藤子不二雄スペシャルドラえもん・ヨーロッパ鉄道の旅) - 1983 * ''Doraemon: Nobita to Mirai Note'' (ドラえもんのび太と未来ノート) - 1994 * ''Early English with Doraemon'' (ドラえもん英語敎室)

Dorami-chan films

* ''Mini-Dora SOS!!'' ( ミニドラSOS!!) - 1989 * ''Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits'' ( アララ少年山賊団!) - 1991 * ''Dorami-chan: Hello, Dynosis Kids!!'' ( ハロー恐竜キッズ!!) - 1993 * ''A Blue Straw Hat'' ( 青いストローハット) - 1994

Dorami & Doraemons films

* ''Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries'' ( ロボット学校七不思議!?) - 1996 * ''Space Land's Critical Event'' ( 宇宙ランド危機イッパツ!) - 2001

The Doraemons films

*''The Puzzling Challenge Letter of the Mysterious Thief Dorapan'' ( 怪盗ドラパン謎の挑戦状!) - 1997 *''The Great Operating of Springing Insects!'' ( ムシムシぴょんぴょん大作戦!) - 1998 *''Funny Candy of Okashinana!?'' ( おかしなお菓子なオカシナナ?) - 1999 *''Doki Doki Wildcat Engine'' ( ドキドキ機関車大爆走！) - 2000 *''Goal! Goal! Goal!!'' ( ゴール!ゴール!ゴール!!) - 2002

F-Theater

The following short films have been shown or are being screened at the

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theater (Fシアター) in Japan: *''Doraemon and Perman Close Call!?'' (ドラえもん＆パーマン危機一髪!?) ''2011'' *''21 Emon & Doraemon: Welcome to Hotel Tsunesha'' (21エモン&ドラえもんようこそ!ホテルつづれ屋へ) ''2012'' *''Susume Roboketto & Doraemon: Decisive Battle! Tornado Castle on the Cloud'' (すすめロボケット&ドラえもん『「決戦！雲の上の竜巻城』) ''2013'' *''Doraemon & Chimpui: Eli-sama's gift of gifts for love"'' (ドラえもん&チンプイ『エリ様愛のプレゼント大作戦』) ''2014'' *''Kiteretsu Encyclopedia & Doraemon: Koro Assistance 's First Approach'' (キテレツ大百科＆ドラえもん『コロ助のはじめてのおつかい』) ''2015'' *''Pokonyan & Doraemon: Here pure cat in Pompoko Nyan!?'' (ポコニャン＆ドラえもん『ポンポコニャンでここほれニャンニャン！？』) ''2016'' *''Umeboshi Denka & Doraemon: Papparopan's SuperPappa!'' (ウメ星デンカ＆ドラえもん『パンパロパンのスッパッパ！』) ''2017'' *''Doraemon & F-character All-Stars: a big pinch in the lunar race!?'' (ドラえもん＆ F キャラオールスターズ『月面レースで大ピンチ！？』) ''2019'' *''Doraemon's Birth'' / ''Nobita the star?'' (『ドラえもん誕生』『セイカイはのび太？』) ''2020''; a double-feature. *''Doraemon & F-character All-Stars: Slightly Mysterious Bullet Train (Express)!'' (ドラえもん＆Fキャラオールスターズ『すこし不思議超特急（エクスプレス）』！) ''2021''

Box office performance

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References

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