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, also known as ''Doraemon and the Winged Warriors'', is a 2001 Japanese animated science fiction
adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...
which premiered in Japan on 10 March 2001, based on the 21st volume of the same name of the '' Doraemon Long Stories'' series. It's the 22nd Doraemon film.


Plot

The film starts with Dekisugi, Gian, Nobita and Shizuka watching a televised broadcast about a herd of flamingos mysteriously disappearing, Nobita after seeing this, dreams of being able to fly with wings. He builds wooden wings after Doraemon refuses to help him, though he repeatedly fails to fly using them. While trying to help Shizuka to reclaim her pet canary, they witness a portal opens in the sky and a humanoid bird riding an airplane coming out. He introduces himself as Gusuke, a humanoid bird who lives in Birdopia. Doraemon, Nobita, and Shizuka help Gusuke fix his airplane, they quickly became friends with him. As Gusuke departs to his home, Gian and Suneo catch him and grab his plane. The other three follow them through the portal. Arriving at Birdopia, Gian and Suneo are captured by
crow A crow is a bird of the genus ''Corvus'', or more broadly, a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not linked scientifically to any certain trait but is rathe ...
soldiers and brought to the vulture Commander Seagrid, who plans to execute them. Meanwhile, Doraemon, Nobita, and Shizuka find Gusuke near the owl Professor Hou's house after fleeing from the same crow soldiers with the help of an ostrich taxi service. Hou explains that Birdopia is a world existing far away from human world and is connected only during
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, which is guarded by Bird Migration Patrol Troops. Seagrid was once a member of the troops, but he was shot by humans and had to retire early and is now seeking vengeance against them. Hou advises them to take cover as most despise humans in Birdopia, Doraemon brings "Bird Hats" which can sprout wings by wearing them, with him as a pigeon, Nobita a duck, and Shizuka a
swan Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology) ...
. The three and Gusuke manage to stage a rescue of Gian and Suneo shortly thereafter, and Doraemon gives them Bird Hats of an
albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Paci ...
and a
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respectively. Gusuke informs Nobita and his friends that there will be an annual competition, "Rally Icarus", which is used to recruit members for the Patrol Troops, and that they should join it. During a dinner with Gusuke's parents and his friend, Milk, Gusuke confesses that he is actually adopted and that he is unable to fly naturally due to his trauma from falling right before being found by his adopted mother. Meanwhile, Hou deciphers an ancient tablet which contains information about Phoenicia, an ancient
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-like
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who can destroy the world. The captain of the crow soldiers reports to Seagrid after overhearing it, after which Seagrid kidnaps Hou for the location of Phoenicia so he can use it to destroy humanity. During the "Rally Icarus", Gusuke manages to win but gets disqualified when Seagrid's
falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels. Falcons are widely distrib ...
lieutenant Babylon, by Seagrid's orders, says that people who use machines to fly are disqualified. The group later realize that Hou is missing and after Doraemon learns about Phoenicia by reading the tablet using Translator Jelly, go to search for Icarus, a legendary
eagle Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...
who was imprisoned in the Birdopia prison after being falsely accused of letting Seagrid get shot. They manage to convince him to stop Seagrid from awakening Phoenicia, who is buried at an icy mountain. Along the way, they find a projector which projects a hologram of Mamoru Torino, a 23rd-century
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who is obsessed in creating a safe haven for birds, which eventually led to the creation of Birdopia. However, the group is too late to stop Seagrid as he successfully awakens Phoenicia. Doraemon attempts to de-evolve Phoenicia into an
amoeba An amoeba (; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; : amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) ), often called an amoeboid, is a type of Cell (biology), cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter its shape, primarily by ...
using his Transgression Beam, but he gets into a struggle with Babylon, which causes the beam to instead evolve the creature into a bigger, stronger version. The creature does not follow Seagrid's bidding and nearly kills him in the process before being saved by Icarus. Phoenicia then goes on a rampage in Birdopia. During the battle, Gusuke awakes his ability to fly after Icarus (who is revealed to be his father to the viewer only) gives him to courage to do so and manages to lure Phoenicia to the top of the Perched Tree, while Doraemon and Nobita travel to the top of the tree where Mamoru's time machine is located, intending to knock out Phoenicia. When it does not work, Doraemon instead transports both the machine and Phoenicia back to billions of years in the past to the Pre-Hadean Era. After the destruction caused by Phoenicia is fixed, the main characters and Birdopia all celebrate together. The film ends with Nobita and his friends bidding farewell to everyone in Birdopia before returning to their home world with Shizuka also bringing back her pet canary.


Cast


Release

The film was released in Taiwan on 8 March 2001. It was released in India on 8 September 2019 with the title 'Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Aur Birdopia Ka Sultan' (English: Doraemon The Movie: Nobita and The Sultan of Birdopia)


References


External links


Doraemon The Movie 25th page
* {{Authority control 2001 films 2001 anime films 2000s children's animated films Japanese children's films Nobita and the Winged Braves Animated films about birds Avian humanoids Films directed by Tsutomu Shibayama 2000s monster movies Films about robots Kaiju films Animated films about robots Animated films about cats Animated films about parallel universes