Doraemon: Nobita no kyôryû

Here we go, the one that started this impressively long-running film series. The premise of this movie is that the main character Nobita uses one of Doraemon's gadgets to revive the fossilized egg of an extinct marine reptile, a plesiosaur, and keeps the hatchling as a pet.

Looking at the movie poster, it's interesting to see that this film is barely advertised as prehistory-themed. There's a pterosaur on the poster, but it's hardly front and center. In fact, Nobita's plesiosaur, Piisuke, is not even shown. Much could be said about the scientific elements of the movie (as a paleontologist, I'm obligated to point out that Piisuke is not actually a dinosaur), but this is not the website to go on at length about that.

Leaving aside the time travel component and the fact that the pet is an extinct animal, this is a fairly typical "child and their pet" story in many ways. The protagonist brings a new pet into his life, bonds with it by learning to care for it, goes on an extraordinary adventure with the pet by his side, and foils antagonists who want to take the pet away, but ultimately still has to say goodbye to it. It's a popular narrative for a reason, and Nobita's relationship with Piisuke is certainly compelling. As for the other main characters, Nobita's friends-Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo-don't drive the story substantially once the adventure is underway, though they do get enough characterization that they don't feel absent. All in all, this is a decent take on a classic storyline, but it also reads as a relatively "safe" first attempt at a movie for the franchise. The highest of highs in the Doraemon film series are yet to come.

With a beautiful work of art and animation, the movie depicts the little color droplets in our heart. A great direction forces us to fall in love with those cartoons. It is a nostalgic story with a lots of fun, emotion, friendship. Released in 1980, it is the most adorable animated feature film that i've ever seen.

I remember watching this movie as a kid and it's just breathtaking. The artstyle, the storyline, the chemistry between the characters, just wonderful. I cried on almost every scene as it was so heart touching.

Emotional and It touches.

Story is a bit lame but not for kids and this is made for kids.

When asked what TV show had the most movie adaptations, some would say "Star Trek" or the anime fans would say something like "Pokemon". Turns out there's a show that blows those all out of the way and it's "Doraemon". I have never seen the show before as it took decades for it to hit American airwaves. From what I saw from this movie, I think I can understand the plot. It's about this robot cat (never heard of one of those before) who lives with a kid named Nobita. He can summon machines out of his pouch and they go on wacky adventures. This was a good introduction for any non fan.

Hey, first review! Is that a thing here on the IMDb? Anyway, this really was a good movie. I was confused because it seemed like it would end after only thirty minutes, but it went on. I actually really do feel sad for Nobita's dinosaur in this. He comes off as very sympathetic and it's sad when Nobita has to let him go. When he was left in the wrong place, I really did feel bad for him! I will admit that the movie does seem padded. It's still very well animated, though. The way the other dinosaurs stand out as much more realistic is very cool! If you can find a version of this with subtitles like I did, see it if only to understand one of the longest running anime of all time. ***