Stand by Me Doraemon (STAND BY ME ドラえもん) is a 2014 Japanese 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy drama film based on the Doraemon manga series and directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki.[2] It was released on 8 August 2014.[3][4] It is the highest-grossing film of the Doraemon franchise. Bang Zoom! Entertainment premiered an English-dubbed version of the film at the Tokyo International Film Festival on 24 October 2014.[5] The English version features the cast of the Disney XD show Doraemon: Gadget Cat From the Future.
The plot combines elements from the short stories "All the Way from the Country of the Future", "Imprinting Egg", "Goodbye, Shizuka-chan", "Romance in Snowy Mountain", "Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding" and "Goodbye, Doraemon..." into a new complete story – from the first time Doraemon came to Nobita's house to Doraemon bidding farewell to Nobita.[6][7]
Stand by Me Doraemon was commercially successful in Japan. It was number-one on the box office charts for five consecutive weeks and was the second highest-grossing Japanese anime film of 2014 in Japan, with a box office total of $196.4 million, behind Disney's Frozen.[8][9][10] In February 2015, it won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 38th Japan Academy Prize.[11]
A sequel was released on 20 November 2020 in Japan.
Stand by Me Doraemon has been suggested to play 21 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.
