Doraemon Movie 25: Nobita no Wan Nyan Jikuuden

One day, Nobita finds a stray dog drowning in a river while playing by the river side. Feeling sorry for the dog, he decides to take it home by hiding it in a "kennel on the wall" and names it Ichi (originated from "One", which sounds similar to "wan", the sound a dog makes according to the Japanese language), and secretly feeds it and plays with Ichi with his Kendama to find. Soon after, he also adopts a stray cat named Zubu (or wet in Japanese, due to the discovery of it in a rainstorm)... and many other stray cats and dogs. With so many stray cats and dogs, Nobita, along with his friends, decide to send them back in time, 300 million years ago, where there was no other living beings around. After using the Ray of Evolution to allow them to operate a food-making machine, they depart, with a promise to return to the present.

However, when they try to visit them the next day (from their point of view), they encountered a time-space anomaly, sending them crash landing 1,000 years before their original time-destination— to their surprise, They found out the dogs and cats have evolved enough to form a civilized society that rivaled those of Future Society. As the time machine is broken, they try to find help to repair it so they can continue their chrono-journey, only to learn of a bigger issue — a cluster of asteroids are going to Collide with Earth.

Will Nobita finally reunite with Ichi, as he promised? More over, what's with Hachi, a dog who resembles Ichi greatly? The 300 million years of time and space adventure begins.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Doraemon Main

Ooyama, Nobuyo Japanese

Nobi, Nobita Main

Ohara, Noriko Japanese

Minamoto, Shizuka Main

Nomura, Michiko Japanese

Honekawa, Suneo Main

Kimotsuki, Kaneta Japanese

Gouda, Takeshi Main

Tatekabe, Kazuya Japanese

Ichi Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Shibayama, Tsutomu Director

Urakami, Yasuo Sound Director

Watanabe, Ayumu Episode Director, Chief Animation Director

Fujimori, Masaya Storyboard, Animation Director

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Mar 22, 2022

dietapple

Recommended

Doraemon: Nobita no Wan-nyan Jikuuden is the last hurrah of the Nobuyo Oyama era, and one that provides a beautiful conclusion to the 25 year run of the 1979 series.

Story: Another quality storyline typical of the Doraemon series, this movie was based off the TV episode Stray Dog Ichi's Country, which itself was derived from the manga chapter. Nothing too far from the ordinary -- a classic Fujiko story. This movie, however, has quite a bit of original content that was not in the original manga/episode, making this worth a watch.

Art: While some may wish for the cell animation that was the trademark of ... the series before Windmasters (2003), in terms of animation this was the peak of the 1979 series. Beautiful backgrounds, fluid characters, and absolutely amazing colors, the art in this movie even beats many of the modern Doraemon movies in the Wasabi era. In fact, after watching this movie, you might even feel that there was a downgrade after the start of the Wasabi era ;).

Sound: The very last time we would ever hear Nobuyo Oyama as Doraemon and Noriko Ohara as Nobita-kun. Excellent voice acting, as per the usual. Hitomi Shimatani provides a wonderful ED in Yume Biyori, in which would be one of the most memorable Doraemon EDs along with Shounenki from Little Star Wars (1985). This would also be the last time Doraemon no Uta would be used in a Doraemon movie as of current, so enjoy!

Characters: The main 5 provided a great performance. While not as impactful as movies like Steel Troops (1986/2011), this was still quite a touching story from the 5. Nobita as per the usual touches the hearts of the viewers with his cute friendships. The movie-special characters were passable, although not the best of Doraemon. This movie has the cutest Shizuka moments of the whole 25 years before this movie, if that's your thing.

Enjoyment: Really cute end to the original run of Doraemon, and one that'll make you feel good inside.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 16, 2024

albertonykus

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My overall take: Has hallmarks of a great Doraemon film, but story execution has room for improvement.

In this movie, Nobita does something about the local stray problem by sending abandoned dogs and cats to a safe haven 300 million years ago. The stray animals then start their own civilization. This movie is a landmark, being the last film to come out of the classic Doraemon anime that started in 1979. Befitting the old anime series' final cinematic hurrah, this film has an interesting art style that almost seems "transitional" between the visuals used for most of the classic series and those of the reboot series. ... There's no other Doraemon movie that looks quite like it.

The storyline of Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey has many ingredients that could make a great Doraemon movie: there are time travel shenanigans, emotional connections between the protagonists and movie-exclusive characters, and decent action sequences with creative application of gadgets. However, I thought that the execution of the story was not as fluent as it could have been. There are times when the plot simply moves too fast, leaving little time for major developments to sink in, and the reveal that Sharmee, a cat idol singer who Doraemon falls in love with, was working with the villain would have been more impactful had it not been shown to the audience before being made known to Doraemon.

In addition, the characters make a few strange decisions in the name of plot convenience. For example, at one point most of the protagonists and their allies escape from the villain's base while knowing that Doraemon is still imprisoned inside, but only decide to go rescue Doraemon after they've already left the base. Luckily for them, the villain chooses that very moment to leave the base himself in his time machine, bringing the captive Doraemon with him, which saves the heroes the trouble of having to go back inside. What are the odds?

Also, Doraemon's romantic subplot with Sharmee felt awkward considering that he was shown going on a date with his girlfriend in the beginning of the movie.

On a different note, it was hard for me not to feel a sense of wistfulness as this movie ended, not so much because of the content of the film itself, but due to its status as one of the last works from the 1979 series, which was the Doraemon anime I grew up with. I think the main voice actors on the current Doraemon anime are excellent, but this movie made me realize how much I'm going to miss the old voice cast. It's wild to think about how long this franchise has been going. A child who was the same age as Nobita and his classmates when the first Doraemon movie was released (Nobita's Dinosaur, 1980) would have been 34 by the time this one came around! And though there has been a changing of the guard, this remarkable robot cat and his friends show no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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