Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King
Written by	Yuichi Shinbo
Starring	Wasabi Mizuta Megumi Ohara Yumi Kakazu Subaru Kimura Rie Tanaka
Distributed by	Toho
Release date(s)	March 6, 2010 (2010-03-06)
Running time	99 Minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (ドラえもん のび太の人魚大海戦, Doraemon Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen^?), also known as Doraemon the Legend 2010, is a 2010 Japanese film that was released on March 6, 2010. This movie is part of the celebration for the franchise's 40th anniversary and the 30th anniversary since the first Doraemon movie.^[1][2] The film was released theatrically in selected cinemas in Singapore on December 9, 2010 in Chinese Language.^[3]

Plot

The film starts with an underwater scene and a sunken ship. In the ship the shark is swimming around until an octopus lands on it's head by a mermaid. Later in an unknown planet the merman tribe destroy everything while looking for the mermaid tribe. Later on Earth Nobita's mom ordered him to go shopping but has to leave to play pirates with Gian. She tries to ask Doraemon or her husband but they have appointment. Doraemon ends up going shopping, he reads the lists and finally on the list he saw the last thing to buy, Dorayaki, his favorite food. Later Suneo shares his diving photo shoots in Palau to Gian and Shizuka. Nobita arrived at their play spot to play pirates with Gian but Nobita wants to go to Suneo's house to see more pictures but they don't want him to come. He cries and shout Doraemon's name. Then Doraemon uses his gentle eyes to comfort him.When Nobita feels like diving in his hometown, Doraemon uses a Underwater Pump Simulator (架空水面シミュレーター・ポンプ) to pump all the water out of Tokyo, causing the entire city to go underwater. That night, Doraemon and Nobita use a Diving Mask Simulator to dive underwater. Later on, lots of fish, While enjoying Nobita caught a glimpse of a fish tail swimming. Nobita tells Doraemon he saw a mermaid. Then they take pictures then heard a scream. They check what happened but on the other side of the road the shadow of a mermaid appeared along with a shark. Then Nobita's father told the police that he saw a shark swimming past the cigarette store. Nobita and Doraemon witness it and asked how did he see the shark without his goggles. As they take them out they see that the fish are still there but the water is gone. And then they investigate. A boy Desikuge is looking through his telescope and he see's a mermaid swimming. He looks again and it appeared again. Then a shark appeared in front of him and screamed then fainted. Meanwhile Nobita is swimming while finding the shark. Unknown to him the shark was behind him then Doraemon tells Nobita to look behind. He see's the shark and starts hiding. Then Doraemon threw a Homesick frog ogre in the sharks mouth. The shark and all the fishes swim back to the ocean and then the mermaid falls down and lands on a branch of a tree. The next day Nobita notices a fish tail beneath the leaves, when Doraemon saw this they found a girl. She jumps out and lands on the ground. In Nobita's room she drinks a lot of juice then she starts speaking in an unknown language and then Doraemon puts out his Translation Jelly. Then she mistakens Doraemon as a puffer fish. Then she introduces herself named Sophia. Later Suneo explains that he saw a shark that even Dekisuge saw it. Gian says that sharks live in the ocean. Then Nobita arrives with Doraemon and Sophia then Gian and Suneo think that she's cute. Together the gang show her around until a car stops and argues with Sophia that she might get hit but Doraemon grabs her. She see's the takecopter and starts to fly high in the sky. She flew higher and higher above the clouds but the sun made her faint and asks to get her to a place with water. Doraemon puts out his Anywhere door and they go to Shizuka's bathroom. Shizuka tells everyone to get out. Meanwhile in the bathtub, Sophia enjoys her bath while Shizuka see's a tiara. In Shizuka's bedroom, Suneo says that Sophia is a Kappa while Gian argues with him for accusing Sophia as a Kappa. Nobita asks Doraemon if mermaids exist while Gian says First a Kappa now a mermaid? Then Nobita explains that when he first met Sophia, her legs were that of a mermaid tail. Meawhile Doraemon's phone rang because Dorami his sister is calling him. She appears through a circle and asks Nobita to draw a mermaid. While Dorami explains about mermaids, Nobita shows his drawing of an ugly mermaid which made everyone laugh. Dorami explains about appearances, legends and animals mistaken as mermaids. Meanwhile in Shizuka's bathroom, Shizuka tells Sophia that she will put her clothes in the laundry but Sophia says not to touch it but Shizuka accidentally pressed a belt. Back at her bedroom Dorami has to leave then they heard a scream. Nobita, Doraemon, Gian, Suneo investigate in the bathroom. When they arrived they saw Shizuka in mermaid form while Sophia hides underwater. She explains her hometown and they go to the Anywhere door to see the stars then they go back. Doraemon uses his copy machine to copy the clothes of Sophia. They put on the clothes then Doraemon puts his Familiar Light to make them breathe underwater. Underwater they change into mermaid forms and enjoy life underwater. Then Doraemon puts his watertight rope to keep water away. Sophia says that Doraemon has powers like their goddess Manatia. Then they ask if the Mermaid Sword exists. Then Doraemon puts out his Mystery Ink and Scroll to check if it's real. It's says With those with royal blood five stars will join together to form a pentagon. They even see the mermaid tribe script. But Sophia refuses to say it for it is to ancient. The next day they dive underwater to Sophia's palace. Nobita feels tired and starts sinking slowly. A giant eel appeared behind them. They hide in a cave until they are rescued by a pufferfish named Haribo with Sophia's soldiers. They wrongly accused Doraemon, Nobita, Gian and Suneo for kidnapping Sophia. Shizuka later was kidnapped. They arrive at the home of the mermaid tribe. The gang were placed in a glass fish tank preparing to be eaten by a Megaladon. Sophia tells Haribo to stop the punishment. Gian shouts very loud that it makes everyone cover their ears. They release them and one of the soldiers told Sophia that she was to be summoned by Queen Undine, Queen and leader of the mermaid tribe and Sophia's grandmother. They arrive at the palace. Queen Undine tells Sophia that she will be queen.

Character	Japanese version
Nobita	Megumi Ohara
Doraemon	Wasabi Mizuta
Shizuka	Yumi Kakazu
Gian	Subaru Kimura
Suneo	Tomokazu Seki
Dorami	Chiaki
Nobita's Mom	Kotono Mitsuishi
Nobita's Dad	Yasunori Matsumoto
Sophia	Rie Tanaka
Haribō	Mayumi Iizuka
Dr. Mejina
Sakkana
Tragis

Characters

• Sophia (ソフィア, Sofia^?) - The princess of the kingdom.

• Haribō (ハリ坊^?)^[4] - He is an anthromorphic puffer fish and marks the main character of this movie.

• Dr. Mejina (メジーナ博士, Mejina Hakase^?) - Motif and the professor of the kingdom.

• Sakkana (サッカーナ^?) - Dr. Mejina's assistant

• Commander Rosy Grub Fish/Tragis (トラギス司令官, Toragisu Shirei Kan^?) - Motif of the rosy grub fish/Tragis and he is a villain

Theme songs

• Opening: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" by Mao
• Ending: "Kaeru Basho" by Thelma Aoyama^[5]

Comic

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King is a manga based on the film.

DVD

A DVD of this movie was released in 2 editions on December 1, 2010. A standard edition contains only a movie DVD, which costs 3800 yen.

A special edition contains a movie DVD, wall hanger, mini tapestry, postcards, and a bonus disc. A bonus disc includes a movie trailer of this movie, TV spots, 30th anniversary special, and a documentary. This edition costs 4600 yen.^[6]

Reception

It won the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 34th Japan Academy Prize and is nominated for Animation of the Year.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Doraemon's 30th Film to Open Next March - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-17/doraemon-30th-film-to-open-next-march. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
2. ^ "ベガエンタテイメント　放送＆制作状況". http://vega-entertainment.co.jp/HP/nowonair/nowonair.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
3. ^ [1], Released theatrically in Singapore in Chinese.
4. ^ "ドラえもん". http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/doraemon/contents/mini/backnumber/0112/top.html. 
5. ^ 「映画ドラえもん のび太の人魚大海戦」公式サイト｜ニュース
6. ^ ~Doraemon the Movie~ Blog: “Nobita’s Great Battle of the Mermaid King” DVD (retrieved on October 25, 2010)
7. ^ "第 34 回日本アカデミー賞優秀賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/34.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 

External links

• Official Website