My first impression. The story and the position of the guest characters are new and challenging. However, I thought it was a waste because there was little explanation of the character's background. Good points: - Adventure stage Doraemon movies often have adventures in places far removed from the world Doraemon and his friends live in. For example, space away from the earth, ancient times, in the mirror. This movie is also a story in a paradise floating in the sky. However, in this movie, it is closely related to the sphere of daily life. Looking at the pamphlet, the scriptwriter said, "At first, I thought that the town where Nobitaand others lived would be the stage for adventure, and I thought of a story that doesn't go anywhere.(After that, it became a story in the sky)." This movie is less adventurous than usual. It's not a big stage. This point was new and challenging to me.
- Relationship with the main guest character
Guest characters appear in every Doraemon movie. Usually, the story develops a friendship with Nobita, but this time, it is especially developed with Doraemon as well. I would like to evaluate this point as a new element.
Disappointing points:
- It is difficult to understand the background of other guest characters who are not the main characters.
The main character this time is "So-nya". "So-nya" background shows up a lot, I can see why he shows up. But other characters came out of nowhere. Because the story progressed with little explanation, I couldn't understand the emotions of the characters.
- Same for Nobita and others
Nobita and the others fight the bad guys. Breaking out of a difficult situation, but this is too sudden. It would have been nice to have more props and tricks.
- Difficult to see highlights
As a template for the Doraemon movie, the highlight is the fight against the bad guy and the farewell to the main guest character. Both seem weak in this movie. Since This movie not adventurous, Also it's hard to understand the final catharsis of returning to everyday life.
The message the film conveys:
This movie has a strong message. However, I thought it might be a little difficult for children to understand. (Good message. It's like a sci-fi short story by Fujiko F. Fujio.)
To summarize the final impression.
I don't think this movie was a movie that children would enjoy. It was a movie with an important message, but Doraemon's movie is a chance for Nobita and his friends to go on a big adventure once a year. This movie wasn't adventurous enough.
I felt unsatisfactory because the new original movie (not remakes movie) have been good for the past few years. Umm. Reviews in Japan have both good and bad reviews. It certainly has a message that fits the current situation in Japan, and I can understand why it is rated so well. This time I made a strict reviews. But, If you've been watching Doraemon movies for a long time, I want you to watch them as much as possible. Doraemon is always by your side.
SaSapioGalion
October 2, 2025
Mixed Feelings
This was a different kind of Doraemon movie, one that attempts to dive into some philosophical themes, pretty rare for the Mizuta-era Doraemon movies that tend to stick to "child-friendly" topics like growing up and friendship. But the movie's execution was a little weak due to the characters mainly being used as plot points without enough exploration of their personalities and how they fit into the narrative. A striking disappointment was how Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka uniformly went through their change in the movie. Although their change was crucial in explaining the overall conflict, it almost felt like maybe only one of them neededto be there, or maybe none of them needed to be there and let one of the guest characters go through that change instead. The movie did not ever explore any of Gian's, Suneo's, or Shizuka's internal conflicts even though there was an obvious opportunity to do so. As a result, their transformation during the movie felt completely shallow.
The guest characters were also difficult to connect with. Sonya was the best attempt in this movie, but even his past could have been explored a little more too. I didn't understand how/why Hanna and Marimba were in Utopia and how they knew each other. The villains ahead of their mastermind were totally hollow and did not need to be there. The ending coincidences were really cool at the surface, but they did little to nothing to enhance the narrative; they were simply eye-candy and only that.
Throughout, there were so many opportunities to simplify the story to make room for more character development that would have ultimately made the philosophical theme in the movie so much more attractive.
