Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express

Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-Express[2] (ドラえもん: のび太と銀河超特急(エクスプレス), Doraemon; Nobita to Ginga Ekusupuresu), also known as Doraemon and the Galaxy Express,[3] is a feature-length Doraemon film which premiered in Japan on March 3, 1996, based on the 16th volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. The film is a homage of Leiji Matsumoto's Galaxy Express 999. It's the 17th Doraemon film. The film was directed by Tsutomu Shibayama.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-Express
Theatrical Release Poster
Kanjiドラえもん: のび太と銀河超特急(エクスプレス)
Revised HepburnDoraemon; Nobita to Ginga Ekusupuresu
Directed byTsutomu Shibayama
Screenplay byShoei Tsukada
Based onDoraemon's Long Tales: Noby's Galactic Express
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Produced by
  • Soichi Bessi
  • Toshihide Yamada
  • Junichi Kimura
Starring
Narrated byHiroko Emori
CinematographyHideko Takahashi
Edited byHajime Okayasu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • March 3, 1996 (1996-03-03) (Japan)
Running time
97 minutes (1h 37m)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$24.9 million[1]

Plot

In the park where they normally meet, Suneo invites Gian and Shizuka to his trip to Express Train. Nobita appears looking very worried as Doraemon has been missing for a few days. Nobita returns home to learn that Doraemon has arrived. Doraemon explains that he had acquired tickets for a Galactic Express Train from 22nd century, where the train's destination and travelling time is unknown.

After Nobita expresses concerns about missing school, Doraemon reassures him that he can use Anywhere Door. The next day, Nobita invites his friends to the Galaxy Express. Gian and Shizuka agree, except Suneo, who wants them to join him instead. Though hesitant at first, Suneo also joins them. The train has 58 carriages though 8 are visible from outside. Each carriage has 5 rooms. Nobita and his friends stay in Carriage no. 7. Once the train reaches its destination planet, the carriages separate. The friends disperse in different play planets. Nobita and Doraemon enjoy shooting lessons while Gian and Suneo face misery in learning Ninja techniques.

Meanwhile, an evil force of parasites called Yadori is planning to make humans their hosts by taking over their bodies. A few days later, the first case of parasites is reported when the robot-dinosaurs at the planet start acting strangely. They decide to report about it to the Control Center in the Main Planet. Nobita and his friends find out smoke coming out from the Main Control Center. When Gian and Suneo are in the main control center to investigate what happened, Suneo is captured by the parasites and taken control by Yadori 009. Yadori 009 tricks his friends and locks them up after which Yadori 007 reveals that Yadori is set to conquer the galaxy. After Yadori force leaves, the captain of the train rescues the captives and decides to take the train to another planet for safety.

However, the train crashes en route on an abandoned planet. On the planet, the captain finds an electronic cave map which Gian later follows to explore caves, but ends up getting lost along with two future kids. Shizuka finds an anti-Yadori gun which they use on Yadori 009, who has jumped from Suneo's body to Nobita's. They also relocate Gian through his footprints and manage to get the train out of the mountain. Gian also discovers a lost train whose functioning engine is used for the Galaxy Express. When they are preparing to leave, Yadori force finds and attacks them. A huge Yadori robot attacks the group resulting in an epic battle, but the group fights and defeats the whole force thus freeing all the people from the parasites and the President thanks the group.

The future kids reconcile with Nobita and his group, where the group arrives back at their planet and bid farewell to the Galaxy Express.

Cast

Character Voice
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki
Takeshi Goda (Jaian) Kazuya Tatekabe
Tamako Nobi Sachiko Chijimatsu
Conductor Kazue Ikura
Baum Kaneto Shiozawa
Aston Mitsuaki Madono
Don Junichi Sugawara
Jane Sakura Tange
Yadori Yousuke Akimoto
Hiroshi Ishida
Daiki Nakamura
Heavenly King Kenji Utsumi
Mayor Yousuke Naka
Referee Minoru Yada
Curator Ryoichi Tanaka
Ninja's Sensei Koichi Kitamura
Custodian Toshiyuki Morikawa
Guide Yuri Amano
Guide card Mari Maruta
Car sensor Rei Sakuma
Prince Masami Kikuchi
Gunman Toshiharu Sakurai
Passengers Kazuyuki Ishikawa
Toshiaki Doi
Akie Sekine
Yuka Imai

References

  1. 邦画興行収入ランキング. SF MOVIE DataBank (in Japanese). General Works. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. English translation as shown on an official website for the 25th anniversary of the movie franchise.
  3. "LUK Internacional".
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