Stand by Me Doraemon 2

Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2) is a 2020 Japanese 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film based on the Doraemon manga series and a sequel to the previous movie, the 2014 film Stand by Me Doraemon. Directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki, it is primarily inspired by Doraemon's 2000 short film Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections and Doraemon's 2002 short film The Day When I Was Born.

Stand by Me Doraemon 2
A closeup of Doraemon with his eyes forming tears while looking up to a couple standing on top of Doraemon in wedding outfits. Below the words "Stand By Me" in English, cartoon-styled Japanese text reading "Doraemon". Additional Japanese text is placed on the right in vertically.
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
KanjiSTAND BY ME ドラえもん 2
Literal meaningStand By Me Doraemon 2
Directed by
Screenplay byTakashi Yamazaki
Based onDoraemon
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Produced by
  • Keiichiro Moriya
  • Kazuhiko Akatsu
  • Kiyoko Shibuya
  • Reina Takahashi
Starring
Music byNaoki Satō
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 20 November 2020 (2020-11-20)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$65.2 million[1]

Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film outside Asia (despite it streaming in Asian Netflix as a non-Netflix Original) and was released on December 24, 2021, on the streaming platform.[2] It is the sixth highest grossing animated film of 2020.

Plot

Nobita - following his previous movie adventure - has managed to change his future for the better, making Shizuka marry him. Taken by despair, however, he decides to return to the past to re-meet his beloved grandmother, who died when he was still in kindergarten and whom he was really fond of. The grandmother is happy that Nobita came back in time to be with her, and confides in him a great desire: to meet his future bride. Meanwhile, the Nobita of the future, who is about to marry Shizuka and crown his "dream of happiness", is seized by a panic attack and flees into the past to see Doraemon again, fearing that he is not the right person for Shizuka. However, the duo of Nobita and Doraemon is involved in a series of mishaps in the future, as well as the present, in order to fulfill Grandma’s wish of seeing Nobita's bride. What takes place, is a roller coaster of emotions, fun and suspense.

Voice cast
CharacterJapanese voice[3]English voice
DoraemonWasabi MizutaMona Marshall
Nobita Nobi Megumi Ōhara
Satoshi Tsumabuki (adult)		 Johnny Yong Bosch
Vedanten Naidoo (child)
Shizuka Nobi/Minamoto (Nobita's wife)Yumi Kakazu Cassandra Lee Morris
Suneo HonekawaTomokazu Seki Brian Beacock
Takeshi 'Gian' GodaSubaru Kimura Kaiji Tang
Tamako Nobi (Nobita's mother)Kotono Mitsuishi[4] Dorah Fine
Nobisuke Nobi (Nobita's father)Yasunori Matsumoto Tony Oliver
Naka MeguroBakarhythm Kyle Hebert
Dekisugi HidetoshiShihoko Hagino Spike Spencer
Yoshio Minamoto (Shizuka's father)Aruno Tahara Doug Stone
Mrs. Minamoto (Shizuka's mother)Ai Orikasa Wendee Lee
Jaiko GodaVanilla Yamazaki Minae Noji
Various charactersJunichi Nakajima Richard Johnson

Release

It was originally scheduled to release in theaters on 7 August 2020.[5][6] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was temporarily removed from the release schedule, and was replaced by Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (which had been postponed from a previous March release).[7] The film was then postponed to 20 November 2020 when it was given a theatrical release in Japan.[8] The film was released in Indonesia on 19 February 2021,[9] and in Malaysia on 5 March 2021[10] Netflix released an English dub in Japan on 6 November 2021 featuring role reprisals of the cast of Bang Zoom! Entertainment's English dub of the 2005 anime.[11] Netflix also released both the English and Japanese dub (with subtitles for each) worldwide on December 24, 2021.[12]

Soundtrack

The theme song is Niji (Rainbow) by Masaki Suda.[13]

Box office

Debuting on 416 screens with limitations on seating capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic, Stand by Me Doraemon 2 earned $3.7 million on 305,000 admissions in its first weekend and ranked number-two on Japanese box office.[14]

Here is a table which shows the box office of this movie of all the weekends in Japan:[15]

# Rank Weekend Weekend gross Total gross till current weekend
1 2 21–22 November ¥386,000,000 ($3.7 million) ¥451,000,000 ($4.3 million)
2 2 28–29 November ¥294,477,450 ($2.8 million) ¥1,108,062,500 ($10.6 million)
3 3 5–6 December ¥244,864,350 ($2.4 million) ¥1,498,402,100 ($14.4 million)
4 3 12–13 December ¥186,101,750 ($1.8 million) ¥1,790,491,100 ($17.2 million)
5 5 19–20 December ¥118,872,850 ($1.1 million) ¥1,986,991,900 ($19.1 million)
6 5 26–27 December ¥75,631,700 ($730,000) ¥2,150,941,650 ($20.7 million)
7 6 2–3 January ¥85,842,350 ($833,000) ¥2,433,882,750 ($23.6 million)
8 9 9–10 January ¥34,988,600 ($335,000) ¥2,572,688,550 ($24.9 million)
9 8 16–17 January ¥24,880,300 ($240,000) ¥2,631,770,200 ($25.4 million)
10 8 23–24 January ¥25,533,850 ($246,000) ¥2,667,298,050 ($25.8 million)
Final Total - - - ¥2.78 billion ($26.6 million)

Accolades
Awards
Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Result Ref.
2021 44th Japan Academy Prize Animation of the Year Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Nominated [16]

References
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  10. @GSCinemas (3 March 2021). "Stand by Me Doraemon 2 - coming to GSC this 5 March! Exclusive fan's screening is also happening this weekend - stay tuned for updates!" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. "「STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2」がNetflixで絶賛配信中！ - ドラえもんチャンネル". 「STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2」がNetflixで絶賛配信中！ - ドラえもんチャンネル. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. "Netflix Adds Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Film on December 24". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  13. "Niji (Rainbow) - Masaki Suda Theme Song Stand by Me Doraemon 2". YouTube.
  14. "Stand By Me Doraemon 2 Opens at #2 Behind Demon Slayer Film". Anime News Network. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  15. "WOKJ weekend box office". 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  16. "Demon Slayer Receives a Nomination for Animation of the Year at the Japan Academy Awards". geekculture.co. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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