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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Ever since the English dub of Stand By Me Doraemon was accidentally released online,I decided to watch this movie and what do I think of itI absolutely LOVED it!My favorite part about this movie is the dynamic of the titular character Doraemon and Noby. Their chemistry is so beautifully written and love how they grow as characters.The animation in this movie is so good! Sure it's nothing like Disney,Pixar,and Dreamworks animations but it's still so good!The humor in this movie is on point. There's a few scenes in the movie that made laugh at loud.The only thing I didn't like about the movie was Big G and Sneech. They are so mean to Noby and they never redeem themselves as characters. So overall,Stand By Me Doraemon is such a fantastic movie and I wish Disney would let Bang Zoom Entertainment release this movie in theaters.It would give people the chance to be introduced to Doraemon for the first time.

To all those who missed the Doraemon Story: Watching this can make you feel like you've seen it all. I loved Doraemon as a kid but later it seemed so repeating that it lost its humor with time. "Stand By Me" totally enhances the humor and story of the original Doraemon along with fine strokes of sadness, friendship, love and showing the ultimate ending, no loose ends. All this makes for a great watching experience. I don't think I'll be haunted by the Doraemon ghost anymore for not knowing the complete story.

Growing up watching tons of Doraemon, I feel obliged to see this like a ritual. While the technical aspects excels incredibly, I feel the script is too sensational. Never in my life have we cried for a Doraemon episode, but this predictable story makes everyone sob. On the whole, I cannot say I do not like it. But I cannot say I like it either. It seems it is made with a lot of sincerity and uplifting for kids who are a little insecure about themselves. But I think it is unnecessarily tear-jerking, as in the director's previous work The Eternal Zero. Just a little overly sensational. I cried a few times and I think it is the style of the director who likes to make you cry. But I think he could have achieved the same result without jerking audience's tears.But I love the surreal and realistic graphics! The street scene and small room of Japanese house make me miss Japanese life so much. The use of light, the character's hair, the clouds, even the neighborhood scene, etc, give a very warm feeling. The ride in the future is fantastic. And Doraemon's gadgets are forever magical! There is also a strong moral that we have to do things by ourselves and never give up. Perhaps it is a Japanese virtue to sacrifice oneself for others. On that point maybe the story could have added more details. O. The theme song is lovely and I still hum it from time to time.

I'm sorry but for a long time Doraemon fan this doesn't surprise me. Delight, yes, because it wraps up the story very nicely. But every single point in the movie you can find scattered all over the comic book, the movie was just collecting the bits from the comic book and bundle it into one and make a nice graphic for it. But it's really NOT anything new. It's a story all of us has already known before. I rated it 6/10 not because I don't like the story, because everyone who loves Doraemon can't possibly NOT love the story. But I don't like the fact that they didn't give me something new which I looked forward too. Also, the way it was presented was so over-the-top. I usually felt some emotion watching any of Doraemon's adventure movie series, like Doraemon and Dinosaurs, or Doraemon in the Animal Kingdom, in Robot World, etc. Even I can feel something in the normal weekly series. But because Stand By Me is very over-the-top, I can't believe the flow of the emotion one bit. It didn't get to me. This speaks volume since I'm a super crybaby and even nowadays I can still cry watching mere commercials!Oh by the way, I'm 31, and have been watching Doraemon since I was Nobita's age.