Stand By Me Doraemon 2
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 "Nobita, you idiot! Why did you fight, even though you can't?! Don't force yourself! I just like the way you are!"
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Stand By Me Doraemon 2 is a Japanese 3D computer animated science fiction comedy film based on the Doraemon manga series and a sequel to Stand By Me Doraemon. The movie is inspired by Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections and The Day When I Was Born.
Plot
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding. Can he ever be a good husband to Shizuka?
Why It's Right On Time
- As usual, the CGI animation here looks gorgeous and is a lot faithful to the art style Doraemon uses in its media. You know, it still captures the same animation that is used in the first movie
- And who could not forget scenes where characters get to use the Take-Copter which looks so atmospheric.
- The story has good continuity with the first movie. In the beginning, you get to see that there is a shot taken from the first movie with Nobita and Doraemon with take-copters. Then there are moments that are acknowledged from the first film including Nobita's memories.
- The characters here are still either likable or funny in a way. Too typical to understand you know.
- Suneo and Gian are much more tolerable in the film. They are nowhere as jerky as they were in the first film despite being intentionally written to be those characters. In fact, there was one scene where they defended Nobita (despite Adult Nobita switching bodies with young Nobita) from a gang and were worried about Nobita being bruised badly.
- Nobita doesn't cry too much compared to the first film.
- Adult Nobita from the future and Nobita's grandmother are likable new characters.
- The grandmother of Nobita serves as a driving force for Nobita due to the chemistry that they have not to mention that Nobita just wants to spend more time with her via time travel.
- Adult Nobita is a lot more mature compared to Nobita and happens to be relateable because he was afraid about his own future thinking he wasn't the right person for Shizuka. He eventually learns that being by her side makes Shizuka happy.
- A heartfelt storyline that feels so relatable to life. Both Nobitas do face a lot of challenges due to the future and they eventually overcome them. Not to mention that the story will make more sense later on due to oddities like Adult Nobita escaping his timeline.
- Good voice acting as usual. What else do we need to say about that?
- The movie gets to use some new gadgets that were not featured in the first film including the Substitution Rope, the Forgotten Stick, the Soul Machine, the Missing Person Stick, the Small Light, and the Gravity Paint.
- Funny moments including Adult Nobita's tricks on Gian and Suneo, the Adult Gian from the future singing a song, Nobita getting mad at younger versions of Gian and Suneo, and Nobita (both normal and adult) and Doraemon getting in trouble with Nobita's dad from the past.
- The scene where both the child and adult Nobia swap bodies can serve as a metaphor to how people just want to go back to the past. As soon as both Nobitas swap bodies, they start to realize that there is a side effect that causes their memories to be erased so they needed to go back to their original bodies. In other words, you can't just dwell in the past.
- Just like the first film, it does have good use of source material. You see, the story was based on The Day When I Was Born, 45 Years Later... My Future Self Came to Visit, and A Grandmother's Recollections.
- Once again, emotional moments are on the bay like when Adult Nobita at the end gives out his speech as well as the dramatic moment when Doraemon realizes that both Nobitas lost their memories only for Doraemon to start crying yet he somehow managed to restore Nobita's memories. And who could not forget the time when the Nobita from the present day got to meet his grandmother via time travel and the fact that Nobita discovers the day he was born.
- Again, it knows when to be funny, down to earth, dramatic, and emotional on every scene. This movie is basically a roller coaster of emotional moments!
- Wonderful soundtrack with many of the music played in the film accompanies well with each scene. Then there is the ending theme called Rainbow by Masaki Suda and Ishizaki Huwie where the main message is about family.
- Adult Nobita's speech at the end is a good highlight of the film. He gives off a speech about how much his life means to him and mentions some key moments including his own family. Even the audience was pleased with his message.
- Even though the ending is nowhere as emotional as the first film, it still manages to be funny and also satisfying. Nobita and Doraemon completed their goal and it turns out that Nobita accidentally used the Forgotten Stick.
- It was interesting to see how Nobita got his name and what it means. Those who are not familiar with the franchise will get a treat from that scene.
- The movie not only gets to see the future timeline, but we also got to see the past timeline. Time travel this time around is much more prominent to the storyline.
- Has a good message is no matter how powerful you are or how successful you are, people will always love you the simplest (especially family). Why don't we compare Nobita to other characters? Gian has power, Suneo has wealth, and Hidetoshi has intelligence yet Shizuka chose Nobita for his kind heart.
- This is the first time a Doraemon related media depicts a marriage that is between both Nobia and Shizuka. It was a huge surprise for fans of Doraemon. The marriage between Nobita and Shizuka is basically equivalent to marrying a childhood crush.
- The credits this time around feature drawings of various moments from the past, present, and future complete with a nice art style.
Bad Qualities
- Some of the bad qualities from the first movie are carried over here:
- While the animation is still good, it's also pretty uncanny due to some characters looking off (like Suneo being a great example of this) as well as some of the facial expressions.
- Much like the the first movie, there are a few product placements, such as Universal Studios, Lion Corporation, SoftBank, Bandai, and Santen.
- The English dub (though not bad) still has got the Americanized character renames, like Nobita being renamed to Nobi and Shizuka being renamed to Sue.
- While the story is good, it can also be pretty confusing due to some oddities.
- Some bad moments, like when a young Nobita got mad at his grandmother for not getting him fireworks, Adult Nobita escaping his wedding thus letting Doraemon and regular Nobita be stranded in the future for a brief moment, and Nobita having a lot of 0s on his tests.
- Adult Suneo's design isn't all that faithful. He still has the hairstyle seen in the anime series yet this film gives him an afro which makes him unrecognizable.
Reception
IMDb gave the movie a 7.9/10 while MyAnimeList gave the movie an 8.26.
Trivia
- Astro Boy makes a cameo as he is seen in a 2000 yen bill from the future.
- Stand By Me 2 has footage of Nobita's wedding which hasn't been seen before in the Manga, Anime, or any other movies.
- According to the Wednesday announcement update, television announcer, Shin’ichi Hatori, will voice the Substitution Rope, even though the Substitution Rope doesn't speak in the anime series. But this version of Substitution Rope in the CGI movie is different prior to the anime version.
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