Stand by Me Doraemon: A Loser's Guide to Life | Video Essay
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Accented Cinema - Episode 75
Every Christmas, this channel recommends a heartfelt Japanese animated film, and this year is no exception. While at first, I was taken back by the idea of making a 3D Doraemon film. After watching it, not only do I think the film is beautiful, I also think it is surprisingly deep for a children's anime.
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Happy holidays everyone! Every Christmas, our channel highlights an anime feature from Japan, and we decided to keep up with the tradition this year. Hope you enjoy the video, the films, and the winter season!
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Do the Netflix Cowboy Bebop next! 🙏
Thanks for the video. Was fantastic.
It’s true. I tried to hit dislike, just to see if you were right, and then some sort of mystical energy guided my finger to the like button...
I feel sorry for western audience who never experienced Doraemon as a kid.
He's like Mickey Mouse to us but way better.
Asian kids would understand.
true lol
Doraemon shin chan and Atashinchi were the best
I remember Disney brought the rest rights to Doraemon and made an English dub - I don't think it was popular tho, since I never seem to see/hear about the western audience talking about it much
Oh, Shinchan also had an old English dub - it was way vulgar than what it already kinda was at the time (?) so I think it was on AdultSwim or sth, and I remember seeing a lot of comments saying how they remember loving the dub :
but honestly as funny as it was, I prefer the series after Himawari because on one hand, censorship and audience changed so there's less of stuff like the 'elephant' song (honestly I kinda miss since they rarely mention it at all); but on the other hand, it's kinda showing how Shinchan is becoming more mature because he's an older brother.
Oh and: Is Atashinchi still ongoing as an anime?
I found their official channel and I seem to keep finding episodes I don't remember watching (or maybe I just missed those particular episodes) - they do have little dubs of moving manga clips that are pretty nice, so I assume the manga (or I guess the new version of the manga? That's usually the case for old series since the original mangaka probably passed away by now) is ongoing rn.
@@606aichan7O7 these anime were the ones that streamed in India (in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, etc dubs) when I was a child. Doraemon and shin chan are still going on (and are iconic by now) while atashinchi has been cancelled, I now watch them on their CZcams channel. I saw the English dub of shinchan and tbh it just killed the entertainment value for me so I didn’t watch it, it’s way better in English sub or Chinese or Malaysian version with English sub, I think they have moderate censorship which is fine ( Japanese culture traditionally was more open about nudity which is why it appears shocking and mature to western audiences even though it’s a kid’s show)
It's basically its own genre, with the closest non-Fujiko F. Fujio works perhaps being Jimmy Neutron and Packages from Planet X
Admit it, we all wanted Doraemon as a best friend, and we all had the feels watching Stand by Me Doraemon.
Me. Despite i never follow this franchise since the beginning
it was a dusty home theater.
No
Eww i hate doremon
@@apexashwin why ?
My eyes got teary from the point you said "You don't need grand ambition for a meaningful life". I watched Doraemon all my childhood. Now I'm 20 and kind of in a bad place.
same thing. it made me pause the video and realize things
I’m age 23 and I agree with your perspective on Doraemon even though I experienced more of the franchise this year
May God bless you man
it’ll get better
continue to push through!
you’re the only one who can change things
and even if the situation doesnt improve, it doesnt mean that your perspective of it cant. even the poorest of people can be happy :)
have a great day ahead!
You don’t need grand ambition for a meaningfull life. Noted
I reread Doraemon earlier this year and I found that while his incompetence at using Doraemob tools lead to a lot of failures it only ever backfired when he have bad intentions. When he used Doraemon tools for good intention the result mostly turned out well for him. I personally think that's what Fujiko F. Fujio team try to instill upon children, which is to use your ability for kindness. It's okay to rely upon others as long as your heart is in the right place.
Thank you for covering this, this series have a special place in my heart and I am truly grateful someone talk about this.
Yes! Everytime he use the gadget for good causes, the story ends with happy notes.
Once there was this one person that writes in a newspaper about how series like Doraemon is not good for children, because it made them lazy and just want a gadget to solve their problem. That person clearly do not read into Doraemon. Sure, when I was a child, I didn't though much about morality of Doraemon, but as an adult, when I read that person's writing, I realized just how much Doraemon has taught me, usually about environment.
One chapter that I still remember fondly is about glasses that can make you understand plants' emotion. In the story, Nobita wanted to pull out a dandelion, but Doraemon stopped him, and gave him the gadget. After that, just like how Nobita want to Shizuka happy in the movie, Nobita tended the dandelion, even went as far as protected it from a typhoon by covering it with a pot.
I think that, maybe, that is the chapter that made me love dandelion, and flower in general, and dislike people who pluck flowers without good reason, or just want to blow dandelion's seeds.
@@Dikahar Oh my goc! So true. I first read that chapter when I was in elementary school but I still remember it vividly. The conversation between the dandelion with her baby/seed is so beautiful and touching. IMO, It's one of the best chapters that Fujiko had ever written.
Also, I notice one of the most reoccuring themes of those meaningful chapters of Doraemon is protecting environment. The concept, story and characters in these chapters are so well-written and unique, but still understandable and captivating to the targeted audience (children). Props to Fujiko F Fujio for being the best mangaka of all time.
@@lillientruong6350 Yup. Like the "Tree-man" that Nobita and Doraemon raised, "kidnapped" by alien, then come back in the adventure book as a environmental activist in the universe.
Another chapter that I know is when Nobita has a conversation with his father about environment. His father told Nobita that he could play and caught fish in the river. Nobita asked, "I such dirty river?"
"Well, in my time, the river is much cleaner."
TBH, I don't remember anything else of that chapter. I only remember that panel and the dialogue. Many years later, when I got a chance to visit Japan, I was greeted by clean river! There were eagles, ducks, storks, fishes. The river support the wildlife and of course humans.
At that time I remembered that chapter, and thought that when it was written, maybe Fujio lived in a city with dirty river. Even though I don't know other cities' rivers condition, seeing that one clean river in Kyoto made believe that the others should be clean too. So, from the time the story was released to the current time, Japan has improved. While maybe it will take a considerable time to achieve what Japan has done, as a Doraemon reader that remember the story, I have hope that my country rivers will be clean too.
@@Dikahar From what I can tell, late 70s and early 80s (the era in Doraemon) is around the time that Japan is recovering from postwar environmental changes/pollution, so I guess the river mentioned by Nobita's dad can be the example of then reality. I think with the many environmental awareness campaigns these day, it's most likely that Japan, along with many other countries, has been changing for the better.
I remember that episode, it's the one when Nobita got mad with his mom and think that going back to the past (I think around 30s - 40s) will bring him more benefits (children not having to go to school, cleaner and less-polluted environment,etc). But when he did, he realized that children in the past didn't have it better than those in the modern day (having to work on the field, not having enough food and medicine,etc...)
@@lillientruong6350 Oooh, I can't remember that, really. Seems a good chapter to read. Man, I need to reread all the volume now. There must be a lot that I can relearn as an adult.
Doraemon is such a dear friend to me as a child. So at the end of the first movie, when Nobita "lie" that Doraemon won't come back, unknowingly making him come home, because of the gadget's effect, I thought to myself that Nobita is me. Doraemon is a fiction character, but his influence really live within me. He is nowhere, but also always stand by me. No matter how long time passes, he has home to comeback in my heart.
I love how Asian media have empathy as an admirable or even heroic trait. I wish we had more of that in the west
Watch Ted Lasso
Watch Avatar the last airbender.
Yes, the characters who show empathy are often portrayed as weak and naive in Western movies. It gets really annoying sometime
Doraemon is popular for the same reason that the most popular Disney character in Indonesia is Donald Duck, not Mickey Mouse.
Yes, for people in the west looking a good counterpart, you don't have to look further to find a loser protagonist.
Donald is unlucky, loser, hot-headed, and petty. But he cares about his loved ones, like his mainstay nephwes, Huey, Dewey, Louie (Kwik, Kwek, Kwak in Indonesian) and mischievous St. Bernard dog, Bolivar (Lubas in Indonesian). He doesn't have the charm nor luck of Gladstone Gander (Untung Angsa in Indonesian), but Daisy (Desi Bebek in Indonesian), despite her antics, still fall for the more wholesome Donald Duck. It is Donald's effort in winning Daisy's heart (again, female trophy trope) that gets her, not Gladstone's promises of fame and luxury with all of his lottery wins. Donald often gets loan or support from his rich Scottish uncle, Scrooge McDuck (Gober Bebek in Indonesian), just like how Nobita got gadgets from Doraemon to solve his issues. But in the end, they always failed. It however, never breaks Donald's will to find happiness in his simple life. In case anyone wondered, yes, Disney characters have their own local names all over the world.
@@yohannessulistyo4025 I thought the popularity of Donal is mainly due to the fact that there was a printed serialization since 1976, and there's no Miki counterpart to it
There was an episode where Nobita didn’t want to go to school that day and Doraemon recommended an electric fan that would blow the entire building away. God knows I wanted to get my hands on that fan so bad…
I remember at the end, it was Doraemon blowed their house away because he tripped while holding the fan.
@@akirakilluar I think the episode you're talking about is different from the one he's refering to
Yea. That was hilarious
Yeah I remember that
there's also an episode where you can use a bread and copy n paste your textbook and eat the bread so you can remember everything.I really want that for my exam XD
For me as a small girl Doraemon was so uncomfortable to read. The way Shizuka is always bothered, the bullying of Nobita that's taken as a joke, how Nobita's mom yells at him, and how Nobita just wants Doraemon to fix everything. I always stayed reading because I like how Nobita is a good person at the end who loves nature and animals. How Doraemon and him fight over snacks it's like having a friend who lives with you all the time. I love this movie series very much and I agree I love how they showed Nobita having an ordinary life.
Yes, Nobita is always a loser, and Deku and Shinji is always a poossi, forever
These things are just facts of life for most of us lol, boys chase girls and try to impress them all the time because that's how couples are formed since most girls would not chase boys and are raised not to, this is not even true of just humans it's the way most species mate.
Bullying is a fact of daily life for most young boys and yes it's taken as a joke, it's true for girls also the only difference is that girls don't get physically assaulted by their bullies as often. Finally if your mom didn't yell at you from time to time she wasn't a good mom, boys can be a handful for parents.
@@liquidsnake6879 ya, in asia yelling and sometimes a slight beating is like a culture 😂
@@liquidsnake6879 And girls aren't a handful?
Yes, Nobita is sometimes downright creepy with Shizuka.
The “ending” of Doraemon you mentioned was so damn heart wrenching but than you proceeded to say why it was not as good as the movies was just pure class
That "ending" is basically the ending of Stand by Me Doraemon's directors first film "Juvenile"
Agreed
It's true, tho. It completely change the character to force a heart wreching story. And that didn't even get into how much plot holes it create (mainly with the time travel rule in the story)
what a heartbreaking screen in the future he's already a husband
I think that ending was supposed to emphasize more on the brother-relationship between Doraemon and Nobita. In a way, it is still in Nobita's character in that he is very dedicated in reaching his end goal, only in that ending the goal changed from simply wanting a happy life to reviving his inactive best friend who had been there for him through thick and thin from the very beginning. I kinda agree that it has a lot of plotholes, mainly regarding the time-traveling schtick and how his relationship with Shizuka got developed, but still it wasn't bad for a fanmade ending.
After all, there's nothing wrong with having a grand ambition motivated by a simple cause. What matters is your happiness in the end, and for the Nobita in that ending, he wanted to see Doraemon again and that drove him to become the best robotic scientist in the world.
For me who was a huge Doraemon manga reader tho, I find that ending more satisfying than the one in the movie, since the relationship between Nobita and Doraemon were more fleshed out, especially in the special issues and the 2D films that came before this movie. But of course, this movie is great as well, rather it focuses more on Nobita's own original end goal to win Shizuka's heart, so they went with the first few volumes of the issues which ended with what was originally Fujiko's original vision for the ending of Doraemon (up until he went back to the future, the part where Nobita stood up to the high school bullies and also earning Shizuka's and everyone else's affection was entirely original).
Fujiko continued the manga after that though, and I think it ended prematurely without there ever been an official closure and that's where the fanmade ending came from, supposedly to tie up the loose ends with the development of Doraemon's and Nobita's brother-like bond.
Fuck, the first chapter of this hit me like a truck.
As someone who's in a similar situation as Nobita (though 23 as opposed to 10, which is probably what makes it hit so hard), always hearing that you're a loser just nags at you like nothing else. Only ever being bad to mediocre at everything, not having that *one* passion you excel at which assuredly will bring you success and wealth one day. It felt hopeless at times, like "Why even bother with anything when I'll never be able to reach the heights expected of me?".
The conclusion really helped put me back into a more positive headspace and have a more positive outlook on my future. A bad grade's not the end of the world, not having a great destiny predestined for you since birth is not the end. It's easy to say to others, but hard to drill into your own head, and I think it finally broke through to me.
Up until recently, i felt the exact same.
Struggling with being neurodivergent, and being bullied by peers & teachers alike for things i cannot control brought me to the brink countless times.
But growing up, i've learned to accept myself for who i am, and group myself with people who accept me for who i am.
I can confidently say it'll only get better with time.
Never give up, if only to prove the haters wrong! Don't undersell the power of spite to get you through the shitty parts of life.
And at 23, you're still a kid really. Most of your twenties are spent working out who you are beyond where you go to school or work anyway. Don't worry if you don't have your stuff together yet, there's many years left. you just have to get there to find it one day.
@@gilbertosantos2806 *solidarity fistbump* Life gets so much better when you find your people and aren't stuck with those that aren't.
None of you guys are losers. You're kings and I wish you the best in life
Yeah I can relate to nobita a lot
Being someone in my 20s who’s constantly questioning my route towards the future, this video has deeply grounded and touched me. Thank you for doing what you do. I always look forward to your videos !
Same for me
Yeah
Well, same here.
Yes.
im about to enter my 30s, and i just had a kid, and i tell you mate, i still have no idea what im doing, im just making it up as i go along there's no real handbook on how to be an adult or how to be a father or how to be responsible because everyone is different and an advice from one person may not apply to the next person and so on.
Being an indian, I have loved DORAEMON since childhood...It's nostalgia for me !!
Lol 😂
I always think Nobita's reliance and needy personality are also affected by the toxic friendship between Suneo and Gian (I mean yeah they are sometimes being nice to him but c'mon they are also being a bully) , neglectful dad, and his hot-headed mom, It's interesting when his mom always scolding him bc of his bad scores while I almost never seeing her helping him study or teaching him but watching your review, it does change my perception a little bit. Great as always, sir
Interestingly enough, the new series started in 2005 changed things around and highlights a lot more of the failure of these side characters. It's not uncommon to see dad being the one who uses gadgets and failing. Time has definitely changed.
For real, like looking back, Tama and Nobisuke spend little to no time with their son trying to help him in his studies. I don't know if this sink or swim bs is a Japanese thing. My dad's father was a real hardass but he really helped him in his studies all the way to the 8th grade. As an Indian, it's just weird looking from the outside I've gotten decent grades for most of my life and honestly if my mom wasn't there for so much of it I don't think I could have gotten to this point.
@@thelastjerkbender2505 see? Ikr?
@@robertprewitt7777 That's what I thought, as this series only exposed how loser, weak, and coward Nobita is but also not many people realizing how toxic the environment Nobita living in, I'm Asian too and I have strict parents but at least many of us being taught of our parents or if they couldn't, they afford some tutors to teaching us. So that's why he has an unhealthy obsession with Shizuka and his friends also often taking advantage of him when in they are in the bad mode then his parents only care about his grades while they never ever are with him when he needs them the most. Don't get me wrong, I love Doraemon series and always watching it onsunday morning but as we grew up there's always something off in this series and we being critical too
@@AccentedCinema indeed, I remember that episode too, it always nice to see more side characters having their highlights
I actually cried within 1 minute, because of the nostalgia and that stuff. I'm really happy that Doraemon after all these year still kept it's value. I really miss those old Japanese animes with every episode having something to teach children.
Too bad it’s not known by the west
@@watchforever1724 You missed out on something really good.
@@IxoraNera I experienced the franchise this year so as well as crayonchin if I’m more of Doraemon honestly
@@watchforever1724 I remember my country banning Shin-chan for being too much for kids.
@@IxoraNera really that’s odd considering the humor felt more for adults
I really felt like Doraemon, Nobita, Shizuka, Sunio and Gian were my friends when I used to watch it as a toddler. I always wanted a kind friend like him with his sweet voice.
There more like classmates honestly
Seeing the movie in Cantonese makes me miss Lam Pou-cheun (Doraemon's original voice actor) as this is the last time older Cantonese-speaking Doraemon fans will hear his voice.
Aw crap, don't you mention it, it leads to sadness again......
yup, doraemon named ting tang in chinese version, cute
I'm from Nepal but grew up in Hong Kong in the 80s in British military camps because my dad served in the British army as a Gurkha soldier. I learned Cantonese watching cartoons and children's programs like 430 Space Shuttle on TVB. Doraemon was called 'Ting Tong'.
Now that you bring it up, it just awakened my sadness for a bygone era.
@@zicob2536 well more accurately would be ding dong but nowadays hes call do la a mong
The scene with Nobita's grandma always makes me teared up
Me too
Same
Ngl but same :(
Same
As someone who lost her 4 years ago, I agree.
"He has one goal in life, he works hard for it. And he is happy because he achieved it. Isn't that enough?" The last sentence made me realize that I was speedrun a lot through my list of goals without slowing down, to experience happiness, the purpose why I set the goal in the first place.
The Peanuts Movie in a nutshell
Sometimes, I feel like watching Stand By Me is the entirety of the original anime series compressed into one.
That’s what it was
@@watchforever1724 yep
With some changes.
This comment is good
@@mrpyon3724 Can you tell me the changes? I haven't watched the original series
For Indians.... Most kids to teenage grew up watching it. And really this show lives in core of our heart, even no Indian movie could replace it I think never. Hindi dubbing was so top class that our neighbor regions where languages are different, kids learnt hindi through it. If you ask any bangladeshi teen Or youth ... They will say they learnt hindi through doraemon and shinchan.
not only indians we pakistanis loved it still love it.
@@MyEverythingChannel He is talking about Indians not Pakistanis.
I honestly love the through line of this duology, which is "Even the mundane can be special, especially if it's something you built with the help of those you love." Nobita didn't need to be some celebrity, or some world-renowed figure, just a dude with the girl he loves and the more than decent chance of building a nice stable family.
To me, that's just the grounded 'ending' a fantastical series like Doraemon needs.
Just a dude with the girl he loves
Just a dude with the girl he loves
oh my goodness this essay made me cry so much. it made so emotional, doraemon and shinchan have been a part of my growing years, the fact that nobita worked hard for just one goal and lived a fulfilling life made me so happy.
Lol
Comrades czcams.com/video/461nvNQBWJI/video.html
Whenever I think of this film, I always remember that Stand By Me was also the last Doraemon dub from the Cantonese voice actor right before he died, and it makes it so much more emotional than it already is
I've always watched the Doraemon anime as a kid, and I always found myself rooting for Nobita. I'm gonna watch this movie to remind myself of why I fell in love with these characters :)
Yeah I can see where your coming from
Didnt watch the movie even until now, but I can see how faithful and emotional this movie was from this video. Especially that scene with his grandma, it s been yrs but those pages are still burning inside my heart, and I teared up a bit here. A small piece of childhood
Yeah the movie was good
Feels so weird listening to Doraemon in Japanese after only watching it in Hindi all through my childhood
I have always watched Doraemon (albeit dubbed in Tagalog) since my early childhood. The way you give your insight and explanation of the film series (which made to our local TV lately, again dubbed in Tagalog) made me emotional a little bit. Knowing the manga as well, it's kinda weird that Nobita in the films remains the clumsy loser that he was rather than being the scientist that was dictated in the manga. Indeed this is striking the current generation's sensibilities on living life just the way you are. Probably the most brilliant move by the film writers.
Cheers and more power!
Interesting to know
Him being a scientist isn't canon by the way, it's fanfic
Him being a scientist isn't canon by the way, it's fanfic
The part about the grandma made me cry. I've read it when I was a kid and it was just another episode. Now I'm 25 and my grandma passed away. Wanting to fulfill his grandma's wish just made me cry. I just imagined the same for my mother. Just wanting to make her happy.
I watched this with my little sister, I thought it’s just a kiddy film but it legit made me cried. Now I’m a fan of doraemon.
When people try to make friends, What they are actually doing is finding themselves their Doraemon.
The weird thing is I never liked Nobita as a child and always looked down on him and prefered someone like Kirito from SAO but just a year ago I realized that he is one of the most well written characters while watching Stand by me 2
Doraemon is truly the everliving memories of almost every (used-to-be) kids.
Recently I decided to do a Doraemon re-read (short series, movie series, baseball series, Doraemon's friends series, ...) and I still remember most of the plot (even 80% of short series just by looking at the name and cover of each chapter). The last time I read Doraemon' was probably 10 years ago.
And it truly hit me with nostalgia: the first time I read Doraemon from a sister at my grandparents's rent house, the first Doraemon movie I watched at my friends birthday, the money I saved up to complete all Doraemon manga (I gave it to my cousin years and years ago and I'm happy I liked it and passed it down to his friends), the first Doreamon plushie I desired for so long and got it for my birthday.
Doraemon sticks to me for so long because
1. I'm a tech freak and those gadgets build my dream,
2. If you read some of Fujiki's other series, his stories focus deeply on morality and often end with a lesson to the reader. Some chapters in Doraemon act as filler but some give some really deep lessons (ex: Chapter about a dandellion teaches about caring, motherhood and courage; Chapters about Doraemon's love is to let go and hope for the other's best; Chapters about Nobita's birth name meaning is about parenthood; and most of chapters teach friendship and trust are the most powerful weapon against evil).
and man i always love the green aesop in many chapters of doraemon
Yeah been seeing all of Doraemon this year
reminds me of the Attack on Titan line that went something like, "You don't need impressive talents. You're special because you were born into this world."
I cried so hard in the theater my friends thought I smoked joints before the movie
People in West cann,t even imagine how big doremon was in East . I still remember after coming from school I used to crave for doremon as a drug addict . And it was n,t the case only with me. The popularity of doremon was so high that parents started to complaining and articles about this started to come to news paper in my country. And at last in 2012-2013( I don,t exactly remember the year) the government of my country banned the channels that used broadcast doremon.
But even after that doremon used to srculate in dubbed from In our native language in local TV channels for years to come.
I still remember I used to save my tiffin money to buy doremon stickers .
This show was one of the biggest part of my childhood.
I think the problem is Doraemon isn’t popular in the west and you don’t hear too many CZcamsrs in the west talk about this blue cat
Actually, we can. Portugal and Spain can. It was GIGANTIC here, and still is to this day. Doraemon was very beloved by everyone, the theme song was sung by many kids, and Doraemon himself became an icon.
Wow, I never got to watch the movies but I thought that they are just a spin off. It turns out to be pretty much the manga adaptation from some scattered chapters that when string together, they become really good. The only different part is, Nobita didn't bring Grandma Nobi to the future to see his wedding. I wonder if the movies have the USO800 chapter adaptation as well?
I think the first film is on Netflix (Japan), and the sequel is coming to Netflix this Christmas. If you are a big enough fan to remember USO800, you will absolutely love the films!
Man i wanna tell you but its gonna be spoiler in first movie
It’s definitely something you love but I love the second movie
the first film's on netflix in Canada too!
What i like about nobita was his willingness to accept that he's not good enough and tried to be better, Doraemon just teach me there is no instant solution to a problem, it's all about efforts
Sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you work. The girl just doesn't like you.
Doraemon was and will be my favourite cartoon of all time
Oh My God Doraemon has to be my favourite Anime cuz it's just too much nostalgia.
I love it even though I didn’t grow up with the show
Almost 50 here, an average Joe that will never found himself on any list of fame, but I am as happy as can be. I am teaching this skill of being happy nobody to my children, and thanks to your video, I think I just found a new material 😇🙏
Interesting
Man, I was waiting a long time for any review like this. Even the many hardcore anime channels often overlook this masterpiece. I user to watch it since I was six, and this movie came out when I was 16. I've met a few folks online who're almost the age of my grandparents having geeky conversation about Doraemon. This really was a better part of my childhood. Thanks again, Accented Cinema.
Ps: the urban legend, although inferior to the canon, should be animated (personal opinion).
They don’t overlook it’s just something niche unless your Indian because whenever you go to CZcams you find a lot of Doraemon/crayonchin videos there
@@watchforever1724 Well, I'm not. I guess that's where the problem started 😅😅
@@mrb3958 oh
@@watchforever1724 Niche? To western audience maybe. Doraemon is a household name in Asia.
@@fkyfky0208 yeah that’s what I meant
You don't need to be special to successful
You don't need to be successful to be happy
great explanation , really friendship between nobita and doraemon teaches us so many things
I broke down back then when Nobita was flying happily, while Doraemon sit and watched him while reminiscing the time they spent together.
I broke down again while watching this video. Thank you for reminding me of this beautiful movie.
I used to watch Doraemon when I was a kid for 6-7 years
The first movie made me emotional, I still have to see the 2nd one.
Also a very good video, your voice and narration is fantastic
Both are good
You should see the mainline movies too
@@dirtydirtsgt4751 saw them
I absolutely love these 2 movies and I’m so glad you got to talk about them. I knew nothing about Doreamon before watching the movies other than how a big cultural icon it was, so I was surprised how much I empathized with Nobita and the film’s messages.
Yeah these two movies at good
Having watched Doraemon as a child, I never actually knew how it ended and didn't know they released these two movies.
As someone who relates to this show a lot, it really did hit me like a truck as you went on discussing how he was able to persist past being a loser or failing in the things he does. It really touched me, and I just started uncontrollably crying, damn onion ninjas as always.
Thank you Accented Cinema for sharing this film, now I know what to watch this Christmas with the family.
Technically for the original anime there was kinda an ending for the 1979 anime
@@watchforever1724 I remember they did the ending a couple times throughout the show after that and they just kinda brushed it off....but then again I don't remember things well enough..
@@606aichan7O7 the episode was called Doraemon takes a day off
Doraemon ended in Volume 6 of the manga with Doraemon went back to the future, but then the author changed his mind and made more Doraemon until he died. There was no ending.
Here in the Philippines, most of our childhood was spent watching Doraemon especially kids from the late 80s to Early 2000s. Having to watch the two films now as a student entering collage have me realized how I love watching these series, The feels was just incomparable and it really changed my outlook in life especially the line "You don't need grand ambition for a meaningful life".
This is why Doraemon will always be a part of every Filipino's childhood.
My English isn't good so pardon me
I am currently living my life just like nobita, although i may to be a loser now. I hope i have enough strength and perseverance/resilience to continue living life, give happiness to the people around me; be it friends, family. And to marry a person who resides deep in my heart but currently in a relationship with another person.
This video has helped me realise what is my purpose in life, given me advices as to how to live a meaningful life, ask for help without being shy of because scared of being seen as a loser. I thank you accented cinema for this video
I was born in 99 and watching Doraemon is my childhood. Of course I've watched the two movies but rewatching it through this video almost make me tears. Now I'm 22, graduated from college, still jobless. But I always remember how hard Nobita try to be a better person. Maybe not the best, but better. Good enough to just living an ordinary life.
Doraemon is pure nostalgia and just by watching you explaining first chapter is already made me in tears, thank you so much. Much love
The Doraemon movies had me tear up many times. I remember the other great films such as the one where the fight demons, the one where they basically become supermen for another planet, the one where he made a cat dog civilisation and the one where they fought a war with robots. Even the birthday specials can tear me up. The Doreamon writers really know how to write role model characters with empathy and inspiring stories.
Both Stand By Me Doraemon films is enough to make a grown man cry and that's me right there.
Fun fact that the story which adapted into this film was taken from a chapter in Vol. 6 of the manga which originally intended to be the series' ending before Fujiko F Fujio changed his mind to continue the series
Great video as always!
On a side note, most of the Doraemon animated movies made me cry even as an adult.
They always had a lesson to teach in each movie, but that lesson tends to be one about cherishing friendship, and achieving the impossible by working together.
The newer opening theme songs they use for the movies always got me in tears, because the lyrics sing about potentially forgetting about all these great adventures when they grow into adults.
As a grown-ass adult, the opening song always gets me ugly crying; the thought of Nobita always going to these magical journeys through time and space, but they always end up living a normal life, and potentially forgetting about his whimsical adventures.... nothing but tears
Yeah I agree
For me doremon is my childhood I watched it for like 6-7 yrs.
When he got married to his crush in 2nd movie,I got so emotional because for all these yrs I have seen him loving her secretly and following her madly.
@syed Abdullah Ghouri yup it is and HD too.
Growing up in Hong Kong, it‘s hard pressed to find anyone who haven’t heard of Doraemon. The movies are full of nostslgic bits, and the scene where Nobita goes back in time to see his grandma teared me up because I lost my grandma in 2009 when I was studying In F.3 (Grade 9 if you’re an American), which is something I can relate to.
Even though I am not Japanese anime shows like doraemon, shin-chan and Ninja Hattori I am fond of the shows themselves. I have seen most doraemon movies as they also aired in India on TV, growing up with these shows really make me fond of my childhood. Thanks for making this video this gave me the biggest nostalgia and nearly made me cried.
I cried when I first saw this movie, its such a good tale about a character who gets trashed on so much in his life. For everyone who watched the old series, this movie is a solid recommendation
The first movie to me was just a collage of the manga. When i watched the second movie, i didn't expect much. To my surprise, despite still comprised from various episodes of the manga, the movie is actually a whole new story, and a great one at that.
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Agreed
I think my country still broadcasts Doreamon. It is one of the nostalgia anime here too.
The grandma scenes at the end of the second movie was making me tear up.
just like a wise man once said: Sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else
I cried while listening to this. Your words are really cool!!! They're so casually poetic & straight to the point. Fave CZcamsr ever!!! 💞 💞 💞
"Wanna know my greatest achieve in life... I lived that's all" - my uncle.
The fact that the director of this film directed Godzilla minus one is kind of awesome man!
I've recently watched the first and second stand by me doraemon films on Netflix and honestly this video just makes me appreciate the films more. it even makes me appreciate nobita more than I used to back then. excellent video, man!
Nobita is clearly not a loser. He saved the earth several times. Is the creator and savior of many civilizations. In fact, the fan-made ending is also quite reasonable if someone learns about the time loop. Nobita and his group are the only ones who can move space and time freely without fear of being caught by the time police. As explained, Nobita is the breaking point of time. In other words, Doraemon is the creator of Nobita (Doctor), and it is Nobita with knowledge of robotics who has created the advanced 21st century or indirectly created Doraemon.
man doraemon is what made my childhood special, whenever i felt like a loser or felt sad, i just compared myself to nobita and pushed the hardships through
I used to watch this anime as a kid, I rewatched the movie after seeing this video and I have realised how big of an impact Doraemon is in my life.
I really like how this movie touches upon the more emotional and sympathetic moments of the long-running classic that is Doraemon. The thing is that, after everything the series has shown us, the ending telling us that Nobita is a nobody is realistic, but still kind of a cop-out…
Seriously, how many times has he rescued his naked girlfriend from microscopic aliens already? Like Homer Simpson, Nobita is a means to have the average reader identify with the story vicariously. But both characters have already been through so many extraordinary experiences, that they have become a parody of themselves. Instead of “you’re not special”, such characters teach us that even the Homers and Nobitas of the world have a chance to shine, even if it means relying on their eccentricity.
the story of Nobita has always been about a loser and how he gets through life and the impact of Doraemon , let's a something which addresses fate and technology has on his life
your video encompasses all of the concepts well and covers the importance of the story . thank you!
Agreed
Life will never be same again😔
It's too bad Nobita is going to die early of a heart condition, judging by those abnormally swollen fingertips.
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I watched this with my crush, after watching it I got courage to confess my feeling. So I did that and she accepted my feeling. Now she is my girlfriend. Thank you doraemon and nobita.
Sorry for terrible english
I am a loser but i am not using it as my weakness it is my strength to be who i am now
The thing is Nobita is actually a smart kid. If you look at the way how he uses the gadgets to help others and sometimes he even exploits the gadgets which comes as a surprise to even Doraemon. This emphasizing the idea that success doesn't necessarily comes from being smart alone it takes a great deal of hardwork. When Nobita actually tries to study he does get good grades on his test . I like how the show is a critique on laziness as opposed to being dumb or just talentless.
your videos always popped up in my yt but watched them for the first time today, loved all of them
I remember when I was still a middle schooler I'd watch Doraemon all day until I fell asleep, Doraemon always made my day better even if he isn't real and is not beside me. I wasn't able to finish the anime nor the two films because of school work, and because of that I've forgotten what used to make me happy. I'm a first year high schooler now and watching this video brings back memories, I almost teared up when I saw this video, thank you so much for reminding me what made me happy in the past years.
This video is so beautiful and I'm inspired to watch the films now. Great work as always 🙌🏼
I’v watched all the films before this video came out
I would like to compliment the way you write and narrate your essays. It is always tear-jerking and I end up crying. Somehow it moves my heart and I feel the emotions the scenes carry during the run of the video. I am reminded of how precious and special humans and their lives can be.
Thankyou so much for making such beautiful videos. This video was also amazing.
Bro thank you for making these videos, it just makes my day everytime.
Absolutely love your content
Man, I *REALLY* hated Nobita when I watched the show as a kid. Like, I get it, he could have moments of growths here and there, but with the series being episodic, most of those moments were forgotten by the end of the episode. There was also the fact that when the series wanted you to think that Nobita was a loser, there was no extent to which it wouldn't go to make you think that. Even Nobita himself becomes angry at how much of a loser he becomes. He saw into the future and saw himself rejecting going with Shizuka to the mountains due to a cold. When he sees that she got stuck and needs help, he sees that his future self got worse from the cold so he disguises himself and goes to help her, but fail every time he tries to help themselves and Shizuka ends up fixing the problem. After the ordeal he sees the future and watches how Shizuka accepts his wedding proposal, because, and I quote, "You fail so much that you won't be able to live on without me" or something. Of course Nobita gets angry at this because it's played for a laugh, but it ends up becoming the truth.
The 2005 reboot series kinda fixed this, many episodes are directly connected to each other although you wont notice it if you dont watch them in the right order
I’m soooo happy that you made this video. It’s gave me the incentive to go and watch these movies. The movies are so touching. 🥺🥺🥺
this entire video made me tear up a bit, thanks man
I was already in high school when Doraemon started airing in my country. But it was still very entertaining nonetheless. Out of all the awesome gadgets, my favorite are 2: The teleportation door and the "smart" bread: bread that you place on top of a book. Then that "stores" the book's content and when you eat the bread, your brain "absorbs" everything in the book.
My husband and I were in a long distance relationship for like 7 years before getting married so Doraemon's door was something we often joked about. And through college and grad school, I often wished the smart bread was real 😅
Those aside, this video essay made me appreciate Doraemon in a deeper sense - outside of its childish comedy and more into its humanity.
I am from India,and Doraemon and shinchan meant the world to me in my childhood,I personally thought no American or Indian Cartoon was ever a match for them,although I know that shinchan was actually heavily censored because it had much nudity before broadcasting in India but Doraemon,shinchan were a major part of my childhood ,as a child watching Doraemon I always used to be curious about what new gadget will Doraemon pop out of his pocket and shinchan was very funny.
This was such a great video I came across.
Watching Doraemon back when I was younger, in the late hours of the night, it kept me entertained and curious about what it portrayed, even if it was a simple kids show. I never truly thought that the series could have such a deeper meaning years later with movie adaptations... This fills my heart. Doesn't matter if you're relating to the story or the character, it's just wonderful to feel what a fictional person can portray in just two movies, and I find it a great motivational boost to many young people... Even if you're not the greatest, just aim for what you want in life, and eventually you'll achieve it with persistence, and that's a beautiful ending note for Doraemon...
I am absolutely loving your videos.
For me, the Doraemon OVAs, directed by the obscure, (but also brilliant), Ayumu Watanabe from 1998 to 2002 that were released along the annual films, are the best thing ever to came off this franchise.
I love the premise of the short films, the old 90s animmation, the fantástic seiyuus from the 79's series, and the feeling of nostalgia that is impregnated in the general artwork, from the character models to the backgrounds.
The return of Doraemon, The nigth before Nobita and Shizuka's weeding or The day i was born....etc
The maturity of this stories is something not that common in Doraemon, but man, it really feels like they belong in the show. For me, the best of Doraemon.
I only recently started watching Doraemon when I was around 19-20. Although my grades at school were a little more like Dekisugi’s than Nobita’s (as an Asian American, I couldn’t disappoint my parents in front of my peers. Although I think I did anyway lol), I was always an awkward person and didn’t have many friends. I felt like a loser most of the time because I was (and sometimes still am) an outcast. Nowadays I always seem to be worrying about the future and getting a job when I’m out of college, but Doraemon is a gentle reminder that your worth isn’t determined by your success in a career or how much money you make, and that a life well lived is one spent caring about other people. Really happy you covered this today, thank you!
I just love videos like this, the one that opens your eyes and makes you realize things
Thank you for making this video Doraemon really had an impact on me as it is the first anime i've ever watch on my life and i also cry when i watch the first movie i found Nobita really relatable on a lot level, i really love the moment between Doraemon and Nobita more than anything seeing someone also finally talking about this movie Makes me feels really happy, thank you
Doreamon is my childhood and great video and I still watch it
Yeah most of the episodes now a days are reruns of old episodes
I grew up reading the chinese (particularly HK) translated version of the where Doraemon is known as Ding Dong. Then transitioned to watching original Japanese anime, and finally he's in 3D now. It's almost like my childhood grew alongside Doraemon.
Interesting
i actually remember the chinese dubbed names better than the actual japanese ones, thats how much i watched it when i was younger
@@Perceval16 Ding Dong, Tai Hung, Zeng Yi, Kei Onn and I don't remember what's Suneo's Chinese name?
@@flywan im not sure about the canto ones, probably cuz i ones i watched were from the taiwan dub... 😅 but yeah i forgot the pointy chin guy's name too
@@Perceval16 So it's Ding Dang, Ta Shiung, Ching Yi, Chi An and still nobody remember the ither guy's name 🤣
why am i tears again in 2ndly
thank you AC, you made me cry. So heartwarming!
Awesome video, AC. Great movie for a even great show! Happy Christmas for you and all of your family! =)