Doraemon Movie 02: Nobita no Uchuu Kaitakushi

Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer is nothing special, but is overall adequate enough as a fun family movie that I cannot give it any less than a 5. All of the usual gang is back again this time with the introduction of new space companions Roppuru and Chammy. These characters are fine enough on their own, though their obvious inherent similarity to Nobita and Doraemon leaves less of a lasting impression in the long run and leaves little room to distinguish them during the film. The villains too are entirely one-note, as you would largely expect from this type of film. The animation and ... music were standard for Doraemon, with the usual opening and ending sequences recurring as always. I did also wonder throughout the movie why Doraemon had no way of giving the gang a baseball field to play on when it really does not feel like that outlandish of a task for him, although that is more of a general critique or issue of the franchise given Doraemon's permanent role as a deus ex machina. In all, while this may not have lived up to the standard set by the first film it was still a perfectly fine sequel that serves its duty of giving some light family entertainment.