Doraemon Movie 40: Nobita no Shin Kyouryuu

Doraemon in the Reiwa Era is here, and it's beautiful. The art really took a step up here. Not sure what changed over at Shin-Ei, but it's appreciable.

Nobita going on his usual hijinks as the story never gets old. How many times has he messed with dinosaurs at this point? I mean, it's practically Jurassic Park at this point, with how much they deal with dinosaurs. Still a lot of fun for sure, although it's no Spielberg.

Music was on point, as usual. Also, Misuchiru is a great band, and "Birthday" is no exception. Now if only they could get GLAY on a movie... I'm ... kidding, I'm kidding.

Anyways, if you like Doraemon, or if your kids like Doraemon, it's a fun movie. Also, congratulations to the franchise for lasting 50 years! Hopefully we'll see that blue tanuki in real life by 2112.

Brilliant childhood anime.
Great twist from the original movie and amazing reference to the original. 8/10

The Art was decent however the CGI was abit meh. GCI just did not fit art style of Miu And Qiu. 6/10

The sound effects in this movie was astonishingly good everything was matching and fitting especially the OSTs. 10/10

Character was adequate nothing extraordinary though I do love the cuteness of the dinosaurs'. 7/10

Enjoyment?, I enjoyed it very much so that I would definitely watch it again in the future. I love how there weren't any antagonists in this movie and that it teaches that evolution is important and the key ... to life. Just like how everyday we strive forward with technology to achieve the beyond.
9/10


Overall 8/10

I have watched all Doraemon movies and I'd say this is easily the 2nd best remakes right after "Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops ~Winged Angels~"

My overall take: Differentiates itself from similar stories in the franchise while taking inspiration from recent scientific advances.

In this movie, Nobita revives a fossilized double-yolked egg that hatches into two feathered dinosaurs. As a paleontologist, I appreciate that this movie clearly took notes on the latest paleontological science and incorporated it into its story. No, not everything in here is scientifically accurate, and there is definitely some embellishment for the sake of entertainment. However, it's evident that the filmmakers went the extra mile in their background research: for example, the dinosaurs that we think almost certainly had feathers are all shown with feathers, the end ... of the Cretaceous is said to be 66 million years ago and not the outdated 65 million years ago, and there's a scene showing the footprints of a pterosaur and they're obviously referenced from actual fossils of pterosaur tracks (that one really impressed me).

As for the story itself, I was originally apprehensive about how this film would be able to distinguish itself from Nobita's Dinosaur (1980). However, though the beginning plays out in a similar way (probably intentionally so), I felt that the second half of this movie carves out its own niche quite nicely. If anything, the climax here has more parallels with Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) in how it involves the end-Cretaceous mass extinction and reveals that there's no true villain in the story. In a way, I think Nobita's New Dinosaur combines the narrative strengths of those two previous Mesozoic-themed tales. Nobita raising two dinosaurs is a more engaging setup than Suneo running around under the impression that he's hallucinating in Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs, whereas the protagonists' actions turning out to have a major impact on the history of life on Earth gives the plot slightly more depth and complexity than the straightforward "boy and his pet" story of Nobita's Dinosaur.

If I have any (non-scientific) criticism for this movie, it may be the cameo from Piisuke, the plesiosaur from Nobita's Dinosaur. Although touching and well-intended, Piisuke's appearance raises some confusing questions about continuity. Some parts of this movie (such as Nobita's friends lacking faith in the possibility that he could find living dinosaurs) imply that it takes place in a separate continuity from Nobita's Dinosaur, but Piisuke showing up, complete with Nobita getting a flashback to their time together, seems to run counter to this premise. The fact that Nobita never fully realizes that Piisuke is there (as Piisuke rescues him while he is drowning and departs before he regains consciousness) might also be disappointing.