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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas

1998Movie1 h 31 min

AnimationFamily
68
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2

A wholesome, wondrous animated movie about fantasy and family.

Good for family movie night · friends night · party vibe

Skip it if you want dark or edgy material

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Not for big ideas, brutality or tears.

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Story

Nobita coaxes his friends to join him for a treasure hunt but an eerie event transports them to the past. However, their hunt for treasure is not easy as they come face-to-face with pirates.

Feels like

  • Family-Friendly Adventure
  • Animated Sci-Fi
  • Time Travel
  • Underwater Exploration
  • Friendship & Teamwork
  • Wholesome Entertainment
  • Classic Anime
  • Magical Gadgets
  • Historical Setting

Cast

6 of 6

Crew

Directed by
Tsutomu Shibayama
Written by
Nobuaki Kishima, Fujiko F. Fujio
Music by
Nobuyuki Nakamura

Everyone

Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).

Facts

March 7, 1998 · 1 h 31 min · Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Released
March 7, 1998
Runtime
1 h 31 min
Genres
Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Original language
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Box office
$31 million
Available in
1 country

Tropes

Not Completely Useless, No Historical Figures Were Harmed, Big Bad +9

  • Not Completely Useless
  • No Historical Figures Were Harmed
  • Big Bad
  • Brick Joke
  • My Greatest Failure
  • Remembered Too Late
  • Epic Ship-on-Ship Action
  • Especially Zoidberg
  • All Myths Are True
  • Adaptation Expansion
  • Glass Smack and Slide
  • Chekhov's Gun

12 of 39 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas?"

Questions about Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas?

It streams in 1 other country, but not in the United States.

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas worth watching?

68
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68 (IMDb 7.2).

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas a sequel?

  1. Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)
  2. Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981)
  3. Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982)
  4. Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983)
  5. Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of Magic (1984)
  6. Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985)
  7. Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
  8. Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)
  9. Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West (1988)
  10. Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)
  11. Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)
  12. Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
  13. Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits / The☆Doraemons: Strange, Sweets, Strange? / Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (1991)
  14. Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992)
  15. Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993)
  16. Doraemon: Nobita and the Future Notes (1994)
  17. Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994)
  18. Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World (1995)
  19. Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)
  20. Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997)
  21. Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998)
  22. Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999)
  23. Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000)
  24. Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
  25. Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
  26. Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
  27. Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004)
  28. Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (2006)
  29. Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (2007)
  30. Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
  31. Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)
  32. Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
  33. Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels (2011)
  34. Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure (2012)
  35. Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
  36. Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)
  37. Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
  38. Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
  39. Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017)
  40. Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
  41. Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019)
  42. Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020)
  43. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 (2022)
  44. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
  45. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony (2024)
  46. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales (2025)
  47. Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (2026)
  48. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Steam-Powered Time Machine (2027)

Yes: it's movie 21 of 48 in its series, after Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997) and before Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999).

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas okay for kids?

Yes: the viewing guide lists it for kids.

Will Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas make me laugh?

Light

Now and then: the humor is mostly situational comedy (6 of 10) and absurd humor (6 of 10).

Can I half-watch Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 4 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it good for background watching.

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas in English?

Japanese

No, it was made in Japanese.