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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

2010Movie1 h 40 min

Family
66
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.2/5

A heartwarming, wondrous adventure movie about fantasy and the future.

Good for family movie night · friends night · kids

Skip it if you want dark or edgy material

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Not for scares, brutality or tears.

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Story

Nobita, Doraemon, and the rest must come to the aid of mermaid princess Sophia, whose undersea kingdom is suffering under the weight of a war. Their only hope lies in a mythical sword from the planet Aqua...

Feels like

  • Children's Adventure
  • Sci-Fi Fantasy
  • Underwater World
  • Friendship Theme
  • Wholesome Family Entertainment
  • Doraemon Franchise
  • Animated Spectacle
  • Problem-Solving
  • Lighthearted Conflict

Cast

8 of 8

Crew

Directed by
Kōzō Kusuba
Written by
Yuichi Shinpo
Produced by
Noboru Sugiyama, Sojiro Masuko, Takanori Okano
Music by
Kan Sawada

Everyone

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

Facts

March 6, 2010 · 1 h 40 min · Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Released
March 6, 2010
Runtime
1 h 40 min
Genres
Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Original language
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Box office
$35 million
Available in
31 countries

Tropes

Continuity Cavalcade, Adaptation Expansion, Adaptational Jerkass +9

  • Continuity Cavalcade
  • Adaptation Expansion
  • Adaptational Jerkass
  • Bookends
  • Cool Sword
  • Running Gag
  • Slippery as an Eel
  • No More for Me
  • Chekhov's Gun
  • The Great Flood
  • Animal Mecha
  • Underwater Ruins

12 of 29 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King?"

Questions about Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King?

It streams in 6 other countries, but not in the United States.

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King worth watching?

66
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 66 (IMDb 6.6 and Letterboxd 3.2 out of 5).

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King 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 32 of 48 in its series, after Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009) and before Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels (2011).

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King okay for kids?

Yes: the viewing guide lists it for kids.

Can I half-watch Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King?

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.

Will I feel good after watching Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King?

BleakHopeful

Yes, it's an uplifting movie: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for wholesome and 8 for hopefulness.

Is Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King in English?

Japanese

No, it was made in Japanese.