, also known as ''Doraemon: The Movie 2006'' and ''Doraemon and the Little Dinosaur'', is a 2006 Japanese

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and is a remake of the first

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. First serialized in 1969, the manga's chapters were collected in 45 volumes published by Shogakukan from 1974 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic ...

film '' Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur'', released in 1980. Directed by

Ayumu Watanabe is a Japanese animation director. After joining Shin-Ei Animation, he directed multiple ''Doraemon'' animated films. As a freelancer, he also worked on numerous animated adaptations such as '' Space Brothers'', '' After the Rain'', and '' Komi Ca ...

, the film was released theatrically in Japan on 4 March 2006. It's the 26th Doraemon film. The film got a private screening with English subtitles in

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, on 14 November 2008, making it the first time Doraemon made an appearance in the US. The movie grossed over 3.28 billion yen. This movie ranked as the 6th highest-grossing movie and the highest grossing animated movie in 2006 of both Japan and the United States. It is the first Doraemon film to be considered part of the 2005 series and to star the current Japanese voice cast. The catchphrases for the film are「君がいるから、がんばれる。」(''"I can do my best because you're here."'') and「うまれたて、映画ドラえもん。」("''New Doraemon the Movie.''")Taken from the beginning of the movie'
theatrical trailer
where a dinosaur egg breaks open and both

and movie character Piisuke emerge from the inside of it.

Plot

Suneo shows everyone a fossilized claw of a ''

Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' () is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ( meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to ''T. rex'' or colloquially t-rex, is one of the best represented theropods. It lived througho ...

,'' and

Nobita is a fictional character and one of the main characters in the ''Doraemon'' anime and manga series created by Fujiko Fujio. Known as Sidney, Specky and Noby in some English localizations of the anime, Nobita is usually depicted as an elementar ...

is angry that he doesn't get a look. Nobita claims that he will be able to find a living

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. Panicking, Nobita researches dinosaurs and starts digging in a hill, but then, the landlord forces him to dig a hole. Nobita unearths an egg fossil. Using the time-wrap, he returns it to its original form and plans to hatch it. A young ''

Futabasaurus ''Futabasaurus'' is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. It was described and named in 2006, and was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae. The genus contains one species, ''F. suzukii''. Description ''Futabasa ...

'' comes out of it, and Nobita decides to name him Piisuke. Nobita doesn't show it to

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and Suneo due to Piisuke being too small and says he would have to eat spaghetti through his nose if he lies. Meanwhile, Nobita and Piisuke form a strong bond between them with Nobita working very hard to make sure Piisuke is well looked after and grows attached. Piisuke grows too big to stay in Nobita's closet and has to be moved to a lake. However, the next day when Nobita goes to visit him he hears that Piisuke was seen and when he gets to the lake it's flooded with reporters and is unable to take him home. Nobita is then visited by a dinosaur hunter from the 24th century who wants to purchase Piisuke but flees soon after. When night comes, Nobita takes Piisuke away after Doraemon distracts all who gathered there. He escapes with Piisuke and he and Doraemon use the time machine to take Piisuke back to the

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. On the way there however the time machine is attacked by the dinosaur hunter from before who intend to capture Piisuke no matter what. Nobita, Doraemon and Piisuke manage to escape but the time machine is damaged. They leave Piisuke in prehistoric times and return home with Nobita crying the entire way. Gian,

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and Suneo do not believe that Nobita has raised a dinosaur and he angrily uses the Time TV. However, they see Piisuke being bullied by sharp-toothed ''

Elasmosaurus ''Elasmosaurus'' () is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, at about 80.6 to 77million years ago. The first specimen was discovered in 1867 near Fort Wallace, Kansas, US, and ...

''. Doraemon says because, while on the time machine, they have accidentally left Piisuke in

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instead of Japan. Nobita and Doraemon decide to head back with the others tagging along as well. Nobita finds Piisuke and his friends apologize for not believing him, they then plan to take Piisuke back to modern times and then to Cretaceous Japan. Doraemon who sees the time machine destroyed suggests they stay while he tries to fix it. However, when they're attacked by a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the kids want to go home, Doraemon admits that the time machine is broken. At first, the kids are scared, but Doraemon says they can use the bamboo-copters to go to Japan to take Piisuke back to the end of the Cretaceous period, and they set off on a long journey to do so, exploring the prehistoric world as they go. They then befriend a flock of ''

Ornithomimus ''Ornithomimus'' (; "bird mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaurs from the Campanian and Maastrichtian ages of Late Cretaceous Western North America. ''Ornithomimus'' was a swift, bipedal dinosaur which fossil evidence indicates wa ...

'', who give them a ride before dropping them off at a lake. There, the group encounter a herd of ''

Alamosaurus ''Alamosaurus'' (; meaning "Ojo Alamo lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs containing a single known species, ''Alamosaurus sanjuanensis'', from the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now southwestern ...

'' and are once again attacked by a ''Tyrannosaurus'', but they tame it with the dumplings. Then, after getting chased by a flock of ''

Quetzalcoatlus ''Quetzalcoatlus'' () is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The Type (biology), type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of Texas, United States, ...

'', they are cornered by dinosaur hunters from the future, who had stalked them the whole way. They say they will consider it but plant a decoy and attempt to escape. Their plan is foiled, and Gian, Shizuka and Suneo get captured. Doraemon and Nobita rush to save them, and all five have to face being eaten by a ferocious ''Tyrannosaurus,'' but they realize that it was one of the tamed dinosaurs. The hunters are all defeated by a ''

Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of Chasmosaurinae, chasmosaurine Ceratopsia, ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about 68 to 66 million years ago on the island ...

,'' a ''

Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thickness", ''kephalon/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid ornithischian dinosaur. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', ...

'' and a ''

Euoplocephalus ''Euoplocephalus'' ( ) is a genus of large herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs, living during the Late Cretaceous of Canada. It has only one named species, ''Euoplocephalus tutus''. The first fossil of ''Euoplocephalus'' was found in 1897 in Albe ...

''. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' defeats the hunter's pet ''

Spinosaurus ''Spinosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of large spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian faunal stage, stage of the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about 100 to 94 annum, million year ...

''. The Time Police arrives on scene to discover the hunters in a cage, and the group gone. The five decides to walk to Japan by themselves and encounters the Time Police, who acknowledges their heroic actions with a salute. When they arrive, the group says their final goodbye to Piisuke and return to their own timeline.

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* by

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* by

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Official website (archived)
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