This listing is for Doraemon The Cat Learning Series VHS Hi Fi Video Tape Manga Japan Japanese Version Vintage.
Directed by: Tsutomu Shibayama
Produced by: Fujiko F. Fujio Pro
Starring: Nobuyo Ōyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kazuya Tatekabe
Music by: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Production companies: Asatsu, Shin-Ei Animation
Distributed by: Toho
Release date: 12 March 1988
Running time: 90 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Format: Color
Rated: NR - Not Rated
Number of tapes: 1
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki), also known as Doraemon's Parallel Journey to the West, is a 1988 Japanese animated science fantasy film which premiered on March 12, 1988 in Japan. It is loosely based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It is the 9th Doraemon film and last Showa-era Doraemon. The film begins with Nobita waking up after seeing a dream where he impersonates the Stone Monkey and Doraemon, a traveler from the Western dynasty. He wakes midst his friends practicing a school play, Journey to the West. At the end, he promises to find the actual Sun Wukong and if he is unable to do so, Gian can use any gadget of Doraemon. At home, unable to find Doraemon– who is enjoying a virtual video game– Nobita travels to 645 AD where he notices Sun Wukong resembling his face and later helping a white starving kid whom he helps. Hours later, he also brings along his friends with Doraemon after which they are prevented by an uprising cavalry. They later spot Tang Seng after which Doraemon disguises Nobita as Stone Monkey through the game. During some talks, a monster secretly cradles out of the game.
After losing his bet, Nobita and his friends return home. Gian asks for the video game and the group starts playing it, but there were no monsters in the game. Doraemon says that there might be a problem in the functioning and Gian, Shizuka and Suneo return to their homes. They find the atmosphere to be extremely dark. At night, Nobita sees that his father has horns but he thinks that he is just seeing things. The next day, when they were rehearsing, Dekisugi says that Shizuka (playing the role of Tang Seng) will be eaten by the monsters. The group opposes him saying that this is not the story. But slowly, Dekisugi gets angry and develops horns, seeing which the group gets shocked. Their teacher arrives, and when the group complains about the matter, the Teacher gets angry and turns into a monster. As soon as Nobita reaches home, he and Doraemon, using Bamboo Copters, set out to survey the city and they find a huge Chinese-styled building and Doraemon realizes that the monsters from the game came out when they left the machine open, yesterday, when they went to 645 AD, where the monsters came out from the machine and the course of history changed. To stop the growth and rule of monsters, the friends decide to travel back to fix things. They disguise as their respective characters and travel back in time. Upon reaching, the camera pans upon to Tang Seng along with the white kid, resting in a temple. After two monsters and their pets attack Tang Seng, Nobita disguised as Stone Monkey defeats them along with Doraemon and his friends. Tang Seng leaves them for his journey and the friends head forward to eliminate all monsters in Tang-Seng's way but they get exhausted and open a camping capsule during the route where they relax. At night, Tang-Seng awakes to peep the white kid whispering to a monster, but ignores and falls asleep.
The next dawn, a flock of monster-bats carry Tang-Seng towards the castle whereas the white kid lives. Gian advises Nobita to take a look at Tang-Seng. As he moves, he passes by a past Nobita who identifies him Sun Wukong. He stops by a lake and notices the castle hosting Tang-Seng. After trying to save Tang-Seng, he is attacked by the monsters of the castle. Back at the desert, the friends help defeat Silverhorn but Shizuka is secretly kidnapped by a monster underground. The white kid apologizes and leads the friends inside the castle. While reaching the main gate, the friends fall off in a hole behind the white kid. They wake up and are reunited with Shizuka and Tang-Seng but tied with ropes. Though Tang-Seng forgives the white kid, who is actually the son of the Monstress of the Castle, the Monstress orders the King of Monsters to eat the group. However, before dipping Doraemon in acid, Dorami arrives to rescue him and the white kid secretly releases all the friends. Nobita struggles initially, but later, magnifies his stick which pierces through the Monster King, leading to the Monster's death and so the magic fades off and the Montress also falls in the lava. As the volcano begins to shake, the friends take the help of Anywhere Door which directs them to a nearby land as they watch the volcano erupt. Nobita secrets his original identity as the friends bid farewell to Tang-Seng who heads for his further journey. Upon returning home, Nobita suspects his mother, but is relieved when he finds no horns. The friends smile as Nobita and his mother embrace. As the credits roll up, the theme song plays, while the friends happily reunite with their mothers.
Doraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 tankōbon volumes and published by Shogakukan from 1970 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi. The manga spawned a media franchise. Three anime TV series have been adapted in 1973, 1979, and 2005. Additionally, Shin-Ei Animation has produced over forty animated films, including two 3D computer animated films, all of which are distributed by Toho. Various types of merchandise and media have been developed, including soundtrack albums, video games, and musicals. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, via Amazon Kindle, by a collaboration of Fujiko F. Fujio Pro with Voyager Japan and AltJapan Co., Ltd. The anime series was licensed by Disney for an English-language release in North America in 2014, and LUK International in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Doraemon was well-received by critics and became a hit in many Asian countries. It won numerous awards, including the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1973 and 1994, the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982, and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 1997. By 2019, it has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling manga series in history. The Doraemon character has been viewed as a Japanese cultural icon, and was appointed as the first "anime ambassador" in 2008 by the country's Foreign Ministry.
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