Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

Doraemon the Movie 2019: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (ドラえもん のび太の月面探査記) is a Japanese science-fiction anime film. It was premiered on March 1, 2019. It is directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa and screenplay by Mizuki Tsujimura.

This is the last Heisei-era Doraemon movie, released two months before the 2019 Japanese imperial transition.

Plot
The film's story relates to the Japanese folkloric belief that a rabbit resides on the Moon. The film is set on the Moon and centers on strong friendships bound together by the "ability to believe." Luna is a mysterious girl who lives on the far side of the Moon. Diabolo and his subordinate Goddard stand in the way of Nobita and his friends on their Moon exploration journey.

Nobita saw the Moon turned yellow last night and told his class about it but they think it's funny. Doraemon gives him the “Doctrine Association Badge” and discovers there's life on the other side of the Moon. Until a new student changed him forever.

Soundtrack
The theme song is “THE GIFT” by Dai Hirai.

Video Game
FuRyu released a game adaptation for the Nintendo Switch on February 28, 2019.

Cast
• Wasabi Mizuta as Doraemon

• Megumi Ōhara as Nobita

• Yumi Kakazu as Shizuka

• Subaru Kimura as Gian

• Tomokazu Seki as Suneo

• Junko Minagawa as Luca

• Alice Hirose as Luna

• Sōichi Nakaoka as Cancer

• Shigeo Takahashi as Crab

• Yūya Yagira as Goddard

• Kōtarō Yoshida as Diabolo

• Akino Watanabe as Moobit

• Kotono Mitsuishi as Nobita's Mama

• Yasunori Matsumoto as Nobita's Papa

• Shihoko Hagino as Dekisugi

• Wataru Takagi as Sensei

• Ikue Ōtani as Aru

• Yukiji as Mozo

• Ai Sakai as Kaia

Box office
Debuting on 382 screens with Toho distributing, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration earned $6.2million on 586,000 admissions in its first weekend and ranked number-one on Japanese box office.

Here is a table which shows the box office of this movie of all the weekends in Japan: