STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2

STAND BY ME Doraemon 2 (Japanese: STAND BY ME ドラえもん 2) is a 2020 Japanese 3D computer-animatedscience fiction comedy-drama film based on the Doraemon manga series and a sequel to 2014 film STAND BY ME Doraemon. Directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki, it is largely based on Doraemon' s 2000 short film Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections and manga chapter Memories of Grandma, and shortly based on Doraemon's 2002 short film The Day When I Was Born and the manga chapter Noby's Birthday. Some of the plot also comes from the anime episode 45 Years Later... My Future Self Came to Visit and the manga chapter 45 Years from Now, the anime episode Nobita's Bride and the corresponding manga chapter Noby's Bride, and the anime episode The Present for Shizuka-chan is Nobita.

The theme song is Niji (Rainbow) by Masaki Suda.

Debuting on 416 screens with limitations on seating capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, STAND BY ME Doraemon 2 earned $3.7 million on 305,000 admissions in its first weekend and ranked number-two in the Japanese box office. It was nominated for the Best Animation Film of the Year for the 2021 Awards of the Japanese Academy. The film made a gross total of $26.6 million in Japan and $78.5 million worldwide.

Plot
Nobita, following his previous adventure, has managed to change his future for the better, letting Shizuka marry him and reuniting with his best friend Doraemon. On his birthday, four months after reuniting with Doraemon, he finds a stuffed bear in his bedroom, reminding him of his beloved deceased grandmother, who repaired it when he was young, and died when he was still in kindergarten. He becomes sad while reminiscing, convincing Doraemon to return with him to the past on the Time Machine to once again meet her, so long as he returned as soon as he met his grandmother without meeting anyone directly.

However, Nobita could not hold his feelings in and look secretly from behind the scenes, instead becoming upset and interfering. Nobita's grandmother is astonished to see his appearance as an elementary school student and accepts him as lovingly as she treated the younger Nobita in the past. She is glad that he went back in time to be with her, and confides in him a great desire: to meet his future bride.

Nobita and Doraemon promise to go to the future and return to her with Nobita's bride. On the day the wedding is to be held, however, the future Nobita is not present to marry Shizuka. Everyone in the future worries about what could have happened to him or where he could have gone. In a hurry, Doraemon helps Nobita pretend to be his adult self and marry Shizuka.

Meanwhile, the Nobita in the future, who is about to marry Shizuka and crown his "dream of happiness", is seized by a panic attack and runs off, fleeing into the past on the same Time Machine the present Nobita took to the future wedding. He wants to see Doraemon again and restart his life in the carefree childhood he is nostalgic for, fearing that he is not the right person for Shizuka and that she is too kind.

The duo of Nobita and Doraemon are involved in a series of mishaps in the future, as well as the present and past, in order to fulfill Grandma’s wish of seeing Nobita’s bride. Will Nobita and Doraemon solve this problem and put everything in order? Will the future be set in stone? What takes place is a roller coaster of emotions, fun and suspense.

Theatrical
The film was originally scheduled to release in Japanese theaters on August 7, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was temporarily removed from the release schedule, and was replaced by Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (which had been postponed from a previous March 6, 2020 release). The film was then postponed to November 20, 2020 when it was given a theatrical release in Japan. The film was released in Singapore on February 4, 2021, Taiwan on February 10, 2021, Indonesia on February 19, 2021 (and February 25, 2021 in IMAX), Malaysia on March 5, 2021 (postponed from a previous February 25, 2021 release), Brunei on March 11, 2021 (also postponed from a previous February 25, 2021 release), Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Egypt on April 1, 2021, Thailand on April 6, 2021 (after special preview screenings held between April 1 and April 5 of 2021, and pushed forward from a previous April 13, 2021 release), Laos on April 5, 2021, Korea on May 19, 2021 (the first Doraemon film released in Korean theaters after Nobita's Treasure Island in 2018, as Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration was scheduled to be released in August of 2019, but due to anti-Japanese protests in South Korea and historical political turmoil between the two countries, it was postponed to October and then again postponed indefinitely before cancelling the plans due to COVID-19 pandemic and instead being moved to Korean VOD streaming services in 2020), China on August 28, 2021 and Mongolia on August 20, 2021 (also postponed from a previous February 25, 2021 release and then from a April 4, 2021 release). The film was released in Vietnam on December 17, 2021 (postponed from a previous June 4, 2021 release).

The film has also been released on multiple streaming/VOD platforms and digital storefronts, as well as on DVD and Blu-Ray, across Asia.

Broadcast
The TVB Jade Cantonese dub of the film was broadcast in Hong Kong on August 14, 2021. The film was released on Boomerang in Italy as a pay-per-view on September 11, 2021. It was broadcasted on Boing in Italy on December 14, 2021. The Korean TV premiere of the film was made on November 18, 2021.

Netflix
The film was released for streaming on Netflix in Japan on October 1, 2021, where an English dub was released on November 16, 2021 and a Turkish dub was released (on a hidden track not normally available in the country) on November 9, 2021. The film was also released for streaming on Netflix in Thailand on October 15, 2021.

Trailers and teasers for, , , , and dubs were added to Netflix on November 19, 2021. Trailers and teasers for, , , , , , and dubs were added to Netflix on.

On November 23, 2021, the film was announced for an international release on Netflix as a Netflix Original Film for Decmeber 24, 2021.

Trailers and teasers for and  dubs were added to Netflix on November 25, 2021. -language dubbing credits were also added to the film on Netflix on November 19, 2021. The film's page was made public outside of Japan and Thailand on November 26, 2021, with the trailer, but no teaser. The complete and  dubs were added to the film on the same time. The existing dub was added to the film on November 30, 2021. The complete dub was added to the film on December 1, 2021. Dubbing credits in, , , , , and were added to the film on December 3, 2021. The complete and  dubs were added to the film on December 4, 2021. Dubbing credits in, , , , and were added to the film on December 5, 2021. The complete dub was added to the film on December 10, 2021, and the complete dubs in, , and  were added to the film on December 12, 2021. The complete and  dubs were added to the film on December 16, 2021, and the complete  dub was added to the film on December 17, 2021. On the same day, a trailer and teaser for the dub was added, and the complete Indonesian, Polish, and Russian dubs were added to the film on December 18, 2021. Dubbing credits in, , , and were added to the film on December 21, 2021, thus completing the dubbing lineup on Netflix before the international launch.

In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Netflix has shut down streaming services in Russia, thus making the film (and its Russian dub) unavailable in the country to stream on the service indefinitely. The Russian dub is still available on the service in other countries, however.

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Trivia

 * The only dubs of the film not to be provided by Netflix thus far are either of the two dubs (though the TVB Jade version is cut down for time and therefore cannot be provided by Netflix), as well as the  dub, the Malay dub, and the  dub. The Albanian and  dubs are also not provided, as they are unlicensed.
 * All of these dubs have already had previous streaming releases in their respective countries of origin, excluding, which ran in theaters, and Malay, which aired on Astro Ceria.
 * On the other hand, all dubs on Netflix that had not already been released through other means before were commissioned by Netflix to be added to the service.
 * This film marks the first occasion that a piece of media in the  franchise has received a proper dub in, , , , , , or.
 * Previously, a voice-over of the 1979 Doraemon anime series has aired, and an illegal  voice-over of the first STAND BY ME Doraemon film was released.
 * The video game  has received an official translation, although none of the voice acting was dubbed.
 * Every language natively supported by Netflix, including those that have never previously received any form of translation of the  franchise, has received a subtitled version of both this film and the first STAND BY ME Doraemon film, excluding . This film also has been subtitled in in addition to . The logo used on the platform in  does not match with the usual logo used for the series in the language.