The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King
Adventure · Family · Animation · 2010
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...
Movie details
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King
2010 Adventure · Family · Animation 1h 40m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
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...
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
Animation · 1991
Shizuka ends up in the fantasy world of the 'Arabian Nights' story. However, Doraemon, Nobita, Suneo, and Jyaian must find her from the imaginary Middle East and bring her back to the real life.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure
Family · 2012
Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
Animation · 2009
Nobita finds a passage to a spaceship in another dimension. With their new friends, he and Doraemon fight the cruel leader of an exploited planet.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
Family · 2001
Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
Animation · 2003
After a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind sprite, named Fuuko by Nobita, had brought them to her world for a reason, as her peoples' gods are battling, and Suneo might be a key player in their feud.
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
Animation · 1985
As Nobita, Gian, Shizuka, and Suneo are making their own space movie, a fleeing bug-sized alien president makes his way to Earth, and needs the help of the kids and Doraemon to stop an oppressive dictatorship threatening his democracy.
Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri
Family · 2017
When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form.
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021
Animation · 2022
During summer vacation Nobita picks up a small rocket containing Papi, a palm-sized alien president escaping rebels on his home planet Pirika.
Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum
Adventure · 2013
Doraemon and his friends travel to the 22nd century to look for his golden bell, which was stolen by a notorious thief called Kaito DX.
Lu Over the Wall
Animation · 2017
In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Kōzō Kusuba
Written by
Yuichi Shinpo
Wasabi Mizuta
Doraemon (voice)
Chiaki
Dorami (voice)
Megumi Oohara
Nobita (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Suneo (voice)
Yumi Kakazu
Shizuka (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Gian (voice)
Shihoko Hagino
Dekisugi (voice)
Court is in session
Put Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.