Nobita, currently obsessed with fantasy fiction, wishes upon Doraemon's Moshimo-Box for the world to have real magic and sorcery. This doesn't go as he'd hoped, of course, and Nobita must navigate the strangely-bureaucratic magical world he'd made while also learning to conjure on his own in preparation for an attack by the underground-dwelling Demon World.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn magic effects hit different than modern CGI.
Writing
Satirical bureaucracy in a kids' movie? Actually clever.
Director
Tsutomu Shibayama
Nobuyo Oyama
Doraemon (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Nobita (voice)
Kazuya Tatekabe
Gian (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Suneo (voice)
Michiko Nomura
Shizuka (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura
Dr. Mangetsu (voice)
Mami Koyama
Miyoko Mangetsu (voice)
Masayuki Kato
Nobita's Father (voice)
Sachiko Chijimatsu
Nobita's Mother (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa
Dorami (voice)
Ryoichi Tanaka
Teacher (voice)
Kazuyo Aoki
Gian's Mother (voice)
Toshiya Ueda
Demaon the Evil King (voice)
Genzō Wakayama
Medousa (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1984 film rode Japan's fantasy RPG boom—Dragon Quest had just debuted two years prior.
The Moshimo-Box rarely appears in films; this is one of its most consequential uses in the franchise. Nobita's magical incompetence becomes a major plot point rather than just comic relief.
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