The official website for the Doraemon anime films revealed on Monday that Yo Oizumi will join as a guest cast member in the franchise’s 38th film, Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Takarajima (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Treasure Island).
Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachi Kochi Daibōken (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi), the 37th anime film in the Doraemon franchise, has earned more than 4.14 billion yen (about US$38.2 million).
The film is the highest-grossing anime in the current 12-installment Doraemon film series that began with the 2006 film Doraemon: Nobita No Kyoryu.
Kazuaki Imai, an episode director on the Doraemon television anime, is directing the project as his first Doraemon franchise film.