The 40th film in the franchise is titled Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Kyoryū (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur), and it will open in March 2020.
Despite the film’s similarity in title to Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Dinosaur, the first film in the franchise, the story is completely different.
The staff for the Doraemon anime series revealed the title, visual, and teaser video for the 2020 Doraemon film on Thursday.
Kazuaki Imai, an episode director on the Doraemon television anime, and the director of 2018’s Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Treasure Island film, is directing the 40th film.