The official Twitter account for the Doraemon franchise announced on Friday that singers and actors Kouji Kikkawa and Kanji Ishimaru are guest-starring in the 2024 Doraemon film Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Chikyū Symphony (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony).
Kazuaki Imai (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Treasure Island, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur) is directing the film.
Doraemon the Movie 2023: Nobita’s Sky Utopia, the franchise’s 42nd anime film, opened in Japan on March 3.
Ishimaru plays the robot musician Wakner in his first foray in the Doraemon film series.