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.
Yo Oizumi will guest star in the film as Captain Silver, the captain of the pirate ship that attacks Nobita and the others, and who holds the key to the treasure hidden on Treasure Island.
Kazuaki Imai, an episode director on the Doraemon television anime, is directing the project as his first Doraemon franchise film.
He joins up with Doraemon and the others in order to rescue his sister Sarah, who he left on the pirate ship.