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Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West

Based On the book by Wu Cheng'en

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (のび太のパラレル西遊記, Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki), also known as Doraemon's Parallel Journey to the West, is a 1988 Japanese animated science fantasy film which premiered on March 12, 1988, in Japan. This is the 9th Doraemon film. In the film, Nobita and his friends find themselves taking on the roles of characters from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West after demons from a game based on it escape and wreak havoc in the real world.

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Release date:
1988
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
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Book vs Film

Cover of Journey to the West
The Book · 1592

Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en, Li Chunfang
Poster for Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West
The Animation · 1988

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West

Tsutomu Shibayama

★ 6.9 / 10 751 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 396 years after publication.

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