Stand by Me Doraemon (Japanese: STAND BY ME ドラえもん, Hepburn: Sutando Bai Mī Doraemon) is a 2014 Japanese animated science fiction comedy-drama film based on the Doraemon manga series and directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki.[2] It was released on 8 August 2014.[3][4] It is the highest-grossing film of the Doraemon franchise. Bang Zoom! Entertainment premiered an English-dubbed version of the film at the Tokyo International Film Festival on 24 October 2014.[5] The English version features the cast of the Disney XD show Doraemon: Gadget Cat From the Future.[citation needed] A different English version with local actors was distributed by Multivision Pictures Entertainment and VIVA International Pictures for a Filipino audience in 2015, however is currently lost. It is therefore the first of 2 Doraemon films to be dubbed in English.
Stand by Me Doraemon

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name
Kanji STAND BY ME ドラえもん
Literal meaning Stand By Me Doraemon
Directed by
Ryūichi Yagi
Takashi Yamazaki
Screenplay by Takashi Yamazaki
Based on Doraemon
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Produced by
Shūji Abe
Okura Shunsuke
Keiichiro Moriya
Kiyoko Shibuya
Maiko Okada
Starring
Wasabi Mizuta
Megumi Ōhara
Yumi Kakazu
Subaru Kimura
Tomokazu Seki
Sachi Matsumoto
Vanilla Yamazaki
Shihoko Hagino
Kotono Mitsuishi
Yasunori Matsumoto
Miyako Takeuchi
Aruno Tahara
Music by Naoki Sato

Production
companies
Shirogumi
Robot Communications
Shin-Ei Animation
Distributed by Toho

Release date
8 August 2014 (Japan)

Running time 95 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office $183.4 million