| Nobita and the Legend of the Green Giant | |
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| Directed by | Ayumu Watanabe |
| Produced by | Kyohito Arushin |
| Written by | Nashiwa Kanarate |
| Narrated by | Sutiyo Mutonabeti |
| Starring | Wasabi Mizuta Megumi Ohara Yumi Kakazu Subaru Kimura Tomokazu Seki Maki Horikita |
| Music by | Kan Sawada (Original music composer) Te o Tsunagō by ayaka Yume o Kanaete Doraemon by MAO |
| Cinematography | Katsuyoshi Kishi |
| Editing by | Toshihiko Kojima |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | Japan March 8, 2008 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Doraemon The Future 2008, or fully known as Nobita and the Legend of the Green Giant (Eiga Doraemon Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden, 映画 ドラえもん のび太と緑の巨人伝 Eiga Doraemon Nobita To Midori No Kyojinden), is an anime film that was released in Japan on 8 March 2008.
The story is based on the story in volume 26 "Forest is living" and in volume 33 "Goodbye Ki-bō". This movie is not a remake, however, Ki-bō has appeared already in the 1992 film, Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds. The name Ki-bō comes from the words "Ki" (木) meaning tree, and "Bō" (坊) meaning boy. The word Ki-bō also comes from the word "Kibō" (希望), which means hope. The catch phrase of this movie is "僕らの希望が未来を動かす" (our hope moves the future), which Ki-bō's name can be referred to. Voices of Roku-chan and Moya-kun were done by anonymous children who were chosen.
The film was illustrated as manga on the February and March edition of CoroCoro Comic. Then it was released as the 25th film tankōbon, which may be bought at the theater. As the 4th "Sega=Doraemon" project, an action-adventure game was also released on March 6, 2008, just two days before the release of the film. The games is entitled, Doraemon Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden DS (ドラえもん のび太と緑の巨人伝 DS).
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It starts with an unknown voice talking to his assistants of destroying humans due to the fact that they're cutting down the trees on the planet. Later, Nobita finds a small tree and helps it come to life with one of Doraemon's inventions. He decides to name it Kibo. Doraemon, Nobita and their friends are having fun playing with Kibo, until one day, they find region of the forests disappearing. They get acquainted with a friend in a village, meet Princess Rire, and the Elder - visualization of the planet. The military leaders here began as a tool to revive the Giants to attack humans. With the help of elders, Nobita and the Princess have Kibo research venture. Body elders are mixed in the land of the planet after a good message about the eternal symbiosis in the universe. At the Conference of the planet, Kibo says that hopes will restore the human planet, and Princess Rire decides to man some time to fix their mistakes. Doraemon and co. say farewell to Kibo, and they go home.
In 2009, this film was nominated as the Animation of the Year.