Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil

Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil
Directed by	Tsutomu Shibayama
Produced by	Soichi Besso Tetsuo Kanno
Written by	Hiroshi Fujimoto Motoo Abiko
Starring	Nobuyo Ōyama Noriko Ohara Michiko Nomura Kaneta Kimotsuki Kazuya Tatekabe Michie Kita Kousei Tomita Hozumi Gôda Yuji Mitsuya Teiji Oomiya Sachiko Chijimatsu Masako Matsubara Yoshino Ohtori Kazuyo Aoki
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Edited by	Kazuo Inoue Noriko Tsurumaki
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	12 March 1983
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.00 billion[1] ($8.1 million)

Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil^[2] (ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城 Doraemon Nobita no Kaiteiki Ganjō) is the fourth Doraemon film, released March 12, 1983. The film is based on the Western myth of Atlantis, the lost city.This is the highest grossing animated film of 1983. It is similar to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

Plot

The plot revolves around a summer vacation of Nobita and his friends under the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Gian and Suneo take Doraemon's underwater vehicle and travel through the Atlantic Ocean, trying to find a treasure ship. Along the way, they discover that the environment gun that Doraemon used to protect them is running out of energy leaving them vulnerable to the sea. Fortunately, they are rescued by some marine creatures. Doraemon and his friends are later captured by these creatures, revealed to be inhabinats of the underwater kingdom of Mu. It is revealed that another undersea kingdom, Atlantis, now controlled by robots, was about to destroy the Earth with nuclear weapons after mistaking a volcano eruption for an invasion. With the help of a young boy from Mu, Nobita and his friends attempt to stop the robots, but are all captured. However, when things are at their grimmest, Doraemon's robotic underwater vehicle sacrifices itself to destroy the computer that controlled all the robots and nuclear weapons. After returning to Mu, Doraemon and his friends are hailed as heroes before returning home.

Cast of characters

Character	Voice
Doraemon	Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi	Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto	Michiko Nomura
Takeshi "Gian" Goda	Kazuya Tatekabe
Suneo Honekawa	Kaneta Kimotsuki
Eru	Michie Kita
Underwater Buggy	Yūji Mitsuya
Mu Prime Minister	Teiji Ōmiya
Poseidon	Kōsei Tomita
Announcer	Hozumi Gōda
Mu Patrolling Crew	Fumio Matsuoka Masaharu Satō Kōji Totani Kōzō Shioya Kōichi Hashimoto
Nobita's Mom	Sachiko Chijimatsu
Nobita's Papa	Masayuki Sato
Shizuka's Mom	Masako Matsubara
Suneo's Mom	Yoshino Ohtori
Gian's Mom	Kazuyo Aoki

References

1. Jaeger, Eren. "Past Doraemon Films". Forums.BoxOffice.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
2. English translation as shown on the official website for the 25th anniversary of the movie franchise.

External links

• JMDB entry (Japanese)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil at the Internet Movie Database