Doraemon: Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King
2000 1h 33m movie Film Japan

Doraemon: Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King

映画ドラえもん のび太の太陽王伝説

Synopsis

映画ドラえもん のび太の太陽王伝説

Doraemon and its friends open a hole in the time and they're travel to the Country of Mayana, a lost Mayan civilization in the jungle. There, Nobita will know its perfect double, prince Thio, heir to the throne. Both will decide to interchange papers to try to save to the Country of Mayana of the claws of the infernal Ledina witch and her evil forces.

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The 1999–2001 Japan Window

Doraemon: Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King holds position #59 of 205 Japan films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001
  2. One Piece
    #2

    One Piece

    ★ 8.7 · 1999
  3. InuYasha
    #3

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  4. Fighting Spirit
    #4

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  5. Shaman King
    #5

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  6. Digimon Tamers
    #6

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  7. Zoids: Chaotic Century
    #7

    Zoids: Chaotic Century

    ★ 8.6 · 1999
  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Doraemon: Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.

The 1259th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

46
Reviews
62nd
Review-volume percentile
64th
Popularity percentile

46 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 64th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
46
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,604 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,178 of 2,532 (top 47%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesShin-Ei Animation, Shogakukan, TV Asahi
Runtime1h 33m
Release DateMarch 4, 2000
IMDbtt1147513