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'''''Doraemon: Robot War''''' (小叮噹大戰機器人) is a 1983 bootleg ''Doraemon'' film created by Cuckoo's Nest Studio (now known as Wang Film Productions). The film was directed by Wang Ya Quan. The film was released in theaters on February 12th, 1983, but it did poorly at the box office and was never released on home video.
'''''Doraemon: Robot War''''' (小叮噹大戰機器人) is a 1983 bootleg ''Doraemon'' film created by Cuckoo's Nest Studio (now known as Wang Film Productions). The film was directed by Wang Ya Quan. The film was released in theaters in February 12, 1983, but it sold poorly and was not released on home video.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Wang Film Productions==  
==Wang Film Productions==  
Wang Film Productions is an overseas animation outlet, orginally created by James Wang for Hannah Barbera. It has worked for, among lesser-known studios, Hannah-Barbera/Cartoon Network (''Regular Show: The Movie'', ''Jetsons: the Movie'', numerous ''Scooby-Doo'' specials), and Disney (''Tron'', ''The 7D'', ''Phineas and Ferb'' movies, ''Goof Troop''), as well as 3 episodes of ''Ren and Stimpy'' and 30 episodes of ''Tiny Toon Adventures''.
Wang Film Productions is an overseas animation outlet, originally created by James Wang for Hanna-Barbera. It has worked for, among lesser-known studios, Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network (''Jetsons: the Movie'', numerous ''Scooby-Doo'' specials), and Disney (''Tron'', ''The 7D'', ''Phineas and Ferb'' movies, ''Goof Troop''), as well as three episodes of ''Ren and Stimpy'' and thirty episodes of ''Tiny Toon Adventures''.


Unlike more amateurish companies such as Regal Studios or Wolf Tracer Studios, this is a "legitimate" production house that does legitimate animation work, which makes the fact that they made an unauthorized ''Doraemon'' film even stranger.
Unlike more amateurish companies such as Regal Studios or Wolf Tracer Studios, this is a "legitimate" production house that does legitimate animation work, which makes the fact that they made an unauthorized ''Doraemon'' film even stranger.
==Leads==
===No 1: Msun Chang===
Msun (the person who wrote the blog which hosted the existing images and posted a 30-second clip on Facebook), hasn't uploaded anything else from the movie and refuses to do so is because people keep "stealing" his videos and uploading them to YouTube, in combination to an incident when he first uploaded it where he was the only one to receive a takedown, apparently by ''Doraemon''`s original company, which means this may actually be official, or at least officially recognized as a ''Doraemon'' film.
===No 2: Pirated Bootleg===
When speaking to Msun, he said that his father bought his copy of the film at a DVD store. He also said that in the early 1980's, pirated recordings of movies were popular in Taiwan, meaning that if there is any chance of finding another copy, one would have to know either their way around Taiwan's pirated VHS stores or if someone else who does.


==Availability==  
==Availability==  
Information on the film is extremely scarce, and the only proof of its existence is the few Chinese sites, containing several screenshots and one clip of ending footage from the film.
Information on the film is extremely scarce, and the only proof of its existence is the few Chinese sites, containing several screenshots and one clip of ending footage from the film which was posted on Facebook in 2012.


All footage of the film has English and Traditional Chinese subtitles - it is unknown why this was included in the release.
All footage of the film has English and Traditional Chinese subtitles - it is unknown why this was included in the release.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdgPMA2GO5c|320x240|center|Ending clip from the movie.}}
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| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJm_V9xIAgU|320x240|center|An 'Animation Warehouse' episode about the film.}}
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File:Doraemon Chinese Bootleg Movie Ad.jpg|An advertisement for the film.
File:Doraemon Chinese Bootleg Movie Ad.jpg|An advertisement for the film.
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File:noneed.png|Gian and Suneo shooting at something (presumably the robot).
File:noneed.png|Gian and Suneo shooting at something (presumably the robot).
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</gallery>
==See Also==
*[[A "Draw Dorami-chan" Song / A Week in Our Time Machine (Partially Found English version of "Doraemon" single; 1980)]]
*[[Doraemon "Adventures in Candy Land" (non-existent unaired English dub of anime episode; 2015)]]
*[[Doraemon '05 (partially found British dub of anime series; 2015)]]
*[[Doraemon '79 (partially found Phuuz English dub pilot of anime; early 2000s)]]
*[[Doraemon (partially found Asian English dubs of anime series; late 1990s-early 2000s)]]
*[[Doraemon (partially found first-adaptation anime series; 1973)]]
*[[Doraemon: In A Thrilling Solar Car (partially found anime short film; 1992)]]
*[[Doraemon: Ken-chan's Adventure (lost anime short film/TV special; 1980-1981)]]
*[[Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy game; 1996)]]
*[[Stand by Me Doraemon (partially found Philippines English dub of anime movie; 2015)]]
*[[The Adventures of Albert and Sidney (partially found English dub of "Doraemon" anime series; late 1980s-early 1990s)]]


==References==
==References==
*http://blog.roodo.com/msun/archives/21020918.html
* [http://blog.roodo.com/msun/archives/21020918.html An archived blog post about the film.]
*http://pastebin.com/Z93DWKzA English translations of existing information from the Chinese sites.
* [http://pastebin.com/Z93DWKzA English translations of existing information from the Chinese sites.]
*http://blog.roodo.com/msun/archives/21020918.html Untranslated archive of the original post showing the images.
* [http://blog.roodo.com/msun/archives/21020918.html Untranslated archive of the original post showing the images.]
*http://talk.doracity.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=138588&sid=9c870aedf59fe8ffc4a15e47d80353ff Post on doracity with more newspaper clippings on the film.
* [http://talk.doracity.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=138588&sid=9c870aedf59fe8ffc4a15e47d80353ff Post on doracity with more newspaper clippings on the film.]
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Film_Productions *http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/WangFilmProductions Info on the studio behind the film.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Film_Productions The Wikipedia page on the studio.]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/WangFilmProductions Info on the studio behind the film.]
* [https://www.facebook.com/304841462877244/videos/256449697808764/ Ending clip of the movie.]
 


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Revision as of 12:54, 9 November 2021

DoraemonRobotWars Taiwanese.png

Doraemon as seen in the movie. Note the aforementioned English and Traditional Chinese subtitles.

Status: Partially Found

Doraemon: Robot War (小叮噹大戰機器人) is a 1983 bootleg Doraemon film created by Cuckoo's Nest Studio (now known as Wang Film Productions). The film was directed by Wang Ya Quan. The film was released in theaters on February 12th, 1983, but it did poorly at the box office and was never released on home video.

Plot

The plot of the film centers around a Robotics Exhibition in Taiwan where they are voting for the world's best robot. One professor who is really committed to developing the world's best robot had his spotlight suddenly stolen from him when Doraemon and Nobita entered the competition. Having been accidentally coerced into the competition, Doraemon used a wide variety of gadgets to defeat his opponents and ended up winning the World's Most Excellent Robot award.

The professor is so frustrated by this that he begins to develop an evil robot to defeat Doraemon. Meanwhile, Doraemon became a household name overnight and is now a big star. Wanting to become a star and experience the spotlight as well, Nobita uses a gadget to disguise himself as Doraemon.

The result of this is that Nobita, disguised as Doraemon, ends up being abducted by the professor's evil robot. Once he learns of this, Doraemon immediately sets out to rescue Nobita. Meanwhile, the professor sends out an army of robots to carry out terrorist attacks all around the world.

Eventually, Doraemon saves Nobita and manages to learn the weakness of the professor's robots, a fear of a certain type of gemstone. With this knowledge, Nobita and his friends are able to set out on an adventure, find the gemstone, and save the world.

Wang Film Productions

Wang Film Productions is an overseas animation outlet, originally created by James Wang for Hanna-Barbera. It has worked for, among lesser-known studios, Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network (Jetsons: the Movie, numerous Scooby-Doo specials), and Disney (Tron, The 7D, Phineas and Ferb movies, Goof Troop), as well as three episodes of Ren and Stimpy and thirty episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures.

Unlike more amateurish companies such as Regal Studios or Wolf Tracer Studios, this is a "legitimate" production house that does legitimate animation work, which makes the fact that they made an unauthorized Doraemon film even stranger.

Leads

No 1: Msun Chang

Msun (the person who wrote the blog which hosted the existing images and posted a 30-second clip on Facebook), hasn't uploaded anything else from the movie and refuses to do so is because people keep "stealing" his videos and uploading them to YouTube, in combination to an incident when he first uploaded it where he was the only one to receive a takedown, apparently by Doraemon`s original company, which means this may actually be official, or at least officially recognized as a Doraemon film.

No 2: Pirated Bootleg

When speaking to Msun, he said that his father bought his copy of the film at a DVD store. He also said that in the early 1980's, pirated recordings of movies were popular in Taiwan, meaning that if there is any chance of finding another copy, one would have to know either their way around Taiwan's pirated VHS stores or if someone else who does.

Availability

Information on the film is extremely scarce, and the only proof of its existence is the few Chinese sites, containing several screenshots and one clip of ending footage from the film which was posted on Facebook in 2012.

All footage of the film has English and Traditional Chinese subtitles - it is unknown why this was included in the release.

Gallery

A clip of the film.

See Also

References