It’s been confirmed! Stand By Me Doraemon 2 will be exclusively available in Golden Village Cinemas from 4th February 2021. Tickets are expected to be available for sale from next week. If everything goes as planned, Singapore will become the first country to screen Stand By Me Doraemon 2 outside of Japan.
Stand By Me Doraemon 2, as well as Doraemon The Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur were originally scheduled to be screened in Japan during August and March 2020 respectively and were being postponed for the first time in Doraemon’s movie history due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Following the postponement, Stand By Me Doraemon 2’s original release date in Japan, 7th August 2020, was then replaced by Doraemon The Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur. Stand By Me Doraemon 2’s release was then postponed to 20th November 2020 in Japan.
Due to the postponement of the movies’ release in Japan, the release of the movies in other countries, including Singapore were affected too. Doraemon Fan Club, Singapore has earlier predicted the movies to be released in Singapore during H1 2021.
With the confirmation of Stand By Me Doraemon 2’s release in Singapore on 4th February 2021, fans in Singapore can finally end the year-long wait for one of the two movies which were originally expected to be released last year.
At the time of writing of this article, there is no confirmed information on whether will there be any fan’s preview or mandarin dubbed version for the movie’s release in Singapore. Doraemon Fan Club, Singapore will share the latest news on the movie when we receive the confirmed information from the licensee/movie distributor, Odex.
