Yeah, but that says a lot more about Doraemon than Tomorrowland in China. The hysteria over that Doraemon movie has been insane. It was basically promoted as the "end" of Doraemon, which seems a little unlikely for a multi-media character like that. In Japan the trailers promised that everyone who saw the movie would cry, and from what I can tell people generally felt like it lived up to the hype. And yet, from what I've read of the plot, the whole "end of Doraemon" is (spoilers!) a blatant fake-out.
I wonder if the success of Doraemon in the last couple weeks in China is what moved the Chinese government to ban a bunch of manga and anime on Monday. The timing is probably not coincidental. On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 12:12:23 PM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-could-lose-140-million-801244 > > This part amuses me greatly for some reason: > > "China, ravenous for American event movies, has been a particularly harsh > blow. *Tomorrowland*bowed to $13.8 million there in early June, getting > trounced by the $38.3 million opening of the Japanese animated title *Stand > by Me Doraemon*." > > I don't know why, but the idea of Doraemon, Gadget Cat From The Future, > tripling up George Clooney had me grinning from ear to ear. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
