An explorer sent to the moon by Japan briefly captures footage of a pair of white long moving organisms before losing contact. When this makes the headlines, Nobita's classmates debate what it could be - maybe it's aliens or just a faulty lens. Nobita on the other hand, thinks it's what adults have always been telling them, rabbits on the moon. After being ridiculed for being so childish, he seeks Doraemon's help to make it a reality. One day, during Mid Autumn when locals could enjoy the full moon, Nobita comes across a mysterious silver-haired boy who becomes his new classmate. When they decide to let him tag along to their new made up rabbit city, they find themselves on a whole new adventure as they meet a new civilisation.

During the early days of feature length Doraemon Manga Fujio's Chief Assistant, Shintaro "Mugiwara" had suggested the Antarctic and the moon as possible settings but never made it. After continuing Fujio's legacy of writing those stories, it wasn't until 2017 when the Antarctic finally got its own movie and now it was the moon's turn.

The new original movie kicks off with your usual Nobita crying out for help from Doraemon and frankly, it wasn't too exciting since I'm not a big fan of cast revolving around a world of cute animals. After around the first half hour of the movie, things do get interesting as it becomes more gadget filled, action oriented adventure rather than just quick simple jokes for the kids. As with all the remakes and new originals it becomes more character centric too which isn't a bad thing. It's always fun watching what new special accomodation Doraemon comes up with for their adventures and this movie doesn't disappoint. Their weaponry never changes though.

Good ending credit roll and theme song, "The Gift" by Dai Hirai too. A fun watch.