Doraemon the Movie 2027: Nobita's Steam-Powered Time Machine Announced for Spring

A new Doraemon film for spring 2027

The Doraemon film series has its next chapter. On July 23, the franchise's official movie account (@doraeiga) and its official channel (@doraemonChannel) announced Doraemon the Movie 2027: Nobita's Steam-Powered Time Machine (映画ドラえもん のび太の蒸気時間車), set to open in Japanese theaters in spring 2027. The reveal arrived with a first teaser and a new key visual. A precise release date has not been announced.

The film continues the franchise's tradition of a new theatrical feature nearly every year, following the long-running Doraemon television series and its most recent movie, Doraemon the Movie 2026: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil.

What we know

According to the official posts, the story unfolds in 19th-century London, a setting the new key visual leans into. In it, Doraemon appears in a Victorian top hat and coat, perched on a green steam locomotive against a backdrop of turning gears. Both the Japanese title and the "Steam-Powered Time Machine" of the film's English logo point to a time-travel adventure built around a steam engine, a natural premise for Nobita and his robotic companion from the future.

Beyond the title, the London setting, and the spring 2027 window, official details remain thin. Staff, cast, and an exact opening date had not been revealed as of this announcement, and the official site (doraeiga.com/2027) currently frames the project as a teaser reveal rather than a full lineup.

Background

The Doraemon movies are a fixture of the Japanese theatrical calendar, released almost every spring and consistently among the country's highest-grossing family films. They spin the everyday cast of the TV series into larger adventures, sending Nobita and his friends across time, space, and imagined worlds with the help of Doraemon's gadgets.

The television series that anchors them has aired since 2005, following the blue robotic cat sent back from the 22nd century to look after a well-meaning but hapless grade-schooler. Rooted in comedy and light science fiction, the franchise has stretched across decades and formats, from the yearly hand-drawn adventures to the CG-animated features.