Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure

Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure, known in Japan as Doraemon: Nobita's Journey Through Time (ドラえもん のび太の時間大冒険 Doraemon Nobita no Jikan Daiboken) is an attraction planned for Tokyo Disneyland at the Tokyo Disney Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland. Based on the popular Doraemon anime/manga franchise, it is a co-production between Shogakukan Co., Ltd., Fujiko Fujio Productions, TV Asahi, and Walt Disney Imagineering Japan. Time Travel Adventure takes place during the events between volumes 10 and 11 of the Doraemon manga series. The attraction is set to open on December 1, 2019 at Tokyo Disneyland (replacing Captain EO), and on January 15, 2020 at Hong Kong Disneyland. It will be Disney Parks' first themed attraction based on a non-Disney property since Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, based on the Star Wars franchise (which is now owned by Disney, following their 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm), opened in 2010 at both Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort, and Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doraemon franchise, as well as the 40th anniversary of the debut of the anime on TV Asahi in 1979.

History
Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure is the first collaboration between Disney, Shogakukan, Japan-based broadcaster TV Asahi, and the estate of Doraemon creator Fujiko F. Fujio.

Development
In August 2015, Doraemon anime director Kozo Kuzuba confirmed that a Doraemon themed attraction was being developed by Walt Disney Imagineering Japan for the Port Discovery section of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park in cooperation with Shogakukan and Fujiko Pro. Anime News Network reported that new animation for the attraction was being developed by Shin-Ei Animation, the studio responsible for the Doraemon anime series.

Attraction
The exteriors of both Doraemon attractions are different in their respective parks. The attraction in Hong Kong is inspired by a typical big-box electronics store similar to the Apple Store chain run by Apple, Inc., while the Japan version is modeled after a Tomorrowland-esque robot factory.

Backstory
Doraemon has to return to the future to get his fourth-dimensional pocket replaced due to it getting soiled by Gian and Suneo. However, two criminals known as the Dinosaur Hunters, first seen in the 1980 movie Nobita's Dinosaur, are on the run from the law again after stealing the United States Declaration of Independence fresh from its signing date of July 4, 1776, and creating a plot to revise it for their own personal gain. Doraemon later returns to Nobita's time in panic, saying that if they don't stop the Dinosaur Hunters, it will be the end of modern history as we know it. Nobita later comes up with the idea of inviting a few guests over to help them catch the hunters and help the police send them to jail, because he knows that he and Doraemon cannot accomplish this mission alone.