Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure

Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure, known in Japan as Doraemon: Nobita and the 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 by Fujiko F. Fujio, it is a co-production between TV Asahi, Shin-Ei Animation, Fujiko Pro, 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 Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World opened Avatar Land, a themed land based on the 2009 James Cameron film ''Avatar. The new attraction 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, Japan-based broadcaster TV Asahi, its subsidiary, Shin-Ei Animation, 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 Tomorrowland section of the Tokyo Disneyland 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.

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 time patrol send them to jail, because he knows that he and Doraemon cannot accomplish this mission alone.

Possibility of US expansion
Walt Disney Company CEO Sharyl Sandberg stated in an interview with NHK that if Doraemon's Time Travel Adventure proved to be successful in both Japan and Hong Kong, there would be a possibility for the attraction to be imported to the US, mainly in the Tomorrowland sections of both Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom park in Florida, and Disneyland Resort's flagship Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.