Chinese Netisens Praise New Manga Anime Film For Its Victory Of Japan Defeat

Chinese netizens have made their favorite the latest new episode of animation of the Japanese manga Doraemon series in which the actor shout hooray for the victory and the defeat of Japan in World War II, quoting it as "brave and a just view of history."

In this new Doraemon animation episode, Uncle and His Elephant, the main characters: Nobi Nobita and Doraemon: the robotic cat,time travel, right before the end of WWII. Their main objective is to save zoo animals from being poisoned to death, since there would not be enough time to take proper care of these animals during the war time.

"Do not worry about the war, it is going to end soon anyway," Nobi and Doraemon said when trying to persuade the general-like villain in the episode to stop killing an elephant. "Japan was defeated," they cheered, with their arms happily thrown in the air. They are happy for being victorious.

A Chinese Doraemon fan named Buhuitan quoted an  article that some extreme right-wing Japanese have accused the film of brainwashing people, while some others have tagged the work "anti-japan" and "Japanese enemies"

And some Japanese have raised questions, including "Is it funny to say Japan was defeated? Is it right to expose the children to such a plot in an animation work?" said Buhuitan's article.

The article was later posted back by many Chinese media platforms including the People's Daily's WeChat public account on Thursday.
The article also noted that the script of the animation is almost the same to the original work by Fujiko F. Fujio," compared to the previous productions of the same episode where Nobi and Doraemon only moderately smile with the speech.

"This is why we love Doraemon, this is why Doraemon is the best manga," wrote "duanmu" on Sina Weibo, who also applauded the anime series.

"I have watched every movie adaptation of the Doraemon series … I love it very much and I sometimes forget which country it is originally from, because the theme of great love is universal, beyond any boundaries in the world," wrote another Net user named "laoshicongming."

"We Chinese should also appreciate and treat Japanese friends reasonably, as there are Japanese who have a just view of the history and love peace as much as we do," wrote "laoshirensongyuwu."