It's been announced that actor Tsumabuki Satoshi will play an older Nobita in the first ever 3D CG anime movie "Stand By Me Doraemon", which will open nationwide on August 8. 

Based on a famous part of the original series, the movie describes how Doraemon and Nobita met and parted and how Nobita then struggled hard to fight for his beloved Shizuka-chan. The movie will be directed by the duo Yamazaki Takashi ("Always Sanchoume no Yuhi", "Eien no 0") and Yagi Ryuuichi, who first worked together in "friends Mononokejima no Naki".
 

In the movie, familiar gadgets such as "Bamboo-copter" and "Anywhere Door" will also be made 3D for the first time.  

Tsumabuki, who played "adult" Nobita in the popular Toyota CM, even put on his own glasses to get into Nobita's character during his recording in April. He was said to have crafted his part several times with the directors and gestured along with his voice acting. 

After hearing the final version, the directors complimented, "It was just as though Nobita-kun had his voice break and grown up." Tsumabuki commented, "Doraemon is a 'national manga' that is really popular, so I was really troubled when I first received the casting offer. I mean, it is Nobita's voice after all." He finally decided to take on the role after repeated offers from the production team, and he also mentioned his favorite gadget, "Abekonbe*. I think it would be cool if we live in a surrealistic world in which everything is reversed." 

*Abekonbe is a double-ended arrow-like gadget that reverses the direction of things

Source & Image: Crankin