Nobita Nobi "Studies Abroad" in India and Lands in Serious Trouble?! Special 'Doraemon' Episode Airs November 7

Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil opened in theaters across India for the first time on October 2. To mark the occasion, the TV anime Doraemon will air a special episode on Saturday, November 7, "Namaste! Nobita Studies Abroad in India," in which Nobita Nobi takes on his first-ever study abroad adventure in India.

Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil opened in Japan on February 27 and has also screened in countries around the world. Doraemon has been a TV favorite in India for 21 years, but this is the first time a Doraemon movie has had a theatrical release there. The film is being shown in three languages: Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

"Namaste! Nobita Studies Abroad in India," airing Saturday, November 7, is the fourth installment in the Doraemon Around the World series, which has so far featured episodes themed on countries around the globe. In this episode, Nobita says he wants to study abroad and uses the secret gadget Anywhere Study Abroad Name Tag to enroll at an elementary school in Delhi, India. But after he writes a big lie in the profile section, claiming to be "a genius who comes along once in 100 years," the people around him come to believe he really is one, and he lands in serious trouble. With the help of secret gadgets such as Itadaki Koban and Translation Gummy (lassi flavor), can he make it through his time abroad? The broadcast will also include Fluency Lesson, a segment introducing Hindi, the language spoken in India.

The same day's broadcast is also scheduled to include "Tick-Tock Bomb Patch," an episode centered on a secret gadget that explodes at a time written on it once it is stuck on the body.

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