Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (映画ドラえもん のび太の宝島, Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima), also known as Doraemon the Movie 2018, is a Japanese science fiction anime film. It is the 38th Doraemon film. The story is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island, with a screenplay written by Genki Kawamura - the producer of Your Name and The Boy and the Beast. Kazuaki Imai, an episode director on the Doraemon television anime, directed the project as his first Doraemon franchise film.[2] This film was released on March 3, 2018 in Japan.