The Day When I Was Born (ぼくの生まれた日, Boku no Umareta Hi) is a 2002 Japanese animated science fiction comedy-drama short film.
Directed by Ayumu Watanabe, it premiered in Japan on March 9, 2002 on a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom and The Doraemons: Goal! Goal! Goal!!.
Largely an expanded version of the 1972 chapter of the same name, it is the fifth and last of five theatrical Doraemon short films directed by Watanabe.
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Plot
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Production
It is the last short in the "Doraemon Moving Series" of five short films directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
The scene where Nobita runs away from home in the rain and walks through town was said to have been a direct reflection of director Watanabe running away from home in fifth grade.
Soundtrack
Theme song
"Kimi ni Aitakute" (キミに会いたくて)
Lyrics: Akiko Kosaka / Composition: Akiko Kosaka / Arrangement: Akiko Kosaka / Vocals: Akiko Kosaka
Release
The short film was released in Japan theatrically on a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom and The Doraemons: Goal! Goal! Goal!! on March 9, 2002.
Television broadcasts
In late 2013, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Fujiko F. Fujio's birth, the short aired on TV Asahi's CS TV Asahi Channel 1 in a 27 hour special marathon with other Fujiko anime and Doraemon shorts on December 1st and 7th.
In 2014, to commemorate the release of Doraemon: Nobita in the New Haunts of Evil ~Peko and the Five Explorers~, The Day When I Was Born alongside various Doraemon episodes and theatrical films such as Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur and Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections, aired in a marathon on CS TV Asahi Channel 1 for 22 hours on March 1st and 8th.
Streaming
In 2024, for the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Fujiko F. Fujio, The Day When I Was Born alongside numerous animated short films of Doraemon, Perman, Esper Mami, and Chimpui were made available to stream on Prime Video in Japan as the "Fujiko F. Fujio's 90th Anniversary Film Masterpiece Selection".