Ganbare! Gian!!

Good Luck! Gian!!
DVD cover of release including Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves and Dorami & Doraemons: Space Land's Critical Event!
Kanjiがんばれ! ジャイアン!!
Revised HepburnGanbare! Gian!!
Directed byAyumu Watanabe[1]
Screenplay byNobuyuki Fujimoto[1]
Based on
Produced by
  • Sojiro Masuko[1]
  • Yoshihiko Ichikawa[1]
  • Jun'ichi Kimura[1]
  • Taro Iwamoto[1]
  • Hideki Yamakawa[1]
Starring
Edited by
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToho[1]
Release date
  • March 10, 2001 (2001-03-10) (Japan)
Running time
26 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$30.7 million

Good Luck! Gian!! (がんばれ! ジャイアン!!, Ganbare! Gian!!) is a 2001 Japanese animated science fiction comedy-drama short film.[1]

It premiered in Japan on March 10, 2001 on a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves[1] and Dorami & Doraemons: Space Land's Critical Event!.

It is largely an expanded version of the 1989 chapter "Don't Cry, Jaiko" and the 1990 chapter "Jaiko's New Comic".

Plot

Coming soon!

Cast

Character Japanese voice actor[1]
Takeshi "Gian" Gōda Kazuya Tatekabe
Jaiko Gōda Kazuyo Aoki
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki
Moteo Mote Nozomu Sasaki
Tamako Nobi Sachiko Chijimatsu
Nobisuke Nobi Yōsuke Naka
Mrs. Gōda Kazuyo Aoki
Moteo's mother Chiyoko Kawashima
"What Are You Looking For" Gadget Rikako Aikawa
Hayashiya Sanpei I Hayashiya Sanpei II

Soundtrack

Theme song

"Don't Say Goodbye" (さよならとは言わないで)
Lyrics: DA CAPO / Composition: DA CAPO / Arrangement: Seiichi Kyoda / Vocals: DA CAPO[1]

Release

The short film was released theatrically in Japan on March 10, 2001 on a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves and Dorami & Doraemons: Space Land's Critical Event!.

Streaming

In 2024, for the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Fujiko F. Fujio, Good Luck! Gian!! 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".[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "がんばれ!ジャイアン!!". Eiga.com (in Japanese).
  2. ↑ プライムビデオで、『藤子・F・不二雄生誕90周年記念 映画併映作傑作選』『テレビシリーズ傑作選』が配信中。「2112年 ドラえもん誕生」など併映作や、『パーマン』『21エモン』『エスパー魔美』『キテレツ大百科』などから20エピソードが視聴可能に (in Japanese). Denfaminicogamer. March 7, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  3. ↑ 『映画ドラえもん』シリー ズ &なつかしのFキャラクター作品に加え Amazonプライムビデオに 「ドラえもん誕生日スペシャル」 エピソードが13本追加! (in Japanese). Dora-world.com. September 6, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  4. ↑ 『藤子・F・不二雄 生誕90周年記念 映画併映作傑作選』 ✧₊ 見 放 題 独 占 配 信 中 ₊✧ (in Japanese). Twitter. March 6, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2026.