This opened as the number-one movie in its native Japan, with a US$5 million (¥517 million) take.
Princess Lire was The only Doraemon Princess to have Unnaturally white skin, while all of the other Doraemon Movie Heroines have peach skin.
It is the 28th movie in Doraemon movie series.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend was nominated as the Animation of the Year on 2009.
While the film is not a remake, it is based on the story in the volume 26 chapter, Forest is Living, and in the volume 33 chapter, Goodbye Ki-bo. Made in the 1979 anime as the episode Goodbye Kibou.