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Doraemon
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Doraemon
ドラえもん
Genre Comedy Science fiction
Manga
Author Fujiko F. Fujio
Fujiko A. Fujio
Publisher Japan Shogakukan
English publisher United States Viz Media (canceled)
Japan Shogakukan
[show]Other publishers:
Republic of China Ching Win Publishing

Republic of China Tongli Publishing
Republic of China Da Ran Culture
People's Republic of China Renmin Fine Arts Press
People's Republic of China Jilin Fine Arts Press
People's Republic of China 21 Century Press
People's Republic of China Changchun Arts Press
India Hungama TV
Hong KongSeal Collection
Hong KongYok Long Holdings
Hong Kong Culturecom Holdings[1]
Hong Kong The branch of Ching Win Publishing in HK
France Kana
Indonesia Elex Media Komputindo
South Korea Daiwon C.I.
Malaysia Tora Aman
Thailand Nation Edutainment
Vietnam Kim Dong Publishing House
Demographic Kodomo
Magazine (various Shogakukan's kids magazines)
Original run December 1969 – 1996
Volumes 45
TV anime
Director Mitsuo Kaminashi
Studio TMS Entertainment
Network NTV
Original run 1973-04-01 – 1973-09-30
Episodes 52 (15 minutes),
26 (30 minutes)
TV anime
Director Tsutomu Shibayama
Studio Shin-Ei Animation
Licensor Japan Asatsu-DK
United States Viz Media
Network Japan TV Asahi
[show]Other networks:
Brazil Rede Manchete

People's Republic of China CCTV-1 [2]
Chile Canal 13 (1983-1988), Chilevisión (2000), Etc...TV
France M6, Fox Kids
Hong Kong TVB
India Hungama TV
Indonesia RCTI
Italy Super 3, Junior TV, Rai Due, Italia 1, Boing
South Korea ChampTV, AnioneTV
Malaysia Ntv7 (2002-2008), RTM 1
Philippines GMA Network
Portugal RTP 1, Canal Panda
Singapore Channel 8 [2]
Spain TV3, K3, Cartoon Network Spain, Boomerang, Telemadrid, Canal Sur, Canal Sur 2, 7RM, TV Canaria, RTPA, TVG, IB3, Canal 9, ETB
Republic of China CTS [2]
Thailand Modern Nine TV (formerly Channel 9)
United Kingdom ITV (Thames Television; 1980)
Vietnam VTV1, VTC1
Original run April 2, 1979 – March 25, 2005
Episodes 1787[3][4]
TV anime
Director Kozo Kusuba
Studio Studio Pierrot
Network TV Asahi
[show]Other networks:
Malaysia TV9

Singapore MediaCorp TV12 okto
Malaysia Singapore Philippines Indonesia Nickelodeon Asia
Hong Kong TVB
Nicaragua Televicentro (Canal 2)
Spain Canal Sur 2, Canal Sur
Portugal Canal Panda
Australia ABC Television
Original run April 15, 2005 – ongoing
Episodes 200
Related works

* The Doraemons
* Dorabase
* Kiteretsu Daihyakka

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Doraemon (ドラえもん?) is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) and Fujiko A. Fujio (the pen name of Motō Abiko) which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. The series is about a robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi (野比 のび太, Nobi Nobita?).

The series first appeared in December 1969, when it was published simultaneously in six different magazines. In total, 1,344 stories were created in the original series, which are published by Shogakukan under the Tentōmushi (てんとう虫?) manga brand, extending to forty-five volumes. The volumes are collected in the Takaoka Central Library in Toyama, Japan. Fujio was born in Toyama.

A majority of Doraemon episodes are comedies with moral lessons regarding values such as integrity, perseverance, courage, family and respect for elders. Several noteworthy environmental issues are often visited, including homeless animals, endangered species, deforestation, and pollution. Topics such as dinosaurs, the flat Earth theory, wormhole traveling, Gulliver's Travels, and the history of Japan are often covered.

Doraemon was awarded the first Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982,[5] and the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 1997. In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first "anime ambassador."[6] Ministry spokesman explained the novel decision as an attempt to help people in other countries to understand Japanese anime better and to deepen their interest in Japanese culture."[7] The Foreign Ministry action confirms that Doraemon has come to be considered a Japanese cultural icon. In 2002, the anime character was acclaimed as an Asian Hero in a special feature survey conducted by Time Asia magazine.[8]