Doraemon

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Doraemon
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ドラえもん
GenreComedy,[1] science fiction[2]
Manga
Written byFujiko F. Fujio
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
DemographicChildren
ImprintTentōmushi Comics
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
and other Shogakukan children's magazines
Original runJanuary 1970
(first full story published) – June 23, 1996
Volumes45 (List of volumes)
Manga
Doraemon Plus
Written byFujiko F. Fujio
Published byShogakukan
DemographicChildren
ImprintTentōmushi Comics
Original runApril 25, 2005 – December 17, 2017
Volumes6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Related manga
Other media

Doraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese manga and anime series and franchise about the character Doraemon. It was written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio and Kazuya Tsurumaki. It was started in a children’s magazine in 1969. Doraemon is the name of a robot cat that came from the future to help a boy named Nobita Nobi. Doraemon is about the life of Nobita Nobi. In a typical story Doramon uses a gadget to solve a problem for Nobita, but Nobita goes too far and ends up being punished and learning a lesson.

Doraemon was turned into an anime television show in 1979. It still is being shown on television. As of 1996, about 100 million comic books have been sold. A Japanese-to-English version of the original called Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future was published from 2002. A local translation is published in each Asian country such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam. It is in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, but it is not as popular as it is in Asia. Doraemon is endorsed by 7-11 in Thailand as a mascot.

Doraemon was a yellow cat with nice fluffy ears and he lived in the future but when robot mice ate his ears while he was sleeping, he was forced to remove the part of the ear that was left. He cried so much that the chemical in his tears reacted with his skin turning to blue from yellow. He was then forced to come to the present age to help Nobita but soon, he started loving Nobita like his own brother.

Characters[change | change source]

Main[change | change source]

Cosplay of Nobita Nobi
  • Doraemon: A cat-like robot of the 22nd century. Doraemon came to the present age to help Nobita. Doraemon has a four-dimensional pocket which holds a lot of gadgets. He loves Japanese traditional sweet Dorayaki (also called Bean Jam Buns) and suffers from musophobia (fear of mice).
  • Nobita Nobi: He is a fourth grader. He is lazy and always gets in trouble, and never does his homework.
  • Shizuka Minamoto: She is a classmate of Nobita. She is a smart and kind girl and always helps everyone. She is the best friend of Nobita and his future wife.
  • Takeshi Gouda (Gian): He is a classmate of Nobita. He is very strong and always bullies Nobita. He is selfish and mean, and he sometimes looks after his mother's shop for grocery items.
  • Suneo Honekawa: He is a classmate of Nobita. He is also selfish and mean, and his family is rich.

Recurring[change | change source]

  • Hidetoshi Dekisugi: His name in Japanese which means "over talented". He is a very smart and intelligent boy who always does his homework on time. Nobita often asks Doraemon for gadgets to copy Dekisugi's homework. Nobita gets angry when he see Shizuka along with Dekisugi.
  • Sewashi: He is Nobita's great-great-grandson who lives in the future. He is born in 2115.
  • Dorami: She is Doraemon's sister. Her body colour is yellow. She is very kind and helps Nobita and her brother, Doraemon. She lives with Sewashi in the future.
  • Jaiko Gouda: Gian's sister. She is exactly opposite to Gian. In the original timeline, without Doraemon, Nobita would have married her and become a bankrupt.

Apart from these, there are many characters like Nobita's mother, Nobita's father, Sensei, Mr. Kaminari (Mr. Rumbleton in US), etc.

Characters and Cast[change | change source]

Doraemon (April-September 1973)[change | change source]

Character Voiced by
Doraemon Kōsei Tomita (episode 1A to 13B), Masako Nozawa (Episode 14A to 26B)
Nobita Nobi Yoshiko Ōta
Shizuka Minamoto Masako Ebisu, Michiko Nomura)
Suneo Honekawa Shun Yashiro
Takeshi "Gian" Goda Kaneta Kimotsuki
Tamako Nobi Endon Mahmood, Noriko Ohara
Nobisuke Nobi Ichirō Murakoshi, Masayuki Katō
Mrs. Honekawa John Stocker|, Kazue Takahashi
Mr. Honekawa Sanji Hase, Osamu Katō
Sasuke Goda John Stocker
Sewashi Nobi Keiko Yamamoto, Sumiko Shirakawa, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Hiroko Maruyama
Sensei (Teacher) Osamu Katō, Masashi Amenomori
Gachako Junko Hori, John Stocker
Botako Kōsei Tomita, Masako Nozawa
Damako Noriko Tsukase
Jamako Rihoko Yoshida
Mrs. Yamakawa Nobuyo Ōyama, Kazuya Tatekabe
Mr. Koike Kaneta Kimotsuki, Sukekiyo Kameyama
Pregnant Mii-chan Keiko Yokozawa, Arlene Golonka
Pregnant Rabbit Frank Welker
Pregnant Kholmogory Geese Arlene Golonka
Police Officer Sukekiyo Kameyama
Police Officer's Partner Koreyoshi Kurahara

Doraemon (April 1979-March 2005)[change | change source]

Japanese cast
Character Voiced by
Doraemon Nobuyo Ōyama, Ichirō Nagai (stand-in)
Nobita Nobi Noriko Ohara, Hiroko Maruyama (stand - in)
Suneo Honekawa Kaneta Kimotsuki, Shun Yashiro, Sukekiyo Kameyama, Yū Mizushima, Issei Futamata, Takumi Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Isaac Marshall, Naoki Tatsuta (stand-in)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda Kazuya Tatekabe, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tōru Furuya, Naoki Tatsuta, Keiji Fujiwara, Shingo Katori, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Yū Mizushima (stand-in)
Shizuka Minamoto Michiko Nomura, Keiko Yokozawa (stand-in)
Dorami Keiko Yokozawa, Yumiko Kobayashi
Tamako Nobi Sachiko Chijimatsu
Nobisuke Nobi Yosuke Naka, Masayuki Katō
Hidetoshi Dekisugi Sumiko Shirakawa, Yoshiko Ōta
Sensei Walker Boone, Ritsuo Sawa, Osamu Katō, Kazuhiko Inoue, Ryōichi Tanaka
Sewashi Nobi Yoshiko Ōta, Kazuyo Aoki
Mrs. Minamoto Masako Matsubara, Keiko Yokozawa
Yoshio Minamoto Stephen Chow
Shizuka's Papa Stephen Chow
Yoshio Minamoto Masayuki Katō, Masaru Ikeda, Akira Kume
Shizuka's Papa Masayuki Katō, Masaru Ikeda, Akira Kume
Mrs. Honekawa Mari Yokō, Yoshino Ohtori
Mr. Honekawa Osamu Katō
Sunetsugu Honekawa Naoki Tatsuta
Sunekichi Honekawa Issei Futamata
Mrs. Goda Kazuyo Aoki
Jaiko Goda Yoshiko Ōta, Kazuyo Aoki
Jaiko Yoshiko Ōta
Jaiko Kazuyo Aoki
Moteo Mote Nozomu Sasaki
Moteo's mother Chiyoko Kawashima
Mini-Doras Sakuma Rei
Mrs. Yamakawa Masako Nozawa, Junko Hori
Mr. Yamakawa Kaneta Kimotsuki, Tomoji Tanabe
Jason Voorhees Peter Cullen (from Sept 1997)
Godzilla Kiyoshi Kobayashi (from August 1995), Keiji Fujiwara (from June 1996), Fumio Kuniyoshi (from Sept 2004)
Pregnant Scary Cat Frank Welker
Chinese Vampire Tony Rosato (from April 1992), Koreyoshi Kurahara (from July 2000), Motoki Takagi (from October 2004)
English cast (CINAR)
Singaporean English cast (Voiceovers Unlimited)
  • Doraemon (voiced by Hossan Leong)
  • Nobita Nobi (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
  • Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
  • Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Hossan Leong)
  • Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Gerald Chew)
  • Nobita's mother (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
  • Nobita's father (voiced by Gerald Chew)
UK English Fan-cast
  • Doraemon (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
  • Nobita Nobi (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
  • Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
  • Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
  • Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Anas Abdul Aziz)
  • Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
  • Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Puteri Balqis)

Doraemon: Stand by Me, the Movie 2004[change | change source]

Doraemon (April 2005-present)[change | change source]

Japanese cast
US English cast (2014-2015)
UK English cast (2015-2016)
Singaporean English cast (2016-February 2017, February 2018-present)
  • Doraemon (voiced by Alex Wong Wai Pang, Wong Wai Kay)
  • Nobita Nobi (voiced by Marina Tan. Ryan Lee Bhaskaran)
  • Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Fairuz Arfa Ariff Syah, Denise Camillia Tan)
  • Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Ryan Lee Bhaskaran, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Wong Wai Kay)
  • Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Alex Wong Wai Pang, Muhammad Abdurrahman Solahuddin)
  • Jaiko Goda (voiced by Chan Su Ling)
  • Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Wong Wai Kay. Nur Fathiah Diaz)
  • Moteo Mote (voiced by Nur Fathiah Diaz, Wong Wai Kay)
YouTube English cast (March 2017-present)

Worldwide date[change | change source]

  • December 15, 1969 (Japan)
  • June 24, 1970 (UK)
  • November 23, 1970 (USA)
  • April 10, 1971 (Australia)
  • July 13, 1971 (Canada)
  • September 5, 1971 (New Zealand)
  • August 27, 1971 (Ireland)
  • May 31, 1971 (Brazil)
  • October 18, 1971 (Iceland)
  • December 15, 1971 (France)
  • November 15, 1972 (Spain)
  • September 14, 1973 (Germany)

References[change | change source]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Doraemon.
  1. ↑ "Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions grants merchandise rights for beloved Doraemon franchise to Viz Media for Americas region". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ong, Bang (August 28, 2015). "10 Asian heroes we worshipped while growing up". Stuff. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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