Doraemon

Doraemon (Japanese: ドラえもん Japanese pronunciation: [do̞ɾa̠e̞mõ̞ɴ]) is a Japanese manga alternation accounting and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio, the pen name of the duo Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko. The alternation has additionally been acclimatized into a acknowledged anime alternation and media franchise. The adventure revolves about an deafened automatic cat called Doraemon, who campaign aback in time from the 22nd aeon to aid a boy called Nobita Nobi (野比のび太, Nobi Nobita).

The aboriginal abounding adventure in the Doraemon manga alternation was appear in January 1970. A pre-advertisement for the manga was appear in six altered magazines in December 1969. A absolute of 1,465 belief were created in the aboriginal series, which are appear by Shogakukan. It is the acknowledged manga for accouchement and one of the acknowledged manga in the world, and has awash over 100 actor copies as of 2015.

The volumes are calm in the Takaoka Central Library in Toyama, Japan, area Fujiko Fujio was born. Turner Broadcasting Arrangement bought the rights to the Doraemon anime alternation in the mid-1980s for an English-language absolution in the United States, but annulled it afterwards account afore broadcasting any episodes. In July 2013, Voyager Japan appear the manga would be appear digitally in English via the Amazon Kindle e-book service.

Awards for Doraemon accommodate the Japan Cartoonists Association Accolade for arete in 1973, the aboriginal Shogakukan Manga Accolade for children's manga in 1982, and the aboriginal Osamu Tezuka Ability Accolade in 1997. In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's aboriginal "anime ambassador." A Ministry agent explained the atypical accommodation as an attack to advice bodies in added countries accept Japanese anime bigger and to deepen their absorption in Japanese culture.

The Foreign Ministry activity confirms that Doraemon has appear to be advised a Japanese cultural icon. In India, its Hindi, Telugu and Tamil adjustment has been telecasted, area the anime adjustment is the highest-rated kids' show; acceptable the Best Appearance For Kids accolade alert at the Nickelodeon Kids' Best Awards India in 2013 and 2015. In 2002 Time Asia anniversary acclaimed the appearance as an "Asian Hero" in a appropriate affection survey. An edited English dub advertisement by TV Asahi aired on Disney XD in the United States started on July 7, 2014. On August 17, 2015, accession English dubbed adjustment advertisement by Luk Internacional began broadcasting on Boomerang UK. The blur alternation is the better by cardinal of admissions in Japan.

Genre: Comedy, science fiction.

Written by Fujiko Fujio

Published by Shogakukan

English publisher

CN

21st Aeon Publishing Abode (bilingual English-Chinese)

JP

Shogakukan (bilingual)

NA

Fujiko Pro

SG

Shogakukan Asia

Imprint Tentōmushi Comics

Magazine Various Shogakukan children's magazines

Demographic Kodomo

Original run August 8, 1969

(adverts)

January 1970

(first abounding adventure published) – June 23, 1996

Volumes 45 (List of volumes)

Doraemon, a cat apprentice from the 22nd century, is beatific to advice Nobita Nobi, a adolescent boy, who array poor grades and is frequently afraid by his two classmates, Takeshi Goda (nicknamed "Gian") and Suneo Honekawa (Gian's sidekick). Doraemon is beatific to booty affliction of Nobita by Sewashi Nobi, Nobita's approaching grandson, so that his birth can advance their lives. Doraemon has a four-dimensional accessory in which he food abrupt accessories that advice advance his life. He has abounding gadgets, which he gets from The Approaching Departmental Store, such as Bamboo-Copter, a baby allotment of headgear that can acquiesce its users to fly; Anywhere Door, a pink-colored aperture that allows bodies to biking according to the thoughts of the actuality who turns the knob; Time Kerchief, a handkerchief that can about-face an article new or old or a actuality adolescent or old; Translator Tool, a cuboid clabber that can acquiesce bodies to antipodal in any accent beyond the universe; Designer, a camera that produces dresses; and abounding more.

Nobita's abutting acquaintance and adulation absorption is Shizuka Minamoto, who eventually becomes his wife in the approaching and has a adolescent with him called Nobisuke Nobi (the aforementioned name as Nobita's father). Nobita is generally afraid by Gian and Suneo, but they are apparent to be accompany in some of the episodes, and abnormally the movies. In best episodes, a archetypal adventure consists of Nobita demography a apparatus from Doraemon for his needs eventually causing added agitation than he was aggravating to solve.

History of Doraemon:

In December 1969 the Doraemon manga appeared in six altered children's account magazines appear by Shogakukan. The magazines were aimed at accouchement from nursery academy to fourth grade. In 1977 CoroCoro Comic was launched as the flagship anniversary of Doraemon.

Since the admission of Doraemon in 1969, the belief accept been selectively calm into blaster tankōbon volumes, which were appear beneath Shogakukan's Tentōmushi Comics imprint, from 1974 to 1996. Shogakukan appear a adept works accumulating consisting of twenty volumes amid July 24, 2009 and September 25, 2012.

In addition, Doraemon has appeared in a array of manga alternation by Shōgakukan. In 2005 Shōgakukan appear a alternation of bristles added manga volumes beneath the appellation Doraemon+ (Doraemon Plus), which were not begin in the blaster aboriginal volumes. On December 1, 2014, a sixth aggregate of Doraemon Plus was published. This was the aboriginal aggregate in eight years.

There accept been two alternation of bilingual, Japanese and English, volumes of the manga by SHOGAKUKAN ENGLISH COMICS beneath the appellation Doraemon: Apparatus Cat from the Future, and two audio versions.The aboriginal alternation has ten volumes and the additional six. In addition, 21st Aeon Publishing Abode (二十一世纪出版社集团) appear bilingual English-Chinese versions in Mainland China.[11]

In July 2013, Fujiko Fujio Productions appear that they would be accommodating with ebook administrator Voyager Japan and localization aggregation AltJapan Co., Ltd. to absolution an English-language adjustment of the manga in abounding blush digitally via the Amazon Kindle belvedere in North America. Shogakukan appear the aboriginal aggregate in November 2013. This English adjustment incorporates a array of changes to appearance names; Nobita is "Noby", Shizuka is "Sue", Suneo is "Sneech", and Gian is "Big G", while dorayaki is "Yummy Bun/Fudgy Pudgy Pie. A absolute of 200 volumes accept been released.

The manga has been appear in English in book by Shogakukan Asia, application the aforementioned adjustment as the manga accessible on Amazon Kindle. Clashing the Amazon Kindle releases these volumes are in atramentous and white instead of color. They accept appear four volumes.

Shogakukan started agenda administration of all blaster aboriginal volumes throughout Japan from July 16, 2015.

Anime

After a abrupt aboriginal attack at an activated alternation in 1973 by Nippon Television, Doraemon remained adequately absolute in manga anatomy until 1979 back a anew formed action studio, Shin-Ei Action (now endemic by TV Asahi) produced an activated additional attack of Doraemon. This alternation became abundantly popular, and concluded with 1,787 episodes on March 25, 2005. In Asia, this adjustment is sometimes referred to as the Ōyama Edition, afterwards the articulation extra who accurate Doraemon in this series.

Celebrating the ceremony of the franchise, a third Doraemon activated alternation began airing on TV Asahi on April 15, 2005, with new articulation actors and staff, and adapted appearance designs. This adjustment is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Mizuta Edition, as Wasabi Mizuta is the articulation extra for Doraemon in this series.

On May 12, 2014, TV Asahi Corporation appear an acceding with The Walt Disney Aggregation to accompany the 2005 alternation to the Disney XD television approach in the United States alpha in the summer of that year. Besides application the name changes that were acclimated in Japan's English adjustment of the aboriginal manga, added changes and edits accept additionally been fabricated to accomplish the appearance added relatable to an American audience, such as Japanese argument actuality replaced with English argument on assertive altar like signs and graded papers, items such as yen addendum actuality replaced by US dollar bills, and the ambience actuality afflicted from Japan to the United States. Confirmed casting affiliate of the new American adjustment accommodate adept anime articulation extra Mona Marshall of South Park acclaim in the appellation role of Doraemon and Johnny Yong Bosch of Power Rangers and Bleach acclaim as Noby. The English dub is produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Initial acknowledgment to the edited dub was positive. The Disney adjustment began advertisement in Japan on Disney Approach from February 1, 2016. The advertisement offered the best of the English articulation clue or a anew recorded Japanese clue by the US cast.

In EMEA regions, the alternation is accountant by LUK International. The alternation began advertisement in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2015, on Boomerang.

In 1980, Toho appear the aboriginal of a alternation of anniversary feature-length activated films based on the diffuse appropriate volumes appear annually. Clashing the anime and manga (some based on the belief in baddest volumes), they are added action-adventure aggressive and accept added of a shōnen demographic, demography the accustomed characters of Doraemon and agreement them in a array of alien and perilous settings. Nobita and his accompany accept visited the age of the dinosaurs, the far alcove of the galaxy, the base of the ocean, and a apple of magic. Some of the films are based on legends such as Atlantis, and on arcane works including Journey to the West and Arabian Nights. Some films additionally accept austere themes, abnormally on ecology capacity and the use of technology. Overall, the films accept a somewhat darker accent in their stories, clashing the manga and anime.

Video games:

There are 63 Japanese-only Doraemon video games, alignment from platformer amateur to RPG games, alpha with the Emerson's Arcadia 2001 system. Doraemon can additionally be apparent in Namco's accepted Taiko no Tatsujin accent bold alternation like Taiko no Tatsujin (11 – 14 only), Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken, Taiko no Tatsujin Wii, Taiko no Tatsujin Plus, and Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!!. The Japanese adjustment of Microsoft's 3D Cine Maker independent a Doraemon-themed amplification pack. The aboriginal Doraemon bold to accept a Western absolution was Doraemon Adventure of Seasons (2019).

Reception:

Until 2015, added than 100 actor tankobon copies of the manga accept been sold, and the anime alternation is accessible in over 30 countries. The Doraemon blur alternation awash added than 103 actor tickets at the Japanese box appointment by 2015, afore Godzilla as the highest-grossing blur authorization in Japan, and the films grossed over $1.8 billion at the common box office, authoritative Doraemon the highest-grossing anime blur franchise.

Doraemon was awarded the aboriginal Shogakukan Manga Accolade for children's manga in 1982. In 1997, it was awarded the aboriginal Osamu Tezuka Ability Award. In 2008, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Doraemon as the aboriginal anime cultural ambassador.

On 22 April 2002, on the appropriate affair of Asian Hero in Time magazine, Doraemon was called as one of the 22 Asian Heroes. Actuality the alone anime appearance selected, Doraemon was declared as "The Cuddliest Hero in Asia". In 2005, the Taiwan Society of New York called Doraemon as a culturally cogent assignment of Japanese otaku pop-culture in its display Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, curated by acclaimed artisan Takashi Murakami.

Jason Thompson accepted the "silly situations" and "old fashioned, simple artwork", with Doraemon's announcement and comments abacus to the "surrounding elementary-school mischief".

On September 3, 2012, Doraemon was accepted official abode in the burghal of Kawasaki, one hundred years afore he was born.

With the 2013 film, Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum, Doraemon has surpassed Godzilla in agreement of all-embracing admission sales for a blur authorization as Toho's best advantageous cine property. The 33-year alternation (1980–2013) has awash a accumulated 100 actor tickets vs. the 50-year Godzilla alternation (1954–2004), which awash a accumulated 99 actor tickets. It additionally became the better authorization by numbers of admissions in Japan.

The Doraemon anime alternation is India's highest-rated children's television appearance as of 2017, with a absolute of 478.5 actor admirers beyond Hungama TV and Disney Approach India. Doraemon is analogously accepted in neighbouring Pakistan, area the Hindi-dubbed adjustment is aired (Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible). Its acceptance has led to altercation in both countries. In 2016, politicians and bourgeois activists in both India and Pakistan campaigned to ban the appearance from television because they claimed it "corrupts children." In India, acknowledged notices were served adjoin several companies in India, targeting Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, as accepting an adverse aftereffect on children. The Government of Bangladesh banned the Indian feeds of Disney Approach and Disney XD in February 2013 as the appearance Doraemon was actuality advertisement continuously throughout the day in Hindi In Pakistan, Doraemon was targeted by the political affair Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as accepting a abrogating appulse on children, because of Nobita's connected assurance on Doraemon's accessories to break problems, and they attempted to ban 24 hour animation channels in general, because of their declared ruining of children's minds. They additionally attempted to ban the Hindi dub of the series, as Pakistan's official accent is Urdu.

In Vietnam, the manga was initially appear in 1992 by the Kim Đồng Publishing House. Though an actual success affairs over 40,000 copies, the publishing abode was brought beneath blaze for publishing the comics afterwards acquring all-important copyrights. The affair was bound in 1996 and the money generated was allocated to the Doraemon Scholarship Fund. Over the years the manga has apparent a beeline advance in popularity, with over 40 to 50 actor copies actuality awash in 2006, a record-breaker in the country. The 1979 anime alternation has been dubbed into Vietnamese and advertisement on VTV1 and VTC1 in the 2000s, afore affective to HTV3 in 2010. Doaremon is now a accepted cultural figure in Vietnam, accepting featured in abounding cultural contest forth with architect Fujiko F.Fujio actuality awarded the Ability Fighter Accolade by the Ministry of Culture.