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Doraemon
Japanese manga by Fujiko F. Fujio (FUJIMOTO Hiroshi) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. 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.
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ドラえもん | |
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Genre | Comedy,[1] science fiction[2] |
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Written by | Fujiko F. Fujio |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | Shogakukan Asia |
Demographic | Children |
Imprint | Tentōmushi Comics |
Magazine | CoroCoro Comic and other Shogakukan children's magazines |
Original run | January 1970 – June 23, 1996 |
Volumes | 45 (List of volumes) |
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Doraemon Plus | |
Written by | Fujiko F. Fujio |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Demographic | Children |
Imprint | Tentōmushi Comics |
Original run | April 25, 2005 – December 17, 2017 |
Volumes | 6 (List of volumes) |
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Doraemon was turned into an anime television show in 1973. 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.