is a children's
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
TV series
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created by
Fujiko F. Fujio
was a manga writing duo formed by Japanese manga artists and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987, upon Fujimoto's illness. The pair was best known ...
and based on the
manga
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series of the
same name. This anime is the successor of the
1973 anime. It was produced by
Shin-Ei Animation and premiered on April 2, 1979 on
TV Asahi
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.
This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Ōyama Edition (大山版), after
Nobuyo Ōyama, the voice actress who voices Doraemon in this series.
Two official English dubs of this anime series have been released, the first of which was called ''The Adventures of Albert and Sidney'' and was made in Canada by
CINAR and aired exclusively in Barbados on
CBC TV 8 during the late 1988 and early 1996, it was planned to air in the US on
Superstation WTBS (now known as TBS) but never premiered for unknown reasons, the second was made in Singapore and aired on
Channel i
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&
Kids Central from 2002 to 2003 in Singapore. Additionally, an unofficial bootleg English dub by Speedy Video was produced and released exclusively in Malaysia on various VCDs. 8 seasons containing 52 episodes each(each of the 416 episodes contains 2 short episodes or stories each, making 832 episodes in total) of Hindi Dub have been released on Amazon Prime India.
Cast
Music
Opening themes
The opening theme used for the weekly ''Doraemon'' series airing between 1979 and 2005 was , which was performed by five different performers over the course of its years:
Two songs were used for a separate weekday ''Doraemon'' series which is a part of Fujiko Fujio Theater (藤子不二雄劇場, ''Fujiko Fujio Gekijoo''), the first song being the same as the first song of the weekly series.
Ending themes
The ending themes used for the weekly ''Doraemon'' series airing between 1979 and 2005 were:
Three songs were used for the separate weekday ''Doraemon'' series. The start and end dates are not listed here, nor are the episodes they ran for.
References
External links
''Doraemon''at
TV Asahi
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Doraemon (anime)
1979 anime television series debuts
2005 Japanese television series endings
Japanese children's animated comedy television series
Japanese adult animated comedy television series
TV Asahi original programming