| Creator: | Fujiko F. Fujio |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Seasons: | 15 |
| Num Episodes: | 1160[1] |
| List Episodes: | List of Doraemon (2005–2009) episodes |
| Company: | Shin-Ei Animation TV Asahi ADK Emotions |
| Network: | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Last Aired: | present |
is the most recent anime television series based on Fujiko F. Fujio's manga of the same name. Produced by Shin-Ei Animation, TV Asahi and ADK Emotions, it began airing on all ANN stations on April 15, 2005. It also airs in over 50 countries worldwide.
This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Mizuta Edition (水田版), after Wasabi Mizuta, the voice actress who voices Doraemon in this series.[2]
The anime was licensed by Viz Media for North American broadcast rights only. An English dub produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment aired on Disney XD in the USA as Doraemon: Gadget Cat From the Future from July 7, 2014 to September 1st, 2015.[3] [4] A second season of the English dub premiered on Disney XD on June 15, 2015[5] and ended on September 1 of the same year.
As of 2024, TV Asahi holds the distribution and licensing rights to Doraemon, as well as its previous adaptations.
Although the series is more faithful to the original manga, some changes were made. Many of the episodes that adapted chapters from the manga were extended to have a better conclusion or a good moral to the story. In addition, some elements from the manga were toned down. Some examples include all of Doraemon's gadgets that resembled medicine being changed to different appliances, and Nobita's dad (who smoked often in the manga) rarely smoking.
The voice actors to the five main characters, Doraemon, Nobita, Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo, were chosen from a pool of 590 applicants. TV Asahi stated in 2005 that they chose voice actors who sounded similar to the voice actors of the predecessor, so that there would not be a significant change from the original voice cast to the new voice cast.[6]
All mini corners, partners, and next episodes previews in all episodes are cut to fit for the 30-minute block in international versions, except for Hong Kong, which are cut to fit for the 15-minute block in its time-slot. Since May 1, 2009, the series airs in high definition. In July 2017, the show got overhauled visually to use more vivid colors, which includes the use of poster artwork. As of 2019, the show now airs on Saturday nights alongside a new theme song.
A US English dub of the 2005 series produced by Fujiko F. Fujio Pro, TV Asahi, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, and distributed by Viz Media began airing on Disney XD on July 7, 2014 under the name Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future. In Australia, it started airing on 26 January 2015 on Network Ten. Later it moved in Australia to Cartoon Network and Boomerang.[7] In Canada, it briefly aired on Disney XD's Canadian feed before being re-branded as Family CHRGD. The dub features veteran anime voice actress Mona Marshall in the title role of Doraemon and Johnny Yong Bosch as Nobita (known in the dub as "Noby").
The English dub has been heavily modified to meet American broadcasting guidelines, censoring content deemed inappropriate for American children, as well as replacing many Japanese cultural elements with American cultural elements. Some modifications include Americanized character and gadget name changes from the English version of the manga, an episode order completely different from the Japanese episode order, nudity being heavily censored by adding steam, cloud effects, or clothing,[8] [9] and some episodes having several minutes of footage cut. However, certain uniquely Japanese characteristics - such as house structure, kneeling on the floor to eat, the side where cars drive, and Nobisuke Nobi (Toby Nobi)'s kimono - remain. Japanese food featured throughout the series were also localized: while Doraemon's favorite food, dorayaki, was kept in but referred as "yummy buns", others were edited out and replaced with Western equivalents, such as omurice becoming pancakes. All the background music and sound effects were replaced with new background music and sound effects deemed "easier for American children to empathize".[4]
At least one character's personality was also partially rewritten. Shizuka (renamed Sue in the English dub) is portrayed as more tomboyish and athletic than the Japanese version, although her sweet nature and kind personality were not changed. This is reportedly because her traditionally Japanese habits were perceived as being difficult for American children to understand in test viewings of the Japanese version.
It was announced that reruns of the American version would be re-imported to Japan and aired on Disney Channel Japan starting on February 1, 2016. The network also provides a Japanese dub of the version as a secondary audio feed.[10]
Doraemon began broadcasting in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2015 on Boomerang, [11] but finished its run sometime in January 2016 and has never been broadcast since.
Despite this dub being made for and to be broadcast in the UK only, it was produced in Hong Kong. The dub is also more faithful to the original Japanese dub than the US English dub, with lack of censorships. The names of the characters are borrowed from the US English dub. It is thought that only 26 episodes are dubbed, with some of these episodes being lost.
See main article: List of Doraemon characters. Doraemon is a cat-like robot from the future who appears in the present to steer Nobita Nobi, an unintelligent, naive and clumsy boy, on the right path in order to secure his future. Nobita's best friend and love interest is Shizuka Minamoto. His frenemies are Takeshi Goda and Suneo Honekawa.
See main article: article, List of Doraemon (2005–2009) episodes, List of Doraemon (2010–2014) episodes and List of Doraemon (2015–2019) episodes.
These include three dubs. So far, there are two notable English dubs: Bang Zoom's American English dub and Red Angel Media's British/Hong Kong English dub, which aired on Boomerang. However, the British/Hong Kong English dub didn't receive any proper distribution.
The series features new opening themes, except for the first one. Most of the international versions of the series only use the third opening theme and their own endings.
The American dub uses its own unique opening sequence that compiles footage from the Japanese version. To explain the premise of the story, a narration by Doraemon about "why he came from the future" is utilized rather than an actual opening theme.[4] The ending theme is an instrumental played over scenes from the third Japanese opening theme.
| Performer | Song Title | Starting date | Ending date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | April 15, 2005 | October 21, 2005 | ||
| 2. | October 28, 2005 | April 20, 2007 | ||
| 3. | Mao[15] | May 11, 2007 | September 6, 2019 | |
| 4. | Gen Hoshino | "Doraemon" | October 5, 2019 | |
Since the series incorporates all the credits into the opening theme, an ending theme is primarily absent. However, some episodes use an ending theme.
| Song Title | Performer | Starting date | Ending date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | April 23, 2005 | September 17, 2005 | |||
| 2. | June 29, 2007 | August 10, 2007 | |||
| 3. |
| Colspan = 6 | Shogakukan (Japan, Region 2 DVD) | ||||
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| Part | Volume | Episode | Release date | Ref. | |
| 1 | Volume 1 | 1—2 | [16] | ||
| Volume 2 | 3—5 | ||||
| Volume 3 | 6—8 | ||||
| Volume 4 | 9—11 | [17] [18] [19] | |||
| Volume 5 | 12—13 | ||||
| Volume 6 | 14—16 | ||||
| Volume 7 | 17—19 | [20] [21] [22] | |||
| Volume 8 | 20—22 | ||||
| Volume 9 | 24A, 23, 25 | ||||
| Volume 10 | 24B, 26—27 | [23] | |||
| Volume 11 | 28—30 | [24] [25] | |||
| Volume 12 | 31, 33—34 | ||||
| Volume 13 | 35—37 | ||||
| 2 | Volume 14 | 38—39 | [26] [27] [28] | ||
| Volume 15 | 40, 42, 43A, 41 | ||||
| Volume 16 | 43B—43C, 45, 46A | ||||
| Volume 17 | 53, 55A, 56B, 57B, 58A | [29] [30] | |||
| Volume 18 | 59, 60B, 61A, 63A | ||||
| Volume 19 | 65, 66B, 67—68 | ||||
| Volume 20 | 70B, 69A, 70A, 71, 73A | [31] | |||
| Volume 21 | 72B, 73B, 75A, 76B, 77B | [32] | |||
| Volume 22 | 75B—76A, 77A, 78, 79A | ||||
| Volume 23 | 82B, 79B, 82A, 84 | ||||
| 3 | Volume 24 | 87, 83, 86 | [33] [34] | ||
| Volume 25 | 89A, 88B, 89B, 90, 91A | ||||
| Volume 26 | 91B, 92, 93, 95A | ||||
| Volume 27 | 95B, 97, 98B, 99 | ||||
| Volume 28 | 100A, 98A, 103, 104 | ||||
| Volume 29 | 105, 106, 107B | ||||
| Volume 30 | 108B, 32B, 32A, 72A | [35] | |||
| 4 | Volume 31 | 111—113 | |||
| Volume 32 | 114, 117—118 | ||||
| Volume 33 | 123, 127, 129 | ||||
| Volume 34 | 124, 130, 131A, 122B, | [36] | |||
| Volume 35 | 128, 133, 134 | ||||
| Volume 36 | 135—137 | ||||
| Volume 37 | 138–139, 140A, 142B | [37] | |||
| Volume 38 | 142A, 143–144, 148 | ||||
| Volume 39 | 146, 149—150 | ||||
| Volume 40 | 151—153 | ||||
| Volume 41 | 155—157 | [38] | |||
| Volume 42 | 161, 159, 163 | ||||
| Volume 43 | 169—171 | ||||
| 5 | Volume 44 | 172–173, 175 | [39] | ||
| Volume 45 | 176—178 | ||||
| Volume 46 | 180—181, 183 | ||||
| 6 | Volume 47 | 184, 186—187 | |||
| Volume 48 | 188—190 | ||||
| Volume 49 | 191—193 | ||||
| Volume 50 | 194, 196A, 168 | ||||
| Volume 51 | 197—199 | [40] [41] | |||
| Volume 52 | 200—202 | ||||
| Volume 53 | 204, 207—208 | ||||
| Volume 54 | 209–210, 212 | [42] [43] [44] | |||
| Volume 55 | 213–214, 217A, 216B | ||||
| Volume 56 | 217B, 218–219, 221A | ||||
| 7 | Volume 57 | 221B, 222–223, 225A | [45] [46] | ||
| Volume 58 | 225B, 226–227, 230A | ||||
| Volume 59 | 231, 230B, 232A, 233 | [47] | |||
| Volume 60 | 236–238, 232B | ||||
| Volume 61 | 239, 240A,242A, 241 | [48] | |||
| Volume 62 | 242B, 246, 247B, 248A, 247A | ||||
| Volume 63 | 249, 250, 251A, 248B | ||||
| Volume 64 | 251B, 255A, 260B, 253 | [49] [50] | |||
| Volume 65 | 254, 259, 261A, 258A | ||||
| Volume 66 | 257, 261B, 262, 260A | ||||
| 8 | Volume 67 | 267B, 263A, 264, 267A, 263B | [51] | ||
| Volume 68 | 269A, 268, 269B, 270 | ||||
| Volume 69 | 271A, 272A, 273A, 271B, 273B | [52] | |||
| Volume 70 | 274A, 275, 274B, 276 | ||||
| 9 | Volume 71 | 280A, 282A, 284A, 279B, 278B, 283B | [53] | ||
| Volume 72 | 278A, 281A, 287A, 284B, 280B,281B | ||||
| Volume 73 | 279A, 287B, 289B, 293A, 292A, 285B | ||||
| Volume 74 | 289A, 290, 292B, 293B, 283A | [54] | |||
| Volume 75 | 295A, 297B, 298A, 294B, 296A,282B | ||||
| Volume 76 | 296B, 299A, 298B, 295B, 291 | ||||
| Volume 77 | 302A, 303B, 304B, 305A, 306A, 300A | ||||
| Volume 78 | 301A, 302B, 305B, 304A, 308B, 311B | ||||
| Volume 79 | 301B, 309B, 310A, 312B, 315B, 317D | [55] | |||
| Volume 80 | 313A, 315A, 314A, 317B, 317C, 308A | ||||
| 10 | Volume 81 | 318A, 319–320,321A | [56] | ||
| Volume 82 | 321B, 322B, 323, 326 | ||||
| Volume 83 | 327—329 | ||||
| Volume 84 | 330—332 | ||||
| Volume 85 | 333—335 | ||||
| Volume 86 | 336–337, 338C, 338A | ||||
| Volume 87 | 339—341 | ||||
| Volume 88 | 342–343, 345 | ||||
| Volume 89 | 346—348 | [57] | |||
| Volume 90 | 349, 351, 352A, 352B | ||||
| 11 | Volume 91 | 353—355 | |||
| Volume 92 | 357, 359—360 | ||||
| Volume 93 | 350C, 352C, 32C, 362A | ||||
| Volume 94 | 361, 363—364 | ||||
| Volume 95 | 365, 367—368 | ||||
| Volume 96 | 366B, 369–370,371A | ||||
| Volume 97 | 371B, 372B, 372C, 374, 375B | ||||
| Volume 98 | 366A, 373B, 375A, 385A | ||||
| Volume 99 | 376–378, 379A | ||||
| Volume 100 | 379B, 380–381, 382A | ||||
| Volume 101 | 382B, 383–384, 385B, 386A | ||||
| Volume 102 | 387A, 387C,388, 389B, 391B, 392A | ||||
| Volume 103 | 392B, 393B, 395B, 396—397 | ||||
| Volume 104 | 398–400, 401B, 402A | ||||
| Volume 105 | 402B, 402C, 403–404, 405A, 405B | ||||
| Volume 106 | 338B, 387B, 401A, 410C | ||||
| 12 | Volume 107 | 405B, 406—408 | |||
| Volume 108 | 409, 410A, 411—412 | ||||
| Volume 109 | 413, 415B, 416, 417A | ||||
| Volume 110 | 417B, 418—420 | ||||
| Volume 111 | 421–423, 424B | ||||
| Volume 112 | 424A, 425A, 426B, 426A, 428B, 430 | ||||
| Volume 113 | 431B, 432A, 433, 436B, 437 | ||||
| Volume 114 | 438–439, 440B, 441 | ||||
| Volume 115 | 442–444, 445A | ||||
| Volume 116 | 414, 436A, 439 | ||||
| 13 | Volume 117 | ||||
| Volume 118 | |||||
| Volume 119 | |||||
| Volume 120 | |||||
| Volume 121 | 461A, 463–464, 465B, 466A, | ||||
| Volume 122 | 468, 469B, 470A, 471, 472A | ||||
| Volume 123 | 455, 461B, 467A | ||||
| Volume 124 | 472B, 473–474, 477A, 477B | ||||
| Volume 125 | 477C, 478–479, 480B, 481A | ||||