37 Facts About Doraemon

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F Fujio.

Doraemon was well-received by critics and became a hit in many Asian countries.

Doraemon is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, of which the animated film series has the highest number of admissions in Japan.

The Doraemon character has been viewed as a Japanese cultural icon, and was appointed as the first "anime ambassador" in 2008 by the country's Foreign Ministry.

One day, a robot cat from the 22nd century named Doraemon is sent back to the past by Nobita's descendants to take care of Nobita so that his descendants can have a better life.

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Doraemon has a four-dimensional pouch in which he stores tools, inventions, and gadgets from the future to aid Nobita whenever he is faced with a problem.

Dorami is Doraemon's younger sister, and Dekisugi is a gifted student boy who as Shizuka's close friend, frequently attracts the jealousy of Nobita.

Doraemon is written and illustrated by Fujiko F Fujio, the pen name of Japanese manga artist Hiroshi Fujimoto.

Fujio said that the idea for Doraemon came after "an accumulation of trial and error", during which he finally found the most suitable style of manga to him.

Doraemon is mainly aimed at children, so Fujio chose to create the character with a simple graphic style, based on shapes such as circles and ellipses.

Unusually, the name "Doraemon" is written in a mixture of two Japanese scripts: Katakana and Hiragana .

Fujio said that Doraemon has a total of 1,293 gadgets; according to a 2004 analysis by Yasuyuki Yokoyama of Toyama University, there are 1,963 gadgets found in 1,344 sketches.

The story takes place when Doraemon's battery dies, and Nobita later grows up becoming a robot engineer, potentially revive Doraemon and live a happy life.

Ryuichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki, the directors of Stand by Me Doraemon, confirmed that it had only one opening, while the ending has been rewritten several times.

In December 1969, the Doraemon manga appeared in six different children's monthly magazines published by Shogakukan: Yoiko, Yochien, Shogaku Ichi-nensei, Shogaku Ni-nensei, Shogaku San-nensei, and Shogaku Yon-nensei.

Between April 25,2005 and February 28,2006, Shogakukan published a series of five manga volumes under the title Doraemon Plus, featuring short stories which did not appear in the forty-five original volumes; a sixth volume, the first volume in eight years, was published on December 1,2014.

The series was directed by Mitsuo Kaminashi with voice cast from Aoni Production; the character Doraemon was voiced by Kosei Tomita, then later by Masako Nozawa.

Doraemon remained fairly exclusive in manga form until 1979 when a newly formed animation studio, Shin-Ei Animation produced an animated second attempt of Doraemon.

Unlike the anime and manga series, the films are more action-adventure oriented, taking the familiar characters of Doraemon and placing them in a variety of exotic and perilous settings.

Since the 1990s, Doraemon songs have been released in CD, under the type of singles and compilation albums.

Doraemon has been adapted into a musical, titled Doraemon the Musical: Nobita and the Animal Planet.

Doraemon Long Stories is a manga series consists of twenty-four tankobon volumes published from 1983 to 2004, featuring longer and continuous narratives about the characters' adventures into various lands of science fiction and fantasy.

Card games with Doraemon themes have been made in several special occasions, sometimes to exploit the popularity of feature films.

Characters from Doraemon have been used in advertising through specific agreements with Shogakukan.

Doraemon is considered one of the best-known manga of all time, a true Japanese cultural icon, and an essential part of family life of the Japanese post-war generation.

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Doraemon was a hit in Asia in general, and was considered one of the typical cases of Japanese soft power, although it was published without a license in some countries.

However, Doraemon was less successful in Western countries, because it was viewed as a children-only series, and there were some tight restrictions about publishing manga and broadcasting anime series there.

Outside Japan, Doraemon achieved particular success in Vietnam, with a record-breaking 40 million copies sold as of 2006.

Doraemon is a cultural icon in Vietnam, having featured in many cultural events.

The 2005 and 2006 surveys conducted by TV Asahi found the Doraemon anime ranked fifth and third, respectively, among the 100 most favorite anime series of all time.

Doraemon has been blamed for having a negative impact on children, due to the controversial traits of the characters in the anime.

The character has received criticism in China, where some media outlets considered Doraemon to be a politically subversive character and that it was a tool of Japan's "cultural invasion".

Doraemon manga has inspired many other mangakas; these include Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece with the idea of "Devil Fruits", and Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, who showed interest in drawing characters from anime shows during his childhood, including Doraemon.

The character Doraemon is considered one of the cultural icons in Japan, and one of the most well-known character in manga history; some critics compared his notability with Mickey Mouse and Snoopy.

Mark Schilling noted that Doraemon's "Take-Copter" is familiar among Japanese people "just as Snoopy's biplane is familiar to most Americans".

Doraemon is referred as something with the ability to satisfy all wishes.

On September 3,2012, Doraemon was granted official residence in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, one hundred years before he was born.