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 | This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. (April 2013) |
| Doraemon | |
Doraemon volume 1 cover
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| ドラえもん | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama, Comic science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fujiko Fujio |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Children |
| Magazine | (various Shogakukan's kids magazines) |
| Original run | December 1969 – 1996 |
| Volumes | 45 |
| Anime television series | |
| Related works | |
The series first appeared in December 1969, when it was published simultaneously in six different magazines. In total, 1,344 stories were created in the original series, which are published by Shogakukan under the Tentōmushi (てんとう虫) manga brand, extending to forty-five volumes. The volumes are collected in the Takaoka Central Library in Toyama, Japan, where Fujiko Fujio was born. Turner Broadcasting System bought the rights to the Doraemon anime series in the mid-1980s for a US English-language release,[1] but canceled it without explanation before any episodes were aired. In July 2013, it was announced that the manga would be released digitally in English via the Amazon Kindle e-bookservice.[2]A majority of Doraemon episodes are comedies with lessons regarding values such as honesty, perseverance, courage, family and respect for elders. Various environmental issues are often visited, including homeless animals, global warming, endangered species, deforestation, andpollution. Miscellaneous educational topics such as dinosaurs, the flat Earth theory, wormhole traveling, Gulliver's Travels, and the history of Japanare often covered.
Doraemon was awarded the Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence in 1973. Doraemon was awarded the first Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982,[3] and the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 1997. In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first "anime ambassador."[4] Ministry spokesman explained the novel decision as an attempt to help people in other countries to understand Japanese anime better and to deepen their interest in Japanese culture."[5] The Foreign Ministry action confirms that Doraemon has come to be considered a Japanese cultural icon. In 2002, the anime character was acclaimed as an "Asian Hero" in a special feature survey conducted by Time Asia magazine.[6]Contents The name "Doraemon" can be translated roughly to 'stray' Unusually, the name "Doraemon"
The name "Doraemon" can be translated roughly to 'stray' Unusually, the name "Doraemon" (ドラえもん) is written in a mixture of two Japanese scripts: Katakana (ドラ) and Hiragana (えもん). "Dora" is from "dora neko" (brazen or stray cat, どら猫), and is a corruption of nora (stray). "Emon" 衛門、右衛門 is a component of male given names, such as Goemon, though no longer as popular as in the past. "Dora" is not from dora銅鑼 meaning gong, but due to the homophony, the series puns on this, with Doraemon loving dorayaki.
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