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Doraemon Doraemon http://www.k.hosei.ac.jp/~h01d8188/wall0201s.gif (ドラえもん) by Fujiko F. Fujio (藤子・F・不二雄) is a Japanese manga about a robotic cat from the future who has travelled back in time to aid the thoroughly hapless Nobita Nobi (野比のび太 Nobi Nobita) http://www.dora-world.com/information/wallpaper/wp_augs.jpg in order that his descendants reap the benefits of Nobita's success one day rather than be burdened by the considerable financial debts which his incompetence has led them to suffer in the original timeline. The anime version of Doraemon (Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future) is produced in English by ShoPro Entertainment (小学館プロダクション). Setting and Main Characters The stories are seemingly formulaic. Doraemon possesses a fourth-dimensional pocket from which he produces all manners of futuristic tools, gadgets and playthings. Nobita, a poor athlete, poorer scholar, weak-willed, lazy and beset by the local bullies inevitably comes crying to Doraemon for some device to gain revenge/fix his problems/or show up the local rich boy who parades his wealthy acquisitions to arouse Nobita's jealousy. Nobita usually goes too far and, despite Doraemon's best intentions and the technology of the 22nd century, gets into deeper hot water than before. Other main characters are: Shizuka Minamoto http://coffee.jblog.org/images/shizuka3.jpg (源静香; Minamoto Shizuka) - a young girl who is the object of Nobita's affections Takeshi Goda http://dora-world.com/information/wallpaper/wp_junl.jpg (nickname: Gian, Jaian in romaji, ジャイアン; 剛田武, Goda Takeshi) - a bully whose name is based on the English word 'giant', quick-tempered and possessed of a truly horrendous singing voice. He has a younger sister, Jaiko http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/dora08.jpg (ジャイ子), who aims at a mangaka. Suneo Honekawa http://yabet.fc2web.com/uttorisuneo.jpg (骨川スネ夫; Honekawa Suneo) - the braggart who parades his material wealth in front of Nobita. He has a younger brother, Sunetsugu http://kyu_doraemon.at.infoseek.co.jp/sunetugu.jpg (スネツグ), who was adopted into a family in New York, USA. Himitsu Dogu Doraemon's various devices (Himitsu Dogu; lit., secret devices; 秘密道具) mix the mundane everyday items of Japan with a fanciful twist. For instance the main mode of transportation for the various characters is the take-koputaa (literally, bamboo-copter; タケコプター) which combines the words take and koputaa-a child's propeller toy with helicopter. The device itself appears to be a simple propeller which the characters place on their heads to gain the ability to fly. Another device the moshimo box (もしもボックス) is a pun based upon the word moshimoshi—the greeting used on the telephone and moshimo—meaning 'what if'? The device is a phone booth into which the characters dial and propose a what if scenario which magically alters the world. Nobita has at various times wished for a world where money was not necessary (and storekeepers forced cash onto his hands upon attempting to purchase toys), a world without mirrors (where nobody had ever seen a reflective surface) and for a world where lazy people who napped would be hailed as celebrities. History Since its debut in 1970, Doraemon stories have appeared in a variety of anthology magazines published by Shogakukan (小学館) and have been collected into 45 books. After a brief and unpopular attempt at animation Doraemon remained fairly exclusively the domain of the printed page until 1979 when the TV Asahi (テレビ朝日) produced a series of Doraemon anime. These cartoons were incredibly popular and Doraemon fever swept across Japan. In 1980, the first of a series of annual feature length animated films was made. The films have taken a slightly more adventure oriented tone taking the familiar characters of Doraemon and placing them in a variety of exotic and perilous settings. Nobita and his friends have visited the age of the dinosaurs, the far reaches of the galaxy, the heart of darkest Africa (where they encountered a race of sentient bipedal dogs), the deepest depths of the ocean, and a world of magic. Some of the films are based on legends (e.g. Atlantis) and literature works (Journey to the West and Arabian Nights). Some films also have serious themes, especially on environmental topics and the use of technology. In July 2004, the Fujiko Movie Studio (藤子プロ) announced that the Doraemon film of 2005 was postponed until the spring of 2006. See ファンのみなさんへ (Japanese). The complete list of the Doraemon film series is the following: Feature-length Doraemon Films Fujiko F. Fujio Nobita's Dinosaur (のび太の恐竜) Nobita's Space Story (のび太の宇宙開拓史) Nobita's Great Demon (のび太の大魔境) Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle (のび太の海底鬼岩城) Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of Magic (のび太の魔界大冒険) Nobita's Little "Star Wars" (のび太の宇宙小戦争) Nobita and the Platoon of Iron Men (のび太と鉄人兵団) Nobita and the Dragon Rider (のび太と竜の騎士) Nobita at the Birth of Japan (のび太の日本誕生) Nobita's Animal Planet (のび太とアニマル惑星) Nobita in Dorabian Nights (のび太のドラビアンナイト) Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (のび太と雲の王国) Nobita's Tin-Plate Labyrinth (のび太とブリキの迷宮) Nobita's Fantastical Three Musketeers (のび太と夢幻三剣士) Nobita's Genesis Diary (のび太の創世日記) Nobita's Galactic Express (のび太と銀河超特急) Fujiko F. Fujio and Fujiko Movie Studio Nobita's Adventure in Clockwork City (のび太のねじ巻き都市冒険記) Fujiko Movie Studio Nobita's South Sea Adventure* (のび太の南海大冒険) Nobita Gets Lost in Space (のび太の宇宙漂流記) Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (のび太の太陽王伝説) Nobita's Winged Heroes (のび太と翼の勇者たち) Nobita & Robot Kingdom (のび太とロボット王国) Nobita and the Strange Wind Rider* (のび太とふしぎ風使い) Nobita's Wannyan Space-Time Legend* (のび太のワンニャン時空伝) Other Doraemon Films What Am I for Momotaro* (ぼく、桃太郎のなんなのさ) Nobita's Version of Saiyuki (のび太のパラレル西遊記) (トキメキソーラーくるまによん) (太陽はともだち・がんばれ!ソラえもん号) 2112: The Birth of Doraemon (2112年ドラえもん誕生) Doraemon Comes Back* (帰ってきたドラえもん) Nobita's the Night before a Wedding* (のび太の結婚前夜) A Grandmother's Recollections* (おばあちゃんの思い出) Ganbare! Gian!! (がんばれ!ジャイアン!!) The Day When I Was Born* (ぼくの生まれた日) (ドラえもんアニバーサリー25) The asterisk (*) shows the original story was written by Fujiko F. Fujio. Dorami-chan Mini-Dora SOS (ミニドラSOS!!) Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits (アララ少年山賊団!) Hello, Dynosis Kids!! (ハロー恐竜キッズ!!) A Blue Straw Hat (青いストローハット) Dorami-chan (ドラミちゃん) is a younger sister of Doraemon. She lives in the 22nd-century Tokyo with Sewashi (セワシ), a Nobita’s grandson. She likes melon-bun. She seems to be superior to Doraemon. She sometimes visits Nobita’s by a time machine. Dorami-chan (left side), Sewashi (right side) The Doraemons The Mysterious Thief Dorapan: The Mysterious Cartel (怪盗ドラパン謎の挑戦状!) The Great Operation of Springing Insects (ムシムシぴょんぴょん大作戦!) Strange, Sweets, Strange? (おかしなお菓子なオカシナナ!?) Doki Doki Wildcat Engine (ズ・ドキドキ機関車大爆走!) Goal! Goal! Goal!! (ゴール!ゴール!ゴール!!) The Doraemons (ザ☆ドラえもんズ) is a kind of an old boys' association of the Robot School (ロボット学校) where Doraemon attended. The members are: Doraemon (ドラえもん) Dora-the-Kid http://fukurokudo.k-server.org/kiriban-illust2/kiriban5757.jpg (ドラ・ザ・キッド) – He is good at quick shooting, but he has a fear of heights (acrophobia). He works for an assistant of a sheriff in the 19th-century USA. Wang Dora http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/doraz04.jpg (王ドラ) – He is the smartest among the Doraemons and is a master of kung fu. He studies medicine in the Qing Dynasty, China while he works for an assistant of a doctor of Chinese medicine. He has a girlfriend, Mimiko (ミミコ), who is a nurse. Dora-med III http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/doraz05.jpg (ドラメッドⅢ世) – He wears Arabian clothes and forecasts from the tarot. He lives in the Middle East (just because he fears water, a rumour says). His dream is to open the Water Land for children who live in desert regions. When he gets angry, he becomes a giant. Dora-nichov http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/doraz07.jpg (ドラニコフ) – He is taciturn and is extremely sensitive to the cold. He transforms himself into a wolf if he looks something round. He blows fire by taking something hot like Tabasco. It is unknown where he lives, maybe in Russia, or in Hollywood, USA. El Matadora http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/doraz03.jpg (エル・マタドーラ) – He is very strong. He likes napping (siesta). He lives in the 17th-century Spain. He disguises himself by working for a dishwasher in a butcher's in the day, but his real job is to save the poor. People call him 'Kaiketsu-Dora' (快傑ドラ). His dream is a matador. Dora-riño http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/doraz06.jpg (ドラリーニョ) – He is very quick, but forgetful. He lives in Brazil. He spends days in playing Association Football (soccer) with a Brazilian boy, Nobiño (ノビーニョ), and the Mini-Doras (ミニドラ軍団). Source: Doraemon Characters (Japanese) They are tightly united by a card called Shin'yu Tereka http://www.ctb.ne.jp/~azx/dora/dorae/dorae08.jpg (lit., close friend telephone card; 親友テレカ). They can call each other with the card everywhere and every time. Dorami-chan & Doraemons Robot School's Seven Mysteries (ロボット学校七不思議!?) Space Land's Critical Event (宇宙ランド危機イッパツ!) Anime Actors The main anime actors (声優) in Doraemon are: Doramon = Nobuyo Oyama (大山のぶ代) Nobita = Noriko Ohara (小原乃梨子) Shizuka = Michiko Nomura (野村道子) Gian = Kazuya Tatekabe (たてかべ和也) Suneo = Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝付兼太) Since 1979 they have acted the main characters’ voice of Doraemon. However, the major Japanese newspapers on 22nd November, 2004 reported that they would give up their parts to other people in the spring of 2005 due in part to the 25th anniversary of the Doraemon TV-series and their age. It has not yet been announced who succeed them. See Mainichi Daily News and Kyodo. : There are two current and often quoted urban legends that started spreading in late 1990s of an ending to the Doraemon series. The first and the more optimistic ending was made public several years ago. Nobita was given a choice between replacing the battery inside a frozen Doraemon, which would cause it to lose all memory, or await a competent robotics technician who would be able to resurrect the cat-robot one day. Nobita swore that very day to work hard in school, graduate with honours, and become that robotics technician. He successfully resurrected Doraemon in the future as a robotics professor, became successful as an AI developer, and thus lived happily ever after, thus relieving his progeny of the financial burdens that caused Doraemon to be sent to his space-time in the first place. The second, more pessimistic ending suggests that Nobita Nobi is suffering from autism and that all the characters (including Doraemon) are simply fictional characters in his imagination. The idea that Nobita was a sick and dying little boy who imagined the entire series on his sickbed to help him ease his pain and depression no doubt angered quite a bit of fans. However, the plausibility of the issues was discussed here and it concludes that there is no ending to Doraemon. See http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~chankuma/DoraData/Q&A/Q&A1.html#QA005 (Japanese). However, there are actually three official endings to Doraemon that were made. Doraemon was discontinued in two media because readers were advancing in grades and an ending was believed to be needed. These two are not reprinted. In March 1971 issue of the magazine Shogaku 4-nensei http://www.netkun.com/sho4/ (lit., elementary school's fourth grader; 小学四年生) Doraemon claimed that visitors from futures were causing too much trouble and that a trip to the past was being discontinued. Doraemon leaves Nobita. In March 1972 issue of the magazine Shogaku 4-nensei Doraemon for some reason had to go back but fakes a mechanical problem so that Nobita would let him go. Nobita believs and promised to wait until Doraemon get well. Realizing that Nobita can handle departure, Doraemon tells the truth and Nobita accept. Doraemon returns to the future. The third ending was actually meant to be the official ending as the TV rating did not fare well and the Fujiko Fujio duo was busy with other works. But Doraemon did not leave their minds and restarted from next month's issue. In 1981, this episode was made into anime and in 1998, this was released as an anime movie. In March 1973 issue of the magazine Shogaku 4-nensei, Nobita again returns home after losing a fight against Gian. Doraemon then explains that he had to return. Nobita tries to have Doraemon stay but after talking over with his parents accept Doraemon's departure. They take a last walk in the park. After they split up, Nobita encounters Gian and gets into a fight again. After a long duel with Nobita trying to win at all cost so that Doraemon can leave without worries, Gian lets Nobita win for not giving up. Doraemon find passed out Nobita and takes him home. Sitting beside sleeping Nobita and after a moment of thought, Doraemon returns to the future. When the Fujiko Fujio duo broke up in the 1987, the very idea of an official ending to the series was never discussed. Since Fujiko F. died in 1996 before any decisions were reached, any "endings" of Doraemon are fan fiction. External Links Yahoo! Directory: Anime Titles > Doraemon TIMEasia.com: Asian Heroes-Doraemon Title: Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future Publisher: Shogakukan Vol. 1 Vol. 1 - ISBN 4-09-227011-9 Vol. 2 Vol. 2 - ISBN 4-09-227012-7 Vol. 3 Vol. 3 - ISBN 4-09-227013-5 Vol. 4 Vol. 4 - ISBN 4-09-227014-3 Vol. 5 Vol. 5 - ISBN 4-09-227015-1 Vol. 6 Vol. 6 - ISBN 4-09-227016-X Vol. 7 - ISBN 4-09-227017-8 Vol. 8 - ISBN 4-09-227018-6 Vol. 9 - ISBN 4-09-227019-4 This version is bilingual in English and Cantonese. Title (pinyin): Duōlā-A-mèng xué yīngwén (多啦Ａ夢學英文; Doraemon: Study English) Publisher (pinyin): Xiānggăng Qīngwén Chūbănshè (香港青文出版社; HKcomics) Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3 Vol. 4 Vol. 5 Vol. 6 zh-min-nan:Ke-khì-niau Sió-tin-tang Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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