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Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio, first serialized in 1969, featuring a robotic cat who helps a boy named Nobita Nobi. The franchise includes multiple anime adaptations, over forty animated films, and various merchandise, achieving significant commercial success and critical acclaim. As of 2024, it has sold over 300 million copies globally, making it one of the best-selling manga series and a cultural icon in Japan.

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Doraemon

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio, first serialized in 1969, featuring a robotic cat who helps a boy named Nobita Nobi. The franchise includes multiple anime adaptations, over forty animated films, and various merchandise, achieving significant commercial success and critical acclaim. As of 2024, it has sold over 300 million copies globally, making it one of the best-selling manga series and a cultural icon in Japan.

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This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Doraemon
(character). For other uses, see Doraemon (disambiguation).
Doraemon (ドラえもん) is a Japanese mangaseries written and illustrated by Fujiko
F. Fujio [ja]. First serialized in 1969, the manga's chapters were collected in
45 tankōbonvolumes published by Shogakukan from 1974 to 1996. The story
revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in
time from the 22nd century to assist a boy named Nobita Nobi in his day-to-day
life.

Doraemon
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Doraemon

ドラえもん

• Comedy[1]
Genre • Science fiction[2]

Manga
Written by Fujiko F. Fujio [ja][a]

Published by Shogakukan

English publisher • CN:21st Century


Publishing House
(bilingual English-
Chinese)
• JP:Shogakukan
(bilingual)
• NA:Fujiko Pro
• SG:Shogakukan Asia
• TW:Chingwin Publishing
Group (bilingual English-
Chinese)

Imprint Tentōmushi Comics

Magazine CoroCoro Comic and other


Shogakukan children's magazines

Original run 1969 – 1996

Anime television series

• 1973 anime series


• 1979 anime series
• 2005 anime series

Other manga

• Doraemon's Long Tales


• The Doraemons

Other media

• List of Doraemon films


• List of Doraemon video games
• List of Doraemon soundtrack albums

Anime and manga portal


A timeline of magazines in which
the manga's chapters (blue) or its long stories (red) were published[3][4]
The manga spawned a media franchise. It was adapted into three different anime
TV series in 1973, 1979, and 2005. Additionally, Shin-Ei Animation has
produced over forty animated films, including two 3D computer-animated films, all
of which are distributed by Toho. Various types of merchandise and media have
been developed, including soundtrack albums, video games, and musicals. The
manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America,
via Amazon Kindle, through a collaboration of Fujiko F. Fujio Pro with Voyager
Japan and AltJapan Co., Ltd. The anime series was licensed by Disney for an English-
language release in North America in 2014, and LUK International in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa.
Doraemon was well-received by critics and became a commercial success in many
Asian countries. It won numerous awards, including the Japan Cartoonists
Association Award in 1973 and 1994, the Shogakukan Manga Awardfor children's
manga in 1982, and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 1997. As of 2024, it has sold
over 300 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling manga
seriesof all time. The character of Doraemon is considered a Japanese cultural icon,
and was appointed as the first "anime ambassador" in 2008 by the
country's Foreign Ministry.

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