Doraemon (1979 TV series)

Doraemon
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ドラえもん
Created byFujiko F. Fujio
Based onDoraemon
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
ComposerShunsuke Kikuchi
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes1787 and 30 specials
Production
Production companyShin-Ei Animation
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
Release1978 (1978)
ReleaseApril 2, 1979 (1979-04-02) –
March 18, 2005 (2005-03-18)
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Doraemon (ドラえもん, Doraemon) is a children's anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the successor of the 1973 anime. It was produced by Shin-Ei Animation and premiered on April 2, 1979 on TV Asahi.[1]

This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Ōyama Edition (大山版), after Nobuyo Ōyama, the voice actress who voices Doraemon in this series.[2]

Two official English dubs of this anime series have been released, the first of which was called The Adventures of Albert and Sidney and was made in Canada by CINAR[3] and aired exclusively in Barbados on CBC TV 8 during the late 1988 and early 1996, it was planned to air in the US on Superstation WTBS (now known as TBS) but never premiered for unknown reasons, the second was made in Singapore and aired on Channel i & Kids Central[4] from 2002 to 2003 in Singapore. Additionally, an unofficial bootleg English dub by Speedy Video was produced and released exclusively in Malaysia on various VCDs.

  1. ^ ドラえもん (1979~2005). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ 舊酒新瓶?濃厚也 [Old Wine in New Bottle? It's Rich]. inmediahk.net. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Children & Youth/Series, Specials/Live Action & Animated" (PDF). Television/Radio Age. January 19, 1987. p. A123. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kidscentral>AFlist>Index_Page". Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2001-02-21.