Doraemon (manga)

Doraemon (Japaneseドラえもん [doɾaemoɴ]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 tankōbon volumes and published by Shogakukan from 1970 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi.

The manga spawned a media franchise. Three anime TV series have been adapted in 19731979, 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 albumsvideo games, and musicals. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, via Amazon Kindle, by 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
Doraemon volume 1 cover.jpg

First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Doraemon
ドラえもん
Genre Comedy, science fiction
Manga
Written by Fujiko F. Fujio
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
21st Century Publishing House (bilingual English-Chinese)
Shogakukan (bilingual)
Chingwin Publishing Group (bilingual English-Chinese)
Imprint Tentōmushi Comics
Magazine CoroCoro Comic
and other Shogakukan children’s magazines
Demographic Children
Original run January 1970
(first full story published)
 – June 23, 1996
Volumes 45 (List of volumes)
Manga
Doraemon Plus
Written by Fujiko F. Fujio
Published by Shogakukan
Imprint Tentōmushi Comics
Demographic Children
Original run April 25, 2005 – December 6, 2014
Volumes (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Related manga
Other media

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