Doraemon

[hlkari]

Doraemon[ドラえもん]

Foreword:Might contain some minor spoilers.

Reviews by
hlkari

Director
Kôzô Kusuba
Tsutomu Shibayama

Writing credits
F. Fujio Fujiko(writer)

Music
Kan Sawada
Shunsuke Kikuchi

Character Design
Eiichi Nakamura

Chief Animation Director
Eiichi Nakamura (1991 to 2005)

Animation director
Eiichi Nakamura (1979 to 1991)

Theme Music Performance
Twelve Girls Band (OP: 2005-04-15)

Theme Song Performance
Ai Kago (W [Double You]; ED, 2004-06-04)
AJI (OP: 2004-04-30)
Hitomi Shimatani (ED)
Keiko Yokozawa (ED)
Kumiko Ohsugi (OP, ED)
Misato Watanabe (OP)
Mitsuko Horie (ED)
Nobuyo Oyama (OP, ED)
Nozomi Tsuji (W [Double You]; ED, 2004-06-04)
Rimi Natsukawa (OP: 2005-10-28)
Satoko Yamano (OP)
THE ALFEE (ED)
Tokyo Purin (OP)
Wasabi Mizuta (ED, 2005-08)
Yui Nishiwaki (ED)
YUZU (ED)

Broadcaster
TV Asahi

Music Production
Toshiba EMI (ED 11)

Production
Asatsu DK
Shin'ei Doga
TV Asahi

Credited Cast
Megumi Oohara as Nobita (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Nobuyo Oyama as Doraemon (1st)
Noriko Ohara as Nobita (1st)
Wasabi Mizuta as Doraemon (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Suneo (1st)
Kazuya Tatekabe as Gian (1st)
Keiko Yokozawa as Dorami (1st)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Nobita's mom (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Masayuki Kato as Nobita's dad (1st)
Michiko Nomura as Shizuka (1st)
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Nobita's mom (1st)
Subaru Kimura as Gian (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Tomokazu Seki as Suneo (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Nobita's dad (3rd:2005-04-15)
Yousuke Naka as Nobita's dad (2nd)
Yumi Kakazu as Shizuka (2nd: 2005-04-15)
Ai Orikasa as Shizuka's mom (3rd:2005-04-15)
Akiko Takamura as Nobita's grandma (2nd)
Atsuko Mine as Nobita's grandma (1st)
Chie Kitagawa as Mini Dora (1st)
Katsuhisa Houki as Kaminari-san (3rd: 2005)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nobita's teacher (2nd)
Kazuyo Aoki as Gian's mom (1st)
Keiko Yokozawa as Shizuka's mom (1st)
Mari Yokoo as Suneo's mom (2nd)
Masako Matsubara as Shizuka's mom (2nd)
Minami Takayama as Suneo's mom (3rd: 2005)
Miyako Takeuchi as Gian's mom (2nd: 2005-04-29)
Rei Sakuma as Mini Dora (2nd)
Ritsuo Sawa as Nobita's teacher (1st)
Ryouichi Tanaka as Nobita's teacher (3rd)
Sachi Matsumoto as Sewashi (2nd: 2005)
Shihoko Hagino as Dekisugi (2nd: 2005-05-27)
Shingo Kanemoto as Kaminari-san (1st)
Sumiko Shirakawa as Dekisugi (1st)
Takeshi Watanabe as Kaminari-san (2nd)
Vanilla Yamazaki as Jaiko (2nd: 2005)
Wataru Takagi as Nobita's teacher (4th: 2005)
Yoshiko Ohta as Sewashi (1st)
Yoshino Ohtori as Suneo's mom (1st)

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
none

Opening Theme
#01: "Doraemon no Uta (Weekly Program OP #1, Weekday Program OP #1)" by Kumiko Oosugi, Nobuyo Oyama
#02: "Boku Doraemon (Weekday Program OP #2)" by Nobuyo Oyama, Koorogi '73
#03: "Doraemon no Uta (Weekly Program OP #2)" by Satoko Yamano
#04: "Doraemon no Uta" by Tokyo Purin
#05: "Doraemon no Uta" by Misato Watanabe
#06: "Doraemon no Uta" by AJI
#07: "Doraemon no Uta (Non-Vocal)" by Twelve Girls Band
#08: "Hug Shichao" by Rimi Natsukawa

Ending Theme
#01: "Doraemon Ekaki-uta (Extra ED theme song)" by Nobuyo Oyama
#02: "Aoi Sora wa Pocket sa" by Kumiko Oosugi
#03: "Doraemon Ondo (Extra ED theme song)" by Nobuyo Oyama, Koorogi '73
#04: "Dorami-chan Ekaki-uta (Extra ED theme song)" by Keiko Yokozawa
#05: "Maru-gao no Uta" by Nobuyo Oyama
#06: "Boku-tachi Chikyuu-jin" by Mitsuko Horie
#07: "Aozora-tte Iina" by Mitsuko Horie
#08: "Ashita mo Tomodachi" by Yui Nishiwaki
#09: "Boku Doraemon 2112" by Nobuyo Oyama, Koorogi '73
#10: "Mata Aeru Hi made" by YUZU
#11: "Tanpopo no Uta" by THE ALFEE
#12: "YUME-biyori" by Hitomi Shimatani
#13: "Aa Iina!" by W [Double You]
#14: "Odore Dore Dora Doraemon Ondo" by Wasabi Mizuta

Genres
Comedy / Mecha / Science Fiction

Year Release
1979

Awards
Unfortunately, awards are unknown

Official Site
http://dora-world.com/index.html(JP)
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/doraemon/(JP)

Synopsis

Nobi Nobita is so hapless that his 22nd century decendants are still impoverished as a result of his 20th century bumbling. In a bid to raise their social status, their humble servant, a robotic cat named Doraemon, decides to travel back in time and guide Nobita on the proper path to fortune. Unfortunately Doraemon, a dysfunctional robot that the familly acquired by accident, but chose to keep nonetheless, isn't much better off than Nobita. The robot leads Nobita on many adventures, and while Nobita's life certainly is more exciting with the robot cat from the future, it is questionable if it is in fact better in the way that Doraemon planned.

  

Review

Doraemon is the best animated series ever to grace all Japan's TV screen because of the fun each episode offers to every watcher back in those rural time or so, that includes me. I remember when I was a little mischievous kid back then, I never fail to miss any of the episodes. Be it with family, friends, or even teachers ! Why do we all, including grown-ups watch it, you would wonder. The answer to it is simple - the FUN !

The story of the show is as follow: Doraemon, a robot-cat from the 22th Century, lives with the Nobi family. In the far future, thanks to Nobi Nobita, a man who lived in our time, the Nobis are poor and with debts everywhere. So to change that situation and give the future Nobis a better life, Doraemon travels back in time, when Nobita was a kid, and lives with him to teach him how to be a better person, as Nobita is a complete slacker.Doraemon has a fourth-dimensional pocket from where he can get all sorts of futuristic gadgets to help Nobita and the present Nobis. Doraemon is also a defective robot - much like Nobita, he barely even studied when he was being fabricated, and etc. Also, a rat ate his ears off, and ever since whenever Doraemon sees a rat he completely freaks out.

And Nobita is just pure dope, in a funny way, that is.His only skill is being able to sleep, dozes away in just about less than 10 seconds, and that's not exactly useful. Every episode follows a pretty similar formula: something happens to Nobita, Nobita runs home and complains about it, Doraemon help him sorts his way out by giving him a gadget, Nobita over-uses it, and wackiness ensues. And for some other episodes, replace "Nobita" with some other character.

Sounds repetitive, maybe even boring, but it's certainly not! Doraemon is a big icon in Japan, and for a reason: good Ole' fun. Some episodes have even dark tones (Devil's Passport, anybody?, Say Cheese, Evil...), some of them are really sad, it's a whole variety. The supporting characters are great, too: Suneo, the rich-spoiled guy; Shizuka, the cute girl on whom Nobita has a crush on; Takashi, also known as "Gian", the big bully in the whole story; Nobita's mother and her nervous breakdowns, it's all good. I strongly recommend any living homo-sapiens to watch Doraemon any given chance. Give it a whirl, it's the funniest show ever. Try watching it after a hard day at work or school, and you'll see what I mean. Overall, good show, enjoy !

-hlkari

  

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Color: Color

[edison]

Thanks for your review once again. Doraemon is the coolest.

[hlkari]

edison Wrote:Thanks for your review once again. Doraemon is the coolest.

Hey, thanks !
I've to say, so far you're the only person who goes through each and every of my review once publish, that really did suprises me, you know.

You made my day.

Thanks again !

Cheers,
- Andrew.

[edison]

lol no problem. I just wanna comment on your hard work you put in these reviews. I should be the one thanking you for the reviews!

[hli_xyooj]

i never know saw Doraemon before and never knew what its like i know it is a cartoon show but never watch it. but i know a lot of people like watchin it.

[nervelesskid]

i used to watch it all the time. Good job with the review.

[lego2iori]

i used to be a Doraemon fan too. I even bought some of its manga too. And I still have my childhood doraemon alarmclock sitting on my desk, but I dun use it though. I guess Doraemon still live within a lot of us.

[Boredo]

from the name of it, I thought it was based off some Digimon..but it actually looks different compared to other animes..especially in the drawing department

[pc2000]

Haven't heard of this before but might give it a go

[carmen]

Uhmm. HOW DID I MISS THIS THREAD???

I love Doraemon. I was one of those kids who wore the Doraemon merchandise. I prefer to call him Ding Dong though XD

I always wanted his magic pocket too... Great Review! Support Dai Hong for life! =D