Doraemon

is a Japanese manga and anime series and franchise about the character Doraemon. It was written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio and Kazuya Tsurumaki. It was started in a children's magazine in 1969. Doraemon is the name of a robot cat that came from the future to help a boy named Nobita Nobi. Doraemon is about the life of Nobita Nobi. In a typical story Doramon uses a gadget to solve a problem for Nobita, but Nobita goes too far and ends up being punished and learning a lesson.
Doraemon was turned into an anime television show in 1973. It still is being shown on television. As of 1996, about 100 million comic books have been sold. A Japanese-to-English version of the original called Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future was published from 2002. A local translation is published in each Asian country such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam. It is in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, but it is not as popular as it is in Asia. Doraemon is endorsed by 7-11 in Thailand as a mascot.
Doraemon was a yellow cat with nice fluffy ears and he lived in the future but when robot mice ate his ears while he was sleeping, he was forced to remove the part of the ear that was left. He cried so much that the chemical in his tears reacted with his skin turning to blue from yellow. He was then forced to come to the present age to help Nobita but soon, he started loving Nobita like his own brother.
Characters
Main
Doraemon: A cat-like robot of the 22nd century. Doraemon came to the present age to help Nobita. Doraemon has a four-dimensional pocket which holds a lot of gadgets. He loves Japanese traditional sweet Dorayaki (also called Bean Jam Buns) and suffers from musophobia (fear of mice).
Nobita Nobi: He is a fourth grader. He is lazy and always gets in trouble, and never does his homework.
Shizuka Minamoto: She is a classmate of Nobita. She is a smart and kind girl and always helps everyone. She is the best friend of Nobita and his future wife.
Takeshi Gouda (Gian): He is a classmate of Nobita. He is very strong and always bullies Nobita. He is selfish and mean, and he sometimes looks after his mother's shop for grocery items.
Suneo Honekawa: He is a classmate of Nobita. He is also selfish and mean, and his family is rich.
Recurring
Hidetoshi Dekisugi: His name in Japanese which means "over talented". He is a very smart and intelligent boy who always does his homework on time. Nobita often asks Doraemon for gadgets to copy Dekisugi's homework. Nobita gets angry when he see Shizuka along with Dekisugi.
Sewashi: He is Nobita's great-great-grandson who lives in the future. He is born in 2115.
Dorami: She is Doraemon's sister. Her body colour is yellow. She is very kind and helps Nobita and her brother, Doraemon. She lives with Sewashi in the future.
Jaiko Gouda: Gian's sister. She is exactly opposite to Gian. In the original timeline, without Doraemon, Nobita would have married her and become a bankrupt.
Apart from these, there are many characters like Nobita's mother, Nobita's father, Sensei, Mr. Kaminari (Mr. Rumbleton in US), etc.
Characters and Cast
Doraemon (April-September 1973)
Doraemon (April 1979-March 2005)
English cast (CINAR)
Doraemon (voiced by A.J. Henderson)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Steven Bednarski)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Tracey Moore)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by John Stocker)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by John Stocker)
Singaporean English cast (Voiceovers Unlimited)
Doraemon (voiced by Hossan Leong)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Hossan Leong)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Gerald Chew)
Nobita's mother (voiced by Denise Tan DJ)
Nobita's father (voiced by Gerald Chew)
UK English Fan-cast
Doraemon (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Anas Abdul Aziz)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Patryk Kornatowski)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Puteri Balqis)
Doraemon: Stand by Me, the Movie 2004
Doraemon (voiced by Tomokazu Seki, Shingo Katori
Nobita Nobi (portrayed by (young boy) Megumi Ohara, Yuri Chinen)
Adult Nobita Nobi (portrayed by Satoshi Tsumabuki)
Shizuka Minamoto (portrayed by Mirai Shida)
Adult Shizuka Minamoto (portrayed by Yumi Kakazu)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (portrayed by Fumio Kuniyoshi)
Adult Takeshi "Gian" Goda (portrayed by Fumio Kuniyoshi)
Suneo Honekawa (portrayed by Tomokazu Seki)
Adult Suneo Honekawa (portrayed by Tomokazu Seki)
Hidetoshi Dekisugi (portrayed by Aoi Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Haruma Miura)
Adult Hidetoshi Dekisugi (portrayed by Haruma Miura)
Sewashi Nobi (portrayed by Aoi Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Haruma Miura)
Tamako Nobi (portrayed by Minami Takayama)
Nobisuke Nobi (portrayed by Kazuya Tsurumaki)
Doraemon (April 2005-present)
Japanese cast
Doraemon (voiced by Wasabi Mizuta, Tomokazu Seki, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Fuku Suzuki, Iain Armitage, Suleman octuplets
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Megumi Ohara, Mari Maruta, Yoshiko Kamei, Xu Jiao, Yuri Chinen, Tomomi Tenjinbayashi, Haruka Tomatsu, Ryoka Minamide, Abby Ryder Fortson)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Yumi Kakazu, Dong Jie
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Subaru Kimura, Fumio Kuniyoshi, Fergus Craig)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Tomokazu Seki, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Caety Sagoian)
Dorami (voiced by Chiaki Fujimoto, Ryo Hirohashi, Yumiko Kobayashi)
Tamako Nobi (voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, Miki Narahashi, Minami Takayama
Nobisuke Nobi (voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto, Stephen Chow, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Young Nobisuke Nobi (voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi), Masako Nozawa, Nobuyuki Hiyama)
Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Shihoko Hagino, Fujiko Takimoto, Mari Maruta, Yoshiko Kamei)
Sensei (voiced by Wataru Takagi, Subaru Kimura)
Mr. Kaminari (voiced by Katsuhisa Hoki, Subaru Kimura)
Kaminari (voiced by Katsuhisa Hoki), Subaru Kimura)
Sewashi Nobi (voiced by Sachi Matsumoto, Shihoko Hagino)
Mrs. Minamoto (voiced by Ai Orikasa)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Aruno Tahara)
Shizuka's Papa (voiced by Aruno Tahara)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Mahito Ohba)
Shizuka's Papa (voiced by Mahito Ohba)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Stephen Chow, from July 2005 & Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Shizuka's Papa (voiced by Stephen Chow, from July 2005 & Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Shizuka's Papa (voiced by Nizam Razak, in Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Shizuka's Papa (voiced by Anas Abdul Aziz, in Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Nizam Razak, in Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Anas Abdul Aziz, in Stand by Me Doraemon 1)
Mrs. Honekawa (voiced by Minami Takayama, Yumiko Kobayashi, Wataru Takagi)
Mr. Honekawa (voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka, Stephen Chow, Haruma Miura, Anas Abdul Aziz, Nizam Razak, Huang Lei, Yu Mizushima, Yumiko Kobayashi, Jackie Chan)
Sunetsugu Honekawa (voiced by Yuki Kaida, Wasabi Mizuta, Yu Mizushima, Nur Fathiah Diaz, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Fuku Suzuki, Tomokazu Seki)
Sunekichi Honekawa (voiced by Takumi Yamazaki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Mitsuaki Madono, Ben Bocquelet, Toru Asakawa)
Mrs. Goda (voiced by Miyako Takeuchi)
Mrs. Goda (voiced by Toru Asakawa, Anas Abdul Aziz, Ryutaro Nonomura)
Sasuke Goda (voiced by Shinpachi Tsuji, David Teo)
Jaiko Goda (voiced by Vanilla Yamazaki, Dolores Rogers)
Jaiko (voiced by Vanilla Yamazaki, Dolores Rogers)
Mini-Doras (voiced by Tomato Akai)
Lulli (voiced by Rie Kugimiya, from Ep. 228)
Lapis Espinela (voiced by Yukari Tamura)
Pregnant Cat (voiced by Kazumi Totaka, from Ep. 200)
Mii-chan (voiced by Mari Maruta)
Nobirou Nobi (voiced by Koichi Hashimoto)
Young Nobirou Nobi (voiced by Japanese Actress)
Tamao Kataoka (voiced by Toshiharu Sakurai, Satoshi Tsumabuki)
Goro (voiced by Koki Miyata, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Justin Fletcher)
Moteo Mote (voiced by Motoki Takagi, Kazuki Ogawa, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Shin'ichiro Miki)
Moteo's mother (voiced by Noriko Uemura)
Huang Lei (voiced by Huang Lei)
Hossan Leong (voiced by Hossan Leong)
Homeless Guy (voiced by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Yu Mizushima, Kazuki Ogawa, Mitsuaki Madono, Toshiyuki Morikawa)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (voiced by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Toshiyuki Morikawa)
Chinese Vampire (preformed by Roger Craig Smith (from June 2010), Frank Welker (from May 2008)
Jason Voorhees (preformed by Roger Craig Smith (from June 2010), Frank Welker, (from August 2007)
Pregnant Dragon (preformed by Frank Welker (from September 2010), Kazumi Totaka (from May 2008)
Godzilla (preformed by Kazuki Ogawa (from August 2011), Motoki Takagi (from October 2008)
Pawaemon (voiced by Mitsuaki Madono, Akira Kubodera, Haruma Miura)
Depon Alex (voiced by Shin'ichiro Miki)
Bengal Richness (voiced by Keiji Fujiwara)
Nobita's great-grandfather (voiced by Jackie Chan)
Nobisuke (voiced by Yoshiko Kamei), Megumi Ohara), Shihoko Hagino)
Adult Nobita Nobi (voiced by Masahiro Sakurai, Toru Asakawa, Fumio Kuniyoshi, Damien Laquet. Justin Fletcher, Subaru Kimura, Satoshi Tsumabuki).
Adult Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Yumi Kakazu)
Adult Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Subaru Kimura)
Adult Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Tomokazu Seki)
Adult Jaiko Goda (voiced by Vanilla Yamazaki)
Adult Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Shihoko Hagino)
Adult Moteo Mote (voiced by Motoki Takagi)
Nobita's grandmother (voiced by Nobuko Miyamoto, Wasabi Mizuta, Vanilla Yamazaki)
Nobiru Nobi (voiced by David Teo), Kazuya Tsurumaki), Fumio Kuniyoshi)
Adolf Hitler (voiced by Subaru Kimura <German>)
Robot Nobita Nobi (voiced by Megumi Ohara, Subaru Kimura, Tomomi Tenjinbayashi, Haruka Tomatsu),
US English cast (2014-2015)
Doraemon (voiced by Mona Marshall, Leonard Nimoy, Justin Long)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, Jesse McCartney)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Kaiji Tang, Justin Long)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Brian Beacock, Matthew Gray Gubler)
Mini-Doras (voiced by Cristina Valenzuela)
Tamako Nobi (voiced by Mari Devon)
Nobisuke Nobi (voiced by Tony Oliver)
Mr. Simmons (voiced by John DeMita)
Mrs. Honekawa (voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn)
Mrs. Goda (voiced by Jessica Gee-George)
Muku (voiced by Anthony Hansen)
Sewashi Nobi (voiced by Max Mittelman)
Jaiko Goda (voiced by Minae Noji)
Sensei (Teacher) (voiced by Keith Silverstein)
Yoshio Minamoto (voiced by Travis Willingham)
Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Spike Spencer)
Mrs. Minamoto (voiced by Wendee Lee)
Lady of the Lake (voiced by Wendee Lee)
Dorami (voiced by Wendee Lee. Colleen Villard)
Mr. Saucer (voiced by Joe J. Thomas)
Mr. Honekawa (voiced by Joe J. Thomas)
Sasuke Goda (voiced by Kirk Thornton)
Goro (voiced by Dave Wallace)
Sunekichi Honekawa (voiced by Derek Stephen Prince)
UK English cast (2015-2016)
Doraemon (voiced by Sarah Hauser)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Muriel Hofmann), Anthony Field)
Jaiko Goda (voiced by Muriel Hofmann, Heather Pennington)
Tamako Nobi (voiced by Heather Pennington, Catherine Fu)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Catherine Fu)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Dave Bridges, Frank Welker, Justin Fletcher)
Nobisuke Nobi (voiced by Russell Wait)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Ben Margalith, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Haruma Miura)
Sewashi Nobi (voiced by Muriel Hofmann, Anthony Field
)
Singaporean English cast (2016-February 2017, February 2018-present)
Doraemon (voiced by Alex Wong Wai Pang, Wong Wai Kay)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Marina Tan. Ryan Lee Bhaskaran)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Fairuz Arfa Ariff Syah, Denise Camillia Tan)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Ryan Lee Bhaskaran, Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Wong Wai Kay)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Muhammad Fathi Diaz, Alex Wong Wai Pang, Muhammad Abdurrahman Solahuddin)
Jaiko Goda (voiced by Chan Su Ling)
Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Wong Wai Kay. Nur Fathiah Diaz)
Moteo Mote (voiced by Nur Fathiah Diaz, Wong Wai Kay)
YouTube English cast (March 2017-present)
Doraemon (voiced by Julian Jimenez)
Nobita Nobi (voiced by Lovell Stanton)
Shizuka Minamoto (voiced by Rachel DeLuca, Nikki Whitaker)
Takeshi "Gian" Goda (voiced by Vincent Tong, Lance Thirtyacre, Chris Netherton)
Suneo Honekawa (voiced by Tom Kenny, Lovell Stanton),Chris Netherton)
Jaiko Goda (voiced by Elaina Keyes)
Hidetoshi Dekisugi (voiced by Logan Thirtyacre )
Sewashi Nobi (voiced by Logan Thirtyacre )
Dorami (voiced by Chilly Jimenez)
Worldwide date
December 15, 1969 (Japan)
June 24, 1970 (UK)
November 23, 1970 (USA)
April 10, 1971 (Australia)
July 13, 1971 (Canada)
September 5, 1971 (New Zealand)
August 27, 1971 (Ireland)
May 31, 1971 (Brazil)
October 18, 1971 (Iceland)
December 15, 1971 (France)
November 15, 1972 (Spain)
September 14, 1973 (Germany)
References
Manga
Anime