List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions
Doraemon is a popular Japanese manga and anime series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and published by Shogakukan. The series has been released in many parts of the world.
Asia
| Region | Manga first published | Television series first broadcast / release status | Language | Local name(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1991 | First broadcast on CCTV-2 in 1991 | Mandarin Chinese | 哆啦A梦 (Duo La A Meng). Previously known as 小叮当 (Xiǎo Dīng Dāng) ("Little Bell", referring to Doreamon's bell around his neck.) or 机器猫 (Jī Qì Māo) "Robotic Cat". |
| Taiwan | 1976 as 小叮噹 (unlicensed, introduced after publication in Hong Kong). Licensed publication in 1993. | First introduced to broadcast in 1996 on Taiwan Television, Chinese Television System afterwards. | Mandarin Chinese | 哆啦A夢. Previously known as 小叮噹. |
| Hong Kong and Macau | First published and translated to English and Mandarin Chinese on 31 October 1993 by Television Broadcasts Limited. | First broadcast on 31 October 1993 until now by TVB Jade. Doraemon is very successful in Hong Kong and Macau thus it broadcast until now in same time (every Sunday at 18:00 until 18:30 HKT before News at 6:30). There are no options of dual sound (Japanese and Chinese) available and only dubbed in Cantonese with Chinese subtitles was main theme song in opening musical "Doraemon (多啦A夢)" was sung by Kelly Chen (陳慧琳) (from 3 January 1999 by 7 January 2001 until 1 February 2009), On 8 February 2009, new main theme song in opening musical "Feel You Heart" was singer by Toni Braxton (recorder by Velvet Garden), On 1 June 2014 by 2014 FIFA World Cup, new main theme song in opening musical again "Truth (A Great Detective of Love)" was singer by G.E.M. (鄧紫棋) (recorder by Two-Mix) today by 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony and on 22 February 2016 by 2 April 2016, new main theme song in opening musical again "Flying (飛把)" was singer by Prilly Latuconsina (recorder by Kelly Chen (陳慧琳)) | Cantonese (with Chinese subtitles) | 叮噹 (Ding Dong) from 31 October 1993 until 30 June 1997; 多啦A夢 (Doh La A Mung) from 1 July 1997 until now. |
| India and Bangladesh | Manga not released – Anime only. | First broadcast on a local broadcaster by Hungama TV since 13 February 2005. Hungama TV's sister – channel, Disney Channel India began showing reruns of the old dubbed Doraemon episodes by Hungama TV since 19 November 2010. The first movie to be released in Indian Cinema was the 3D movie Nobita and The Steel Troops-The New Age which was released on 6 October 2011. It is the highest rated kids' show in India with 478.5 million viewers. It also won Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award 2013 India for Best Show for Kids and again in 2015.
Episodes-Episodes of Doraemon where started from Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Then episodes from the 1990s are starting from 13 November 2012 on Disney Channel India and Hungama TV since last week of April 2013 and from 10 June 2013 Doraemon episodes from the 2000s has started airing both on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India. Episodes from 2005 were also broadcast on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India in between October and November 2013 and in the month of May and June the episodes from 2007 were started broadcasting only on Disney Channel India. Doraemon (2005anime) is also started on hungama TV and Disney channel India in Hindi as New Doraemon. New episodes of Doraemon 2005 anime are airing on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India. Doraemon will be available on Amazon Prime Video India.[1] In 2013, Bangladesh banned the airing of Hindi dubbed episodes.[2] An MP was quoted as saying "The government doesn't want children's educational atmosphere to get vitiated due to the telecast of Doraemon. The government has already issued notices directing to stop the telecast of unapproved foreign satellite television channels like Disney, Disney XD and Pogo. So, the airing of the children's favorite cartoon Doraemon has been banned." The lawmakers also said that Doraemon serial "only taught about telling lies and speaking Hindi."[3] Later on, a Bengali dub for the episodes was brought by Ddhoni Chitra Ltd. and the 1979 anime of Doraemon has been airing on the Bengali cable channel Asian TV since 1 April 2014. |
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu | डोरेमोन (Hindi), டோரேமான் (Tamil), డోరేమాన్ (Telugu) |
| Indonesia | 1994 by Elex Media Komputindo | First broadcast at 13 November 1988 by RCTI. Because Doraemon is very successful in Indonesia it broadcast until now in same time (every Sunday at 8:00 until 9:00 am) | Bahasa Indonesia | Doraemon |
| South Korea | 1994 | First broadcast in 2001–2002 by MBC then Anione and Champ TV from 2006–present. | Korean | 도라에몽 (Revised Romanization: Doraemong) |
| Malaysia | 1987 | First broadcast from 1990 until 25 January 1997 by TV1 a subsidiary of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Later was moved to NTV7 a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad was officially rebroadcast from 5 January 2008 until now, as Doraemon is very successful in Malaysia. |
Bahasa Malaysia | Doraemon |
| Philippines | Doraemon was first published by JLINE COMICS CENTER and translated in Tagalog in 1990. | 1992 on GMA | Tagalog, Cebuano or a few other Philippine languages in selected local GMA TV channels. | The character Jaian is known as Damulag (literally "big person" or "big kid" in Filipino). Doraemon is pronounced as "do-REI-mon". |
| Singapore | First published and translated to English and Mandarin Chinese on 2005. | First broadcast on December 1992 until now by SBC 8. Doraemon is very successful in Singapore thus it broadcast until now in same time (every Sunday at 09:30 until 10:00 SST). There are no options of dual sound (Japanese and Chinese) available and only dubbed in Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan dubbed) with Chinese subtitles.
The Doraemon manga has been published in English in print by Shogakukan Asia, using the same translation as the manga available on Amazon Kindle. |
Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan dubbed, with Chinese subtitles) | 多啦A夢 (Chinese), Doraemon (English). The previous Chinese name 小叮噹 is also used. |
| Thailand | 1970s (licensed), 1982 (unlicensed) | 1994 on Modernine TV | Thai | โดราเอมอน, โดเรม่อน |
| Cambodia | (Unknown) | 2014 on TV3 Asia | Khmer | ដូរ៉ាអិម៉ុន |
| Laos | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | Lao | ໂດລາເອມອນ |
| Vietnam | 11 December 1992 (Đôrêmon version, uncopyright)
1996 (licensed) 29 May 2010 (Doraemon version, licensed) |
In the 2000s, VTV1 and VTC1 aired some episodes in the 1979 anime.
– VTV1: have many casters like Hoài Vân, Anh Tuấn, Lưu Hà etc. – VTV1: titled Chú mèo máy Đô Rê Mon as part of Tuổi thần tiên. HTV3 aired 52 episodes of the 1979 anime from 9 January to 4 July 2010, then the remaining of the anime from 20 November 2014 to 2 December 2015. Later, HTV3 aired the 2005 anime since 3 December 2015. HTV3 also aired 17 long episodes from 7 December 2012 to 27 December 2013. The Stand By Me Doraemon film aired on 1 June 2015 in K+ NS. |
Vietnamese | Đôrêmon (1992–2010), Doraemon (2010) |
Europe
| Country | Manga First Published | Anime First Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | 1994 | (Unknown) |
| France | 2003 | 2003 by M6 and Fox Kids; 2014 by Boing (France) |
| Portugal | 1990s by Canal Panda in Spanish with subtitles (before 2010) and dubbed in Portuguese (since 2011), 2000 bt RTP1 and RTP2 dubbed in Portuguese, 2009 by Panda Biggs with the after-2005 episodes and the 1979 episodes in Spanish with subtitles in Portuguese and 2015 by Cartoon Network Portugal with the after-2005 episodes dubbed in Portuguese | |
| Italy | 2003 | 1982
In Italy, there are several popular theme songs, including DORAEMON gatto spaziale (Doraemon the space cat) sung by Oliver Onions and "A me mi piacerebbe un robot che farebbe i compiti miei" (Me would like a robot to do my homework, with intended grammatical mistakes), sung by Nora Orlandi. |
| Russia | 1990 | 1993 with Japan Foundation |
| Spain | 1994 | 1998 by Televisió de Catalunya, Canal Nou, Euskal Telebista, Canal Sur, TVG and other autonomical televisions (FORTA), and then in 2012 by TVE-2. Apart of running now on FORTA autonomical televisions network, the Spanish version also runs on Boing, a channel that airs around the whole country, giving it even a more mainstream appeal. In fact Doraemon acts as the unofficial mascot of that channel, its logo sharing the same blue color and the series airing during most of its day programming. The Doraemon airings on Boing offer a choice between Spanish and Japanese audio, and also offer Spanish teletext closed captioning. Doraemon is translated into four languages including Basque, Catalan (including a Valencian version since early decade of 1990 and a Balearic one since mid-2000 decade) and Galician in addition to Spanish. The first Doraemon film was televised in 2000. |
| Poland | 2014 by Disney XD Poland. | |
| Turkey | 2014 by Disney Channel Turkey. | |
| United Kingdom | 17 August 2015 by Boomerang. |
Middle East
The show was first broadcast in Arab countries in 1995.
Doraemon in Arabic: ("Abqoor" عبقور, which means a mini Genius)
North America
| Country | Manga First Published | Anime First Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| United States | November 2013 on Amazon Kindle | 7 July 2014 on Disney XD |
| Mexico | (Unknown) | 1981 and 1982 by Canal 5 (Televisa Network) and again on the same channel from 2000 until 2001. |
- Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System acquired the US rights to Doraemon in 1985, and planned to air the first 50 episodes that year on what was then called SuperStation WTBS, but due to unknown circumstances leading to the series not to air on the network as planned, the license was eventually dropped.
- TV Japan aired Doraemon in its original Japanese version in the United States and Canada until March 2014.
- Disney XD's Canadian service aired a few episodes of the show in the summer of 2015 for two weeks before pulling it.
Oceania
| Country | Manga First Published | Anime First Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | (Unknown) | 26 January 2015 on Network Ten |
South America
In some Latin American countries, the show was called Doraemon El Gato Cósmico, O Gato Cósmico (Doraemon The Cosmic Cat) and the cat's name was Cósmico (Cosmic), yet sometimes named Doraemon.
Doraemon has been broadcast until the present in
- Argentina,
- Chile broadcast by Chilevisión, MeGa, and Canal 13 (Chile) (during the 80's)
- Costa Rica,
- Dominican Republic,
- Colombia under the Gato Cósmico title and Mexican Spanish dubbing
- Ecuador broadcast by Ecuavisa, the longest-running program in the country
- Guatemala broadcast by Trecevisión
- Paraguay
Doraemon was broadcast for some years from 1982 in
- Brazil, under the Doraemon, O Super-Gato Portuguese title for broadcast by Rede Manchete children program Clube da Criança (the new series was aired under the title Doraemon, O Gato do Futuro).
- Bolivia,
- Panama,
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
- Chile, broadcast in Canal 13 (Chile) during 1982 and 1984
References
- ↑ http://www.ciol.com/amazon-prime-video-partners-japan-based-tv-asahi-corp-for-exclusive-anime-content-streaming/
- ↑ "Bangladesh bans Hindi-dubbed broadcasts of 'Doraemon'". The Asahi Shimbun. The Asahi Shimbun. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ "Govt slaps ban oHindi-dubbed Doraemon telecast". BDnews24.com. BDnews24.com. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2016.