List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions

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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.

America[]

Anglo-America[]

Country Manga First Published Anime First Broadcast
United States and Canada November 2013 on Amazon Kindle Turner Broadcasting System acquired the US rights to Doraemon in 1985 in a co-production with scandal-plagued children's animation company Cinar, entitled The Adventures of Albert and Sidney. Both companies planned to air the first 50 episodes that year on what was then called SuperStation WTBS, but due to unknown circumstances, the series did not air on the network as planned. It did, however, end up airing on CBC TV 8 in Barbados during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1]

TV Japan aired Doraemon in its original Japanese version without subtitles[citation needed] in the United States and Canada until March 2014.

The U.S. dub of Doraemon started airing on 7 July 2014 on Disney XD in the US and Family CHRGD in Canada.

Brazil[]

The 1979 series had a first distribution attempt by Everest Video in the late 1980s, but the acquisition did not materialize due to the high cost of license at that time. In October 1992, distributed by WTC Comunicações, Doraemon was broadcast under the Doraemon, O Super-Gato Portuguese title on Rede Manchete children program Clube da Criança. However, the number of dubbed episodes was less and the series was not successful. In 2001, Creative Licensing tried to redistribute the series on television, but was unsuccessful.

In 2014, Sato Company in association with Rose Entertainment from Mexico, distributed the 2005 series under the Doraemon, O Gato do Futuro Portuguese title.[2]

Hispanic America[]

The 1979 series was licensed by Rose Entertainment in 1999 for the entire Latin American region. A Latin American Spanish dub produced in Mexico under the Doraemon, el gato cósmico Spain's title has been distributed in most countries. In 2014, Rose Entertainment licensed the 2005 series under the same title.

Country Manga first published Anime First Broadcast
Colombia Hasn't been released.
  • 1979 Series: October 11, 2003, on Caracol TV
Ecuador Hasn't been released.
  • 1979 Series: April 01, 2002, on Ecuavisa
  • 2005 Series: March 02, 2015, on Ecuavisa
Pan-regional Hasn't been released.
  • 1979 Series: September 2, 2019, on Movistar Play
  • 2005 Series: December 10, 2014, on Netflix

Asia[]

Region Manga first published Television series first broadcast / release status Language Local name(s)
China 1989 as 叮当 TV broadcast: First broadcast on GDTV from 1989 to 1991 as 叮当, Doraemon's dubbing is Zhang Lin (only 26 episodes were shown); Second broadcast on CCTV-2 in 1991 as 机器猫, Doraemon's dubbing is Dong Hao, Zhang Lu and Liu Chunyan (only 113 episodes were shown);[citation needed] Third broadcast on CCTV-14 in 2007 as 哆啦A梦, Doraemon's dubbing is Zhang Limin; Third broadcast on many cartoon channels in 2004 to 2015 as 哆啦A梦, Doraemon's dubbing is Li Ye (only 300 episodes were shown) (All of these are 1979 anime only)[citation needed]
Network broadcast: the first 300 episodes use Li Ye's dub version, 301st episode 2577th episodes use Taiwan version, Dissemination of copyright websites Jiayunshe to video websites in China.[citation needed]
Movies: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006, Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld, Nobita and the Green Giant Legend, Doraemon's dubbing is Zeng Dan; Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King originally planned to be released, but failed to pass the examination by Film censorship in China; Stand by Me Doraemon, Nobita's Treasure Island, Doraemon's dubbing is Liu Chunyan; Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016, Nobita and the Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi, Doraemon's dub is Shan Xin.[citation needed]
Mandarin Chinese
Uyghur
哆啦A梦
ماشىنا مۈشۈك
Taiwan 1976 as 小叮噹 (pinyin: Xiǎo Dīngdāng; unlicensed, introduced after publication in Hong Kong). Licensed publication in 1993. First introduced to broadcast in 1996 on Taiwan Television, Chinese Television System afterwards.[citation needed] Mandarin Chinese 哆啦A夢.
Hong Kong and Macau First introduced in 1973 through a children magazine "Children Paradise" (兒童樂園),[3] followed by "Seal Comics" (海豹叢書) throughout the 1980s (administered by Charles Lam Productions Ltd). Current official publication licensed in 1992. Publisher: Culturecom (文化傳信). First broadcast in August 1981 on TVB Jade[4] The first overseas broadcast in Doraemon history. Cantonese 叮噹, 多啦A夢 (Cantonese Yale: Dōlāēimūng)
India and Pakistan The manga hasn't been released. The anime airs on Hungama TV since 13 February 2005, which was the introduction of the Doraemon franchise in India.[5][6] Since 19 November 2010, Hungama TV's sister channel, Disney Channel India has been rerunning the old dubbed Doraemon episodes which have already been broadcast by Hungama TV.

Hindi-dubbed episodes started with the Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Later episodes of the Doraemon (2005 anime) series started airing on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India since October and November 2013 as New Doraemon.[7] New Seasons of Doraemon is available on Disney+ Hotstar in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

In February 2016, Doraemon was the second most-watched kids' show in India.[8] By June 2017, it was the highest-rated children's television show, with a total of 478.5 million viewers across Hungama TV and Disney Channel India. It has won Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India 2 times in a row for "Best Show For Kids" (2013 and 2015) and was nominated in the same category in 2017.As of 2020 total 10 seasons of Doraemon 2005 series have been released in India. And 11th,12th & 13th Seasons Rights were acquired by Disney India In Month Of January 2021. And 1 season's dubbing is finished and 2 other seasons are still in process along with shinchan since April 2021.

The Hindi version was also airing in neighbouring Pakistan since 2005, as Hindi is mutually intelligible to Urdu speakers. However, this led to concerns about Pakistani children learning Hindi instead of their mother tongue Urdu.[9] In 2016, politicians and activists called for a ban of the show in both India and Pakistan, arguing that it was polluting the mind of children.[10][11] Later that year, a bill was passed to ban the show in Pakistan.[12]

Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
डोरेमोन (Hindi)
டோரேமான் (Tamil)
డోరేమాన్ (Telugu)
Bangladesh The manga hasn't been released. Bangladesh had got Hindi-language children channels such as Disney Channel India, which used to air Doraemon. In February 2013, Bangladesh banned the airing of unapproved foreign satellite television channels, particularly Disney Channel India, due to concerns that children would learn Hindi instead of Bengali.[13] An MP was quoted as saying "The government doesn't want children's educational atmosphere to get vitiated due to the continuous Hindi 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.[14] 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[citation needed]. The Hindi dub was actually not banned completely as Hungama TV was available, while the Southeast Asian version of Disney Channel started to be aired in the country few years later on digital cable platforms. However Hungama TV stopped Doraemon since January 2018, leaving viewers no way to watch Doraemon in Hindi on TV. Bengali ডোরেমন
Indonesia 1994 by Elex Media Komputindo Doraemon was first aired by RCTI, as its first program during trial broadcast on 13 November 1988.[15] For two years, until 2 December 1990,[16] RCTI stopped airing Doraemon, and later started again in 7 December 1990 at Sunday, 9:00 AM. Later the airtime was moved to 8:30 AM in 12 May 1991[17] and finally to 8:00 AM at 2 June 1991. RCTI later maintained this airtime and still airs the cartoon to this day (since 2011 they airs the 2005 version), making it the longest continuously animated television program in the country. It was also aired by former affiliate SCTV from 27 August 1990 until 22 August 1993.[citation needed]

RCTI also had previously aired this series everyday in mid-2000s and at Saturday in early 2000s, but these airtime were short-lived.[18][19] In 2018, the airtime was extended to one hours (from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM at Sunday), but later in early 2021 was reduced to original (30 minutes) and the timeslot moved to 8:30 AM.

There are some important things about Doraemon's airing in Indonesia. During its early broadcast (mainly from 1990-1991), RCTI sometimes stopped Doraemon's broadcasting, however this was not continued after 1991. Doraemon is also the first Japanese cartoon to be aired in Indonesia (during this time, RCTI mostly aired US cartoons). Doraemon's airing in Indonesia also had differences with original Japanese version: the title card, especially from 1979 version are edited and replaced, and because of advertisements, sometimes RCTI cut the length of episodes (for example, from 10 minutes to 5-8 minutes). In 2011-2014, despite they had officially aired the 2005 version, sometimes RCTI still aired the 1979 version albeit with replaced title card and voiceover.

In addition to original series, RCTI sometimes aired Doraemon movies in morning, at the weekdays. This series have high ratings: on one occasion (November 2017), Doraemon's rating was higher than soap operas, a staple for many television stations in Indonesia.[20]

Bahasa Indonesia Doraemon
South Korea 1994 First broadcast between 2001–2002 by MBC then Anione and Champ TV from 2006–present.[citation needed] Korean 도라에몽 (Revised Romanization: Doraemong)
Malaysia 1992-April 2017 (Tora Aman)
December 2018-Now (Gempak Starz)
TV1 (1988-1997, 2000-2002)
NTV7 (2003-2018)
8TV (2017-2018)
Astro AEC (2018-Now)
Astro Ceria (2018-Now)[citation needed]
Bahasa Malaysia
Mandarin Chinese
Tamil
Doraemon
多啦A夢 (Chinese)
டோரேமான் (Tamil)
Philippines Doraemon was first published by JLINE COMICS CENTER and translated to Tagalog in 2009. First broadcast in 1999 on GMA (1979 TV series), and on May 27, 2019 Yey! (2005 TV series)[citation needed] Tagalog, Cebuano or a few other Philippine languages in selected local GMA TV channels. The character Gian is known as Damulag (literally "big person" or "big kid" in Filipino). Doraemon is pronounced as "do-REI-mon".
Singapore In 1970s, began publishing manga in small bookstore. In 1994, the manga was officially licensed by Singapore Press Holdings. Chuang Yi also published the manga in Chinese in the 2000s until late 2013. The Doraemon manga has been published in American English in print by Shogakukan Asia, using the same translation as the manga in United States of America. An English dub of the 1979 anime produced by Singaporean company Voiceovers Unlimited (licensed by Odex Ltd.) for Channel i aired from 2002 to 2003.[citation needed] Channel 8 aired the 1979 anime between 1992 and 2001 in Cantonese dubbing, and between 2005 and 2016 in Mandarin dubbed, and has remained airing at the same time slot. The 2005 anime began airing from 14 February 2016, and repeat telecasts aired from 27 July 2016. There are no options of dual sound (Japanese and Standard Chinese) available and only dubbed in Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin dubbed) with Singapore Mandarin subtitles. Singapore English, Mandarin Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin dubbed, with Singapore Mandarin subtitles). 多啦A夢 (Singapore Mandarin), Doraemon (American English).
Thailand 1970s (licensed), 1982 (unlicensed) 1982 on Channel 9, 1994 on Modernine TV[citation needed]. Thai โดราเอมอน, โดเรม่อน
Cambodia (Unknown) 2014 on TV3 Asia[citation needed] Khmer ដូរ៉ាអិម៉ុន
Laos (Unknown) (Unknown) Lao ໂດລາເອມອນ
Vietnam 11 December 1992 (Đôrêmon version, uncopyright)

1996 (licensed) 29 May 2010 (Doraemon version, licensed)

Year 1997–1999, Phuong Nam Film bought Chinese dubbed version of series anime Doraemon and translate to Vietnamese.

In the 2000s, VTV1 and VTC1 aired some episodes of the 1979 anime. – VTV1: have many casters like Hoài Vân, Anh Tuấn, Lưu Hà etc.[citation needed]

– VTC1: titled Chú mèo máy Đô Rê Mon as part of Tuổi thần tiên.[citation needed]

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 the movies since 7 December 2012.[21]

The Stand By Me Doraemon film aired on 1 June 2015 on K+ NS.

From 2013, The Doraemon movies were licensed in cinema theater with begin Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum.[22]

Vietnamese Đôrêmon (1992–2010), Doraemon (2010)

Europe[]

Country Manga First Published Anime First Broadcast
Cyprus 1994 (Unknown)
France 2007 2003 by M6 and Fox Kids; 2014 by Boing (France)
Greece 1994 (Unknown)
Italy 2003 1982 by Rai 2; from 2003 by Italia 1 and Boing (Italy).

102 early episodes (each one including 3 segments) from the 1979 series were dubbed in Italian and aired first on Rai 2 and then on local broadcasters, featuring the theme songs Il gatto Doraemon sung by Oliver Onions and La canzone di Doraemon (a cover of the Japanese theme "Boku Doraemon") sung by Il Coro I Nostri Figli di Nora Orlandi. From 2003 Italia 1 started airing most of the 1979 series with a new dub and the theme song titled Doraemon, sung by Cristina D'Avena, enjoying massive success.[citation needed] Since the 2010s the 1979 series was moved to Boing (Italy); the 2005 series started airing in 2014 alongside the previous one.

Poland 2014 by Disney XD Poland and 2015 by Disney Channel Poland.
Portugal The manga hasn't been released. 2000s by Canal Panda in Spanish with subtitles (before 2010) and dubbed in Portuguese (since 2011), 2000 by RTP1 and RTP2 dubbed in Portuguese, 2009 by Panda Biggs with the 2005 episodes and the 1979 episodes in Spanish with subtitles in Portuguese, 2015 by Cartoon Network Portugal with the 2005 episodes and some of the 1979 episodes dubbed in Portuguese and 2019 by Boomerang Portugal with the 2005 episodes dubbed in Portuguese
Russia 1990 1993 with Japan Foundation and aired on Channel One Russia.
Spain 1994 1993 by TVE-2 and 1994 by Televisió de Catalunya, Canal Nou, Euskal Telebista, Canal Sur, TVG and other autonomical televisions (FORTA). 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 daytime 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 the early 1990s and a Balearic one since the mid-2000s) and Galician in addition to Spanish. The first Doraemon film was televised in 2000.
Turkey 2014 by Disney Channel Turkey.
Ukraine 1990 1993 with Japan Foundation and aired on UA:Pershyi.
United Kingdom 17 August 2015 by Boomerang.

Middle East[]

The show was first broadcast in Arab countries in 1995. Since 7 March 2016 a dub of the Doraemon 2005 series airs on Spacetoon.[23][24]

Doraemon in Arabic: ("Abqoor" عبقور, which means a mini Genius)

In Iran, it was broadcast on IRIB TV1 under the name, دورایمون.

Oceania[]

Country Manga First Published Anime First Broadcast
Australia The manga hasn't been published. 26 January 2015 on Network Ten, Cartoon Network & Boomerang

References[]

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  13. ^ "Bangladesh bans Hindi-dubbed broadcasts of 'Doraemon'". The Asahi Shimbun. The Asahi Shimbun. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Govt slaps ban on Hindi-dubbed Doraemon telecast". . . 14 February 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  15. ^ JADWAL RCTI (SIARAN PERCOBAAN) 13 NOVEMBER 1988
  16. ^ Default Jadwal rcti 2-14 desember 1990
  17. ^ Jadwal rcti jakarta 5-16 mei 1991
  18. ^ Jadwal Acara RCTI, SCTV, TPI, antv, Indosiar, Trans TV & Trans 7 Rabu, 8 Agustus 2007
  19. ^ Jadwal Acara RCTI 16-29 Desember 2002
  20. ^ Rating Doraemon Kalahkan Cahaya Hati dan Jodoh Wasiat Bapak
  21. ^ "Cùng phiêu lưu ký với Doraemon và Nobita trên HTV3" (in Vietnamese). HTV3. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Một vé vể lại tuổi thơ" (in Vietnamese). Thể thao văn hóa. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  23. ^ "دورايمون باللغة العربية لأطفال العرب". 9 November 2016.
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