There is no doubt that Doraemon is absolutely best-known and a hero as an animation character not only in Japan, but also in other countries. Doraemon was created as a robot, sent to assist a fourth-grade knucklehead named Nobi Nobita from 22nd century, and has captured the hearts and inspired the dreams of children around the world 30 years ago by the author, through comic books, televisions and movies. The author of Doraemon, Fujiko Fujio, passed away in September 1996 and became an award-winning writer later on. Doraemon is still remained as the best superstar in this world and our minds. The secrets of his fame for the Japanese are: history, global activities which Doraemon fs production company deals with, fascination of the tool from his four-dimensional pocket on his stomach and educational aspects of the stories.
Sales of the Doraemon comic series have been extremely increasing from the beginning, but still.
The first appearance of Doraemon, who came via the...
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: ~Angel ...As of December 1999 forty-five volumes of the Doraemon comic series had been published, as well as 19 full-length books, which were the basis for the Doraemon movies. Today, from 1.5 million to 2 million copies are sold each year, and total sales of some 100 million makes the series one of Japan fs all-time best sellers. There have been 1,700 episodes of the gDoraemon h animated television series, which began in 1979, and 21 gDoraemon h movies have drawn a total audience of close to 63 million. A new film was scheduled to be released in March 2000. Several years ago, a final episode to the Doraemon series was posted on the Internet and caused a huge commotion all over Japan.
The producer of Doraemon always keeps eyes open to the issues of the world, not only Japan. Doraemon has been popular all...