Doraemon
Doraemon is an Oriencian anime and manga series by Fujiko F. Fujio; the manga was first released in 1969 in magazines aimed at kindergarten-age children, followed by an unsuccessful anime series in 1973 and two more in 1979 and 2005.
Here is how the series is handled in Nara.
Doraemon by country[edit | edit source]
Bensonia[edit | edit source]
A dub made by Offshore Productions was shown on the Headline Network (ironically the exact same dub was never broadcast in Hopeland) in the second half of the 80s but was later forgotten by many. Recently the Hopelandian dub of the 2005 series was shown on Ensign Television, 26 episodes were broadcast by a deal with the local licenser, Matsu Company.
Catalonia[edit | edit source]
The series airs on Televisió de Catalunya's channels since the mid-90s. Currently the Central Catalan dub of it airs on Super 3. Dubs were made in Southern Catalan and Ibizan Catalan for local channels. Additionally the Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese versions are broadcast.
Hopeland[edit | edit source]
An English dub of the series was first broadcast on first-run syndication in June 2001. The dub is a faithful adaptation of the Reitannan/Michillian dub, in turn using Japanese names (key changes being Gian called "Giant" and Dekisugi's name being frequently mispronounced). Over 600 episodes were dubbed between 1999 and 2005. A Spanish version, using the Latin Sierran dub made in Huasco, is also broadcast on TVMax (and formerly Antena Latina). The same dub was given plans for exporting to the United States countless times, but neither plan went ahead, possibly due to "content incompatiblities".
In the dub, characters are aware that they live in a fictional neighborhood in Nikkyo; references to Oriencian cultural icons are kept intact (presumably due to the growing number of Sondrians in the country); scenes involving Shizuka in the shower were kept intact; etc.
Additionally, a few films were released exclusively on home media, mainly DVDs.
Voice actors:
- Doraemon: Randall Marshall
- Nobita: John Takayama
- Suneo: Stuart Chapman
- Giant: Yue Richards
- Shizuka: Melissa Park
Ishigaki[edit | edit source]
Lenapore[edit | edit source]
Doraemon is shown regularly in two languages: Channel 8 broadcasts a dub made by Xiaowan's KTN; Sakura broadcasts the Japanese series. The 2005 series was first shown on Sakura in 2007 and on Channel 8 in 2005. For a while, the Hopelandian English version was broadcast on Kids Central.
Between 2001 and 2004, in a surprise move, the series aired on LPH MediaWorks' channels. After the return, Doraemon has never been seen in English since, despite the sell of VCDs and DVDs containing episodes and films in the language.
Manchuria[edit | edit source]
Nashland[edit | edit source]
The series aired on Boomerang in Nashland (and the remaining Britannic countries) for a while in 2015/2016, the dub was not the same as the one shown in southern Eurectipherian countries and had elements of the Sierran dub (especially names).
Orience[edit | edit source]
Doraemon is one of the most popular television series in Orience.
Porowon[edit | edit source]
United States of Sierra[edit | edit source]
The series oficially arrived to the United States in 2015 on their feed of Disney XD. The version was met with huge criticism, including the "westernization" of the series (made by the series and dub producers), deemed by many foreigners (especially people used to extant English dubs) as "unnecessary". This dub of Doraemon was unsuccessful.
In Northulia, it aired on Boomerang in 2016/2017. Plans to sell the series to Orience on Disney Channel were backfired.