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August of 2009

 

Rate Shoplifting detectives; TOKIO vs. Tak...

Original at The Japan Times external link    Sat, Aug 15

Shoplifting detectives; TOKIO vs. Takako Matsu; Doraemon in love Doraemon, the earless robot cat from the future, can usually solve any problem that comes his way with the help of his magic pocket. ...

Rate Uwajimaya open in Renton Village

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Aug 10

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So what is there for Renton-area anime and manga fans? Aside from the food and the various sweets associated with popular characters such as Doraemon and ...

Rate Nostalgic revisit

Original at Malaysia Star external link    Sat, Aug 1

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TO old-school manga fans, Rurouni Kenshin needs little introduction. For me, it was the tale that took me from beginner's manga (like Doraemon, ...

June of 2009

 

Rate Mandatory filtering software ignites outrage in China

Original at MSNBC external link    Wed, Jun 17

guardian.co.uk Testers loaded pictures of three world famous cats – Garfield and two Japanese characters Doraemon and Hello Kitty – to see whether the filter worked. The result? Doraemon – OK. Hello Kitty – OK. Garfield – "This information is malicious! ...

Rate Chow very animated about his new project

Original at China Daily external link    Tue, Jun 9

 China Calling himself a cartoon lover and fan of Japanese comic books such as Doraemon and Dragon Ball, he says he has long wanted to make children's films. Hong Kong director Toe Yuan, whose credits include the hit cartoon film My Life as McDull (Maidou ...

Rate Doraemon, Nobita and the Robot KingdomVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at viddler.com external link    Tue, Jun 9    5 related articles

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April of 2009

 

Rate Family calendar

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Thu, Apr 23

 WA “Doraemon” (Japan Week) - Nobita's Dinosaur '06. Children's anime with English subtitles, Japan's National Cultural Ambassador. 2 and 4 pm Gonzaga University's Jepson Auditorium, 502 E. Boone Ave. Free. (509) 313-3951. Lilac Century and Family Fun Bike ...

Rate Oriental Fire, Altrincham, review

Original at Manchester Confidential external link    Mon, Apr 20

 UK Subsequent research revealed that dorayaki may look like that, minus the whipped cream and strawberry, and is a favourite of Japanese cartoon character Doraemon. After our rollercoaster ups and downs with the inconsistent dishes, I conclude that the ...

Rate Buried Garbage - Arcade Gamer Fubuki

Original at Anime News Network external link    Wed, Apr 8

 Canada I'd sooner masturbate to Doraemon . I'd sooner laugh at Grave of the Fireflies . And this isn't a show that one can claim to be harmless or "maybe just not your cup of tea." It's aggressive in its badness, loudly and violently making sure you know it's ...

March of 2009

 

Rate Hey, Answerman!

Original at Anime News Network external link    Fri, Mar 27

 Canada I am currently in Japan where amongst other things I have been feasting on the obscene amounts of anime available in this place and enjoying the Anime Festival and various museums, etc. As Doraemon is still so universally popular here in Japan (its on ...

Rate Hey, Answerman!

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Mar 19

 Canada The nation of Japan will be watching repeats of the original Mobile Suit Gundam , Tetsuwan Atom , and Lupin III , as well as new episodes of ancient, ancient shows like Doraemon and Sazae-san , until the Sun explodes in a fiery cosmic burst of epic, ...

Rate Cat Cafés: Recent Japanese Craze

Original at The Seoul Times external link    Wed, Mar 18

 South Korea Named after the robotic cat animation character, ‘Doraemon' Dora-chan is a beautiful, pugnacious rogue who prowls the room purring and casually swatting the other cats with a stray paw. Meanwhile, staff member Toru-san explains that Haruki the ...

Rate Japan's new envoys aim to spread cute to the world

Original at 3 News NZ external link    Sun, Mar 15    2 related articles

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 New Zealand Last May, the Hello Kitty cartoon character became Japan's tourism ambassador and a cartoon cat, Doraemon, was named the "anime ambassador" a few months before that. All represent an effort by the Foreign Ministry to advertise Japanese culture in a ...

Rate Alaska photographer remembered, three decades of Doraemon, Kansai ...

Original at The Japan Times external link    Sat, Mar 14

 Japan TV Asahi celebrates three decades of broadcasting the animated adventures of the beloved robot cat Doraemon with the special two-hour program "Doraemon 30 Shunen Special" (Doraemon 30th Year Special") (Fri., 7 pm). The producers asked fans of the ...

Rate Doraemon netbook for kids by KuroKids hits Taiwan

Original at Cheap Laptops external link    Sat, Mar 14

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 UK There’sa new kiddies laptop out in Taiwan by some company called KuroKids which has been geared especially for kids and is apparently named after a Japanese cartoon Doraemon. The laptop is actually based on a Classmate PC which has been tarted up with ...

Rate Doraemon netbook has all the American kids perplexed

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, Mar 12

Gotta Be Mobile  CA by Darren Murph, posted Mar 12th 2009 at 7:09PM Not sure what exactly Doraemon is? Haven't heard all the rage over it in Japan? Fret not, as this here netbook is definitely none of your concern. If you just so happen to be in the opposite camp, ...

Rate Future of 'anime' industry in doubt

Original at The Japan Times external link    Tue, Mar 3

 Japan Yoshihiko Noda, director of the media content division for ad agency Asatsu-DK, buys TV time slots for popular family programs such as "Doraemon" and "Crayon Shin-chan." He said these trends were a relatively recent phenomenon. ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Japan manga man revives story-telling with modern twist

Original at BusinessWorld Online external link    Tue, Feb 3

 Philippines From action hero Kenshiro of the popular Hokuto no Ken series to the earless blue cat Doraemon and the lovelorn heroines of The Rose of Versailles, Rikimaru has done them all. And that’s not everything. "Attatatata! Bang-bang-bang! Aaargh! ...

Rate Doraemon PlusVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Mangatoread external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By noreply@blogger.com (Zool Blogger) Doraemon, a blue robotic cat from the 22nd century, gets sent back in time by the clumsy and very unlucky forth-grader Nobita Nobi's great-great-grandson Sewashi to help improve Nobita's circumstances so that his descendants, including Sewashi, may enjoy a better future. In the origi...

Rate TELEVIEWS / Escape clutches of wrestlers, unfunny comics for New Year

Original at The Daily Yomiuri external link    Thu, Dec 25

 Japan - There are plenty of holiday TV traditions to be maintained, too, from Doraemon, Beethoven's Ninth and the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Contest) on ...

Rate Japanese Anime Film Academy Award Nominees Announced

Original at AnimeNation Anime external link    Fri, Dec 19

By John The Nippon Academy-Sho Association, Japan’s equivalant to America’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has announced the 2008 nominees for the 32nd Japan Academy Prizes. Nominees in the animated film category are: Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (TMS Entertainment) Do...

Rate AICN Anime - Electric Ant, Darker Than BLACK, Hints on Miyazaki's ...

Original at Ain't It Cool News external link    Wed, Nov 26

Set aside for a moment that few North American manga fans have heard of the Avant-garde anthology Garo or even looked at a panel of Doraemon manga. In 1996 Schodt was asking "Do Manga Have a Future?" Now, the trends that Schodt was ...

Rate THROUGH OTAKU EYES / Journalist tracks lost pop culture treasures

Original at The Daily Yomiuri external link    Thu, Nov 20

 Japan - Ando writes about an animated version of Doraemon that was briefly aired in 1973 and is different from the one currently being aired. ...

Rate GSC <b>Doraemon</b>: The New <b>Nobita</b>`s Great Adventure Into the Underworld <b>...</b>

Original at eMenang Blog Edition external link    Thu, Nov 20

Every 208th all-correct entry (up to 15 winners) wins 2 x Doraemon: The New Nobita’s Great Adventure Into the Underworld Movie Tickets. 1) What did Nobita requested from Doraemon? 2) What is the name of Professor Mangetsu`s daughter? ...

Rate Scarab by David Gonçalves » Yanko Design

Original at Yanko Design external link    Wed, Nov 19    2 related articles

11.19.08 Daniel says. This is a total rip of Doraemon manga’s idea. “Doraemon: Nobita’s Adventure in Clockwork City” shows the exact same car idea for a universe where all humanity become depend on a personal vehicle just like this one. ...

Rate One world under Doraemon

Original at Channel News Asia external link    Mon, Nov 17

 Singapore - Nov 17, 2008 Over at Singapore Arts Museum’s (SAM) 8Q, you’ve got the Japan Media Arts Festival. Why is everyone going gaga over Japanese pop culture? Because Doraemon ...

Rate Most Popular <b>Anime</b> In <b>Japan</b> | AnimeOnlineBlog.com

Original at AnimeOnlineBlog.com external link    Sat, Nov 15

By CowBoy Bebop I’ve seen a few episodes of Sazae-san and Doraemon, read a lot of the manga for Doraemon, very solid anime target for little children or the whole family. Those four (Sazae-san, Doraemon, Crayon Shin-Chan, and Chibi Maruko-chan) never ...

Rate Embassy Row

Original at DCist external link    Sun, Nov 9    3 related articles

 DC - Nov 9, 2008 What about Doraemon? The Embassy of Japan is screening a movie about Japan's favorite blue robotic kitteh, a 2006 remake of its first feature film. ...

Rate Japan PM appeals to young voters in Tokyo speech

Original at eTaiwan News external link    Sun, Oct 26

 Taiwan - Oct 26, 2008 And I like him because he is such a positive thinker," said Kosuke Hamagami, a 23-year-old office worker and fan of Doraemon comic books. ...

Rate Dr Mangaka

Original at Malaysia Star external link    Sat, Oct 25

 Malaysia - Oct 25, 2008 As a child, Chida dreamt of becoming a manga artist as she loved such comics as the baseball classic Kyojin no Hoshi (Star of the Giants) and Doraemon. ...

Rate Familiar faces return in Taiko no Tatsujin WiiVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    Fri, Oct 24

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By JC Fletcher Taiko no Tatsujin games are full of guest appearances. Certain songs from anime or video games will feature characters from those properties under the note display, dancing or otherwise moving along with the music. The Super Mario Bros. theme commonly features visuals inspired by the gam...

Rate Cool Items: Thursday, October 23, 2008

Original at peterpayne.net external link    Wed, Oct 22

By Peter in Japan Doraemon 2009 Calendar. One of our favorite 2009 calendars this year is Doraemon, the robot cat from the future who is popular throughout Asia. Enjoy this large size calendar that also comes with an included Doraemon cloth bag. ...

Rate Reinventing Development Cooperation: Japan's New "Science and ...

Original at Belfer Center external link    Wed, Oct 22    3 related articles

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Japan's popular comic book character, Doraemon, is presented with dorayaki by Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura after Komura named Doraemon Japan's first Anime Ambassador on March 19, 2008. Doraemon will promote Japan's pop ...

Rate Casio Exilim EX-Z20 Takes Doraemon Path

Original at Ubergizmo external link    Wed, Oct 15

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It is only fitting for Casio, a Japanese company, to adorn its Exilim EZ-20 digital camera with yet another Japanese icon - the robotic cat known as Doraemon. Features of the Exilim EX-Z20 include :- No word on pricing, but the Doraemon Exilim EX-Z20 will hit Japan this December. Only for Dor...

Rate TV Asahi Acquires Shin-chan, Doraemon's Shin-ei

Original at Anime News Network external link    Fri, Oct 3

The Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi has acquired Shin-ei Animation , the anime studio famous for Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon , as a subsidiary. Not coincidentally, TV Asahi airs the Shin-ei productions of Crayon Shin-chan , Doraemon , Atashi'n chi , and annual sensō dōwa (wartime fable...

Rate TV Asahi buys majority in toon house

Original at C21Media external link    Fri, Oct 3

 UK - Oct 3, 2008 Japanese network TV Asahi has bought a majority stake in toon house Shin-ei Animation, the firm behind its long-running Doraemon weekly manga series. ...

Rate THROUGH OTAKU EYES / Love conquers all, and Takahashi proves it

Original at The Daily Yomiuri external link    Thu, Oct 2

 Japan - Oct 2, 2008 Or maybe it's Fujio F. Fujiko, as there can hardly be a child in Asia who doesn't know Doraemon. All these names are necessary when talking about Japanese ...

Rate Pancake Sandwich - Dorayaki

Original at amandalwh (WordPress) external link    Mon, May 26

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By .: Mandy :. Have you ever heard or watch the Japaneses animation, Doraemon? :P Dorayaki is a popular sweet for tea time snack, a type of Japanese confection which consists of two small pancake-like patties made sandwiched with sweet red bean paste and it is Doraemon favorite’s food! :D

Rate Doraemon: A Retrospective

Original at dwightlies (Multiply) external link    Sat, Apr 19

And ever since, we never saw Doraemon's season finale. Yeah, boo-hoo for the Doraemon fanatics. Late in the '80s, people already conspired for an exciting death sentence for the series. There are three possible endings for this meowbot TV show, all with a touching ...

Rate doraemon - nobita and the robot army movie wrap-up

Original at kirayamato04 (WordPress) external link    Fri, Apr 11    1 related articles

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By kirayamato04 It is about aliens from the planet Mechatopia that planned to invade earth and make all humans their slaves. They deported a huge robot and its master at the beginning and it ended up with Nobita. At the moment Nobita was jealous because Suneo has a mini robot named Micross and kept bullying hi...

Rate Sublime and Ridiculous

Original at rogermc.blogs.com external link    Thu, Mar 20

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By Roger McDonald See THIS  AP news story for more. Concurrent to denying philosophers entry to the country, the Foreign Minister was appointing a large animation cat - Doraemon - to the post of official 'anime Ambassador' of Japan. See THIS AP news story for more.

Year 2007

 

Rate The Flying Xbox 360 Japanese AnimeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 15

By Brian Ashcraft Flying Xbox 360 and Namco's THE iDOLM@STER! The above clip is a fan reworking of anime Kiteretsu Encyclopedia's opening. The anime was based on a Fujiko F. Fujio manga. (Fujio also created Doraemon, hence the similarities in character appearance.) Kiteretsu Encyclopedia followed a young...

Rate Shoot Pikachu GTA-Style [Clip]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Sep 27

By Brian Ashcraft Ah, yes. Lucky Star. Fairly innocuous stuff! Perfect fodder for an unsettling mod that puts characters from the popular anime in Grand Theft Auto. If that wasn't enough, how about adding Pikachu, Doraemon and Metal Gear. That tune from F-Zero is pretty jazzy as well. GTA with Anime Twist

Rate Doraemon Wii is a boardgame minigames collection on Wii

Original at videogamesblogger.com external link    Sat, Jul 28

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By supadupagama Japan’s arguably most popular anime character, Doraemon, will be getting his own boardgame-styled videogame. Being developed by Sega, the game is expected to be released for the Nintendo Wii in winter 2007 in Japan, Famitsu reported.

Rate There's this kappa in my 'hood

Original at The Japan Times external link    Thu, Jul 26

I had a similar experience with "Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi (Summer Days with Coo)," Keiichi Hara's anime about a family's encounter with a kappa — a mythological creature that might be described as a Japanese leprechaun, if leprechauns could swim like a frog, sumo wrestle like sumo gra...

Rate Tourist tat touts take home the big money thanks to homeboy character souvenirs

Original at Mainichi Daily News external link    Thu, Jul 26

Some of Japan's most treasured characters, like Hello Kitty, Doraemon, Domo-kun and even the imported Kewpie are proving a boon for souvenir sellers across the country after being given a facelift to reflect local specialties, according to Sunday Mainichi (8/5).

Rate Maker of 'Doraemon's Final episode' manga pays for copyright violation

Original at Mainichi Daily News external link    Tue, May 29

A 37-year-old man who created a "final episode" manga for the robot cat comic character Doraemon because its creator had died has apologized and handed over some of the earnings to the copyright owners.

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Original at mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore ("mr brown is a very talented man..." -Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister) external link    Tue, May 8

By mrbrown This is a Japanese news report on the infamous Shijingshan Amusement Park in Beijing, an eerie clone of Disneyland mentioned in Boing Boing. There's even Shrek, Hello Kitty and Doraemon sharing the limelight with Goofy, Mickey and Donald.

Rate PS3 Contest: On Picking The Winner

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Apr 2

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Yup, only 162 of those entries got all of the answers correct. The killer missions? Mission #1 (answer: Wal-Mart, not any of the Japan launches!), mission #3 (answer: Six pika-faces) and the evil mission #4 (there are sixteen hats — they are sold in packs of eight!). So how are we going to pick...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: Happy House of Hentai - Show #5

Original at Happy House of Hentai Podcast external link    Sun, Feb 26

By happyhouseofhentai@gmail.com Today's show we cover a large variety of things - The FU of the week section has been cut, Kobe Beef clears up some of my stereotypes, happy birthday to Apocalypse Dowell, and the porno store trip has been canned. Mick Aloha is down in the dumps with computer problems, Costco is carrying Moose...

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