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Doraemon (TV 1/1973)

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Alternative title:
Doraemon: El Gato Cosmico (Spanish) 
عبقور (Arabic) 
ドラえもん (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Nobita Nobi is so hapless that his 22nd century decendants are still impoverished as a result of his 20th century bumbling. In a bid to raise their social status, their servant, a robotic cat named Doraemon, decides to travel back in time and guide Nobita on the proper path to fortune. Unfortunately Doraemon, a dysfunctional robot that the familly acquired by accident (but chose to keep nonetheless), isn't much better off than Nobita. The robot leads Nobita on many adventures, and while Nobita's life certainly is more exciting with the robot cat from the future, it is questionable if it is in fact better in the way that Doraemon planned.
User Ratings: 241 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:20, ?:4, dub:2, raw:2, others:4
2 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:19, raw:3, dub:2, ?:2, others:5
1 hindi/urdu dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Very good: 39 votes (sub:23, ?:7, dub:2, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 60 votes (sub:28, dub:10, raw:6, ?:3, others:13
6 Spanish dubbed
2 Tagalog dubbed
2 Cantonese dubbed
1 +
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:17, raw:7, dub:3, ?:2, others:8
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 Italian dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Indonesia dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:9, ?:4, dub:4, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:6
6 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (?:2, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:1
1 Korean dubbed
)
 Bad: 4 votes (?:2, dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 842 users, rank: #1438 (of 10139)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.183 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8846, rank: #3121 (of 10315)
Weighted mean: 7.105 (Good), rank: #3261 (of 10315) (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 7.06 / won't finish: 6.15)
Bayesian estimate: 7.124 (Good), rank: #2977 (of 7757)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage: 1973-04-01 to 1973-09-30
Opening Theme:
"Doraemon (1973 OP)" by Harumi Naitoh
Ending Theme:
"Doraemon Rumba (1973 ED)" by Harumi Naitoh
Official website:
Dora-World (Japanese)
Doraemon (Spanish)
ShoPro's Doraemon Page
TV Asahi's Doraemon site (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Comment:
Doraemon is one of the longest running TV series in Japan, while Sazae-san has been running longer, there are more episodes of Doraemon. While the original 1973 series was not very well received and fizzled after only 26 episodes, the 1979 series still runs today, with over 2000 episodes (total) to date.
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Mitsuo Kaminashi
Screenplay:
Haruya Yamazaki
Yoshitake Suzuki
Storyboard:
Akinori Ōrai
Noboru Ishiguro
Sōji Yoshikawa
Music: Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Original Manga: Fujiko F. Fujio
Art Director: Shōhei Kawamoto
Executive producer: Kensuke Fujii
Producer: Kazuo Sasaki

Assistant Director: Shigeo Koshi
Editing: Eiko Nishide
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita
Production manager: Jun Masami
Recording Adjustment: Hideyuki Tanaka
Sound Effects:
Katsuo Ogawa
Yōzō Kataoka
Kōsei Tomita as Doraemon (eps 1-13)
Masako Nozawa as Doraemon (eps 14-26)
Yoshiko Ohta as Nobita Nobi

Ichirō Murakoshi as Nobisuke Nobi
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Gian / Takeshi Gōda
Masako Ebisu as Shizuka Minamoto
Noriko Ohara as Tamako Nobi
Shun Yashiro as Suneo Honekawa

Haruko Kitahama as Flattering Mirror (ep 5a)
Junko Hori as Gachako (1973)
Kazue Takahashi as Suneo's Mother
Keiko Yamamoto as Sewashi (1973)
Masako Nozawa as Botako (1973)
Masashi Amenomori as Mr. Ganari (2nd)
Noriko Tsukase as Debuko (1973)
Osamu Katō as
Mr. Ganari (1st)
Suneo's Father (2nd)
Rihoko Yoshida as Jamako (1973)
Sanji Hase as Suneo's Father (1st)

Akira Kamiya
Eken Mine
Hiroko Maruyama
Hiroshi Ōtake
Ichirō Nagai
Jōji Yanami
Keaton Yamada
Keisuke Yamashita
Kinto Tamura
Kōji Yada
Mahito Tsujimura
Michiko Nomura
Michitaka Kobayashi
Ryōichi Tanaka
Ryūji Saikachi
Sanji Hase
Shingo Kanemoto
Taeko Nakanishi
Tetsuo Mizutori
Yonehiko Kitagawa
Yoneko Matsukane
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Nippon Television Dōga
Backgrounds:
Atelier Roku
Studio Jack
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network (1973)
Casting Cooperation:
Aoni Production
Theatre Echo
Development: Toyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
A Production
Studio Korumi
Key Animation:
Joke
Studio Take
Music Selection: Video Music Office
Negative Editing: Studio Zero
Photography: Sangoshō
Production: Nippon Television Dōga
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center
Sound Production: E&M Planning Center
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Theme Song Performance:
Anna Orra (ED #2)
Maggie Vera (Mexican dub)
Teresa Santamaría (OP 1; ED 1; Galician Dub)
Anna Orra as Doraemon (Catalan dub)
Assumpta Navascues as Nobita Nobi (Catalan dub)
Laura Torres as Nobita Nobi
Ricardo Tejedo as Doraemon

Carlos Segundo as Time police
Cristina Hernandez as Shizuka
Irwin Daayan as Suneo
Josep Sobrevia as Takeshi Gôda 'Gegant' (Catalan dub)
María Rosa Gil as Suneo Honekawa (Catalan dub)
Meritxell Ané as Shizuka Minamoto (Catalan dub)

Anna Romano as Mini Dora (Catalan dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Jaiko Goda 'Geganteta' (Catalan dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Dorami (Catalan dub)
Marta Estrada as Sewashi (Catalan dub)
Mayte Supervia as Tamako Nobi (Catalan dub)
Teresa Santamaría as
Dekisugi (Galician Dub)
Dorami (Galician Dub)
Xoán Diéguez as Nobisuke Nobi (Galician Dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
7RM (Spain)
Boing (Spain) 
Cadena 3 (Colombia)
Cadena Uno (Colombia)
Canal Caracol (Colombia)
Canal Sur (Spain)
Chilevision (Chile)
Ecuavisa (Ecuador)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Magic Kids (Latin-america)
Punt 2 (Televisió Valenciana)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Telemadrid (Spain)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
Televisión Canaria (Spain)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya) 
Distributor: Luk Internacional (Spain)
Licensed by: Luk Internacional (Spain)
TV Distribution: Luk Internacional (Spain)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director:
Giovanni Brusatori (First dub)
Paolo Torrisi (second dub)
Sergio Romanò (second dub)
Carla Comaschi as Shizuka (First dub)
Davide Garbolino as Nobita (second dub)
Federica Valenti as Shizuka (second dub)
Liù Bosisio as Doraemon (First dub)
Luca Bosisio as Jaian (First dub)
Luca Bottale as Jaian (second dub)
Marco Joannucci as Nobita (First dub, second voice)
Massimo Còrizza as Nobita (First dub, first voice)
Patrizia Scianca as Suneo (second dub)
Pietro Ubaldi as Doraemon (second dub)

Carla Comaschi as Nobita's mother (First dub)
Cesare Rasini as Nobita's father (second dub)
Elda Olivieri as Nobita's mother (second dub)
Elisabetta Spinelli as Suneo's mother (second dub)
Marina Thovez as Shizuka's mother (second dub)
Rosalba Bongiovanni as Jaian's mother (second dub)
Serena Clerici as Dorami (second dub)
Sergio Romanò as Nobita's teacher (second dub)

Antonio Paiola as Nobita's grandfather (second dub)
Italian companies
Dubbing: Merak Film (second dub)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Script: Lea Ropero
Bernie Malejana as Doraemon (Alta Prod. 2nd Dub)
Jefferson Utanes as
Doraemon (Alta Prod. 3rd dub)
Nobita
Jimmy Figueroa as Doraemon (Alta)
Julius Figueroa as Nobita (Alta Prod)

Ed Belo as Mr. Nobi
Robert Brillantes as
Jyaian (aka Damulag, Alta Dub)
Suneo (Alta Dub)

Ahlee Reyes
Arlene Bacay
Charvie Abeletes
Mark Aspiras
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: GMA Network
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Angelica Santos as Nobita Nobi
Zezinho Cutolo as Doraemon

Dráusio de Oliveira as Nobisuke Nobi
Isaura Gomes as Suneo Honekawa
Márcia Gomes as
Shizuka Minamoto
Tamako Nobi
Tatá Guarnieri as Takeshi Goda "Gigante"
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Canal Panda (PT) 
Canal Panda
Rede Manchete (Brazil)
RTP1
Distributor: WTC Comunicações (Brazil)

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