Doraemon is an anime series, originally a manga authored by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1969 in Japan. The Doraemon franchise came to India on 13 February 2005 when the anime aired for the first time on Hungama TV. It has won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India two times in a row for Best Show For Kids (2013 and 2015) and was nominated in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 edition for the same category. It is the most successful Japanese anime in India. It is the highest rated kids' show with more than 100 million+ viewers.[1] The anime series is currently being aired on Disney Channel and streams on Disney+ Hotstar.
History[edit]
Anime (1979 series and 2005 series)[edit]
The anime has been airing on Hungama TV since 13 February 2005 which was the introduction of the Doraemon franchise in India.[2] 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. Disney India dubbed episodes starting with the Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Later episodes of the Doraemon (2005 anime) series started airing on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India, starting in October and November 2013 as New Doraemon. Several episodes of the 1979 anime version were represented again under the title Classic Doraemon on Disney Channel in January 2017. Since 1 January 2018, Hungama TV has stopped airing Doraemon episodes and is now exclusively aired on Disney Channel. However, Hungama TV has been airing the 2019 India-dubbed releases of Doraemon movies right after its premiere on Disney Channel.[3]
In November 2016 Amazon Prime India signed a deal with TV Asahi to stream various anime series including Doraemon exclusively in India.[4] In 2020 Doraemon also started streaming on Disney+ Hotstar on VIP Subscription.[5]
Movies[edit]
Since 2010, there have been a total of thirty-one Doraemon movies that have been released in India; two of which received theatrical releases, while the remaining were TV Premieres on either Disney Channel India or Hungama TV. The first film to get a theatrical release was Nobita And The Steel Troops-The New Age which was a massive hit in Indian theaters.[6] The second film was Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu. The list of Doraemon movies that have been released in India are as follows in the table below.
The films are distributed in India by Disney UTV.
| No. | Title in India | Title in Japan | Release Dates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Release | Theatres | Disney Channel | Hungama TV | |||
| 1 | Doraemon In Nobita's Little Space War | Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars | 16 March 1985 | 26 December 2010 | 5 December 2010[7] | |
| 2 | Doraemon In Nobita's Great Adventure In The South Seas | Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas | 7 March 1998 | 5 June 2011[8] | 27 December 2011 | |
| 3 | Doraemon In Nobita And The Steel Troops-The New Age | Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels | 5 March 2011 | 6 October 2011 | 6 May 2012 | 3 May 2012 |
| 4 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Dinosaur | Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur | 15 March 1980 | 27 November 2011 | 10 January 2012[9] | |
| 5 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Dorabian Nights | Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights | 9 March 1991 | 1 December 2012 | 9 December 2012 | |
| 6 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita's Three Magical Swordsmen | Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen | 12 March 1994 | 23 March 2013 | 25 July 2013 | |
| 7 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Jadooi Tapu | Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure | 3 March 2012 | 24 May 2013[10] | 29 June 2013 | 1 October 2013 |
| 8 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita Aur Khel Khilona Bhool Bhullaiya | Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth | 6 March 1993 | 14 September 2013 | 12 October 2013 | |
| 9 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita In Jannat No.1 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds | 7 March 1992 | 25 January 2014 | 10 March 2014 | |
| 10 | Doraemon The Movie Yeh Bhi Tha Nobita Woh Bhi Tha Nobita-King Of The Sun | Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King | 4 March 2000 | 28 June 2014 | 1 November 2014 | |
| 11 | Doraemon The Movie Jadoo Mantar Aur Jahnoom | Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld | 10 March 2007 | 9 August 2014 | 7 September 2014 | |
| 12 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita The Explorer Bow! Bow! | Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five | 8 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | 13 September 2014 | |
| 13 | Doraemon The Movie Adventures Of Koya Koya Planet | Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Spaceblazer | 7 March 2009 | 5 September 2015 | 28 September 2015 | |
| 14 | Doraemon The Movie Galaxy Super Express | Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express | 2 March 1996 | 30 January 2016 | 30 January 2016 | |
| 15 | Doraemon The Movie: Toofani Adventure | Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters | 8 March 2003 | 6 February 2016 | 6 February 2016 | |
| 16 | Doraemon: Movie Gadget Museum Ka Rahasya | Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum | 9 March 2013 | 26 March 2016 | 25 June 2016 | |
| 17 | Doraemon Movie Stand by Me | Stand by Me Doraemon | 8 August 2014 | 6 July 2016 | 19 June 2016 | |
| 18 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita Bana Superhero | Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West | 12 March 1988 | 2 October 2016 | 14 August 2016 | |
| 19 | Doraemon The Movie Nobita in Ichi Mera Dost | Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey | 7 March 2004 | 28 November 2016 | 13 November 2016 | |
| 20 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Ki Nayi Duniya | Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World | 4 March 1995 | 27 November 2016 | 18 December 2016 | |
| 21 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita In Hara Hara Planet | Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | 8 March 2008 | 19 February 2017 | 4 March 2017 | |
| 22 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Aur Ek Jalpari | Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King | 6 March 2010 | 4 June 2017 | 26 June 2017 | |
| 23 | Doraemon The Movie: Jungle Mein Dangal | Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet | 10 March 1990 | 17 June 2018 | N/A | |
| 24 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Ki Universe Yatra | Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe | 6 March 1999 | 19 October 2018 | N/A | |
| 25 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Aur Antariksh Daku | Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes | 7 March 2015 | 9 November 2018 | N/A | |
| 26 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita And The Kingdom of Robot Singham | Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom | 9 March 2002 | 1 September 2019 | 1 September 2019 | |
| 27 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita Aur Birdopia Ka Sultan | Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves | 10 March 2001 | 8 September 2019 | 10 September 2019 | |
| 28 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita in Gol Gol Golmaal | Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City | 8 March 1997 | 25 July 2020 | 26 July 2020 | |
| 29 | Doraemon The Movie: Dinosaur Yoddhha | Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs | 14 March 1987 | 27 August 2020 | 27 August 2020 | |
| 30 | Doraemon The Movie: Nobita and The Birth of Japan | Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan | 11 March 1989 | 12 September 2020 | 12 September 2020 | |
| 31 | Doraemon The Movie: Underwater Adventure | Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of Undersea Devil | 12 March 1983 | 19 September 2020 | 19 September 2020 | |
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