Doraemon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Doraemon is sent back in time by Nobita Nobi's great-great grandson Sewashi to improve Nobita's circumstances so that his descendants may enjoy a better future. In the original time-line, Nobita experienced nothing but misery and misfortune manifested in the form of poor marks and grades, physical disasters, and bullying throughout his life. This culminates in the burning down of a future business he set up which leaves his family line beset with financial problems. In order to alter history and better the Nobi family's fortunes, Sewashi sent him a robot called Doraemon.

Series details

• Title: Doraemon
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 1979-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-12-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 59118
• IMDb ID: tt0069576
• TVDB ID: 252696

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-04-02; final listed air date 1979-12-31.
• Season 2: premiered 1980-01-04; final listed air date 1980-12-30.
• Season 3: premiered 1981-01-05; final listed air date 1981-12-25.
• Season 4: premiered 1982-01-08; final listed air date 1982-12-24.
• Season 5: premiered 1983-01-07; final listed air date 1983-12-30.
• Season 6: premiered 1984-01-06; final listed air date 1984-12-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Doraemon on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.