- Start
- Apr 1, 197392% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
- End
- Sep 30, 197392% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net · possible Sep 29 – 30, 1973
Doraemon Premieres
- Doraemon's first TV anime premiered on 1 April 1973 on Nippon Television and ran 26 episodes to 30 September 1973, in a Sunday 19:00 slot, made by Nippon TV Douga.[1][2]
- Its 26 episodes were split into 52 segments and directed by Kazuyuki Okasako and Shigeo Koshi.[2]
- Doraemon was voiced by Kosei Tomita for episodes 1-13 and by Masako Nozawa from episode 14, while Yoshiko Ota voiced Nobita.[2]
- The run ended reportedly because creators Fujiko Fujio were unhappy with how the adaptation changed Nobita and Doraemon's personalities.[2]
- The series is now largely lost, with only fragments of opening and ending footage and audio from the last episode surviving; Shogakukan also asked in 1981 that a regional station stop airing it to protect the later series.[2]
- The 1979 Shin-Ei series that followed became the long-running version, and the franchise now counts over 300 million manga copies sold, while MAL lists the 1973 show at rank #2561 with about 22,000 members.[1][3]
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- [1]92%Doraemon Premieresmyanimelist.net· Posted Oct 2, 2026· Starts Apr 1, 1973· Ends Sep 29, 1973· 25% of score
Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList listing.
- [2]75%Doraemon (1973 TV series) - Wikipedia
Fetched; premiere, staff, voice cast, lost status[1]
- [3]75%Doraemon - Wikipedia
Fetched; franchise scale and three-series history[1]
- [4]80%Doraemon on AniListanilist.co· Added Oct 2, 2026· 25% of score
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