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- This article is for the opening song of Doraemon’s anime.
- Don't confuse with Doraemon's Song, the episode in the 2005 anime.
Doraemon's Song (ドラえもんのうた Doraemon no Uta) is the opening theme song for the 1979 Doraemon anime that aired on TV Asahi. The lyrics were written by Takumi Kusube and the music was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The song is among the most famous Japanese anime songs in history and has been covered and parodied numerous times.
History[]
Doraemon no Uta first aired with the anime's premiere on April 2, 1979 and was released on vinyl on April 25, 1979. It was performed by Kumiko Ōsugi. The very first 1979 intro showed a series of stills rather than being animated, and the song was slightly shortened. The song was replaced by Boku Doraemon later that year and returned in 1981 will a fully animated opening. This is the longest-lasting intro for the 1979 anime, running for thirteen years until 1992.
A new version, performed by Satoko Yamano, was originally introduced in the 1989 movie Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan and was adopted in the anime on October 9, 1992. This version also appeared in games Doraemon Nobita no Dorabian Nights for PC Engine CD, Doraemon - Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi for PlayStation and Boku Doraemon for Sega Dreamcast. This version lasted a decade from October 9, 1992 to September 20, 2002 and used in most of the remaining 1979 movies. It was incorporated into the Doraemon Undersea Train departure melody during services between Hakodake Station and Yoshioka-Kaitei Station inside the Seikan Tunnel.
Hinano Yoshikawa performed a version for the 1998 movie Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas, along with her ending song Hot Milk. This was the first version that was not arranged by Shunsuke Kikuchi, instead being arranged by Ryo Kamomiya. Two years later, the Vienna Boy's Choir performed their version in 2000, arranged by Kousuke Yamashita. This version only appeared in Doraemon: Nobita's Legend of the Sun King. This is also the only version sung by a non-Japanese speaker (the Twelve Girls Band is Chinese, but they don't sing in their version.)
The Tokyo Purin version was a massive deviation from the source material. The bass line returns, as well as a greatly sped up version of the theme. Arranged by Takashi Iwato, this version was the first version sung by male artists. This was short lived, only airing from October 4, 2002, to April 11, 2003. This was the first intro with digital animation and it debuted with the first digitally animated episode, The Mini-Dora Rental. There is a version of this intro that uses the third verse.
To celebrate Doraemon's 25th Anniversary, TV Asahi brought in famous singer (at the time) Misato Watanabe. This version was very reminiscent of Yamano Satoko's version, except that this version was pitched down to C sharp major. This intro aired from April 18, 2003, April 23, 2004. In Misato Watanabe's version, Doraemon's line 「ソレ! とつげき」was changed to 「みんな! がんばれ！」. However, in AJI's version, the lyrics were changed back to the original lyrics.
AJI's version was the very last 1979 opening, from April 30, 2004, to March 18, 2005. This acapella version was arranged by Tetsu Tachibana, the head of AJI. On the CD release, Nobuyo Oyama's lyrics were not included. This version was performed in Bb Major.
With the introduction of the 2005 reboot, TV Asahi decided to bring back the long-running theme with an instrumental cover by the Twelve Girls Band. Arranged by Tatsuya Nishiwaki, it was played on ancient music instruments, like the sitar. The intro was short-lived, running from April 15, 2005, to October 21, 2005 before being replaced by Hagushichao.
A remix of the song was breifly used as the opening theme in 2019 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Doraemon on TV Asahi. It is sung by Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, and Tomokazu Seki as their respective main characters.
Lyrics[]
こんなこといいな できたらいいな
あんなゆめ こんなゆめ いっぱいあるけど
みんなみんなみんな かなえてくれる
ふしぎなポッケで かなえてくれる
そらをじゆうに とびたいな
「ハイ!タケコプター」
アンアンアン とってもだいすきドラえもん
しゅくだいとうばん しけんにおつかい
あんなこと こんなこと たいへんだけど
みんなみんなみんな たすけてくれる
べんりなどうぐで たすけてくれる
おもちゃの へいたいだ
「ソレ! とつげき」
アンアンアン とってもだいすきドラえもん
あんなとこいいな いけたらいいな
このくに あのしま たくさんあるけど
みんなみんなみんな いかせてくれる
みらいのきかいで かなえてくれる
せかいりょこうに いきたいな
「ウフフフ! どこでもドアー」
アンアンアン とってもだいすきドラえもん
アンアンアン とってもだいすきドラえもん
Konna koto ii na
Dekitara ii na
Anna yume konna yume ippai aru kedo
Minna minna minna
Kanaete kureru
Fushigina pokke de kanaete kureru
Sora wo jiyuu ni tobitai na
(Hai! Takekoputaa!)
An, an, an
Tottemo daisuki
Doraemon
Shukudai touban shiken ni otsukai
Anna koto konna koto taihen dakedo
Minna minna minna
Tasukete kureru
Benrina dougu de tasukete kureru
Omocha no heitai da
(Sore! Totsugeki!)
An, an, an
Tottemo daisuki
Doraemon
Anna toko ii na
Iketara ii na
Kono kuni ano shima takusan aru kedo
Minna minna minna
Ikasete kureru
Mirai no kikai de kanaete kureru
Sekai ryokou ni ikitai na
(Ufufufu… doko demo doa!)
An, an, an
Tottemo daisuki
Doraemon
An, an, an
Tottemo daisuki
Doraemon
This sort of thing is good
I wish I could do it
This sort of dream, that sort of dream
I have many of them but
All of them, all of them, all of them
He grants my dreams
He grants my dreams with a magic pocket
I want to fly freely in the sky
(Here! Bamboo-copter!)
An an an, I love you so much, Doraemon
Homework and schoolwork
Exams and errands
This sort of thing and that sort thing
Are awful, but
All of them, all of them, all of them
He helps me
He helps me with a convenient tool
Look! a toy soldier
(Here! Attack!)
An an an, I love you very much, Doraemon
That place is nice
I wish I could go there
This country, that island
There are many of them but
All of them, all of them, all of them
He makes me able to go to them
He uses a gadget of the future
To grant my wish
I want to go on a world trip
(ufufufufu...Anywhere Door!)
An an an
I love you so much,
Doraemon
An an an
I love you so much,
Doraemon
Performed by[]
| Performer | Audio | Starting date | Starting episode | Ending date | Ending episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kumiko Ōsugi | April 2, 1979 | episode 1 | October 2, 1992 | episode 1199 | |
| 2. | Satoko Yamano | March 11, 1989 October 9, 1992 |
movie 10 episode 1200 |
September 20, 2002 March 6, 2004 |
episode 1681 movie 25 | |
| 3. | Hinano Yoshikawa | March 7, 1998 | movie 18 | March 7, 1998 | movie 18 | |
| 4. | Vienna Boys Choir | March 4, 2000 | movie 21 | March 4, 2000 | movie 21 | |
| 5. | Tokyo Purin | October 4, 2002 | episode 1682 | April 11, 2003 | episode 1704 | |
| 6. | Misato Watanabe | April 18, 2003 | episode 1705 | April 23, 2004 | episode 1752 | |
| 7. | AJI | April 30, 2004 | episode 1753 | March 18, 2005 | episode 1787 (series finale) | |
| 8. | Twelve Girls Band | April 15, 2005 | episode 1 (2005 reboot) | October 21, 2005 | episode 24 (2005) | |
| 9. | Characters | April 5, 2019 | episode 559 (2005 reboot) | TBA | TBA |
Other versions[]
| Name | Description | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Donkey Konga 2 | (n/a) |
Artworks[]
Videos[]
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Japanese versions of the song[]
Instrumentals[]
Trivia[]
- The song is used as an insert song in episode 967 "Enlarging Magnifying Glass", episode 1085 "Diving In Town" and episode 1099S "Let's Go To Japan 70,000 Years Ago".
- The song is composed in the key of D Major, but most background versions of the song are in C Major in the 1979 anime.
- Misato Watanabe's version was in C# major, AJI's version in B♭flat Major, Tokyo Purin and Vienna Boys choir's versions in F Major, and the Hinano Yoshikawa version in C Major.
- This song was dubbed twice in Hindi. The first dub (most likely sung by Akanksha Sharma) was only used in Hungama TV for a short period of time, which was replaced by the current one sung by Parul Bhatnagar and Pallavi Bharti. Both have the same lyrics, but the first version has a mismatching tune.
- The Indonesian still uses Doraemon no Uta in the 2005 anime.
- This song has been used during initial broadcasts on RCTI.
- In early years when HTV3 broadcast the Vietnamese dub of Doraemon (1979 anime), they use the first part of the song as the opening theme and the second part of the song as the ending theme[1]. Since 2012, HTV3 (later Pops Kids) used the first part of the Doraemon no Uta as the ending theme of both the 1979 and 2005 anime.
- Recently, HTV3 and Pops Kids use the first opening title of Doraemon (2005 anime) as the ending title of it (although they still use the same Vietnamese version of the song in Doraemon (1979 anime)). Pops Kids later re-use the Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon opening title as the ending title in the 12th season, but later re-use the first opening title of Doraemon (2005 anime) as the ending title since 13th season.