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This series had a total of 12 major changes from the original manga.
 
This series had a total of 12 major changes from the original manga.
   
*Gian lives with his widowed father, who is weaker and shorter and often bullied by Gian himself. In the manga and subsequent anime series, Gian's mother is a recurring character.
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*Gian lives with his widowed father, who is weaker and shorter which opposited with his son and often bullied by Gian himself. In the manga and subsequent anime series, Gian's mother is a recurring character.
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**in this version, her mother was passed away and only seen in photo in some episode.
 
*The series ends with Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently, and the former never comes back to the latter. There was going to be a second season in which Doraemon returns from the future, but due to its cancellation, it never happened.
 
*The series ends with Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently, and the former never comes back to the latter. There was going to be a second season in which Doraemon returns from the future, but due to its cancellation, it never happened.
**The event that Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently almost occured in the manga due to the writers considered cancelling the series because of its poor rating at the time before Volume 6. However, due to the face that the manga became successful, Doraemon was brought back in Volume 7.
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**The event that Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently almost occurred in the manga due to the writers considered cancelling the series because of its poor rating at the time before Volume 6. However, due to the face that the manga became successful, Doraemon was brought back in Volume 7.
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**After this anime series cancelled, Doraemon was solely on Manga until newer anime adaption appeared in 1979.
 
*The Take-copter is named "Heritonbo", name used in the early manga.
 
*The Take-copter is named "Heritonbo", name used in the early manga.
 
*Doraemon comes from the 21st century, instead of the 22nd century.
 
*Doraemon comes from the 21st century, instead of the 22nd century.
 
*Sensei has a given name, Ganari (我成).
 
*Sensei has a given name, Ganari (我成).
 
*There was an additional character named Gachako, an annoying female robot duck. She was removed from later versions of the manga and never appeared in the subsequent anime series as [[Fujiko F. Fujio]] disliked her.
 
*There was an additional character named Gachako, an annoying female robot duck. She was removed from later versions of the manga and never appeared in the subsequent anime series as [[Fujiko F. Fujio]] disliked her.
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**She was replaced with Dorami in 1979 and 2005 anime.
 
*Dorami, Dekisugi and Jaiko never appeared. The latter is often mistaken with Botako by their appearance.
 
*Dorami, Dekisugi and Jaiko never appeared. The latter is often mistaken with Botako by their appearance.
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**Dorami's first appearance on the same year when this anime aired in manga but she first appeared in anime was 1979 Anime.
*The series emphasized slapstick comedy.
 
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**Dekisugi's first appearance was after this anime's cancellation(approx. mid 70s)
*Nobita's school was named "Downtown Elementary School", which was goes unamed in the later [[Doraemon (1979 anime)|anime]] [[Doraemon (2005 anime)|adaptions]].
 
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**Jaiko has appeared in Manga before this anime started.
 
*The series emphasized slapstick comedy unlike 1979 and 2005 Anime.
 
*Nobita's school was named "Downtown Elementary School", which was goes unnamed in the later [[Doraemon (1979 anime)|anime]] [[Doraemon (2005 anime)|adaptions]].
 
*Doraemon's gadgets were called "Secret Weapons".
 
*Doraemon's gadgets were called "Secret Weapons".
 
*Sewashi, like Nobita, had glasses.
 
*Sewashi, like Nobita, had glasses.

Revision as of 13:40, 26 February 2019

Doraemon (1973 anime), one of the articles sharing the title Doraemon, directs to this article which covers the Nippon TV anime series from 1973.
For other uses of Doraemon, see the disambiguation page.

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Comparison of the different anime adaptions.

The 1973 Doraemon anime series was a brief but successful attempt at adapting the original manga series into anime. It was initially aired on the Nippon TV network starting in April 1973, and lasted 6 months and ended with an episode named "Goodbye, Doraemon". After it ended, Doraemon remained exclusively as a manga until 1979 when TV Asahi produced and aired a more succesfully second anime adaptation, which finished its run in March of 2005. After the 1979 anime finished its run, a new version of the anime aired shortly after, which is still running to this day.

The series' episodes (approximately 10 minutes long) aired every Sunday from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM, having two segments (episodes) in each broadcast. It had reruns from 1974 to 1979. The last rerun, in 1979, was ended abruptly after Shogakukan sent a letter to the TV station (Toyama TV) that was airing the series ordering them to stop airing the 1973 series since it would "damage the reputation of the new anime" or "confuse the children".

It is worth noting that the character designs in this anime adaptation appear more stylized than the character designs used in the TV Asahi anime adaption, which were more true to the original manga. It also used a different opening theme, which was possibly influenced partly by the theme song to the original The Pink Panther cartoons.

Characters

Character Set

The five main characters and Nobita's mother.
From left to right: Doraemon, Suneo, Nobita, Shizuka, Gian and Tamako.

Main Characters

Other Characters

Episodes list

Main article: List of Doraemon (1973 anime) episodes

Cancellation

Contrary to popular belief, the series did have good ratings, although it was still considered unsuccessful. It was considered to be renewed for another year, but ultimately was not. It was mainly canceled due to financial issues with Nippon TV Video, as well as the president of the animation studio resigning. The new elected president of the animation studio did not have any interest in continuing the anime.

Rarity

Doraemon 1973 Promo -4

One of the promos for the show.

After Shogakukan sent a letter to the TV station (Toyama TV) in 1979, Nippon TV Video became defunct.

It is very difficult to find any footage of this version of Doraemon, aside from a few short clips and the opening and ending theme. Nippon TV Video sold off the film reels to attempt to cover their debt. It was also rumored that Nippon TV Video deliberately ordered a "cremation fire" and destroyed almost all of the episodes, cels and storyboard. Masami Jun, the production chief of the 1973 series, later confirmed that this was nothing more than a farce.

In 1995, episodes eighteen, and twenty through twenty-six were found to be stored in Studio Rush (now known as IMAGICA) completely intact but with only two episodes without audio. These episodes are commonly shown at Doraemon conventions, but can not be legally released on DVD, due to company (Nippon TV Video) being defunct.

Date and Time of the original run and reruns

First Run:

  • Nippon Television (NTV, Tokyo, Nippon TV network): April 1, 1973 - September 30, 1973,weekdays and weekends at 7-7:30 pm

​Off-network runs:

  • Broadcasting System of Niigata (BSN, TBS network): September 4th, 1974 - October 11th, 1974, weekdays 5-5:30 pm.
  • Ryukyu Broadcasting (RBC, Okinawa, TBS network): dates and tiems info unknown.
  • TV Shizuoka (SUT, Fuji TV network): April 17th, 1975 - unknown, Thursdays 6-6:30 pm.

Dates unkown for Nagano, Ishikawa, Okayama and Saga.

Reruns:

  • Nippon Television (NTV, Tokyo, Nippon TV network) :
    • First rerun: Match 27th - May 2nd, 1974, weekdays 8:20 - 8:55 am, later moved to 8-8:30 pm.
    • Second rerun: April 2, 1975 - May 6th, 1975, weekdays 8-8:30 pm.
  • Aomori Broadcasting (RAB, Nippon TV Network): December 5th, 1974 - January 17th, 1975, weekdays 4:55-5:25 pm.
  • Iwate Television (TVI, Nippon TV and TV Asahi network): January 5th, 1975 - February 17th, 1975, weekdays 4:55 - 5:25 pm.
  • Fukuoka Broadcasting System (FBS, Nippon TV network): April 17th, 1975 - May 22nd, 1975, timeslot info unknown.
  • Yomiuri Tlelevision (YTV, Osaka, Nippon TV network): May 12th, 1975 - June 12th, 1975, weekdays 6:30 pm, episode 26 unaired.
  • Hiroshima HOME Television (UTH/HOME, Nippon TV network): May 22nd, 1975 - June 16th, 1975, timeslots unknown.
  • Miyagi Television Broadcasting (MTB, Nippon TV network): July 9th, 1975 - August 18th, 1975, weekdays 8-8:30 am.
  • RKK Kunamoto Broadcasting (TBS): 1976/1977, timezone info unknown.
  • Toyama Television (T34/BBT, Fuji TV): July 24th, 1979 - August 3rd, 1979, weekdays 6:45-7pm, only one episode instead of two.

This 1973 Doraemon version was never broadcast internationally.

Cast

Voice Actor Role(s)


Promos of the show

Animation cels

Trivia

  • As of 2019, None of the episodes can be found online. (or dubbed into what language and aired to what channel)
    • Also those episodes were didn't remake in the future. (Mostly we want they bring back the following two episodes: My Chief of the Inner Palace and Cooler Parasol.)
    • Most of surviving episode are only screenshot.

Differences between manga and subsequent anime series

This series had a total of 12 major changes from the original manga.

  • Gian lives with his widowed father, who is weaker and shorter which opposited with his son and often bullied by Gian himself. In the manga and subsequent anime series, Gian's mother is a recurring character.
    • in this version, her mother was passed away and only seen in photo in some episode.
  • The series ends with Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently, and the former never comes back to the latter. There was going to be a second season in which Doraemon returns from the future, but due to its cancellation, it never happened.
    • The event that Doraemon leaving Nobita permanently almost occurred in the manga due to the writers considered cancelling the series because of its poor rating at the time before Volume 6. However, due to the face that the manga became successful, Doraemon was brought back in Volume 7.
    • After this anime series cancelled, Doraemon was solely on Manga until newer anime adaption appeared in 1979.
  • The Take-copter is named "Heritonbo", name used in the early manga.
  • Doraemon comes from the 21st century, instead of the 22nd century.
  • Sensei has a given name, Ganari (我成).
  • There was an additional character named Gachako, an annoying female robot duck. She was removed from later versions of the manga and never appeared in the subsequent anime series as Fujiko F. Fujio disliked her.
    • She was replaced with Dorami in 1979 and 2005 anime.
  • Dorami, Dekisugi and Jaiko never appeared. The latter is often mistaken with Botako by their appearance.
    • Dorami's first appearance on the same year when this anime aired in manga but she first appeared in anime was 1979 Anime.
    • Dekisugi's first appearance was after this anime's cancellation(approx. mid 70s)
    • Jaiko has appeared in Manga before this anime started.
  • The series emphasized slapstick comedy unlike 1979 and 2005 Anime.
  • Nobita's school was named "Downtown Elementary School", which was goes unnamed in the later anime adaptions.
  • Doraemon's gadgets were called "Secret Weapons".
  • Sewashi, like Nobita, had glasses.
  • Botako is a recurring character and Shizuka's housekeeper.