The 2005 Doraemon anime is the current anime TV series of Doraemon based on Fujiko F. Fujio's manga of the same name. It's produced by Shin-Ei Animation and Asatsu-DK, it began airing on TV Asahi on April 15, 2005. This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Mizuta Edition (水田版), after Wasabi Mizuta, the voice actress who voices Doraemon in this series. The series first started airing in Japan on April 15th, 2005 (nearly 1 month after the 1979 anime ended) on TV Asahi. Produced by by Shin-Ei Animation, it is the successor to the 1979 anime. This anime currently runs successfully in many countries.
Production[]
All mini corners, partners, and next episodes previews in all episodes are cut to fit for the 30-minute block in International versions, except for Hong Kong, where they are cut to fit for the 15-minute block in its time slot.
Fujiko Fujio Productions (Fujiko-Pro), TV Asahi, and Shin-Ei Animation produced the U.S. English dub that aired on Disney XD and Disney Channel together with Bang! Zoom Entertainment.
LUK International commissioned Red Angel Media to produce the short-lived U.K. dub that aired on Boomerang UK.
2017 Animation Update[]
In 2017, it was announced that the anime would receive a new animation style, starting with episode 490, which aired on July 28, 2017.
Changes include:
- Background arts are changed from water color to poster color.
- The overall color tone becomes more bright and saturate compared to older episodes.
Currently, only Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Spain and Hong Kong air episodes that have the 2017 animation style, while the other international dubs still continue dubbing pre-update episodes or reruns of previous episodes.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Supporting Characters[]
Other Characters[]
Voice Cast[]
Japanese Seiyuu[]
- Wasabi Mizuta - Doraemon
- Megumi Ohara - Nobita Nobi
- Yumi Kakazu - Shizuka Minamoto
- Subaru Kimura - Takeshi Gouda
- Tomokazu Seki - Suneo Honekawa
- Chiaki - Dorami
- Vanilla Yamazaki - Jaiko Gouda
- Shihoko Hagino - Hidetoshi Dekisugi
- Wataru Takagi - Sensei
- Kotono Mitsuishi - Tamako Nobi
- Yasunori Matsumoto - Nobisuke Nobi
- Sachi Matsumoto - Sewashi Nobi
- Yoshiko Kamei - Nobisuke
- Ai Orikasa - Shizuka's mother
- Aruno Tahara - Yoshio Minamoto
- Minami Takayama - Suneo's mother
- Hideyuki Tanaka - Suneo's Father
- Yuki Kaida - Sunetsugu
- Takumi Yamazaki - Sunekichi
- Miyako Takeuchi - Gian's mother
- Rie Kugimiya - Lulli
- Mika Kanai - Sharmee
- Koki Miyata - Goro
- Yukari Tamura - Lapis Espinela
US English dub[]
- Mona Marshall - Doraemon
- Johnny Yong Bosch - Noby
- Cassandra Lee Morris - Sue
- Brian Beacock - Sneech
- Kaiji Tang - Big G
- Mari Devon - Tammy
- Tony Oliver - Toby
- Max Mittelman - Soby
- Minae Noji - Little G
- Spike Spencer - Ace Goody
- Keith Silverstein - Mr. S
- Wendee Lee - Dorami
English LUK International dub (aired in the UK)[]
- Sarah Hauser - Doraemon
- Muriel Hofmann - Noby (Nobita), Little G (Jaiko Goda)
- Catherine Fu - Sue (Shizuka), Tammy Nobi (Tamako)
- Dave Bridges - Takeshi "Big G" (Gian aka Takeshi Goda)
- Russell Wait - Toby Nobi
- Ben Margalith - Sneech (Suneo)
Hindi dub (UTV Entertainment, Disney)[]
- Doraemon - Sonal Kaushal/Sumriddhi Shukla/Meghna Erande Joshi
- Nobita - Simran Kaur/Akansha Sharma
- Gian - Deepansh Kakkar
- Shizuka - Parul Bhatnagar
- Tamako - Pallavi Bharti
- Suneo - Wajahat Hasan/Sanchit Wartak
European Portuguese dub[]
- Doraemon - Raquel Ferreira
- Nobita Nobi - Helena Mota
- Shizuka Minamoto - Bárbara Lourenço
- Takeshi "Gigante" Gouda - Quimbé
- Suneo Honekawa - Sérgio Calvinho (episodes 1 - 143), Michel Simeão (episode 144 - ongoing)
- Tamako Nobi - Micaela Ferreira
- Nobisuke Nobi - Sérgio Calvinho (episodes 1 - 143), Michel Simeão (episode 144 - ongoing)
- Dorami - Bárbara Lourenço
- Sewashi Nobi - Micaela Ferreira
- Professor - Sérgio Calvinho (episodes 1 - 143), Michel Simeão (episode 144 - ongoing)
- Hidetoshi Dekisugi - Micaela Ferreira
- Jaiko Gouda - Micaela Ferreira
- Sr. Honekawa - Sérgio Calvinho (episodes 1 - 143), Pedro Leitão (episode 144 - ongoing)
- Sra. Honekawa - Bárbara Lourenço
- Sra. Minamoto - Micaela Ferreira
- Additional Voices - Pedro Leitão
Tamil dub (UTV Entertainment, Disney)[]
- Doraemon-Sowmiya
- Nobita- S.Niranjan
- Gian-Shyam Kumar/Kavi
- Suneo-Balakrishnan
- Shizuka-Nimmi Harshan (Current voice actress not known)
- Tamako Nobi-Jai vidhya/Sarala
- Nobisuke-Arun Alexander (Current voice not known)
Crew[]
- Kozou Kusuba - General Director (2005-2012)
- Sochiro Zen - Director
- Koichi Maruyama - Main Character Set
- Ayumi Watanabe (2005-2013), Sadayoshi Tominaga (2008-), Koichi Maruyama (2013-2014), Makoto Yoshida (2015-) - Character Set
- Koichi Maruyama (2005-2015), Osamu Miwa (2014-) - Chief Animation Director
- Munenori Mizuno - Composer
- Toshiyuki Shimizu - Art Director
- Masahiro Kumagai - Cinematography
- Akiyoshi Tanaka - Sound Director
- Tomoko Horikoshi - Color Design
- Okayasu Hajime - Editor
- Kan Sawada - Music
- Yukiyoshi Itokawa (Group A&I) - Sound Effects
US English dub[]
- Kristi Reed - Voice Director
- Wendee Lee - Additional Voice Director (also provides additional voices)
Music[]
Opening themes[]
- Doraemon no Uta (April 15, 2005 - October 21, 2005) Performer: 12 Girls Band
- Hagushichao (October 28, 2005 - April 20, 2007) Performer: Rimi Natsukawa
- Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon (May 11, 2007 - September 6, 2019) Performer: MAO
- Doraemon no Uta 40th (April 5, 2019) Performer: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura
- Doraemon (October 5, 2019 - present) Performer: Gen Hoshino
Ending themes[]
- Odore Dore Dora Doraemon Ondo Performer: Wasabi Mizuta
- Doraemon Ekaki Uta Performer: Wasabi Mizuta
- Dorami-chan no Ekaki Uta Performer: Chiaki
- F-Gumi no A-I-U-E-O (2011-2013) Performer: Yumiko Kobayashi
- Untaka Dance (2015-2016)
- Pao Pao Dance (Performer: MAO)
- Doragao Janken (Performer: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura)
- Ding Dong! Christmas Magic (Performer: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura)
- Boku Doraemon 40th (April 5, 2019) Performer: Wasabi Mizuta
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Doraemon (2005 anime) episodes
- Main article: List of Doraemon (Disney XD version) episodes
- Main article: Doraemon in the United Kingdom#Episodes
Gallery[]
Differences between the 1979 version, manga and current anime[]
- Nobisuke is almost never seen smoking in the 2005 anime due to the current censorship in Japan, despite being shown smoking often in the manga.
- Cigarettes almost never appear in the 2005 anime, while in 1979 anime, they appear in several episodes.
- All of Doraemon's gadgets that resembled medicine were changed (such as Fast and Slow Pills being replaced with the Fast and Slow Perfume) to different appliances due to inappropriate or drug references, avoiding violence of children and/or the current censorship in Japan.
- Mentions of the Vietnam War were removed in this anime episode adaption of Peko Peko Grasshopper, probably to avoid offending the Vietnamese peoples, as well as overseas South Vietnamese refugees.
- In the episode The Tale of Nobita's Dream, the disks are different in each version excluding the Instructor disk and the Teenager Drama (Chase the Sun in the USA English dub) disk:
- The West Cowboy disk in the 1979 series was replaced by the A Pirate Story disk in the 2005 series.
- Sci-Fi disk has huge difference in the 1979 series and the 2005 series (while the former has Star Wars references/themes).
- The Superhero Adventure disk was added as a 2005 series exclusive.
- The fillers vary in some episodes.
- Unlike the 1979 anime which had its own opening in the Middle East, the 2005 anime has Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon dubbed in Arabic, but some backgrounds were blanked out due to the 1979 anime having a differnt title, being Abqoor (meaning Little Genius). The first episode card is translated into Arabic in 2005 anime, whereas the 1979 anime has black background with Arabic texts.
- Not only this, when Doraemon first aired on Spacetoon, it was listed on Bon Bon Planet for the 1979 anime and then Comedy Planet for the 2005 anime.
Trivia[]
- Starting from episode 557, the second segment is now airing past episodes.
- This version of Doraemon is also the first version to be broadcast in North America, Australia, New Zealand and the British Isles, also being the first version that had an official English dub.
- This is the first version of the anime to be produced and broadcast in a 16:9 widescreen format.
- It is known as New Doraemon in India.
- The first opening seems to frequently call the series Doraemon - New Generation.
External Links[]
- Disney+ Hotstar (India)
- Pops Kids (Youtube channel; Vietnam)
- Doraemon em Português (Youtube channel, Portugal)
- Doraemon (Youtube channel, Spain)