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Example of censorship in the intro. Left: original, right: Arabic dub (Shizuka wears skirt and socks in Original Version. However, Shizuka wears skirt with "pants" and socks in Arabic Dub)
Scene from the intro censored out of the Arabic dub during the next episodes.
Doraemon in the Arab world refers to the Arabic adaptation of the Doraemon series in the Arab world. Doraemon is called "Abqoor" عبقور, which means a mini Genius, or "Dwrāymwn" دورايمون. The dub was produced by Venus Centre, and it first aired in 1995 on several television kids channels on Arabic-speaking world. It was aired on free-to-air Spacetoon in 2000s until 2011/2012.
Later a dub of the 2005 series was also made by Venus Centre and aired on March 7 2016. The dub aired on Spacetoon which aired the Arabic dub of the 1979 series, with censorship applied.[1] Asian distribution, publishing and licensing group Animation International and Japan’s TV Asahi are helping to develop a long-term strategy for the property in the region.[2] The original name of the series were retained since they get the copyright for the 2005 series. Some scenes were replaced or censored, or cut due to censorship issues. They also made their own version of the preview for the next episode for their dub.
In recent airing of the dub of the 1979 show, the text “passport of satan” is blurred
When this anime series were first aired on Spacetoon, it was listed to Bon Bon Planet (an planet which airs cartoons for younger audiences) and later Comedy Planet. The 2005 anime series, having more than 190 episodes dubbed and censored in Arabic. Please note that the only episodes names were translated into Arabic language only.
1979/2005: Voice Cast[]
| Character | Seiyuu |
|---|---|
| Doraemon | Amal Saad Alddin (1979 anime) Rasha Beids (2005 anime) |
| Nobita | Amenah Omar (1979 anime) Karisatin Shuhud (2005 anime) |
| Shizuka | Bouthayna Shaya (1979 anime) Alaa Khader (2005 anime) |
| Suneo | Amal Houaija (1979 anime) Raghda Khateb (2005 anime) |
| Takeshi Gouda | Adel Abo Hassoon (1979 anime) Mohja Alsheak (2005 anime) |
Trivia[]
- The dub of the 1979 Series aired on many different channels including Bahrain TV, Kuwait Television 1, Oman TV, and Yemen TV, but the dub for the 2005 show only aired on Spacetoon.
Sources[]
- ↑ http://www.sayidaty.net/node/403421/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83/%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8
- ↑ http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/spacetoon-alc-secure-mena-deals/