Doraemon is an anime and manga which was composed by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1969 in Japan. The Doraemon franchise came to India in 2005 when the anime aired for the first time. The manga is yet to be released. It has won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India two times in a row for Best Show For Kids (2013 and 2015) and was nominated in 2016 and 2017 edition for the same category. It is the highest rated kids' show with about 478.5 million viewers. It is currently aired on Disney Channel.
Video Doraemon in India
History
Manga
The manga hasn't yet been released in India.
Anime
The anime has been airing on Hungama TV since 13 February 2005, which was the introduction of the Doraemon franchise in India. Since 19 November 2010, Hungama TV's sister channel, Disney Channel India, has been rerunning the old dubbed Doraemon episodes which have already been broadcast by Hungama TV.
Indian dubbed episodes started with the Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Later episodes of the Doraemon (2005 anime) series started airing on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India, starting in October and November 2013 as New Doraemon. Several episodes of the 1979 anime version were represented again under the title Classic Doraemon on Disney Channel in January 2017. Doraemon is available on Amazon Prime Video India in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, although the first season is only available in Hindi.
Since January 1, 2018 Hungama TV has stopped airing Doraemon. It is unknown if it is temporary.
Maps Doraemon in India
Movies
Since 2010, there have been a total of twenty-two Doraemon movies that have been released in India; two of which received theatrical releases, while the remaining were TV Premieres on either Disney Channel India or Hungama TV. The first film to get a theatrical release was Nobita and the Steel Troops-The New Age which was a massive hit in Indian theaters. The second film was Nobita aur Jadooi Tapu. As of June 2017, the list of Doraemon movies that have been released in India are as follows in the table below.
The films are distributed in India by Disney UTV.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia