is a children's

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TV series created by

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and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the successor of the 1973 anime. It was produced by

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and premiered on April 2, 1979 on

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. This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Ōyama Edition (大山版), after

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, the voice actress who voices Doraemon in this series. Two official English dubs of this anime series have been released, the first of which was called ''The Adventures of Albert and Sidney'' and was made in Canada by

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and aired exclusively in Barbados on

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during the late 1988 and early 1996, it was planned to air in the US on

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(now known as TBS) but never premiered for unknown reasons, the second was made in Singapore and aired on

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from 2002 to 2003 in Singapore. Additionally, an unofficial bootleg English dub by Speedy Video was produced and released exclusively in Malaysia on various VCDs. 8 seasons containing 52 episodes each(each of the 416 episodes contains 2 short episodes or stories each, making 832 episodes in total) of Hindi Dub have been released on Amazon Prime India.

Cast

Music

Opening themes

The opening theme used for the weekly ''Doraemon'' series airing between 1979 and 2005 was , which was performed by five different performers over the course of its years: Two songs were used for a separate weekday ''Doraemon'' series which is a part of Fujiko Fujio Theater (藤子不二雄劇場, ''Fujiko Fujio Gekijoo''), the first song being the same as the first song of the weekly series.

Ending themes

The ending themes used for the weekly ''Doraemon'' series airing between 1979 and 2005 were: Three songs were used for the separate weekday ''Doraemon'' series. The start and end dates are not listed here, nor are the episodes they ran for.

References

External links

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