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Fun and funky Fukagawa

26 Dec 2009 12:05:05 PST

Outside the dagashiya, where Tamiko displays homemade folk figures of good fortune, Otafuku and Hyottoko, and her very own sculpture of Doraemon, ...

Original story at The Japan Times .

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FEATURE-Young shoppers edge manga into Europe's mainstream

20 Dec 2009 16:09:26 PST

But the fact that such anime from Japan as "Doraemon" have been available since the 1970s helped manga find a market. "France, Italy and Spain all have long ... and more »

Original story at Reuters .

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Formosan black bears with 'green style' enter stage

07 Dec 2009 08:05:38 PST

toys for the Disney Corporation, the Japanese company that owns the rights to the anime character Doraemon, and a Taiwanese convenience stores mascot. ...

Original story at eTaiwan News .

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Roundtable: Books We Wish We Could Have

01 Dec 2009 00:57:20 PST

Topping my wish list would be an English-language edition of Doraemon. Doraemon is to Japanese popular culture what Peanuts is to American, its earless, ...

Original story at School Library Journal .

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Flying with the flu

18 Nov 2009 13:58:29 PST

A passenger wears a mask featuring Japanese popular cartoon cat Doraemon, as she goes through thermal scanners, not shown, to detect symptoms of the Swine ...

Original story at Minneapolis Star Tribune .

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Uwajimaya open in Renton Village

10 Aug 2009 15:13:23 PDT

So what is there for Renton-area anime and manga fans? Aside from the food and the various sweets associated with popular characters such as Doraemon and ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Doraemon news and blogs - February 27, 2010

27 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Doraemon news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Młodzi Europejczycy na nowo odkrywają mangę -- from Onet.pl
• -- from Google Videos - -site:youtube.com Doraemon Nobita OR "robotic cat" OR anime OR Suneo OR manga OR Nobi OR Shogakukan OR doujinshi OR Shizuka OR Doraemons OR Japanese OR robot OR Jaian OR Japan OR "cultural ambassador" OR "Fujiko F Fujio" OR "The New Record of Nobita Spaceblazer" OR PingMag OR Higashikujyo OR Gian OR Shogaku OR "nice site" OR "grade of primary school" OR "travels back in time" OR Shimokitazawa OR doujin's OR dōgu OR "time asia" OR "The Doraemons" OR "Voice actors" OR animation OR characters
• Formosan black bears with 'green style' -- from 中国日报
• Bank Century Investigators Play Down Powers -- from Jakarta Globe
• Vienna Boys Choir bringing sounds of Christmas to Hill Auditorium -- from AnnArbor.com
• Random bits in Tokyo -- by Q(noreply@blogger.com) from Daybreak's Bell
• Hip-hop crosstalk -- from Alibaba News Channel
• Deal Signed For Publication Of Books ... -- from Bru Direct
• Bandai announce a new line up of stun... -- from AkihabaraNews
• PUTTING THE J BACK IN POP CULTURE -- from บางกอกโพส

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Nostalgic revisit

01 Aug 2009 16:29:20 PDT

TO old-school manga fans, Rurouni Kenshin needs little introduction. For me, it was the tale that took me from beginner's manga (like Doraemon, ...

Original story at Malaysia Star .

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Oriental Fire, Altrincham, review

20 Apr 2009 02:07:57 PDT

UK Subsequent research revealed that dorayaki may look like that, minus the whipped cream and strawberry, and is a favourite of Japanese cartoon character Doraemon. After our rollercoaster ups and downs with the inconsistent dishes, I conclude that the ...

Original story at Manchester Confidential .

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Buried Garbage - Arcade Gamer Fubuki

08 Apr 2009 21:29:34 PDT

Canada I'd sooner masturbate to Doraemon . I'd sooner laugh at Grave of the Fireflies . And this isn't a show that one can claim to be harmless or "maybe just not your cup of tea." It's aggressive in its badness, loudly and violently making sure you know it's ...

Original story at Anime News Network .

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Cat Cafés: Recent Japanese Craze

18 Mar 2009 02:54:58 PDT

South Korea Named after the robotic cat animation character, ‘Doraemon' Dora-chan is a beautiful, pugnacious rogue who prowls the room purring and casually swatting the other cats with a stray paw. Meanwhile, staff member Toru-san explains that Haruki the ...

Original story at The Seoul Times .

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Alaska photographer remembered, three decades of Doraemon, Kansai ...

14 Mar 2009 17:31:02 PDT

Japan TV Asahi celebrates three decades of broadcasting the animated adventures of the beloved robot cat Doraemon with the special two-hour program "Doraemon 30 Shunen Special" (Doraemon 30th Year Special") (Fri., 7 pm). The producers asked fans of the ...

Original story at The Japan Times .

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Japan manga man revives story-telling with modern twist

03 Feb 2009 08:06:20 PST

Philippines From action hero Kenshiro of the popular Hokuto no Ken series to the earless blue cat Doraemon and the lovelorn heroines of The Rose of Versailles, Rikimaru has done them all. And that’s not everything. "Attatatata! Bang-bang-bang! Aaargh! ...

Original story at BusinessWorld Online .

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Japanese Anime Film Academy Award Nominees Announced

19 Dec 2008 08:26:47 PST

Written by John
The Nippon Academy-Sho Association, Japan’s equivalant to America’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has announced the 2008 nominees for the 32nd Japan Academy Prizes. Nominees in the animated film category are: Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (TMS Entertainment) Do...

Original story at AnimeNation Anime .

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AICN Anime - Electric Ant, Darker Than BLACK, Hints on Miyazaki's ...

26 Nov 2008 06:25:49 PST

Set aside for a moment that few North American manga fans have heard of the Avant-garde anthology Garo or even looked at a panel of Doraemon manga. In 1996 Schodt was asking "Do Manga Have a Future?" Now, the trends that Schodt was ...

Original story at Ain't It Cool News .

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THROUGH OTAKU EYES / Journalist tracks lost pop culture treasures

20 Nov 2008 10:36:15 PST

Japan - Ando writes about an animated version of Doraemon that was briefly aired in 1973 and is different from the one currently being aired. ...

Original story at The Daily Yomiuri .

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Embassy Row

09 Nov 2008 21:04:41 PST

DC - Nov 9, 2008 What about Doraemon? The Embassy of Japan is screening a movie about Japan's favorite blue robotic kitteh, a 2006 remake of its first feature film. ...

Original story at DCist . Related stories include: Doraemon, Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 - viddler.com

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DC Anime Club Screens "Doraemon the Movie" on November 14, 2008

04 Nov 2008 07:14:58 PST

Written by Ed Liu
The DC Anime Club and the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan, will be hosting a free screening of Doraemon the Movie on Friday, November 14, 2008, at 6:30 PM. The 2006 movie is a remake of the original Doraemon movie, with Japan's iconic robot cat dealing with a bab...

Original story at Toon Zone .

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Familiar faces return in Taiko no Tatsujin Wii

24 Oct 2008 09:42:00 PDT

Written by JC Fletcher
Taiko no Tatsujin games are full of guest appearances. Certain songs from anime or video games will feature characters from those properties under the note display, dancing or otherwise moving along with the music. The Super Mario Bros. theme commonly features visuals inspired by the gam...

Original story at Nintendo Wii Fanboy .

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Casio Exilim EX-Z20 Takes Doraemon Path

15 Oct 2008 08:48:03 PDT

It is only fitting for Casio, a Japanese company, to adorn its Exilim EZ-20 digital camera with yet another Japanese icon - the robotic cat known as Doraemon. Features of the Exilim EX-Z20 include :- No word on pricing, but the Doraemon Exilim EX-Z20 will hit Japan this December. Only for Dor...

Original story at Ubergizmo . Related stories include: Doraemon netbook for kids by KuroKids hits Taiwan - Cheap Laptops , Doraemon netbook has all the American kids perplexed - Engadget , Doraemon Exilim EX-Z20 Digital Camera - ZINKALO

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Pancake Sandwich - Dorayaki

26 May 2008 18:47:06 PDT

Written by .: Mandy :.
Have you ever heard or watch the Japaneses animation, Doraemon? :P Dorayaki is a popular sweet for tea time snack, a type of Japanese confection which consists of two small pancake-like patties made sandwiched with sweet red bean paste and it is Doraemon favorite’s food! :D

Original story at amandalwh (WordPress) .

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Sublime and Ridiculous

20 Mar 2008 20:46:32 PDT

Written by Roger McDonald
See THIS AP news story for more. Concurrent to denying philosophers entry to the country, the Foreign Minister was appointing a large animation cat - Doraemon - to the post of official 'anime Ambassador' of Japan. See THIS AP news story for more.

Original story at rogermc.blogs.com .

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The Flying Xbox 360 Japanese Anime

15 Oct 2007 02:00:11 PDT

Written by Brian Ashcraft
Flying Xbox 360 and Namco's THE iDOLM@STER! The above clip is a fan reworking of anime Kiteretsu Encyclopedia's opening. The anime was based on a Fujiko F. Fujio manga. (Fujio also created Doraemon, hence the similarities in character appearance.) Kiteretsu Encyclopedia followed a young...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Doraemon Wii is a boardgame minigames collection on Wii

28 Jul 2007 12:01:38 PDT

Written by supadupagama
Japan’s arguably most popular anime character, Doraemon, will be getting his own boardgame-styled videogame. Being developed by Sega, the game is expected to be released for the Nintendo Wii in winter 2007 in Japan, Famitsu reported.

Original story at videogamesblogger.com .

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There's this kappa in my 'hood

26 Jul 2007 22:43:40 PDT

I had a similar experience with "Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi (Summer Days with Coo)," Keiichi Hara's anime about a family's encounter with a kappa — a mythological creature that might be described as a Japanese leprechaun, if leprechauns could swim like a frog, sumo wrestle like sumo gra...

Original story at The Japan Times .

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Disneyland and Hello Kitty-land in the Land of the Free (Youtube)

08 May 2007 23:31:46 PDT

Written by mrbrown
This is a Japanese news report on the infamous Shijingshan Amusement Park in Beijing, an eerie clone of Disneyland mentioned in Boing Boing. There's even Shrek, Hello Kitty and Doraemon sharing the limelight with Goofy, Mickey and Donald.

Original story at mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore ("mr brown is a very talented man..." -Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister) .

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