List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions

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This is a list of Doraemon releases outside Japan. Doraemon is a popular manga and anime series originated from Japan, created by Fujiko F. Fujio and published by Shogakukan.

1 Asia
2 Europe
3 Middle East
4 South America
5 References

[edit] Asia

Region	Manga first published	Television series first broadcast	Language	Local name(s)
Hong Kong	First introduced as 叮噹 by the children's magazine Children's Paradise (兒童樂園) in 1976. According to Shogakukan, this was the first release of Doraemon outside Japan. The 45-volume manga series was officially published in 1992.	1982	Cantonese	多啦A夢. Originally introduced under the name 叮噹.
Mainland China	1992	1991	Mandarin Chinese	哆啦A梦. Previously known as 小叮当 or 机器猫.
India		First broadcast in 1991 on STAR TV as 叮噹. First broadcast on a local broadcaster by Hungama TV in 2005.	Hindi (also Mandarin Chinese in 1991)	Doraemon
Indonesia	1991	1991	Indonesian	Doraemon
South Korea	1994	2001	Korean	도라에몽
Malaysia	1993	1992	Malay, Chinese (publications)	Doraemon (Malay, pronounced [do.re.mon]), 小叮当 (Chinese)
Philippines		2000	Tagalog	The character Jaian is known as Damulag (literally "big person" or "big kid" in Filipino).
Singapore	1997	1992	Chinese (publications), English (broadcasts)	哆啦A梦 (Chinese), Doraemon (Malay). The previous Chinese name 小叮当 is also used.
Taiwan	1970s as 小叮噹 (unlicensed, introduced after publication in Hong Kong). Licensed publication in 1993.	1996	Mandarin Chinese	哆啦A夢. Previously known as 小叮噹.
Thailand	1994	1982	Thai	โดราเอมอน, โดเรมอน
Vietnam	1992 (unlicensed), 1996 (licensed)	2000	Vietnamese	Đôrêmon

[edit] Europe

Country	First Published in	First Broadcast in
Cyprus	1994
France		2003 by Fox Kids
Portugal		199x by Canal Panda in Spanish with subtitles
Italy	2005	1982
Russia		1990 with Japan Foundation
Spain	1994	1993

In Italy, there is a theme song il gatto DORAEMON' sung by Oliver Onions.
In Spain, Doraemon is translated into five languages including Catalan and Galician in addition to Spanish. The first Doraemon film was televised in 2000.

[edit] Middle East

The Old 1970~ Doraemon TV series was broadcast from 1995 for some years on a few TV channels. However it has no great popularity, except with local otaku who have an interest in Japan.

Doraemon in Arabic: ("Abqoor" عبقور, which means a mini Brilliant)

[edit] South America

In some Latin American countries, the show was called El Gato Cósmico (The Cosmic Cat) and the cat's name was Cósmico (Cosmic), yet sometimes named Doraemon.

Doraemon has been broadcast until the present in