Doraemon in Vietnam

Doraemon is an anime and manga written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio, it was first published in December 1969 in Japan. The Doraemon franchise first appeared in Vietnam in 1992 when the Doraemon manga was published for the first time.

History

Manga

The manga was first published without permissions from the originally published by Kim Đồng Publishing House on 11 December 1992. It was an immediate success, four Doraemon books (each containing 108 pages) had sold 40,000 copies.^[1] In 1996, Kim Dong Publisher House was visited by Shogakukan and paid royalties for their publishing of the manga between 1992 and 1996. The money went to the Doraemon Scholarship Fund,^[2] a scholarship fund for poor students in Vietnam and later, it was given the Culture Fighter Award. In 2006, the manga had sold 40-50 millions copies in total, a record in the comic market in Vietnam.

Between 1992 and 2009, the character's names in the manga were changed, to 'make it easier for readers to read and remember them'. Doraemon was Mèo Ú (Fat Cat), Nôbita hậu đậu (Lubberly Nobita), Xê-kô mỏ nhọn (Needle Oral Suneo) and Chaien lồi rốn (Open Navel Jaian). Because the old translating was not very accurate and omitted many details, Kim Dong Publishing House published a new version of the manga by the name Doraemon which was translated accurately. It was released on May 29, 2010.

Anime

In the 2000s, Anime was broadcast on VTV1 with about 200 first episode. Until 2010, when TVM Corp bought the license and Vietnamese dub and broadcast it on HTV3 (over 260 episodes and currently ongoing).^[3]

Schedule

• Note: Part 1: The episodes were broadcast on Saturday and Sunday every week between 8:00 AM ~8:30 AM UTC+07:00); Part 2: The episodes were broadcast from Monday to Thursday every week between 5:30 ~ 6:00 PM PM (UTC+07:00); Part 3, 4 & 5: The episodes were broadcast from Monday to Friday every week between 5:30 PM ~ 6:00 PM (UTC+07:00).

Movie

The first movie released in the theaters in Vietnam was Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 on 11 October 2008 with Vietnamese subtitles.^[4] The second movie Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum was released in cinemas on 27 December 2013 with dubbed in Vietnamese (TVM Corp (HTV3) dub) and all the follow Doraemon movie in cinemas. The first movie on television was Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet which was dubbed in Vietnamese and aired on HTV3 at 20h30 (VST) on 7 December 2012.^[5] and in the present, it broadcast about 17 movies (movie 11 to movie 31, except movie 16, 17, 18, 19). The movie Stand by Me Doraemon was the first movie to air on the K+ NS cable channel on 1 June 2015 with subtitle version same as in cinemas (HTV3 dubbed).^[6]

Voice Cast

Effects

In early 2011, parodies of Doraemon began to flourish within the Vietnam online community.^[11] They are pages taken from the original manga, with the dialogues changed for humor. The content of these stories revolve around contemporary social issues under the witty view of the youth. Several fan clubs of this genre have been established on forums and social networks, some even organizes their own competition. At the same time, many parodies music videos of Doraemon manga also appeared and were collectively called Doraemon Music Video.^[12]

On 22 June 2014 the 5050 Group released the "Doraemon Việt Nam" clip on YouTube and attracted about 100 million views.^[13]

In late May 2015, Acecook Vietnam released a new brand of Doraemon Noodles (Mì Doraemon) on the Vietnamese market, together with several promoting events targeting children.^[14] The food company is also the main sponsor for the third and fourth season of the Doraemon animation series on HTV3.

An manga titled Dế Rô Bốt - Nhân tài ảo thuật was published on 20 February 2014. It got many negative reactions when it was announced because the characters, gadgets were taken and edited from the Doraemon manga.^[15] Later, the writers announced that they copied the Doraemon manga but with the innovation' principle.^[16]

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