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Doraemon in India

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Doraemon is an anime and manga was composed by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1969 in Japan. However, when the anime series went to India in 2005, it was changed from the original version. Manga is yet to be released. It has won Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India 2 times in a row for Best Show For Kids (2013 and 2015). It is the highest rated kid's show with 478.5 million viewers.

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Manga

Manga has been not released in India till now.

Anime

First broadcast on a local broadcaster by Hungama TV since 13 February 2005. Hungama TV's sister – channel, Disney Channel India began showing reruns of the old dubbed Doraemon episodes by Hungama TV since 19 November 2010.

Episodes- Episodes of Doraemon where started from Doraemon (1979 anime) series. Then episodes from the 1990s are starting from 13 November 2012 on Disney Channel India and Hungama TV since last week of April 2013 and from 10 June 2013 Doraemon episodes from the 2000s has started airing both on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India. Episodes from 2005 were also broadcast on Hungama TV and Disney Channel India in between October and November 2013 and in the month of May and June the episodes from 2007 were started broadcasting only on Disney Channel India. Doraemon (2005 anime) is also started on Hungama TV and Disney channel India in Hindi as New Doraemon. Doraemon is available on Amazon Prime Video India in Hindi.

Movies- Since 2010, in total, twenty one movies of Doraemon have released in India; out of which, two films got a theatrical release, 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 February 2017, the list of Doraemon movies which have released in India are as follows:

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Doraemon in India Wikipedia