Happy Birthday Doraemon!
Doraemon, the beloved cat robot from Japan, was born (or created?) on September 3rd 2112, at the Matsushiba Robot Factory. Google updated their home page to celebrate this special day.
This year marks 40 years since the Doraemon manga was first published, and 30 years since the beginning of the anime series produced by Shin-Ei Animation.
To commemorate this anniversary, there was a Doraemon event held at the Roppongi Hills Arena earlier this summer.
There were a few Doraemon amusement type slides.
And Doraemon showed up to the delight of the little children.
Happy –103rd Birthday, Doraemon 🙂
Konnichiwa 
I saw that Doraemon logo on Google‘s Japanese site yesterday too.
Do you use the Japanese Google site?
No, I don’t normally use the Japanese Google site, but sometimes (when my browser cookies get cleared), I get redirected there.
Also…
I like Doraemon…but I never heard of him until I came to Japan.
Did you know about Doraemon before you came to Tokyo?
Do you watch the show?
(He loves dora-yaki (that’s how he got his name)…do you like dora-yaki?
It’s a tasty snack!)
Actually, I never heard of Doraemon before coming to Japan and I don’t watch the show, I think I am a little too young 🙂
I learned about Doraemon the first time I came here, back in 1992. When I saw the anime on TV, I felt it was a bit too childish for me. My opinion hasn’t changed since then, so I still don’t watch it. But, I am interested in the history of anime and manga, and Doraemon’s creator has been revered because of his contributions to the field.
Happy Birthday, D-man!
My children prefer Anpanman but they like Doraemon also.
Yes, Anpanman is also quite popular in Japan, as I am sure around the world as well.
I think you’ll have to check your math 🙂 2009-2112 is -103 🙂 So happy -103 birthday to Doraemon.
I failed math in school, had a lot of trouble with negative numbers as you can see :-). Thanks, I corrected the post, I wouldn’t want my math teacher seeing this error.
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DORAEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t sleep without watching at least 10 episodes of Doraemon each day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORAEMIN!!
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Gotta love that Doraemon!