Doraemon Opening Theme Song (Japanese Version)

Our beloved Doraemon was born on September 3, 2112. He, initially having yellow body and ears, was manufactured in the Matsushiba Robot Factory. Due to some problems at the time of Doraemon's manufacturing, there was an electrical power surge in the factory. As a result, Doraemon, to a large extent was destroyed and thrown into the garbage disposal. Noramyako, a female robo-cat saved him from the disposal furnace.

Since Doraemon had several manufacturing defect, he could not survive in the ordinary Robot School and was sent to a training class for special robots. Here, he met Noramyako again,...

An earless blue robotic cat, one pocket bulging with gadgets from the future and a lifelong fear of mice: Who is he? Japan roars the answer — but English readers may be stumped. Because, even though he’s a government-appointed “cultural ambassador” and a familiar face in more than 30 countries, with his antics translated into dozens of languages, there has never been an official English version of the manga in which he stars. Until now.

“I would say there are very few Japanese people, of any age group, who’ve never heard of Doraemon,” believes Matt Alt, of AltJapan, the company...