Doraemon: Japan's Anime Ambassador

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:48 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_ ... YHu6_tiBIF

I hope they come to the US.... LOL

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:20 am

I suppose he's harmless enough, but Doraemon is certainly not one of the characters I think of when someone mentions "anime".

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:29 pm

I remember that when I was in Spain in 2006, they had the Spanish dub version of Doreamon on the airwaves. I would also guess that as the tour plans to visit France that Doreamon is also well known there.

Hmm..well, the US(at least, San Francisco) did receive the huge AstroBoy exhibit in 2007, so, perhaps it would be a safe bet that the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco will also receive a Doreamon exhibit in the future as well.

Either way, I hope they don't price the shirts at $60 again. I like Astroboy, but not enough to pay $60 for a shirt.

When I asked about the price, the employee told me that they had to import it from Japan and it was expensive to ship. I buy from Japan all the time; It doesn't cost $60 to ship a shirt!

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:31 pm

I think Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Dragonballs, etc. are more associated with anime in the US.

Does Doraemon have ears?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:31 pm

I really couldn't say for sure about more associated with anime in the US.

klet · Post by **klet** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:57 pm

Keropi wrote:I suppose he's harmless enough, but Doraemon is certainly not one of the characters I think of when someone mentions "anime".

He's certainly what a lot of Japanese people think of when they think of anime, though.

Some of the anime that is super popular here in the states is unheard of in Japan. I had a friend who doesn't watch anime, and she had only heard of about 1/4 of the stuff that's popular here.

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:00 am

I would have chosen Domokun.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:56 pm

"Astro Boy, another cartoon icon, was named last November as ambassador for overseas safety."

overseas safety? where overseas? id love to meet astro...