Doraemon is a cute robot cat created by two Japanese cartoonists (mangaka) Fujimoto Hiroshi and Motoo Akido with the duo’s penname Fujiko F. Fujio on 1st December 1969.A little summary about Doraemon: (more formal article HERE)
The story began when Nobi Nobita a young primary school student was visited by a strange being that climbed out of his study desk. The strange being ate Nobita’s snack then climbed back inside the desk.
Later, the being turns out to be called as Doraemon, a robot cat sent back from 22nd century by Nobita’s great-great grandson to improve his descendant’s future.
Not only that Doraemon is a robot cat from the future, he also has a fourth-dimensional pocket on his tummy where he can take out many useful tools from the future. Even though he is a robot cat, he doesn’t have ears since they were bitten by rats (thus impacting in a phobia of the creature). Doraemon later stay in Nobita’s house and become a part of Nobita’s life. Nobita’s parents even think of him like their second child.
Why writing about Doraemon?
Well, I’ve been watching Doraemon since i was in kindergarten! I even remember waking up every Sunday morning diligently just to catch a new episode of the cartoon! Lol.
Recently, when I was browsing about some stuff I stumbled upon this blog where the writer give out one of the many rumoured ending of Doraemon series. I was very shocked with the ending and of course feel touched about it even if it’s not really the official ending.
Doraemon is a part of my childhood as with many other people in the world. I personally still absolutely love it until now! Who can resist that cute blue robot cat? Ok, Hello Kitty is cute but it can’t even talk! and as quoted from Time magazine, it probably has no whatever existence other than to be cute. Not that i don’t like Hello Kitty, i love it but the kitty can’t be compared with a huge icon like Doraemon.
Doraemon is like a work of magic! He bring hopes and dreams and of course imagination to my childhood! I remember watching the cartoon, reading the comic books.. ah..
How can i ever forget about this beautiful memory...
Doraemon bio data (taken and translated from here) :
Name: Doraemon
Meaning of the name: It came from the word, “dora-neko” which means “the lost cat”, while the ending -emon is a common ends of name in Japan.
Doraemon is crazy about: Mii-chan (a normal female cat that seems a little out of reach hehehe..)
Original owner: Sewashi (Nobita’s great-great-grandson from 22nd century).
Born (Created for the first time): 1-12-1969
Created by: Fujimoto Hiroshi dan Motoo Abiko
Debut: 1970.
Career in Comic: 1974 - 1996 with the circulation of more than 80 millions comic books around the world (1992).
Career in TV (Asahi): 1979 - present.
Career in Movies: 1980 - present.
Debut in Indonesia (TV): July 1989.
Favourite Food: Dorayaki
Hates: Getting cold and RATS!
Born (in the story): 2112-9-3 (3rd September 2112).
Birth Place: “Matsushiba” Robots Factory.
Magic Number 1293:
Doraemon’s Height: 129.3 cm
Body Circle: 129.3 cm
Weight: 129.3 kg
The height of Doraemon’s jump: 129.3 cm (when he sees a rat).
Speed when running: 129.3km/? (also when he sees a rat)
Body Specification: (click picture to make it larger)
Since the 1980’s, there are many fictional ending to the Doraemon series…
Here are some of them (taken completely from Doraemon wikipedia page):
- The first and the more optimistic ending was made public by Nobuo Sato several years ago. Doraemon’s battery power ran out, and Nobita was given a choice between replacing the battery inside a frozen Doraemon, which would cause it to reset and lose all memory, or await a competent robotics technician who would be able to resurrect the cat-robot one day. Nobita swore that very day to work hard in school, graduate with honours, and become that robotics technician. He successfully resurrected Doraemon in the future as a robotics professor, became successful as an A.I. developer, and thus lived happily ever after, thus relieving his progeny of the financial burdens that caused Doraemon to be sent to his space-time in the first place. A dōjin manga for this ending was made by a “Tajima T Yasue” in 2005, and it sold 13,000 copies before Shogakukan halted its publication. Tajima apologized to Shogakukan in 2007 and paid an undisclosed amount of money for settlement.
- The second, more pessimistic ending suggests that Nobita Nobi is suffering from autism and that all the characters (including Doraemon) are simply his delusion. The idea that Nobita was a sick and dying little boy who imagined the entire series on his sickbed to help him ease his pain and depression no doubt angered quite a lot of fans. Many Japanese fans staged a protest outside the headquarters of the publisher of the series after learning about this suggestion. The publisher had to issue a public statement that this is not true. (This ending actually correlates to the ending for the series St. Elsewhere, which ended in 1988.)
- The third ending suggests that Nobita fell and hit his head on a rock. He fell into a deep coma, and eventually into a semi-vegetative state. To raise money for an operation to save Nobita, Doraemon sold all the tools and devices in his four-dimensional pocket. However, the operation failed. Doraemon sold all his tools except for one used as a last resort. He used it to enable Nobita to go wherever he wanted, whichever time or era he wished to go. In the end, the very place Nobita wanted to go was heaven.
Ending that has moved me:
English transcript for the ending:
One day, a very normal day, Nobita came back from school and went upstairs of his house. Doraemon was there sleeping, just like the other normal day.
“Hey, Doraemon, please wake up, lets play! “, but Doraemon does not wake up.
Nobita thought that Doraemon is tired, so he went out to play with Shizuka-chan and other folks. After few hours, he returned to his home, but Doraemon was still sleeping. Nobita felt something strange, and tried to wake him up. But there was no reply. He became to feel afraid, and tried to wake him up. But whatever he does, Doraemon did not wake up. Nobita exactly knew that something was different.
This never happened before. He began crying, but though he screamed or cried, the famous fat-cat-robot did not make a single move at all. He came up to one idea, and jumped into his desk-the time machine-and went to the future to meet Dorami-chan, Doraemon’s sister. He begged her for help, and forced her to go with him back to 1998.
After a short trip again back to 1998 by the time machine, Dorami-chan looked all over his brother Doraemon to see what was wrong with him. After few minutes, she said “the battery is out”
Nobita was relieved, and said, “Battery? So he is not broken right? Please replace or recharge his battery, and put him back like before.”
But Dorami-chan shook her head and said,”Nobita-san, should I really do that?”
Nobita said, “What? What do you mean?”
Dorami-chan replied, “His main battery is here, close to his pocket. And it ran out. But originally, he had a back-up battery in his ears, but as you know, his ears were eaten by a rat very many years ago, so he does not have a back-up battery now.”
“So what do you mean?”
“I mean, if I replace his battery, every memory of you will be eternally lost from his brain program.”
“WHAT?????”
“Shall I do that?”
Nobita closed his eyes. He cried, but after few minutes, he stopped crying,and quietly told Dorami-chan, “Dorami-chan, thanks for coming here. I will take care of the rest. You have to go back to your future time now.”
Dorami-chan could not decide what to do, but anyway she hugged Nobita quietly, and she went back home. After he went back, Nobita carried Doraemon and placed him into the shelf.
TIME FLIES……….
Year 2010, Nobita grew up. Since that day, he changed. He studied hard, did not cry anymore, and he lived without Doraemon. He told Shizuka and other folks that Doraemon had to go back to his future, and could not meet him anymore.
Shizuka was impressed to Nobita’s mysterious appearance which became completely different from 10 years ago. They fell in love, and married. Nobita became a scientist. He made a laboratory in his room, and was studying hard with his job all day. He told Shizuka not to come into the room, as it is very dangerous inside.
But one day, he called Shizuka and told her to come in to his room. It was the first time for her to enter his husband’s room. The moment she went in, she lost her words… There was her friend, Doraemon, who she used to play in her childhood days. Doraemon was not moving. It seemed as he was sleeping.
“Look, Shizuka, I will plug in from now.” Nobita turned on the main switch on Doraemon. Doraemon quietly, very quietly, started to open his eyes.
It was the moment the inventor of Doraemon became clear. It was Nobita. He studied hard and hard just to meet and talk with his old friend again. Going back and forth of time, Nobita was the one who made Doraemon. He discovered all the programs and architecture of Doraemon-type-robot.
Nobita and Shizuka was crying gently.
Doraemon opened his eyes. He looked around, and finally said, “Nobita-kun, did you finish your homework?”
There was the same white clouds in the sky like the times they used to spend together…
-Ends-
Conclusion of the endings:
Even though many people believe in this ending it’s clear that when the Fujiko Fujio duo broke up in 1987, the very idea of an official ending to the series was never discussed. Since Fujiko F. died in 1996 before any decisions were reached, any “endings” of Doraemon are fan fiction. It’s concluded that there is NO ending to Doraemon. The series continue to live in its fans imagination.
Here is a link from TIME's magazine who made an article for Doraemon:
Doraemon as one of the 22 Asian Heroes
I hope you enjoy the read. Doraemon is such a magnificent creation that light up lives, imaginations and hopes for kids and adults around the world.
Love...
xoxo,
M.
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