Anime
Television series
After a brief and unpopular animated series in 1973 by Nippon Television, Doraemon remained fairly exclusive in manga form until 1979 when a newly formed animation studio, Shin-Ei Animation (Now owned by TV Asahi) produced an anime series of Doraemon. This series became incredibly popular, and ended with 1,049 episodes on March 25, 2005.
Celebrating Doraemon's anniversary, a new Doraemon series produced by Studio Pierrot began airing on TV Asahi on April 15, 2005 with new voice actors and staff, and updated character designs.
