

Upon ending, it was quickly replaced with a new anime, which has so far aired over 600 episodes and specials. The 1979 anime, which succeeded the 1973 series, lasted until 2005, airing 1787 episodes and 30 specials.

Doraemon hold a myriad of gadgets in his fourth-dimensional pocket, which he both gets into and out of trouble with. This boy, Nobita Nobi, is a bullied child who doesn't do well in school, leaving Doraemon to help him throughout life.

The series follows the eponymous Doraemon, a robotic, earless cat from the future who travels back in time to aid a Japanese youth in the present. Though he's not as well known outside of Japan, Doraemonis immensely popular in his home country, and it shows with how long his anime's continued to chug along.
