Editing Doraemon (section)

== Reception ==
{{See also|List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions{{!}}List of non-Japanese ''Doraemon'' versions}}

=== General ===
''Doraemon'' is considered one of the best-known manga of all time, a true Japanese cultural icon,<ref name="Schodt 1999"/> and an essential part of family life of the Japanese post-war generation.<ref name="Shiraishi 1997-2">{{Harvnb|Shiraishi|1997|p=240}}</ref> Akihiro Motoyama observed that "mothers who watched the movies when they were children are now taking their own children to see them".<ref name="Shiraishi 1997-2" /><ref name="Schilling-1993">{{Cite journal|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=1993|title=Doraemon: Making Dreams Come True|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/18bc0e950d0102ff0d65d3f6d5044af8/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1821452|journal=Japan Quarterly|volume=40|issue=4|pages=405–417}}</ref> It was also commercially successful: over {{nowrap|108 million}} books were sold in Japan by 1996.<ref name="Schodt217">{{Harvnb|Schodt|1999|p=217}}</ref> The 1979<ref name="Schilling-1993" /> and 2005 anime series<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=2018-02-15|title=Japan's Animation TV Ranking, February 5–11|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-15/japan-animation-tv-ranking-february-5-11/.127848|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216044636/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-15/japan-animation-tv-ranking-february-5-11/.127848|archive-date=2018-02-16|access-date=2021-05-27|website=[[Anime News Network]]|quote=''Doraemon''&nbsp;... Average Household Rating: 8.3}}</ref> also achieved high ratings on television. With the film ''[[Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum]]'', the [[List of Doraemon films|''Doraemon'' anime film series]] reached 100 million tickets sold at the Japanese box office, surpassing ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' as the [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|highest-grossing film franchise in Japan]].<ref name="Wall Street Journal Japan">{{cite news|last=Sekiguchi|first=Toko|date=March 26, 2013|title=Godzilla Loses Top Spot to Kittybot Doraemon|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/03/26/godzilla-loses-top-spot-to-kittybot-doraemon/|url-status=live|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330002155/http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/03/26/godzilla-loses-top-spot-to-kittybot-doraemon/|archive-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> By 2015, it had sold over 103 million tickets, and was the largest franchise by numbers of admissions in the country.<ref>{{cite web|author=Blair|first=Gavin J.|date=April 6, 2015|title=Japan Box Office: 'Doraemon' Anime Still All-Conquering|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-box-office-doraemon-anime-786473|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528220457/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-box-office-doraemon-anime-786473|archive-date=May 28, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2015|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

''Doraemon'' was also a hit in Asia in general, and was considered one of the typical cases of Japanese [[soft power]],<ref name="Shiraishi 1997-3">{{Harvnb|Shiraishi|1997|p=234}}</ref> although it was published without a license in some countries.<ref>{{Harvnb|Shiraishi|1997|pp=264–265, 268–269}}</ref> The anime television series is available in over 60 countries,<ref name="TV Asahi" /> and reportedly getting high ratings in at least 30 countries.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=June 3, 2015|title=Japanese robot cat Doraemon helps ease diplomatic tensions with China|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/03/japanese-robot-cat-doraemon-eases-diplomatic-tensions-with-china|url-status=live|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722031540/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/03/japanese-robot-cat-doraemon-eases-diplomatic-tensions-with-china|archive-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> However, ''Doraemon'' was less successful in Western countries, because it was viewed as a children-only series, and there were some tight restrictions about publishing manga and broadcasting anime series there.<ref>{{Harvnb|Shiraishi|1997|p=267}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Cooper-Chen|first=Anne|title=Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media|publisher=Peter Lang|year=2010|isbn=978-1433103681|pages=85}}</ref> The manga has sold over {{nowrap|170 million}} copies worldwide by 2012;<ref name="Iwamoto-2012">{{Cite web|last=Iwamoto|first=Tetsuo|date=2012-09-03|title=Happy birthday! Doraemon will be born 100 years from today|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201209030098|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124063755/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201209030098|archive-date=2015-01-24|access-date=2021-05-27|website=[[Asahi Shimbun]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author=Easton|first=Yukari|date=2016-08-31|title=Tokyo 2020 and Japan's Soft Power|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/tokyo-2020-and-japans-soft-power/|url-status=live|journal=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902184000/https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/tokyo-2020-and-japans-soft-power/|archive-date=2016-09-02|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref> over 250 million by 2019;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |script-title=ja:ドラえもん、誕生５０周年にビックリ新刊！「第０巻」２７日発売  |trans-title=Doraemon, surprise new publication on the 50th anniversary! "Volume 0" released on the 27th of November|url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20191127-4ULPPKAK3ZN35IXMWNAVOMSZ3A/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=サンスポ |publisher=Sankei Digital, Inc. |language=ja}}</ref> and over 300 million by 2024.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラえもん 作品概要|url=https://adpocket.shogakukan.co.jp/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/【スペシャル】ドラえもん.pdf|website=Shogakukan AD Pocket|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820035731/https://adpocket.shogakukan.co.jp/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/【スペシャル】ドラえもん.pdf|archive-date=August 20, 2024|language=ja|date=August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Estimates show that ''Doraemon'' has generated at least more than {{US$|4.3 billion|long=no}} in merchandise sales by 2019,{{Efn|''Doraemon'' licensed merchandise sales:
*Royalties (1979–1994) – {{¥|15.3 billion}} ({{US$|153 million|long=no}})<ref name="Schodt217"/>
*Japan (1999–2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) – {{¥|223.75 billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:223.75/87.78 round 3}} billion|long=no}})<ref name="JPY2010">{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2010&locations=JP&start=2009 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014220/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2010&locations=JP&start=2009 |archive-date=2018-09-26 |access-date=2021-05-27}}</ref>
**1999 – {{¥|{{#expr:2100*(4.01/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan1999">{{cite book |last=Tsukada |first=Yuko |chapter=Action! Report No.3: 市場環境を調べる |title=クリエイターのための自営学 |trans-chapter=Action! Report No.3: Examine the market environment |trans-title=Self-employment studies for creators |chapter-url=https://jieigaku.net/report3-2.htm |publisher=Creative Work Station / [[:ja:明日香出版社|Asuka Publishing]] |date=September 7, 2001 |isbn=4756911501 |language=ja |access-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420111216/https://jieigaku.net/report3-2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**2000 – {{¥|50 billion}}<ref name="Yano2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ|title=Market Share in Japan|date=2005|publisher=Yano Research Institute|page=18|quote=7 {{!}} Doraemon {{!}} 500&nbsp;... 8 {{!}} Doraemon {{!}} 300|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120025656/https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOyAAAAIAAJ|archive-date=November 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
**2003 – {{¥|30 billion}}<ref name="Yano2"/>
**2005 – {{¥|{{#expr:1610*(1.55/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2005">{{cite web |title=日本のアニメ・マンガを取り巻く状況 |trans-title=The situation surrounding Japanese animation and manga|url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/souhatu/h18seika/01anime/01_sousei_09honpen3.pdf#page=15 |publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] |pages=25–26 |language=ja |date=March 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318201726/https://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/souhatu/h18seika/01anime/01_sousei_09honpen3.pdf |archive-date=March 18, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref>
**2007 – {{¥|{{#expr:1600*(1.10/100)}} billion}}<ref name="Japan2007">{{cite news |title=キャラクターが日本を救う |trans-title=Characters Save Japan |url=https://research.nttcoms.com/database/data/000938/ |access-date=May 27, 2021 |work=[[:ja:NTTコム オンライン・マーケティング・ソリューション|NTTCom Online Marketing Solutions]] |publisher=[[NTT Communications]] |date=January 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415193216/https://research.nttcoms.com/database/data/000938/ |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |language=ja}}</ref>
**2010 – {{¥|{{#expr:1617*(1.05/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="charabiz2010">{{cite book |title=コンテンツ2次利用市場（ライセンス市場）に係る 競争環境及び海外市場動向実態調査 |trans-title=Research on the competitive environment and overseas market trends in the secondary content use market (licensing market) |date=2011 |publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] (METI) |pages=22–23 |url=https://www.kanto.meti.go.jp/kankobutu/data/contents_kaigaishijyo_chousa.pdf#page=24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105181943/https://www.kanto.meti.go.jp/kankobutu/data/contents_kaigaishijyo_chousa.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |language=ja |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref>
*Worldwide (2015–2016) – {{US$|1.108 billion|long=no}}
**2015 – {{US$|557 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool2">{{cite news|date=July 17, 2017|title=Top 20 Preschool Properties in the $12.8 Billion Industry|work=The Licensing Letter|url=https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113054/https://www.thelicensingletter.com/top-20-preschool-properties-in-the-12-8-billion-industry/|archive-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>
**2016 – {{US$|551 million|long=no}}<ref name="preschool2"/>
*Japan (2018–2019) – {{¥|{{#expr:<!--2018-->1533*(1.87/100)+<!--2019-->1550*(2.28/100) round 2}} billion}}<ref name="cna">{{cite news |title=Content Tokyo 2020 》Vtuber、疫情中重塑品牌、以AI創作，日本內容產業熱議的3件事 |trans-title=Content Tokyo 2020 》Vtuber, Rebranding During the Epidemic, Creating With AI, 3 Things That Are Hotly Discussed in the Japanese Content Industry |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20201230w002 |access-date=May 27, 2021 |work=[[Central News Agency (Taiwan)|Central News Agency]] |date=December 30, 2020 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108082753/https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20201230w002 |archive-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="charabiz2018">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2019(18) |date=May 2019 |publisher=Character Databank |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=10493 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208015402/https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=10493 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name="charabiz2019">{{cite book |title=CharaBiz DATA 2020(19) |date=May 2020 |publisher=Character Databank |url=https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=11267 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127093316/https://www.charabiz.com/book_detail.php?tab=news&article_id=11267 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|64010|JPN|year=2019|round=yes}} million|long=no}})|group=lower-alpha}} and over $1.7 billion from anime feature films by 2020,<ref name="Thomas-2020">{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Russell|date=2020-02-01|title=Back to the future: The world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Doraemon|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/02/01/general/doraemon-50th-anniversary/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202124634/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/02/01/general/doraemon-50th-anniversary/#.XjbEu-rP0dU|archive-date=2020-02-02|access-date=2022-01-23|website=The Japan Times}}</ref> making it one of the [[List of highest-grossing media franchises|highest-grossing media franchises]] of all time.

Outside Japan, ''Doraemon'' achieved particular success in Vietnam,<ref>{{Harvnb|Shiraishi|2000|p=288}}</ref> with a record-breaking 40 million copies sold by 2006.<ref name="thanhnien">{{cite news|last1=Giao Hưởng|last2=Minh Hoa|date=March 21, 2006|title=6 kỉ lục trong lĩnh vực xuất bản - in - phát hành của Việt Nam|language=vi|trans-title=6 records in the publishing-printing-distribution sector of Vietnam|work=[[Thanh Niên]]|url=http://www1.thanhnien.com.vn/Vanhoa/Vanhoc/2006/3/22/142877.tno|url-status=dead|access-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124044612/http://www1.thanhnien.com.vn/Vanhoa/Vanhoc/2006/3/22/142877.tno|archive-date=January 24, 2008}}</ref> The manga was first launched there in 1992 by [[Kim Đồng Publishing House]], but the copyright from Shogakukan was not fully acquired until 1996.<ref name="Nguyễn Phú Cương-2010">{{Cite web|last=Nguyễn Phú Cương|date=October 16, 2010|title=Nguyễn Thắng Vu: Ông "bố nuôi" của Đôrêmon đã ra đi|trans-title=Nguyễn Thắng Vu: Doraemon's "adoptive-father" is gone|url=https://thethaovanhoa.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/nguyen-thang-vu-ong-bo-nuoi-cua-doremon-da-ra-di-n20101016064438165.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200927/https://thethaovanhoa.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/nguyen-thang-vu-ong-bo-nuoi-cua-doremon-da-ra-di-n20101016064438165.htm|archive-date=2017-04-09|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=Thể thao & Văn hóa|language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nữ Lâm|date=2020-05-14|title=Thế giới đã sẵn sàng chia tay Doraemon chưa?|trans-title=Is the world ready to say goodbye to Doraemon?|url=https://tuoitre.vn/the-gioi-da-san-sang-chia-tay-doraemon-chua-2020051409161066.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522162220/https://tuoitre.vn/the-gioi-da-san-sang-chia-tay-doraemon-chua-2020051409161066.htm|archive-date=2020-05-22|access-date=2021-05-27|website=[[Tuoi Tre|Tuổi Trẻ]]|language=vi}}</ref> In 1993, the [[Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Vietnam)|Vietnamese Ministry of Culture]] considered the manga's publication to be "an impactful event for the improvement of children, youth and adult's likings&nbsp;... [''Doraemon''] is a comprehensively educational book series which has the effect of developing children's personality".<ref name="Nguyễn Phú Cương-2010" /> Doraemon is now a cultural icon in Vietnam, having featured in many cultural events.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 12, 2010|title="Ngày hội Đôrêmon"|trans-title="Doraemon Festival"|url=http://www.cpv.org.vn/cpv/Modules/News/NewsDetail.aspx?co_id=30071&cn_id=392947|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211207/http://www.cpv.org.vn/cpv/Modules/News/NewsDetail.aspx?co_id=30071&cn_id=392947|archive-date=September 23, 2015|access-date=January 13, 2018|website=Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper|language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Phùng Hà|date=2012-12-15|title='Doraemon' - cơn sốt 20 năm chưa hạ nhiệt|trans-title='Doraemon' - the 20-year phenomenon which never dies down|url=https://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sach/lang-van/doraemon-con-sot-20-nam-chua-ha-nhiet-2402068.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216070210/https://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sach/lang-van/doraemon-con-sot-20-nam-chua-ha-nhiet-2402068.html|archive-date=2012-12-16|access-date=2021-06-02|website=[[VnExpress]]|language=vi}}</ref>

=== Critical response and analysis ===
''Doraemon'' received favorable reviews. [[Mark Schilling]] wrote, "For kids whose lives are often so regulated, Doraemon represents a welcome breath of freedom and a glimpse of a funnier, friendlier world where all dreams, even foolish ones, can come true."<ref>{{Harvnb|Schilling|2004|p=44}}</ref> Italian writer Massimo Nicora wrote that the manga "can be interpreted as a type of book that criticizes, with irony, the omnipotence of science that pretends to solve every problem with its tools", alluding to the fact that Doraemon's gadgets often end up making the problems even worse than they initially were, more than anything else. He added that it represents "the metaphor of the childish imagination, which always manages to find the most bizarre and original solutions, in a continuous game of transformation of reality".<ref name="Nicora-2016">{{Cite book|last=Nicora|first=Massimo|title=C'era una volta&nbsp;... prima di Mazinga e Goldrake. Storia dei robot giapponesi dalle origini agli anni Settanta|publisher=Youcanprint|year=2016|isbn=978-8892635418|pages=161|language=it|trans-title=Once upon a time... before Mazinger and Grendizer. History of Japanese robots from the origins to the seventies}}</ref>

Some critics considered that Nobita's flawed personality and modest background is different from the special or extraordinary characteristics usually seen in other typical anime and manga protagonists; this portrayal has been seen as reasons of its appeal as well as the contrary, especially in the United States.<ref name="Iwamoto-2012" /><ref name="Thomas-2020" /> According to the [[Movimento Italiano Genitori|Italian Parents Movement]] (Moige), in the manga, "the lazy Nobita does not know any kind of appreciable evolution", though there are still good points including "the criticism of bullying, the goodness that transpires from the little Nobita and the positive figure of Shizuka".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Scala|first=Elisabetta|year=2016|title=Un anno di zapping - Guida critica family friendly ai programmi televisivi|trans-title=A year of zapping - Family friendly critical guide to television programs|url=http://www.moige.it/media/2016/06/zapping_2016_6_6-1Ridotto_senza4pg_-ilovepdf-compressed-1.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204104432/https://www.moige.it/media/2016/06/zapping_2016_6_6-1Ridotto_senza4pg_-ilovepdf-compressed-1.pdf|archive-date=2020-12-04|access-date=2021-05-27|publisher=Moige|page=211}}</ref>

In his 2000 article, Leo Ching explained that the success of ''Doraemon'' in Asia was because it had reflected the Asian values such as imagination and responsibility, the same reason that ''[[Oshin]]'', another Japanese cultural export, became well known there.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ching|first=Leo|title=Globalizing the Regional, Regionalizing the Global: Mass Culture and Asianism in the Age of Late Capital|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2000|isbn=0822327236|editor-last=Appadurai|editor-first=Arjun|pages=297}}</ref> On the other hand, according to an analysis by [[Anne Allison]], professor of cultural anthropology at [[Duke University]], the strong point of it was not the variety of the gadgets, but the relationship between Doraemon and Nobita, which was particularly appreciated.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Allison|first=Anne|title=Playing with Power: Morphing Toys and Transforming Heroes in Kids' Mass Culture|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2002|isbn=0521004608|pages=83|author-link=Anne Allison}}</ref> [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] praised the "silly situations" and "old fashioned, simple artwork", with Doraemon's expression and comments adding to the "surrounding elementary-school mischief".<ref name="Thompson" /> On the manga's 50th anniversary, an [[op-ed]] published on ''Asahi Shimbun'' stated that the manga "has already become a contemporary classic".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-04|title=Vox Populi: 'Doraemon' manga series at age 50 still proves prescient|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13185143|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305061600/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13185143|archive-date=2020-03-05|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Asahi Shimbun}}</ref>

=== Awards, accolades and public recognition ===
''Doraemon'' has received numerous accolades. It won the [[Japan Cartoonists Association Award]] twice in 1973 and 1994, the former for Excellence Award while the latter for Minister of Education, Science and Technology Award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-06-17|title=第2回(1973年度)|trans-title=2nd (1973)|url=http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=40|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215145105/http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=40|archive-date=2013-12-15|access-date=2018-06-10|publisher=Japan Cartoonists Association|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-06-17|title=第23回(1994年度)|trans-title=23rd (1994)|url=http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215140842/http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/index.php?tbl=award&startIndex=10|archive-date=2013-12-15|access-date=2018-06-10|publisher=Japan Cartoonists Association|language=ja}}</ref> In 1982, it received the first [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for children's manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者（第１回–第59回）|trans-title=Shogakukan Manga Award: Winners (1st – 59th)|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124927/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=June 26, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hahn|first=Joel|date=2006|title=Shogakukan Manga Award|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shogakukan.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405204147/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shogakukan.php|archive-date=2008-04-05|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Comic Book Awards Almanac}}</ref> In 1997, the manga won the Grand Prize at the first [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|title=第1回 マンガ大賞 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 『ドラえもん』(小学館)|script-title=|trans-title=1st Manga Award Fujiko F. Fujio "Doraemon" (Shogakukan)|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/97a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503102232/http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/tezuka/97a.html|archive-date=May 3, 2009|access-date=July 18, 2010|work=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|language=ja}}</ref> The 1979 series won the award from the [[Agency for Cultural Affairs|Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs]] four times for best television series in 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|title=作品受賞歴|trans-title=Work award history|url=https://www.shin-ei-animation.jp/2016/modules/company/index.php?id=3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205031310/https://www.shin-ei-animation.jp/2016/modules/company/index.php?id=3|archive-date=2020-02-05|access-date=2021-05-27|publisher=Shin-Ei Animation|language=ja}}</ref>

A 2006 poll among 80,000 Japanese fans for the 10th anniversary of the [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] placed ''Doraemon'' at fifth among the top ten best manga of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=2006-10-04|title=Top 10 Anime and Manga at Japan Media Arts Festival|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-04/top-10-anime-and-manga-at-japan-media-arts-festival|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218041140/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-04/top-10-anime-and-manga-at-japan-media-arts-festival|archive-date=2006-12-18|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> The 2005 and 2006 surveys conducted by TV Asahi found the ''Doraemon'' anime ranked fifth and third, respectively, among the 100 most favorite anime series of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=2005-09-24|title=TV Asahi Top 100 Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218040657/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime|archive-date=2006-12-18|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Anime News Network}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=2006-10-13|title=Japan's Favorite TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217080724/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan%27s-favorite-tv-anime|archive-date=December 17, 2006|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> In 2010, a survey conducted by researchers of [[Tokyo Polytechnic University]] found that most responders considered ''Doraemon'', along with ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' franchise, to be the anime series that represents [[Cool Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=2010-05-20|title=Japan Surveyed on Anime, Manga, Other Cultural Exports|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-20/japan-surveyed-on-anime-manga-other-cultural-exports|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522235826/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-20/japan-surveyed-on-anime-manga-other-cultural-exports|archive-date=2010-05-22|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> In a 2013 survey, ''Doraemon'' was found to be the best anime recommended for foreign people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=2013-02-26|title=Survey: 17 Recommended Anime Titles for Foreign People|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/02/25/survey-17-recommended-anime-titles-for-foreign-people|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228164154/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/02/25/survey-17-recommended-anime-titles-for-foreign-people|archive-date=2013-02-28|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Crunchyroll}}</ref>

=== Criticisms ===
''Doraemon'' has been blamed for having a negative impact on children, due to the controversial traits of the characters in the anime. The character has received criticism in China, where some media outlets considered Doraemon to be a politically subversive character and that it was a tool of Japan's "cultural invasion".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cain|first=Rob|date=2015-05-31|title=Japan's Unlikely Ambassador: a Cartoon Robot Cat From the Future Wins China's Hearts and Minds|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2015/05/31/japans-unlikely-ambassador-a-cartoon-robot-cat-from-the-future-wins-chinas-hearts-and-minds/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602234505/https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2015/05/31/japans-unlikely-ambassador-a-cartoon-robot-cat-from-the-future-wins-chinas-hearts-and-minds/|archive-date=2015-06-02|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=2014-10-12|title=Doraemon a character of subversion, claim Chinese media|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/10/12/Doraemon-a-character-of-subversion-claim-Chinese-media/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202165010/https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/10/12/Doraemon-a-character-of-subversion-claim-Chinese-media/|archive-date=December 2, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Piao|first=Vanessa|date=September 29, 2014|title=A Warning in China: Beware the 'Blue Fatty' Cat|url=https://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/a-warning-in-china-beware-the-blue-fatty-cat/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929045110/https://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/a-warning-in-china-beware-the-blue-fatty-cat/|archive-date=September 29, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Sinosphere Blog|publisher=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Some education groups in Taiwan demanded the anime to be banned, as the plot involve bullying which would encourage [[School violence|campus bullying]].<ref>{{cite news|title=「哆啦A夢」劇情涉霸凌 教團要求下架|trans-title=Doraemon plot involve bullying, education groups demand removal|url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/1055280|publisher=[[Liberty Times]]|date=2014-07-15|access-date=2014-07-17|archive-date=2014-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719021801/http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/1055280|language=zh-tw}}</ref> In 2016, a resolution to ban [[Hindi]]-dubbed ''Doraemon'' anime series was submitted in Pakistan.<ref name="Ressler-2016" /> Around the same time, legal notices were served against several companies in India, targeting ''Doraemon'' and ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'' for bans (which did not materialize), as having an adverse effect on children.<ref name="Ressler-2016">{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=2016-08-04|title=Resolution to Ban Doraemon Anime Series Submitted in Pakistan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-04/resolution-to-ban-doraemon-anime-series-submitted-in-pakistan/.105034|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805181931/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-04/resolution-to-ban-doraemon-anime-series-submitted-in-pakistan/.105034|archive-date=2016-08-05|access-date=2022-01-12|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=October 7, 2016|title=Japanese robot cat Doraemon raises hackles in India and Pakistan|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/07/doraemon-japanese-robot-cat-raises-hackles-in-india-and-pakistan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007094520/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/07/doraemon-japanese-robot-cat-raises-hackles-in-india-and-pakistan|archive-date=October 7, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Disney Channel (Indian TV channel)|Disney Channel India]], the regional broadcaster of the anime, was banned in Bangladesh and Pakistan citing non-availability of localized dubs for content including ''Doraemon''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AFP|date=2013-02-15|title=Bangladesh bans Japanese cartoon Doraemon to halt Hindi invasion|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-bans-japanese-cartoon-doraemon-to-halt-hindi-invasion|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105183414/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-bans-japanese-cartoon-doraemon-to-halt-hindi-invasion|archive-date=2018-01-05|access-date=2021-05-27|website=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmad|first=Imtiaz|date=December 30, 2017|title=Pakistan lawmaker calls for Doraemon ban to be fully implemented|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-lawmaker-calls-for-doraemon-ban-to-be-fully-implemented/story-Zvr5dv6wLIf7hZ7B0FzHWP.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230182528/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-lawmaker-calls-for-doraemon-ban-to-be-fully-implemented/story-Zvr5dv6wLIf7hZ7B0FzHWP.html|archive-date=December 30, 2017|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>