Doraemon (1973 TV series)

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Doraemon
The opening title of the series
Based on	Doraemon by Fujiko F. Fujio
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	26
Production
Production companies	Nippon TeleMovie Productions Nippon Television
Original release
Network	NNS (NTV)
Release	April 1 (1973-04-01) – September 30, 1973 (1973-09-30)
Related
1979 anime 2005 anime
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Doraemon (ドラえもん, Doraemon) is the first anime TV series based on Fujiko F. Fujio's manga of the same name. It was produced by Nippon TeleMovie Productions. It aired from April 1, 1973, to September 30, 1973.

After the anime's original run ended, it reaired on multiple different stations until 1981 even while Shin-Ei Animation was producing a more successful second anime adaptation, which officially ended in 2005; it was in turn replaced by a third anime adaptation shortly after which continues to air to the present day.

Considered to be a piece of lost media due to its rarity and obscurity, many of the segments are completely missing. Of the 52 produced segments, only 19 of them and the pilot film are known to survive in their complete form, with 4 other segments surviving in a near complete state.