Doraemon
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Doraemon
ドラえもん
Genre	Comedy,[1] science fiction[2]
Manga
Written by	Fujiko F. Fujio
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	CN 21st Century Publishing House (bilingual English-Chinese) JP Shogakukan (bilingual) NA Fujiko F. Fujio Pro SG Shogakukan Asia TW Chingwin Publishing Group(bilingual English-Chinese)
Imprint	Tentōmushi Comics
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic and other Shogakukan children's magazines
Demographic	Children
Original run	January 1970 (first full story published) – June 23, 1996
Volumes	45 (List of volumes)
Manga
Doraemon Plus
Written by	Fujiko F. Fujio
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Tentōmushi Comics
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic and other Shogakukan children's magazines
Demographic	Children
Original run	April 25, 2005 – December 6, 2014
Volumes	6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Doraemon (1973) Doraemon (1979–2005) Doraemon (2005–present)
Related manga
Doraemon Long Stories (1980–2004) The Doraemons (1995–2003) Dorabase (2000–2014)
Other media
List of Doraemon films List of Doraemon video games List of Doraemon soundtrack albums
Anime and manga portal

The manga spawned a media franchise. Three anime TV series have been adapted in 1973, 1979, and 2005. Additionally, Shin-Ei Animation has produced over forty animated films, including two 3D computer animated films, all of which are distributed by Toho. Various types of merchandise and media have been developed, including soundtrack albums, video games, and musicals. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, via Amazon Kindle, by a collaboration of Fujiko F. Fujio Pro with Voyager Japan and AltJapan Co., Ltd. The anime series was licensed by Disney for an English-language release in North America in 2014, and LUK International in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Doraemon received critical acclaim and became a hit in many Asian countries. It won numerous awards, including the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1973 and 1994, the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982, and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 1997. As of 2012, it has sold over 170 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling manga in history. Doraemon is also one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, of which the animated film series has the highest number of admissions in Japan. The Doraemon character has been viewed as a Japanese cultural icon, and was appointed as the first "anime ambassador" in 2008 by the country's Foreign Ministry.