![]() Events in celebration of Doraemon's thirtieth birthday have been going on since 1999 and will continue throughout 2000.Īs of December 1999 forty-five volumes of the Doraemon comic series had been published, as well as 19 full-length books, which were the basis for the Doraemon movies. Then, by chance, he happened to see his eldest daughter playing with a doll shaped like a tumbler, and had a flash of inspiration: "How about drawing that doll's shape into the likeness of a cat?" And so was created Doraemon the robot, who has captured the hearts and inspired the dreams of children around the world ever since the start of the comic series bearing his name 30 years ago in December 1969. The previous month's issue of the magazine carrying the series had shown a preview of the new strip that offered no title or picture hinting at the story's feature character, only a drawing of its young boy partner, Nobita. Fujio (whose real name is Hiroshi Fujimoto) was in a dilemma: he had still not come up with the story's main character.One morning, just a few days before the deadline for the first installment of his new comic series, manga (comic) artist Fujiko The robot cat remains as popular as ever at age 30. World-Loved Animation Character Still Capturing Hearts at 30
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