The Doraemons

This article is about the spin-off series of the Doraemon media franchise. For the video game, see The Doraemons (video game).

The Doraemons (ザ☆ドラえもんズ, Za Doraemonzu) is a Japanese manga series that is a spin-off of the long-running Doraemon series.

The Doraemons
The Doraemons as depicted in the manga series. In clockwise direction, from bottom left: Dora-nichov, Wang Dora, Dora-med III, Dora-the-Kid, Dora-rinho, El Matadora. In the middle: Doraemon.
ザ ☆ ド ラ え も ん ズ (Za Doraemonzu)
Manga
Written by	Michiaki Tanaka
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Kim Dong Publishing House (Vietnam)
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Children
Original run	December 16, 1995 – March 28, 2001
Volumes	6
Manga
The Doraemons Special
Written by	Masaru Miyazaki
Illustrated by	Yukihiro Mitani
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Kim Dong Publishing House (Vietnam)
Magazine	Shōgaku Go Nensei Shōgaku Roku Nensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	December 16, 1996 – September 28, 2002
Volumes	12
Manga
The Doraemons Special: Robot Training School
Written by	Yukihiro Mitani
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Kim Dong Publishing House (Vietnam)
Magazine	Shōgaku Yon Nensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	May 28, 1999 – January 28, 2003
Volumes	3
Related works
Doraemon Doraemon Long Stories Dorabase

The subseries originated from a video game released in 1995, which featured the six characters that had previously appeared in the 1995 short film 2112: The Birth of Doraemon. It included two versions of the manga by Michiaki Tanaka (田中 道明, Tanaka Michiaki) and Yukihiro Mitani (三谷 幸広, Mitani Yukihiro) from 1995 to 2003, as well as a series of animated short films from 1996 to 2002.

Synopsis

The Doraemons, or Dora Dora Seven DD7, is an old boys' association of the Robot School (ロボット学校, Robotto Gakkō) that Doraemon attended. All of the seven male members are cat-like robots of the same type; they enjoy dorayaki, but usually add their own seasoning. They have rock-hard heads that they can use as a weapon or to break things. Doraemon has an especially hard head, since he has no other special weapons, and has no ears or hat to get in the way when using this mode of attack. The gadget that can connect them is the Friendship Telecard. They can call each other with the card from anywhere when one of them is in need.

The original author of the Doraemon series, Fujiko F. Fujio, agrees with the spin-off's existence and added settings from the series to the original Doraemon series, however they would not appear in any of the original manga and anime adaptations.

Characters

The Doraemons

The main characters of the series. The group consists of seven robotic cats based on Doraemon, each with their own nationalities and personalities. One or more of them has played a prominent role in several manga volumes as well as the anime short films.

Doraemon

Main article: Doraemon (character)

Voiced by: Nobuyo Ōyama

Yellow: Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (March 1995, 1998)

Doraemon (ドラえもん) is the titular character and co-protagonist of the main series, residing in Japan. He was sent back in time by his owner, Sewashi, to help aid Nobita, the great-great-grandfather of Sewashi. A running gag in the main series is that he often gets mad when others mistaken him for a racoon dog, due to his lack of ears as well as his resemblance to one. He often acts as the leader of the team due to being the most optimistic and moderate member of the seven cat robots. He has the normal four-dimensional pocket on his stomach, and likes to have plain dorayaki.

In the chapters set when the Doraemons were still in the Robot School (as well as the 1995 short film 2112: The Birth of Doraemon), He had yellow skin, which made him resemble his sister, Dorami (who at the time had not yet been manufactured), even more, as well as ears, which had been eaten by mice by the time Doraemon first visited Nobita. He also had a high-pitched voice at that time, which was toned down significantly when he wept uncontrollably after accidentally drinking the Potion of Sadness in an attempt to cheer himself up after losing his ears.

Dora-the-Kid

Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (March 1995; short film), Yoku Shioya (April 1995; 3DO), Keiichi Nanba (1996 – March 2001, 2002)

Dora-the-Kid (ドラ・ザ・キッド, Dora za Kiddo) is an American robotic cat based on Doraemon. Nicknamed Kid, he works for a sheriff's deputy in Texas, USA (which was changed to a Western-style planet in some versions), with the old sheriff captain and his granddaughter Anyi. Kid is also a secret agent of the Time Patrol Police. In one chapter of the manga, he is best known as a samurai. He is good at quick shooting like Nobita, however he has a fear of heights (acrophobia). Kid's weapon of choice is the Air Gun, a gadget that can shoot out a big blast of air that can knock down anyone that gets hit. The Air Gun appears to be the front muzzle of a giant revolver that is equipped onto Kid's arm (He has no fingers to fire a regular pistol). Like with Doraemon prior to him becoming blue, Kid has yellow skin and ears. His variation of Doraemon's four-dimensional Pocket is the four-dimensional hat (四次元ハット, yonjigen hatto) that Kid wears on his head. Kid enjoys his dorayaki with ketchup and mustard on it, much like a hot dog. In one of the Doraemons specials, he tries to let Doraemon eat a dorayaki shaped like a mouse but Doraemon declines, due to his fear of mice. Though he thinks girls are troublesome most of the time, he is often the sweet (or romance) character when he faces the girls. This is proven when he and Dorami fall in love with each other.

Throughout various chapters of the story, Dora-the-Kid has been described as a symbol of American patriotism.

Wang Dora

Voiced by: Kumiko Nishihara (March, April 1995; short film & 3DO), Megumi Hayashibara (1996 – March 2001, 2002)

Wang Dora (王ドラ, Wan Dora, Chinese: 王哆啦) is a Chinese robotic cat based on Doraemon. He is the smartest member among the Doraemons and is a master of kung fu. He studies medicine in the Qing Dynasty while he works for an assistant of a doctor of Chinese medicine. He is uncomfortable around girls (often spiraling out of control after seeing one), even though he has a girlfriend, a female robot called Mimiko. Wang Dora's variation of the four-dimensional pocket is the four-dimensional sleeves (四次元そで, yonjigen sode) on his shirt. He enjoys his dorayaki with rāyu. He is best friends with El Matadora, however they are both rivals and have often clashed with each other multiple times, so they fight often.

Dora-med III

Voiced by: Masaharu Satō (April 1995 – March 2001, 2002)

Dora-med III (ドラメッドIII世, Dora-meddo Sansei, Arabic: دورا ميد الثالث; Hebrew: דורה-ים-תיכוני השלישי; Persian: دورا-مد ۳) is an Arabian robotic cat based on Doraemon. He wears Arabian clothes and forecasts from the tarot. He chose to be a royal consultant in Saudi Arabia on the Middle East. Despite being Saudi Arabian, his home is actually located in Baghdad, Iraq. He is quite proficient in magic and the black arts. Needless to say, though, he cannot swim, due to his fear of water. When he gets angry, he grows several times his size (proportional to how angry he is,) becoming a giant. His dream is to open a "Water Land" theme park for children who live in desert regions. Dora-Med III's variation of the four-dimensional pocket is his four-dimensional magic lamp (四次元ランプ, yonjigen ranpu), however he does have the normal four-dimensional pocket on his stomach as a backup, which he used in the ending to The Mysterious Puzzling Dorapin. He enjoys his dorayaki frozen due to his fear of water.

In his initial appearance in the 1995 short film, he is a non-speaking character with no lines, but the 1995 3DO game gave him a full speaking role for the first time, using the voice that would later be used in the short film series.

Dora-nichov

Voiced by: Mie Suzuki/Teiyū Ichiryūsai (March, April 1995; short film & 3DO), Toshiharu Sakurai (1996 – March 2001, 2002)

Dora-nichov (ドラニコフ, Dora-nikofu, Russian: Дора-ников) is a Russian robotic cat based on Doraemon. He is a silent member of the Doraemons, living in Siberia, Russia. As one of the poorest members in The Doraemons, he is a Cossack, whose clothes derived from the historic Siberian Cossack farmers of the past. He often works in Hollywood as a popular movie actor of the Werewolf series in the 22nd century, and even travels back in time to when Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II as well as Boris Yeltsin's era. He is taciturn (and can only communicate with growls, etc.) and is extremely sensitive to the cold. He can transform himself into a wolf if he looks at something that looks like the moon; in this form, he can attack enemies by biting or simply wreaking havoc, etc. He is able to blow fire out of his mouth by taking something hot like Tabasco. Dora-nichov uses the four-dimensional scarf (四次元マフラー, yonjigen mafurā) covering his face as an alternative to the four-dimensional pocket. He likes his dorayaki with dog food, however he usually does not eat dorayaki in front of others because the round shape of the snack would accidentally transform him into a wolf and cause him to wreak havoc. He would often close or cover his eyes while eating dorayaki to prevent him from transforming. His love interest is Momo in the anime, who is a student of the school he attended in; in the manga, his love interest is Nina, a poor Russian singer living in Moscow who later becomes popular thanks to him.

Despite him being the silent member of the seven cat robots, the 1995 3DO game briefly gave him an exclusive speaking role where he talks rather than making noises, featuring a voice very similar to that of Dora-rinho. This change was reverted with the 1996 short film where he doesn't say anything other than growls and howls, fitting in with his silent role, with his tone of voice being changed into a more rough-sounding one. He has only spoken once in the manga.

El Matadora

Voiced by: Kazue Ikura (March, April 1995; short film & 3DO), Kyousei Tsukui (March 1996, short film), Ryūsei Nakao (December 1996 – March 2001, 2002)

El Matadora (エル・マタドーラ, Eru Matadōra) is a Spanish robotic cat based on Doraemon. He is the strongest member of the team. He likes napping (siesta), even naps in any danger or anywhere when he wants to. He lives in Barcelona, Spain and works for a roast meat restaurant "Carmen" (which is named after the daughter of the chef, and also El's love interest, Carmen), but also masking himself to save the poor, as an alter-ego Keikai-Dora, a parody of Zorro (This form isn't much different from his original appearance, except with his Magic Cloak pulled over the top of his head). His Magic Cloak can blow enemies away or deflect bullets, among others. Unlike his friendly rival Wang Dora, he is a playboy among girls. His dream is to become a famous bullfighter, otherwise known as a matador. He likes dorayaki with spaghetti sauce. El Matadora is the only other Doraemon robots (other than Doraemon himself) to use the four-dimensional pocket on his stomach, and is the only Doraemons member to have ox horns instead of cat ears.

Dora-rinho

Voiced by: Mie Suzuki/Teiyū Ichiryūsai (1995 – March 2001, 2002)

Dora-rinho (ドラリーニョ, Dora Rīnyo) is a Brazilian robotic cat based on Doraemon. He is the quickest member of the team, who can run very fast and possesses many powerful soccer skills. He lives in Brazil and spends days in playing association football with the Mini-Doras (ミニドラ軍団, Mini-Dora Gundan, lit. Mini-Dora Army). The Mini-Doras each has a miniature version of Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket that Dora-rinho could take gadgets from; though the gadgets are equally as small as the Mini-Doras. He is also the coach of a Brazilian boy named Nobinho (ノビーニョ, Nobīnyo). He can attack enemies by kicking soccer balls at them. He enjoys dorayaki with Tabasco sauce. He wears an orange uniform and has a cat bell in the form of a soccer ball. In the manga, his soccer-shaped bell turns into an ordinary-looking cat bell when he is angry, while in the anime short films, it stays the same. He often has derpy eyes (resembling that of a shocked eye expression within the Doraemon series) and tends to be forgetful, partially due to his clumsiness.

It has been said that Dora-rinho was inspired by both José Mourinho (whose name was inspired from) and Mario Balotelli (whose character personality is based on). This has proved to be unreliable, though, as both of them achieved successes long after the spin-off series concluded between 2001 and 2003 (Mourinho achieved his first success in 2003 while Balotelli achieved successes between 2007 and 2010).

Allies

Dorami

Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa

Dorami (ドラミ) is Doraemon's younger sister, who first appeared in the main series. She is the love interest and girlfriend of Dora-the-Kid. She appears prominently in two short films within the spin-off series, including the 1996 short film (which was also adapted into the manga format) where Dorami's graduation ceremony in the Robot School that the Doraemons plan to attend goes awry when a disposed school guardian wakes up and brainwashes all robots. She and Dora-the-Kid are the only ones who managed to escape and free the school from that guardian. They develop a stronger relationship after that incident.

Principal Teraodai

Voiced by: Ichirō Nagai

Principal Teraodai (寺尾台校長, Teraodai-kōchō) is the principal of the Robot School in the 22nd century, the inventor of the cat robots, and also the great-grandson of Hiroshi Teraodai (寺尾台ヒロシ, Teraodai Hiroshi), the principal of Public Tsukimidai Elementary School (the elementary school that Nobita attends in the main series). He grew up with four similar brothers. He is both a mischievous and treacherous person, but he trusts in The Doraemons despite many of their bad scores in school. He often gives tasks to The Doraemons.

Noramyako

Voiced by: Yūko Minaguchi (March 1995; short film), Ai Nonaka (September 2007; 2005 series, EP193)

Noramyako (ノラミャー子, Noramyako) is a female robotic cat who was one of Doraemon's friends in the Robot School. She was originally a character from the mainline Doraemon series, who is a former girlfriend of Doraemon that broke up with him because she continuously laughed at his lack of ears. In the spin-off series, she works as a proficient ballet dancer in the 22nd century while still being Doraemon's girlfriend. As with her mainline series counterpart, she initially made fun of Doraemon's earless look like in the main series with the same constant laughing, however this took a hit with her jaws later on as they became disjointed following her laughter, resulting in her wearing a cast on her head for a short while when she arrived to see Doraemon again. She then reconciles with Doraemon afterwards rather than breaking up with him, admiring his new look.

Her depiction in the spin-off series is a stark contrast to her earlier and later appearances within the Doraemon series, where she more or less resembled Doraemon (as well as his sister Dorami in her 2005 series incarnation) but in pink color. The spin-off series depicts her in a more humanoid body with cat-like features while retaining the pink skin color. This design originated from 2112: The Birth of Doraemon and was carried over to the spin-off series, and would also be used in some capacity within the Doraemon series up until the debut of the 2005 anime series.

Dorapin

Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (1997)

Dorapin (ドラパン, Dorapan), also known as The Mysterious Thief Dorapin, is a mysterious cat-like robot thief from France, debuting in the 1997 short film. He is clearly modelled after Arsène Lupin. He has a wand with a jewel on it used to change the material of one object into another (e.g. paper -> water, rock -> china, etc.). He fears the dark and dogs. He likes eating dorayaki with cheese. Even though he was often misunderstood for a "villain", he always steals for a reason, especially to help the poor.

He made a non-speaking cameo appearance in the 1998 short film.

Jaidora

Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (1999)

Jaidora (ジェドーラ, Jedōra) is a fantastic Italian cook from Italy, first appearing in the 1999 short film. He was one of Doraemon's friends in the Robot School. Strangely for his hobby, he wears glasses and cannot see without them. His emotions change quite rarely, and he runs in circles frantically when in panic.

Ed

Voiced by: Issei Futamata (1996, 1997)

Ed (エド, Edo-goe) is an American robot horse that serves as Dora-the-Kid's horse. Prior his acquisition by Kid, he works as a sheriff in the state of Texas. As a robot horse, he has wings which allows him to fly. He often gets annoyed with Kid, but is also very loyal to him.

Nobita Nobi

Main article: Nobita Nobi

Nobita Nobi (野比 のび太, Nobi Nobita) is the co-protagonist of the main series, and is Doraemon's best friend. He occasionally appears in the original manga series, as well as the protagonist of The Doraemons Special series.

Enemies

Dr. Achimoff

Voiced by: Banjō Ginga (1997, 2000)

Dr. Achimoff (アチモフ, Achimofu, Russian: Ачимов) is a German-Russian professor who is the major enemy of the Doraemons. He prominently appears in several anime short films as a major antagonist. As an evil doctor/scientist, he tries many different ways to conquer the world. In one chapter of the manga as well as the 1997 short film, he tried to steal the Doraemons' friendship cards, but fails.

Jerry

Jerry is a mouse that hides his appearance under a hat and a scarf, who was once the major enemy of the Doraemons in the original manga series. If the Doraemons have any actions, Jerry would intervene them and not let them to successfully end the mission. He was eventually defeated by the Doraemons along with Dora Crybaby, Dora Eater, and Dradra Dora.

Daddy 13

Daddy 13 is the former guardian of the robot school the Doraemons attended, who was the antagonist of the 1996 short film Robot School's Seven Mysteries as well as one chapter in the manga. When he returned to the robot school years after his departure, he brainwashes the old robots with a device that turns the robots into mindless zombies. Dorami and Dora-the-Kid take measures to save Doraemon and the others from him with help of five other Doreamons, and eventually liberating Daddy 13. With the problem solved, he returns to protect the school again alongside Mommy 14.

Cursya

Cursya is the flat-dragon like entity that appeared after the events of the 1996 short film, created from a fragment of Daddy 13's evil electric waves. It possessed El Matadora and adsorbed many robots. It also tries to destroy the Doraemons, but fails. Eventually, El Matadora and others liberates from Cursya and was destroyed at the end.

Jafar

The Grand Vizier and senior advisor of the King of Saudi Arabia, Jafar is a quackery person and same to Ali, his love interest is Jasmine. He dislikes Ali and he has attempted to eliminate Ali anytime he wants. Eventually all these plans soon breaks down thanks for Dora-med III and the other members of The Doraemons.

Black Shark

Black Shark is a time criminal with expensive and modern technological advantage. He desires to take over from Pinocchio's reactive alloy, an invention of Mr. Geppetto, to manufacture weaponry for himself.

Supporting characters

Throughout the whole of the manga and anime series of The Doraemons, there has been a significant number of characters that play as supporting roles for The Doraemons. Several characters in this list includes significant real and famous figures. In both the Original and Special manga series, cultural connection and historical legitimacy are highly noticed.

Princess Honey

Voiced by: Sakura Tange (1999)

Honey is a character that appears in the 1999 short film Funny Candy of Okashinana. She is the Princess of the Kingdom of Okashinana and used to have a happy life with her parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom, until they caught up in a heavy quarrel and because of family divisions, she does not smile anymore. Wang Dora and El Matadora later assisted Jaidora to make her smile again with a special dorayaki, which she loves eating in her youth.

Carmen

Carmen is the Spanish counterpart of Shizuka from the main series. She is the daughter of a restaurant owner in Barcelona, which the restaurant is also named after her. She is the only person to know the real identity of El Matadora as Keikai Dora. She is a very good and kind-hearted, often helps El Matadora and his friends. She is the friend of Jaitonio.

Nobinho

Nobinho is the Brazilian counterpart of Nobita from the main series. Unlike Nobita, he is more athletic. He is the friend of Dora-rinho, whom he first met when Dora-rinho is still a student at the Robot School. Ever since their second meeting, they become true friends and despite Dora-rinho's forgetful situation, he always cares and never abandon Dora-rinho even in the toughest moment.

Mimimi

Voiced by: Rei Sakuma

Mimimi is a character appearing in the 1997 short film The Puzzling Challenge Letter of the Mysterious Thief Dorapan. She is Dorapin's girlfriend. A very kind-hearted and good willing, she is the first to discover Dorapin, injured following his attempt to steal jewelry of the Duke of Monaco who is actually the culprit of an evil project. She is also the first to truly realize the real good nature of Dorapin. She has a robot pet dog, designed similarly to a German Shepherd. In the 1997 short film, she is imprisoned by Dr. Achimoff. It is her courage that helped Dorapin and The Doraemons to defeat the evil mindset of Achimoff. She later appears in several manga chapters alongside Dorapin.

Jaitonio

Jaitonio is the Spanish version of Gian from the main series, and is El Matadora's closest friend. He has a very bad voice of singing, and relatively strong; but unlike Gian, Jaitonio is a bit of a cowardice. His love interest is María, the neighboring girl and also friend of Carmen. He later confesses his love to María, having been assisted by The Doraemons to defeat the machine bull. Eventually they become a family and has children.

Rose DeWitt Bukater

Rose DeWitt Bukater is a girl based on a character of the same name from the iconic 1997 Titanic film. She appears in a special chapter titled Titanic the Ghost Ship. Similar to her movie counterpart, she plans to commit suicide, but was interrupted by Dora-the-Kid, who appears as Jack Dawson, a character also appearing in the 1997 movie. She soon develops a crush on Kid and together with Doraemons, they discover that the ancient demon, Satan, has taken control of the ship and moving the time into their way. With the help of Kid, she is saved and later breaks the Satan's curse, however the ship had started to sink and when she plans to escape, she is taken by Satan and falls into the sea. In the later part of the manga, her granddaughter plays the old violin that reminded Kid of the tune where he finally realizes that Rose has survived and lived up to old age.

Momo

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (1998)

Momo is a character appearing in the 1998 short film The Great Operating of Springing Insects. A fellow classmate of The Doraemons, She is initially a bit arrogant, but is rescued by Dora-nichov following an incident. She develops a crush on Dora-nichov since.

Jasmine

A daughter of Saudi King, she is quite depicted to be freer in contrast to heavily tightened Sharia law in Saudi Arabia, and somehow liberal on talking and thinking. She is quite too cautious over Ali, but eventually confesses her feeling to him.

Mimiko

Mimiko is a female robotic cat nurse who is the girlfriend of Wang Dora. She is a very tough and determined girl, and is also the only person that can scare Wang Dora, due to his pet-peeve of girls. Nonetheless, she truly cares for Wang Dora, and hinders that she has feelings for him.

Nina

Nina is a character based on the Russian singer Alsou. She is a poor girl founded in the bridge at the city of Saint Petersburg. Because she is an orphan, she only has a dog to befriend with until gets harassed by a group of gangster. She has one of the best singing voice. It was Dora-nichov, disguised as St. Petersburg's Mayor son, Nikolai Ivanov, who founded her talents, run up to protect her from the gang and encourages her to become a top-choice singer in a singing contest in the city. Eventually, Nichov and Nina find themselves each other again, and Nichov remains very supportive for Nina regardless of any consequences. It is hinted that Nina has feeling on him. Her opening song heavily resembled Winter dream, Alsou's first song in her career.

Ali

Ali is a rich person and the boss of Dora-med III. In spite of being the boss, Ali treats Dora-med III like a friend instead and has never considered himself like a boss to Dora-med III, even Dora-med III has utmost respects for him. His love interests in Jasmine, the daughter of Saudi King. With the assist of Dora-med III, he overcomes troubles to finally gets the love he deserves.

Robin

Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (2000)

Robin (ロビン, Robin) is a character that appears in the 2000 anime movie Doki Doki Wildcat Engine. She is the grand daughter of a train designer and cleaner, and it is her grandpa who inspired her to become a train driver. She holds the real capsule when Dr. Achimoff attempts to take the capsule that has the viral electricity that can manage to functions and lightens everything that has been destroyed by Achimoff. She later develops a crush on Kid, and she shows deep grateful for Kid because of his action to defend her.

Dora Leonardo da Vinci

Dora Leonardo da Vinci is an old artist named after Leonardo da Vinci. He follows the instructor of Principle Teraodai when The Doraemons is taking a holiday trip, and when they are kidnapped by an UFO, Da Vinci shows up and rescues them. He has a magical pen which can help him paint everything to real.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra is a character from Ancient Egypt. Her love interest is Mark Antony, an ancient Greek warrior who is later caught injured by The Doraemons themselves. In exchange, Nobita is forced to act as Antony in order to prevent an ongoing war between Egypt and Roman Empire, but they [The Doraemons] soon discover that Cleopatria in fact, is an alien woman who sought refuge in Egypt, and Egyptian coffins are in fact, a machine bed that can guarantee them to stay long like a death one. Nonetheless, Cleopatra always loves Antony, which Nobita has finally helped achieving it.

Spica

Spica is the Empress of the Mirage Kingdom, a mysterious Uyghur Kingdom that has disappeared thousand years ago in Taklamakan Desert. Depicted as an Empress, she first believes on what a mysterious "Authority" to sacrifice Nobita, until Nobita is rescued. Upon what happened, The Doraemons discover a dark secret that the Mirage Kingdom has, in fact, achieved a high level of technological science that cannot be seen anywhere in the ancient world, and the so-called "Authority" in fact was a scientist who created the nuclear reactor (which is called as "Black Magic" by Spica), but was killed following the explosion and effectively disappeared whole Kingdom. After successful disable a lot of problem, Spica is unable to return to the modern world, because she and the Kingdom have stayed out from the line for thousand years. She decides to stay in the Kingdom. Throughout the story, Dora-med III cares for her the most, and has been deeply shocked by the fact that she cannot return.

Raúl and Riril

Raúl and Riril are brothers and sisters from a traditional Aztec family working as guardians protecting the masks in a Mexican pyramid when Dora-nichov is founded to have been affected by the warrior mask. Eventually, Raúl also gets affected but in an even more dangerous due to a mistake from Nobita, and he almost kills all of them until Riril wears the Queen's mask, successfully disables the warrior mask.

Mr. Geppetto

Mr. Geppetto is an inventor who is instrumental to the development of the robotic cat. For all seven members of The Doraemons, he is accredited for manufacturing them. He holds the reactive alloy, one of his specific invention which can be used to make everything longer automatically, if someone is lying. Because of this, Black Shark is determined to take away his invention. He also manufactures Pinocchio, with his son's human brain, while he is trying to cure the cancer for his son which will later end up successful.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio is a robotic puppet based on the character of the same name. A robot himself, however, he keeps a secret that a time criminal, Black Shark, is seeking, the reactive alloy of Mr. Geppetto, on his nose. Although he is a robot, his brain is belonged to Geppetto's son. He is injured following an attempt to protect The Doraemons, but is later saved.

Carlo Collodi

Carlo Collodi is a boy who lives in 19th century Florence. When The Doraemons first meet him, he is totally not aware, but after The Doraemons' attention to seek Mr. Geppetto and Pinocchio, he is the first to know. In fact, he has kept a secret relations with both of them, until he discovers The Doraemons and Mr. Geppetto have a close relations. He follows both of them later, in the counter against Black Shark, and even visits Pinocchio being hospitalized. Because of this experience, he becomes inspired and will mark his path to become one of Italy's greatest authors in the history, writing The Adventures of Pinocchio, which Wang Dora later discovers out. He later participates in the Italian unification.

Pino

Voiced by: Minami Omi (2001)

Pino is a male robotic dog that appears in the 2001 short film Space Land's Critical Event. He is a security guard protecting peace in Space Land, and has a coward personality. He was the first to encounter the viruses within Space Land when they were initially harmless. When the viruses suddenly corrupted Space Land causing many of the security guards (which are based on the same dog-like robots similar to Pino) to become outnumbered by the viruses in an attempt to stop them, he was scared that he would also become outnumbered by the viruses too. When Dora-rinho and Dorami found him, he helped the two of them (as well as the rest of The Doraemons) to stop the spread of the viruses once and for all.

Manga

There were three versions of volumes in The Doraemons manga:

Original

The Doraemons (main): The original main series of The Doraemons, created by Michiaki Tanaka (田中 道明, Tanaka Michiaki), who was the character and story designer of the 1995 3DO game. First published in December 1995, the series follows on the life and adventures of the Doraemons, with some of the chapters adapting the short film anime stories.

Special

The Doraemons Special (ザ☆ドラえもんズ スペシャル, Za Doraemonzu Supesharu): A 12-volume spin-off of The Doraemons manga series, written by Masaru Miyazaki and illustrated by Yukihiro Mitani. First published in December 1996, the series has a similar premise to the original The Doraemons, albeit they are more action-oriented with a much darker, more serious and dramatic tone. It focuses on Nobita Nobi's adventures with the Doraemons. The adventures involve many fictional (such as Arsene Lupin, Pinocchio, etc...) and real-life historical figures (Cleopatra, Nostradamus, etc...), as well as events that have happened in real life.

Robot School Memories

The Doraemons Special: Robot Training School: A 3-volume spin-off of The Doraemons manga series focusing on The Doraemons' past journeys in the Robot School, created by Yukihiro Mitani. The first volume of the series was published in May 1999.

Anime

Main articles: List of Doraemon films § The Doraemons films, and List of Doraemon films § Dorami & Doraemons films

The Doraemons characters first made their debut in animated form in the 1995 short film 2112: The Birth of Doraemon. From 1996 to 2002, there were several short animated films that featured The Doraemons (as well as Dorami in some short films), released alongside the Doraemon theatrical movies.

Video game

The Doraemons were prominently featured in the 1995 Japan-only Doraemon video game Doraemon Yuujou Densetsu, released on April 7, 1995 for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

See also

• Doraemon

External links

• Doraemon Characters Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)