#nobi (2014)

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On this day, 10 years ago, on July 7th, 2014, "Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future" made its official US premiere on @disneyxd with the first episode (containing the segments "All the Way From the Future World" & "The Mecha-Maker")!

It was an English dub adaptation of the third "Doraemon" anime series, running since April of 2005 and still going strong! (with 700+ episodes as of July 2024)

The dub had an incredibly high profile set of voice actors, starring Mona Marshall, Johnny Yong Bosch, Cassandra Lee Morris, Brian Beacock, and Kaiji Tang as the leads (Doraemon, Nobita/"Noby", Shizuka/"Sue", Suneo/"Sneech", and Takeshi "Gian"/"Big G"), with Mari Devon, Tony Oliver, Max Mittelman, Keith Silverstein, Spike Spencer, Minae Noji, Kirk Thornton, Cristina Vee playing the reoccuring set of secondary cast of the show's characters.

The show centered around the life of a misfortunate boy named Nobita "Noby" Nobi who suffers from bad grades, bullying from his peers, scolding from his parents (his ferocious mom mainly), and is generally an awkward, lazy, kinda weird, and slow kid.

A robotic cat from the 22nd century named Doraemon is sent back in time to aid Noby in his life, pulling out futuristic magical gadgets from his pocket that can turn everyday human life into something much more every day.

Hijinks ensue when Noby ends up misusing Doraemon's gadgets, often continuously using them for his selfish (or selfless sometimes) benefits until things get incredibly out of control either through inconveniences, bullies, or just... really really poor choices.

Occasionally every now and then, the show has little half hour adventures, such as Noby & the gang helping a group of little people ("A Little Adventure"), Doraemon & Noby seeing aliens ("Invasion of the Goat Aliens", "Doraemon and the Space Shooters"), Doraemon & Noby going after a time capsule ("Doraemon's Time Capsule"), escaping from a villian from the future ("A Visitor from the Future"), but generally overall, the show is incredibly episodic and formulaic with the premise listed above.

The dub made numerous edits to the source material such as having the show's setting take place in a random no-name town in America instead of Japan, changing Japanese yen to American currency, removing content, motifying the character Shizuka's personality due to American viewers misunderstanding or getting confused over her original traits, etc.

The cast of characters were also given Americanized names, though these are confirmed to be just nicknames, with it being implied that they still have their original names in media such as Stand By Me Doraemon 2 (the English dub) & in the English manga.

It ran for a total of 52 episodes (with two 11 minute segments each with the exception of a few half hour specials that were dubbed, especially by season two) across two seasons from July 7th, 2014 to September 1st, 2015, being seemingly cancelled or sidelined by Disney quietly, with no official answer on the status of the dub.

According to Sneech Honekawa voice actor Brian Beacock via his TikTok on a stream from around 2020, Disney lost interest and didn't want to continue pushing the series.

The show continued to air in reruns after the conclusion of the second season on Disney XD until on June 20th, 2018, it got preempted by a rerun of Phineas & Ferb and has never aired again nor been seen again on American television (photo above courtesy of Collin LW)

And sadly, as of 2024, there seem to be no plans to officially re-release the dub via formats, as its not on DVD and Blu-ray nor is it available on watch on major streaming services with anime like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, or Crunchyroll.

Though thankfully, thanks to the efforts of an unknown to my head right now fan, the entire English dub's episodes in 1080p logoless quality (ripped from "Watch Disney XD" before being removed) is currently available to watch online on Archive.org (& MEGA), being helped made widespread by Doraemon US superfan & voice actor Collin LW!

Despite receiving some particularly heavy negative reception from several fans of the original Japanese dub over the years since its existence came to be, the dub has generally received positive feedback from those who saw it, especially from its devoted cult following. Particularly for the voice cast's performances, heartfelt moments, the cute cartoony artstyle, the fun cast of characters, the original soundtrack by Joseph Bauer, and the sense of witty hilarious humor that's been favorably compared to the likes of the 4Kids dubs of the "Pokemon" anime from the 1990s and 2000s.

(What are your own personal thoughts on the dub? I'd love to hear in the replies and reblogs on your personal views and experiences on the series!)

Again, happy tenth anniversary "Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future"!

Thanks to everyone who worked to make this dub possible and exposing so much people to this wonderful, timeless, underrated goofy, silly, heartfelt little show!

Still hope we get more of the dub via either a dub of one of the mainline movies (cough cough Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony cough cough) or maybe another dose of the 2005 series somehow on Netflix after their Stand By Me Doraemon 2 release in 2021 ^^

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The battle of dueling Nobys (Disney XD dub, 2014)

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Nobi (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 2014).

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MICAO (Mika Hirasa)

PHP Childcare Magazine “Nobi Nobi Kosodate (Growing Up and Raising Children) From the door picture of “Saijiki Dayori (table of year long celebrations)” (June 2014)

PHPのびのびこそだて 2014年6月「歳時記だより」扉絵より

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Julia Nobis for W Magazine March 2014 ''Lost in Cyberspace'' Photographer Steven Meisel Fashion Editor/Stylist Marie-Amélie Sauvé  Newest Cool on Instagram

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about me

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☆introduction☆

♡》 name: alex

♡》 nicknames: lex, nobi (to my children)

♡》 pronouns: she/they/he

♡》 age: eighteen

♡》 birthday: october 29th

♡》 timezone: mst

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☆favorites/likes☆

♡》 food: bread, lasagna, animal crackers

♡》 drink: redbull original, dr pepper, matcha

♡》 tv shows: ncis (2003-), bones (2005-2017), new girl (2011-2018), teen wolf (2011-2017), superstore (2015-2021)

♡》 movies: national treasure (2004/2007), twister/twisters (1996/2024) inception (2010), happy death day (2017), anyone but you (2023)

♡》 video games: doom (1993), life is strange series (2015-2024), fnaf series (2014-), control (2019)

♡》 animals: cow, quokka, capybara, penguin, chinchilla

♡》 music artists/bands: anthony ramos, beastie boys, dave matthews band, nine inch nails

♡》 music genres: score, metal, musical

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☆interests and more☆

♡》 hobbies: writing, photography, role-playing, reading, thrifting

♡》 likes: rain, cats, sunsets, sleeping, bowling, neutrals, shopping

♡》 dislikes: tight spaces, bridges, heights, horror, bugs

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current fics:

tempest unleashed [twisters x oc] (in-progress) {cast, 2005, 2019, March 2024, April 2024

scott miller

smile and shadows | scott x reader (posted)

when grumpy meets color | scott x reader (posted)

storms of desire | scott x reader (posted)

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My Recommendations For Doraemon Episodes (2005 Anime Edition)

if u know me u know i'm far from being the biggest fan of the 2005 doraemon anime. howeverrrr i don't hate it either cuz i'm a fan, so here's my fav episodes from the series!

p.s. one of my old posts contains many episodes from the new anime, so they won't be listed here bc i don't wanna be repetitive, not bc i don't like them enough!

☆ The Horrors Of Gian's Birthday (2007)

this episode is a birthday special as u can tell from the title and it's also about 20 minutes long, orrrr if we're being precise, it's made of two 10-minutes-long episodes. at the beginning it pisses me off cuz nobita and shizuka initially forget gian's b-day and once suneo reminds them, all 3 of them and doraemon do the most to avoid attending his party. gian isn't the best person on the show and he's full of flaws but having fake friends is horrible...

「恐怖のジャイアン誕生日」 #91

☆ Nobita's Survival Trip (2010)

this episode is longer than usual, about 20 minutes long and it's about a school trip who suddenly turns into a nightmare for doraemon (don't ask me why he was at a school trip just watch the episode) and the 5 kids (yes, dekisugi was with them, too).

「のび太の遠足サバイバル」  #207

☆ Swapping Bodies With Everyone (2010)

nobita needs to finish his homework faster, doraemon wants longer legs, suneo wants his arms and hands to be ladylike, gian wants to know what it's like to be skinny. so they respectively switch head, legs, arms and torso with shizuka. she rightfully gets her body parts back in the end, but i wish doraemon did something about suneo's arms, he seemed truly unhappy with 'em. 💀

「みんなで体をとりかえっこ」 #221

☆ The Indiscriminate Fad-Causing Virus (2014)

the episode starts with suneo and a model (or a woman who works in the fashion industry) talking about current fashion trends and then suneo starts laughing at nobita for not knowing shit on the subject. obviously, nobita initially claims he doesn't give a fuck and a couple minutes later he's crying to doraemon cuz he wants to copy suneo's hobbies, and he obviously needs some gadget to do so cuz he's not good at the things suneo does. 🥱

p.s. suneo and his mom are so cunty, no other family duo is seeing them, ever!

「流行性ネコシャクシウイルス」 #371

☆ Muscular Body Clays (2014)

this is another funny but cursed episode where they change their body parts: nobita, doraemon and gian get muscular, shizuka asks for a longer nose and suneo wants longer legs.

「ムキムキからだねん土」 #382

☆ Halloween And Nobi The Frog (2015)

i feel like this is one of those episodes that every hard-core doraemon fan knows, even if u haven't seen it, u have prolly heard of it if ur here. it's the episode that confirms suneo is one of those (although it's been hinted at for decades).

「ハロウィンとのびガエル」 #418

☆ Outfit Just Give It To Capanna (2021)

after the animation update in 2018 the titles just kept getting weirder and the episodes more boring, are they even making original episodes anymore nowadays? cuz they're always making those horrible remakes of classic episodes... but this is the exception, it's cute as fuck. yeah, once again nobita is jealous that suneo has a passion and is good at doing what he loves, so he asks doraemon for help. it's annoying bc he doesn't want it as bad as suneo does, he just wants to keep up with him (he can't), but all these episodes with the fashion designer thing are nice so i'll focus on that. also it's cute that suneo's mom lets him wear and borrow her clothes!

「コーディネートはスネカパで」 #675

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Vogue Italia July 2014

Yuri Pleskun & Julia Nobis by Steven Meisel

Styled by Karl Templer

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Julia Nobis by Steven Meisel for W Magazine March 2014

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Stand By Me Doraemon (2014)

IDENTITAS

Judul film: Stand By Me Doraemon

Sutradara: Takashi Yamazaki, Ryūichi Yagi

Produksi: Shirogumi, Robot Communications Inc.

Tanggal rilis: 8 Agustus 2014

Genre: Animasi, Keluarga, Drama

Durasi: 95 menit

Bahasa: Jepang

Pengisi Suara: Wasabi Mizuta (Doraemon), Megumi Oohara (Nobita), Yumi Kakazu (Shizuka), Tomokazu Seki (Suneo), Subaru Kimura (Gian)

ORENTASI

Stand By Me Doraemon merupakan film animasi 3D yang mengangkat karakter populer dari serial manga dan anime Doraemon. Film ini berkisah tentang persahabatan antara Nobita Nobi, seorang anak laki-laki yang sering mendapat masalah, dan Doraemon, robot kucing dari masa depan. Doraemon ditugaskan untuk membantu Nobita memperbaiki masa depannya yang penuh dengan kesulitan. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga menghadirkan kisah persahabatan yang hangat dan pelajaran hidup yang mendalam.

TAFSIRAN

Film ini mengambil beberapa elemen cerita dari seri Doraemon yang sudah dikenal, terutama beberapa cerita klasik yang menggabungkan penggunaan alat-alat ajaib Doraemon dan interaksi karakter yang penuh emosional. Plot utama berfokus pada misi Doraemon yang ingin memastikan Nobita memiliki masa depan yang lebih baik, termasuk tentang perjalanan cinta Nobita dengan Shizuka. Beberapa bagian penting dari film melibatkan momen-momen ikonik, seperti Nobita yang berusaha mengatasi rasa tidak percaya dirinya, serta perpisahan dengan Doraemon yang membawa emosi tersendiri.

Dengan menggunakan animasi 3D, film ini memberikan tampilan visual yang lebih modern dibandingkan versi animasi 2D klasiknya, dan memberikan kesan yang lebih mendalam dalam penyampaian ekspresi dan suasana hati karakter. Musik latar yang lembut juga menambah kesan emosional dalam adegan-adegan penuh haru.

EVALUASI

Stand By Me Doraemon berhasil menggabungkan nostalgia dengan teknologi animasi modern. Para penggemar lama dari serial Doraemon akan menikmati bagaimana film ini menghidupkan kembali kenangan masa kecil, sementara penonton baru dapat merasakan cerita yang hangat dan menghibur. Penggunaan teknologi CGI untuk Doraemon dan teman-temannya memberikan tampilan yang segar namun tetap setia pada desain asli.

Salah satu kekuatan film ini terletak pada kemampuannya menggabungkan humor khas Doraemon dengan momen-momen emosional yang sangat menyentuh. Tema persahabatan, keberanian, dan penerimaan diri yang disampaikan melalui karakter Nobita memberikan nilai moral yang baik bagi semua penonton, baik anak-anak maupun orang dewasa. Namun, beberapa kritikus merasa bahwa ceritanya sedikit terlalu familiar, terutama bagi mereka yang telah menonton serialnya sejak lama.

RANGKUMAN

Stand By Me Doraemon adalah film yang emnawarkan lebih dari sekadar hiburan; film ini merupakan perjalanan emosional yang mendalam tentang persahabatan dan harapan. Melalui kisah Nobita dan Doraemon, penonton diajak untuk merenungkan arti persahabatan dan keberanian dalam menghadapi masa depan. Dengan animasi yang menawan dan cerita yang memikat, film ini mampu menyentuh hati penonton dari berbagai usia, baik mereka yang sudah lama mengenal Doraemon maupun penonton bary. Film ini adalah pilihan tepat untuk menikmati momen kebersamaan bersama keluarga.

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Photo Nobi 2014-2024

[timely-nobi]

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Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the exploration party of 5 (2014 remake)

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Julia Nobis and Cartwright Lee by Steven Meisel and Karl Templer, Vogue Italia, January 2014.

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Roberto Cavalli - Spring 2014