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Study finds hundreds of people in Indonesia legally named after Naruto, Inuyasha, other anime stars

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2026
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Anime’s growing international popularity is affecting name choices overseas.

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• Japan, SE Asia
• (anime • crazy • Doraemon • funny • Indonesia • Inuyasha • manga • Naruto • One Piece • society • weird)

Uniqlo combines art of Doraemon and Leonardo da Vinci in new Louvre crossover T-shirt line【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2025

Doraemon Meets the Louvre in a Uniqlo T-shirt collaboration over 2,200 years in the making.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Doraemon • Leonardo da Vinci • manga • Mona Lisa • t-shirts • Uniqlo • UT)

McDonald’s Japan releases Doraemon anime movie Happy Meal toys, and we’ve got the whole set【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2025

After heading to the magical Art World, Doraemon’s next stop is McDonald’s Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meal toys • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO)

This downtown Tokyo cafe is like a time machine that takes you back 50 years into the past

• SoraNews24
  Dec 21, 2024

Beloved by one of history’s greatest manga creators, this Shinjuku landmark has its own sense of history too.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • Doraemon • food • Fujiko F. Fujio • kissaten • pancakes • restaurants • retro • shinjuku • SNJO)

McDonald’s adds Doraemon exclusives to its menu in Japan【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2022

Anime tie-up inspired by the flavours of a Japanese summer festival.

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• Japan
• (anime • choco banana • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • SNJO • summer festivals • sweets • taste test)

McDo…raemon! McDonald’s Japan offering Doraemon Shake and pie for festival season

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2022

It’s like an Anywhere Door for your sweet tooth.

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• Japan
• (anime • choco banana • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • summer festivals • sweets)

Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2022

Who knew a 29-year-old anime movie was actually a vision of the future?

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • Doraemon • funny • manga • scary • scuba • scuba diving)

Fujiko A. Fujio, creator of Doraemon, Ninja Hattori-kun and Kaibutsu-kun passes away aged 88

• Katie Pask
  Apr 7, 2022

The manga world mourns the loss of an icon.

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• Japan
• (anime • Doraemon • Fujiko A. Fujio • kaibutsu-kun • manga • motoo abiko)

Retro reveals: Men choose the top ten anime series of the 1970s

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 10, 2022

These iconic series, spanning sci-fi to sports, were instrumental in paving the way for anime of subsequent decades.

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• Japan
• (1970s • anime • Ashita no Joe • COK • Doraemon • lupin III • Mobile Suit Gundam • retro • Space Battleship Yamato • survey • Top Ten)

Anime character art doesn’t age, but it sure did change for these characters

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2021

Japanese anime Twitter takes a look back at characters who have been around so long you might not recognize them in their original forms.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • character design • Doraemon • Fruits Basket • Gegege no Kitaro • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni • Mobile Suit Gundam • One Piece • Sailor Moon)

Slacker Appreciation Day — The secret, unofficial Japanese holiday we all want but don’t have:

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jun 3, 2021

All thanks to one friendly robot cat from the future. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Doraemon • funny • holidays • Japanese holidays • manga • society • twitter • unofficial holidays)

Nobita-kun magazine celebrates the legacy of Doraemon with eight quality bonus prizes

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 9, 2021

This special, lovingly crafted issue was released in celebration of Doraemon’s 50th anniversary. Even its price is symbolic.

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• Japan
• (anime • bonus • Doraemon • furoku • magazine • manga • Nobita-kun • Shogakukan • special issue • Terevi-kun)

Let Doraemon comfort you as you drink with beautiful, handcrafted Doraemon-quote glasses

• Dale Roll
  Jan 27, 2021

Drink with Doraemon!

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • crafts • cute • Doraemon • drinkware • edo kiriko • Edo-kiriko glassware • interior • manga • traditional crafts)

Doraemon teams up with fashion super-brand Gucci for top-of-the-line glamor goods

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 2, 2021

Japan’s favorite robot cat becomes a Gucci glamor puss.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Doraemon • expensive • fashion • Gucci • high fashion • manga)

We take a soak in a Japanese money bubble bath

• Oona McGee
  Dec 12, 2020

The fun way to throw money down the drain. 

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• Japan
• (anime • bath • Doraemon • manga • Nobita • peeping • petition • sexual offence • Shizuka)

Petition started to stop Doraemon from constantly showing Shizuka in the bath

• Master Blaster
  Dec 9, 2020

She’s clean. We get it already.

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• Japan
• (anime • bath • Doraemon • manga • Nobita • peeping • petition • sexual offence • Shizuka)

Japan’s “new normal” train manners poster: 7 steps for safe travel during the pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Beloved character Doraemon fronts new manners campaign for trains in and around the Kyoto region.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • art • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Doraemon • JR West • manga • posters • stations • trains • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Naomi Watanabe melts fans’ hearts with her Doraemon cosplay【Photos】

• Shannon
  Aug 17, 2020

One of Japan’s most beloved stars meets one of Japan’s most beloved characters.

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• Japan
• (adorable • cosplay • Doraemon • Doraemon movie • Instagram • Japanese celebrities • Naomi Watanabe)

The first ever Doraemon ride is coming to Universal Studios Japan this summer

• Dale Roll
  Jul 9, 2020

Feel like you’re in the world of the latest Doraemon movie on this new VR roller coaster ride!

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• Japan
• (Doraemon • Jurassic Park • movie • roller coasters • theme park • Universal Studios Japan • virtual reality)

A message from the future: Doraemon tells us what will happen if we stay home and wash our hands

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2020

The fun-loving anime robot cat gets serious as he delivers a message from the post-coronavirus pandemic world.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • coronavirus • Doraemon • manga • moving • touching)

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