Esta versin est en espaol y en ingls Translated with DeepL.com Sinopsis Desde un futuro lejano Doraemon un gatorobot llega al siglo XX para cumplir con una misin. Su cometido es ayudar a Nobita Nobi un nio de primaria con muchos problemas debido a su actitud ociosa egosta y necia. Para ayudarlo usar su bolsillo mgico capaz de sacar todo tipo de artilugios sorprendentes. Con ello esperaba evitar los problemas que causara al crecer. Sin embargo Nobita no es un nio que aprenda rpido as que tendrn que tener paciencia Trama y Desarrollo Cualquiera que haya tenido infancia habr visto al menos unos cuantos captulos de Doraemon. No hay que ser muy joven para haberlo hecho porque Doraemon es popular desde sus inicios y este anime empez a emitirse en 1979. Es decir ha sido visto por varias generaciones de nuestra sociedad. Sin embargo nunca me ha gustado ni mucho menos me parece una serie buena por lo que no entiendo su xito. Probablemente deseen defenderla con el argumento de que pertenece a una demografa infantil pero lo cierto es que en esa seccin hay ttulos mucho ms interesantes que el gato csmico. En cualquier caso se merece que la analice antes de afirmar con rotundidad nada as que vamos a eso. Doraemon es una comedia infantil acerca de Nobita un nio que intenta resolver sus problemas con los abusones la escuela y la vida en general mediante los inventos que le presta su amigo Doraemon. Al igual que otras series de Fujiko Fujio nos topamos con un anime de corte episdico y formulaico pero al menos le reconozco que la premisa es ms atractiva que las dems. Me acuerdo de otras como Ninja Hattori 1981 y Kiteretsu 1988 que aparte de ser la ltima un calco y fracaso respecto a Doraemon estn ms limitadas sobre el tipo de situaciones que pueden abarcar. Sin duda el hecho de tener un gato capaz de sacarse toda clase de aparatos extraos le proporciona ms variedad. Crea cierto inters el que presentarn en cada episodio nuevo. Sin embargo no importa mucho porque repite los mismos esquemas una y otra vez. La frmula bsica es: 1. Nobita sufre algn tipo de problema Gigante y Suneo abusan de l el profesor se disgusta por sus malas notas y hacer los deberes mal sus padres se enfadaron o Shizuka pasa de l por alguna razn. 2. Doraemon tras negarse un poco le entrega un invento para que resuelva el problema e intente hacerlo por s mismo la prxima vez. 3. Nobita lo prueba y empieza a abusar de l 4. Por alguna razn sea por su propia estupidez o la casualidad las circunstancias le empiezan a ser desfavorables recibiendo su justo castigo. A pesar de que hay variaciones esto es lo que ocurre casi siempre. Si incorporara llorarle a Doraemon porque no puede tener alguna ventaja que tiene Suneo creo que completo el 90 de los motivos del punto uno. Este hecho por s solo sera una razn suficiente para alejar a cualquiera. Quin narices querra ver de forma continuada una serie episdica cuya formula es repetitiva a ms no poder? Sin duda muy pocas personas. Y seran menos si supieran que Doraemon alcanza casi 2500 episodios entre todas sus series siendo la segunda ms larga con alrededor de 1700 captulos. Una absoluta barbaridad que solo se explica por el afn japons de exprimir al mximo cualquier franquicia popular. Y al ser puramente episdica nos topamos con que no hay cambios en los personajes el tiempo en que se ubican o casi cualquier hecho que suponga continuidad. Por la parte positiva creo que los nios aprecian que sea una serie sencilla de entender porque rara vez uno no comprende para que sirve alguno de los inventos de Doraemon o la moraleja de sus captulos. En ese sentido no pone obstculos a su comprensin. Si bien me parece ms sabio soltar los consejos y advertencias de una forma ms sutil sin que Doraemon tenga que decirlo claramente. Tambin algunos de los inventos iniciales creo que son toda una novedad y hasta tienen un punto de ingenio pero a la larga te das cuenta de que cada vez son ms especficos y varios son lo mismo que otros pero bajo otra apariencia y con ligeras modificaciones. A la hora de hablar sobre el humor ms bien nos referimos a los resultados cmicos de los meteduras de pata de Nobita y cuando toca Gigante y Suneo al utilizar los inventos de forma abusiva. Sin embargo la mayora de ocasiones son de lo ms bsico y lo que te esperaras en ese orden de eventos. Se echa en falta una mente ms aguda que permita crear situaciones ms hilarantes a partir de los inventos de Doraemon. Pero siempre transita por los mismos caminos usando normalmente la mala fortuna o casualidad en forma de accidente o torpeza. Por ejemplo que a Nobita se le caiga el invento de turno despus de hacer unas cuantas maldades y luego recibe su merecido. Pero ni siquiera cuando an no le ha llegado el castigo idea algo demasiado interesante. Luego tambin te puedes encontrar algunos gags como que Nobita acaba viendo a Shizuka desnuda y esta grita. Si al menos supiera aprovechar las situaciones de siempre para darles un giro. Tambin podra ser que a pesar de sus flaquezas en el guin tuviera un humor visual que otorgara ms vida y energa al conjunto pero no es as. En realidad no es ms que otra produccin de ShinEi Animation. Sus producciones se caracterizan por ser de bajo presupuesto por mucho que tengan algunas de las series ms populares de la historia. Vase el caso de Shinchan 1992. Con solo echar un vistazo a un par de episodios ves que aspectos como el diseo de los personajes o los fondos son desinspirados. Y no me quejo de que los primeros sean simples exactamente sino simplones. Es decir en el mal sentido de la palabra. Hay ejemplos de diseos simples como los del primer Dragon Ball 1986 que me parecen muy buenos. Pero aqu solo veo diseos similares basados en figuras geomtricas o formas bsicas a las que no aaden nada. Si tan siquiera tuviera una animacin viva como la que gastaba los Looney Tunes pero el movimiento est lo ms ausente que puede. Hay quien habla sobre si los valores que ensea el anime son los adecuados pero a m en general me parece que no tiene muchos problemas. Est claro que transmite algunos estereotipos y tpicos poco aptos en esta poca como la madre que no parece tener ms preocupaciones que encargarse de las tareas del hogar contar chismes y ver la tele. Tal vez debera renovarse y acabar un poco con ese retrato del siglo pasado. En cualquier caso aqu prima lo que llamaramos justicia potica. Si un personaje se comporta mal por ejemplo Nobita al sobrepasar los lmites del invento ser castigado de alguna forma que le devolver el dao causado. Adems Doraemon suelta lo que debera haber hecho en vez de dar rienda suelta a su egosmo. En resumen es una serie educativa normal en la lnea de otros animes infantiles. Hay quien cree sin embargo que la ausencia de cambios en los personajes demuestra que a fin de cuentas no estn aprendiendo nada. No lo veo as porque se trata de una serie episdica es decir cada captulo es independiente del resto. De ah que sea normal verlos repetir los mismos errores. Por cansado que nos resulte este argumento no es vlido. Personajes Para m es ms legtimo hablar del lamentable grupo de personajes que componen Doraemon. A excepcin de Shizuka y Doraemon creo que la mayora entrara dentro de la categora que Animacin Artesanal denomina Primo Oliver. Con ello me refiero a un personaje que se define por ser cargante e irritable debido a que apenas tiene rasgos positivos y se dedica a causar problemas. Aqu Nobita es el caso ms paradigmtico. Podramos decir que es un mediocre y un perdedor. Es torpe perezoso debilucho egosta tonto y tiene una psima suerte. Podra agradarnos si de verdad todo lo que le ocurre es por la mala suerte pero en realidad casi todo lo que pasa se lo merece. No estudia no hace los deberes etc. Lo que ms me llama la atencin es su personalidad dspota y vengativa cuando obtiene un invento nuevo. Abusa todo lo que puede de l hasta que le caen mil desgracias por hacerlo. S tambin hace gala de valenta y determinacin en ciertos momentos pero eso ocurre 1 de cada 10 veces y normalmente en las pelculas no en la serie. Pero tampoco los otros estn mucho mejor. Gigante es un abusn que siempre quiere hacer lo que l manda porque en caso de que alguien se niegue le pega y no le importa si los dems no se divierten con l. Pero Suneo es lo que llamara un nio rico que le encanta presumir de lo que tiene todo el rato. Como buena rata se asocia con Gigante por su fuerza. Y qu pasa con los otros dos? Doraemon podr no ser un mal tipo pero no hace mucho por cumplir su misin. En vez de eso casi siempre lo vemos tumbado en la habitacin mientras come dorayakis y lee algo. Solo cuando le pide ayuda Nobita hace algo lo cual dice poco de su iniciativa. Por ltimo Shizuka es una nia educada y responsable. Lo que s es verdad es que nunca parece tener mucha mente abierta. Lo que no entiendo es porque tiene que casarse en el futuro con un gilipollas como Nobita pero eso es algo que ya no me importa. Synopsis From the distant future Doraemon a robot cat arrives in the 20th century to fulfill a mission. His task is to help Nobita Nobi an elementary school boy with many problems due to his lazy selfish and stubborn attitude. To help him he will use his magic pocket capable of pulling out all kinds of amazing gadgets. With this he hoped to avoid the problems he would cause when he grew up. However Nobita is not a quick learner so they will have to be patient... Plot and Development Anyone who has had a childhood will have seen at least a few episodes of Doraemon. You dont have to be very young to have done so because Doraemon has been popular since its inception and this anime began airing in 1979. In other words it has been seen by several generations of our society. However I have never liked it much less think it is a good series so I dont understand its success. You may want to defend it by arguing that it belongs to a childrens demographic but the truth is that there are much more interesting titles in that section than the cosmic cat. In any case it deserves to be analyzed before making any definitive statements so lets get to it. Doraemon is a childrens comedy about Nobita a boy who tries to solve his problems with bullies school and life in general through the inventions lent to him by his friend Doraemon. Like other series by Fujiko Fujio we encounter an episodic and formulaic anime but at least I recognize that the premise is more appealing than the others. I remember others such as Ninja Hattori 1981 and Kiteretsu 1988 which apart from the latter being a carbon copy and failure compared to Doraemon are more limited in the type of situations they can cover. Without a doubt having a cat capable of pulling out all kinds of strange gadgets provides more variety. It creates a certain interest in what they will present in each new episode. However it doesnt matter much because it repeats the same patterns over and over again. The basic formula is: 1. Nobita suffers some kind of problem Giant and Suneo bully him the teacher is upset about his bad grades and poor homework his parents get angry or Shizuka ignores him for some reason. 2. Doraemon after refusing a little gives him an invention to solve the problem and tries to do it himself next time. 3. Nobita tries it and starts to abuse it. 4. For some reason whether due to his own stupidity or chance circumstances begin to turn against him and he receives his just punishment. Although there are variations this is what happens almost every time. If I added crying to Doraemon because he cant have some advantage that Suneo has I think that would cover 90 of the reasons in point one. This fact alone would be reason enough to turn anyone away. Who on earth would want to watch an episodic series whose formula is as repetitive as can be? Very few people no doubt. And there would be even fewer if they knew that Doraemon has almost 2500 episodes across all its series making it the second longest with around 1700 episodes. This is absolutely outrageous and can only be explained by the Japanese desire to squeeze the most out of any popular franchise. And since it is purely episodic we find that there are no changes in the characters the time in which they are set or almost any event that implies continuity. On the positive side I think children appreciate that it is an easy series to understand because it is rare not to understand the purpose of one of Doraemons inventions or the moral of its episodes. In that sense it does not pose any obstacles to understanding. However I think it would be wiser to convey advice and warnings in a more subtle way without Doraemon having to spell it out. I also think that some of the early inventions are quite novel and even ingenious but in the long run you realize that they are becoming more and more specific and that several are the same as others but with a different appearance and slight modifications. When we talk about humor we are referring to the comical results of Nobitas blunders and sometimes Giant and Suneos when they misuse the inventions. However most of the time they are very basic and exactly what you would expect in that order of events. A sharper mind is needed to create more hilarious situations based on Doraemons inventions. But it always follows the same path usually using bad luck or chance in the form of accidents or clumsiness. For example Nobita drops the invention after doing a few mischievous things and then gets his just deserts. But even when he hasnt yet been punished he doesnt come up with anything particularly interesting. Then you also find some gags such as Nobita ending up seeing Shizuka naked and her screaming. If only he knew how to take advantage of the usual situations to give them a twist. It could also be that despite its weaknesses in the script it had a visual humor that gave more life and energy to the whole but thats not the case. In reality its just another ShinEi Animation production. Their productions are characterized by being lowbudget even though they have some of the most popular series in history. See the case of Shinchan 1992. Just by watching a couple of episodes you can see that aspects such as the character design and backgrounds are uninspired. And Im not complaining that the former are simple but rather that they are simplistic. That is in the negative sense of the word. There are examples of simple designs such as those in the first Dragon Ball 1986 which I think are very good. But here I only see similar designs based on geometric figures or basic shapes to which nothing is added. If only it had lively animation like Looney Tunes but the movement is as absent as it can be. Some people talk about whether the values taught by anime are appropriate but in general I dont think there are many problems with it. Its clear that it conveys some stereotypes and clichs that are not very appropriate in this day and age such as the mother who seems to have no other concerns than doing housework gossiping and watching TV. Perhaps it should be revamped and do away with that portrayal of the last century. In any case what we might call poetic justice prevails here. If a character behaves badly for example Nobita when he oversteps the limits of the invention he will be punished in some way that will repay the damage caused. In addition Doraemon tells him what he should have done instead of giving free rein to his selfishness. In short it is a normal educational series in line with other childrens anime. Some people believe however that the absence of changes in the characters shows that in the end they are not learning anything. I dont see it that way because it is an episodic series that is each episode is independent of the rest. Hence it is normal to see them repeat the same mistakes. As tiresome as it may be this argument is not valid. Characters For me it is more legitimate to talk about the unfortunate group of characters that make up Doraemon. With the exception of Shizuka and Doraemon I think most of them would fall into the category that Animacin Artesanal calls Primo Oliver. By this I mean a character who is defined as annoying and irritable because he has hardly any positive traits and is dedicated to causing problems. Nobita is the most paradigmatic case here. We could say that he is mediocre and a loser. He is clumsy lazy weak selfish stupid and has terrible luck. We might like him if everything that happens to him were really due to bad luck but in reality he deserves almost everything that happens to him. He doesnt study he doesnt do his homework etc. What strikes me most is his despotic and vengeful personality when he gets a new invention. He abuses it as much as he can until a thousand misfortunes befall him for doing so. Yes he also shows courage and determination at certain moments but that happens 1 out of 10 times and usually in the movies not in the series. But the others arent much better either. Giant is a bully who always wants to do what he says because if anyone refuses he hits them and doesnt care if the others dont have fun with him. But Suneo is what I would call a rich kid who loves to show off what he has all the time. Like a good rat he associates with Giant because of his strength. And what about the other two? Doraemon may not be a bad guy but he doesnt do much to fulfill his mission. Instead we almost always see him lying in his room eating dorayakis and reading something. Only when Nobita asks for his help does he do anything which says little about his initiative. Finally Shizuka is a polite and responsible girl. What is true is that she never seems to be very openminded. What I dont understand is why she has to marry an asshole in the future