Doraemon (1979 TV series)

Doraemon (ドラえもん) is an anime family comedy TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the successor of the 1973 anime. It premiered on April 2, 1979 on TV Asahi.

This Doraemon anime series is sometimes referred to in Asia as the Ōyama Edition (大山版), after Nobuyo Ōyama, the voice actress who voiced Doraemon in this series.

Japanese cast

 * Nobuyo Ōyama - Doraemon
 * Noriko Ohara - Nobita Nobi
 * Kaneta Kimotsuki - Suneo Honekawa
 * Kazuya Tatekabe - Takeshi "Gian" Goda
 * Michiko Nomura - Shizuka Minamoto
 * Keiko Yokozawa - Dorami
 * Sachiko Chijimatsu - Tamako Nobi
 * Masayuki Kato (former); Yosuke Naka (current) - Nobisuke Nobi
 * Sumiko Shirakawa - Hidetoshi Dekisugi
 * Ritsuo Sawa (1979); Osamu Katō → Kazuhiko Inoue (1980-September 1981)→Ryōichi Tanaka (1981-2005) - Sensei
 * Yoshiko Ōta - Sewashi Nobi
 * Keiko Yokozawa→Masako Matsubara - Mrs. Minamoto
 * Masayuki Kato→Masaru Ikeda (1981)→Akira Kume (1999) - Mr. Minamoto
 * Yoshino Ōtori (1979~March 1991); Mari Yokō (April 1991~March 2005)- Mrs. Honekawa
 * Osamu Katō - Mr. Honekawa
 * Kazuyo Aoki - Mrs. Goda
 * Yoshiko Ōta (1979); Kazuyo Aoki (1980-March 2005)- Jaiko Goda
 * Sakuma Rei - Mini-Doras

English cast (BeaAnime dub)

 * Mona Marshall as Doraemon
 * Crispin Freeman - Nobita Nobi
 * Tom Fahn - Suneo Honekawa
 * Paul St. Peter - Takeshi "Gian" Goda
 * Philece Sampler - Shizuka Minamoto

Opening themes
The opening theme used for the weekly Doraemon series airing between 1979 and 2005 was Doraemon no Uta (ドラえもんのうた), which was performed by five different performers over the course of its years: Two songs were used for a separate weekday Doraemon series which is a part of Fujiko Fujio Theater (藤子不二雄劇場, Fujiko Fujio Gekijoo), the first song being the same as the first song of the weekly series.

Ending themes
The ending themes used for the weekly Doraemon series airing between 1979 and 2005 were: Three songs were used for the separate weekday Doraemon series. The start and end dates are not listed here, nor are the episodes they ran for.