Produced by Shin-Ei Animation, Asatsu-DK and TV Asahi, Doraemon premiered in Japan on April 2, 1979, and has been dubbed for broadcast in 60 countries worldwide.

[1] Two official English dubs of this anime series have been released, the first of which was called The Adventures of Albert and Sidney, which was produced in Canada by CINAR[2] and aired exclusively in Barbados on CBC TV 8 during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The series follows the title character, a cat-like robot from the 22nd century that goes to the present day to deal with an uneducated, naïve, and clumsy 10-year-old elementary school boy named Nobita Nobi and guide him in the proper direction for his future.

However, Daikichirō Kusube gained the author's trust and secured the rights to Tokyo Movie, a production firm where he was in charge of sales at the time.

Shin-Ei Animation originally began selling the rights to Yomiuri Television, where Juichi Sano produced a full-scale proposal, but the idea failed due to a lack of understanding among the station's upper management.