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Thanks to Disney,Doraemon the Iconic Anime Robot Cat, is coming to American TV
The series will get an American sheen when it airs on Disney XD this summer. Disney helped bring American animation to the world, and now it’s bringing one of Asia’s most iconic cartoons to America. The Mouse House will air 26 episodes of “Doraemon,” a manga-turned-anime from Japan about a robot-like cat from the future, on its cable channel Disney XD this summer. The original announcement about the deal came in the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, and has since been confirmed to the WSJ by Disney publicists in Japan. The series was launched as a manga in 1969 by Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko, featuring a story about the aforementioned robo-cat sent from the future…