Doraemon clock debuts in Odaiba to mark manga's 50th anniverary

Nov 30, 2019 | News On Japan

Nov 30, 2019 (Japan Times) - A marionette clock based on Doraemon, the robotic cat from one of Japanâ€™s most popular manga, was unveiled Friday in Tokyoâ€™s Odaiba waterfront district to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the character, which has since been turned into anime, movies and video games.

The face of the cat, which travels back from the 22nd century to help an elementary school boy named Nobita, is depicted in the center of a clock thatâ€™s in a box sitting on top of a 3.8-meter tall, 4-meter wide base made up of other boxes.

One of Doraemonâ€™s secret tools, a â€œmood-lifting orchestra,â€ appears from behind a curtain in the large main box at certain times to perform the theme to the Doraemon TV program.

Fujiko F. Fujio (1933-1996) started running Doraemon comic book stories in December 1969 in a kids magazines published by Shogakukan Inc.

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