Memories are vast, do not forget the child, hello everyone, I am Xiao Chen, take you back to the past events in childhood.
Today, let's talk about the different story of the well-known robot cat.
Doraemon, born in 1970 and active for half a century, with its cute image and whimsical future props, has become a symbol of childhood for two or three generations, and even now, this ding-dong cat is bouncing and active on the screen. However, what we want to talk about today is not these familiar stories, but the story of Doraemon, the story of Doraemon Seven Boys.
Doraemon and Doraemon Seven Boys
Doraemon Seven Boys, not the original author of Doraemon Fujiko F. Fujio created the characters, but by his apprentices Michiaki Tanaka and Yukihiro Mitani. In 1996 Fujiko · After the death of F. Fujio, the two new manga artists began to recreate the original doraemon version, which had the same background setting, but the story style of Doraemon Seven Boys.
Fujiko· F Fujio (left) Yuko Yoyasu (right)
But it would be a big mistake to think that Doraemon Seven Boys is just a simple fan work, and it is reported that Fujiko · During the reign of F. Fujio, two disciples, Michiaki Tanaka and Yukihiro Mitani, had the idea of creating a story featuring Doraemon, later the story of the Seven Boys of Doraemon. This idea was also conceived by Fujiko Mr. F. Fujio affirmed and participated in the creation of two works, "2112 Doraemon Birth" and "Seven Strange Things about Robot School". Although it is not an orthodox original, the story of the Seven Boys of Doraemon can also be said to be orthodox.
In 2112, Doraemon was born
The story of Doraemon Seven Boys was all the rage in Japan, and naturally flowed into the Chinese mainland market, and the novel and peculiar setting soon attracted the attention of a large number of children, when the story of Doraemon Seven Boys was recorded in two versions of the manga - Tanaka's version of "Doraemon Adventures" and Mitani's version of "Doraemon Adventures 'S Special". The former has six volumes, which are concise and easy to understand; the latter has twelve volumes, mostly based on history, containing various elements such as fantasy science fiction suspense.
Tanaka's version of Doraemon Adventures
Mitani edition of Doraemon's Adventures special
Having said so many background-related words, let's take you to review the seven good friends, they are:
Doraemon
Doraemon, a robot cat from China, has a serious personality, kung fu, is a talent in the robot school, but has a pure personality and is easy to be afraid of the stage in front of girls.
Doraemon
Doraemon, a robotic cat from the United States, has a cheerful and hard-working personality, has a pioneering spirit but is sometimes too reckless, and his skill is air cannon shooting, and his weakness is fear of heights.
Doraeniu
Doraeniu, a robot cat from Brazil, has a strong motor nerve and is good at football, with a mischievous personality, but very forgetful, always carrying a football team consisting of a miniature Doraemon.
Doraemon Yale
Doraemon, a robot cat from Spain, with the image of a passionate artist and a handsome playboy, although he is a Hercules, he always likes to take a nap at key moments.
Doraemon III
Doraemon III, a robot cat from Arabia, rich and generous, although very gentle and not often angry, but once angry, it will be huge and turn upside down, and the weakness is that it is very afraid of water.
Doraemon
Doraenikov, a robot cat from Russia, is taciturn but turns into a werewolf when he sees something round.
Doraemon
The last member, the familiar Doraemon, seems to be the most reliable character in the Doraemon Seven.
(Note: The above images are from the Doraemon adventures of the Mitani version, but the design is not much different from the Tanaka version)
In fact, it can be clearly seen that the seven Doraemon boys are from different countries with different characteristics, and their respective characters are very clear, such as Chinese kung fu elements, American western cowboy elements, Brazilian football elements... This kind of image shaping that integrates regional characteristics allows readers to accept and remember the doraemon boys faster, but things should be viewed dialectically, and such image shaping will also be accompanied by certain hidden dangers, which we will talk about in detail below.
Seven boys from different countries
Chronologically, Michiaki Tanaka is the pioneer of the Doraemon Seven Boys series, and the tone of his story is similar to that of the original author Fujiko Lee. Similar to Mr. Fujio,but the core content emphasizes friendship and courage, it is more suitable for children, and some of its excellent short stories such as Fujiko · Works such as "Seven Incredibles of The Robot School" in which F. Fujio participated, and "Strange Thief Doraebang", which was in line with the popular strange thief style at that time, were also adapted into TV animations, but due to popularity reasons, there may not be many people who have seen it in China.
Animated screenshots
Mitani's version of Doraemon'S Adventures Special Chapter is more integrated into its own creative style, unlike the Tanaka version of the short story, each volume of the Mitani version is a large long story, and the large long story is mostly based on history or famous legends, such as the warring states overlord in the second volume and the ghost ship in the seventh volume, which tell the adventure stories of the Doraemon Seven Boys in these fantasy legends.
The Ghost Ship of Volume VII
Comparing these two works, it is not difficult to see that tanaka's version of Doraemon pays more attention to image shaping, the character characteristics of each Doraemon are more prominent, and the props [Good Friends Communication Card] that run through the text also represent the theme of friendship promoted by Tanaka's version.
Doraemon Seven Boys and Good Friends Communication Card
The focus of the Mitani version is to favor the storytelling, or to quote familiar legends, such as ghost ships and the Lost Continent, or to write mysterious and bizarre stories, such as the Demon World War and the Spirit Of the Brigade, and even the time and space demon king and the terrifying spring with strong religious overtones, these stories with strong stimulation have more or less impressed our childhood, and some have even become childhood shadows.
Time and Space Demon God
The doraemon seven boys are set in a novel setting, and both versions of the story have their own merits, but why did this classic work disappear?
This has to mention the sub-supply at that time, that is, the giant of children's animation - kokukan Co., Ltd., doraemon, detective Conan and other manga were published in the elementary school hall and adapted into animation. In Fujiko · After the death of Mr. F. Fujio, the elementary school still did not give up the serial plan for Doraemon, and a large number of Doraemon fan works were derived at that time, and the birth of Doraemon Seven Boys also benefited from this.
The story of doraemon seven children was indeed universally loved by readers at the beginning of its birth, and even led the trend for a while. However, the hidden dangers mentioned above are beginning to be slowly reflected, and the simple and easy to understand character modeling makes the character image of Doraemon Seven Boys not three-dimensional enough, too facial, and readers begin to slowly feel bored with the monotonous story. In addition, Doraemon Seven Boys is a fan work, and some of the original parties do not buy it, so this project has stopped and slowly faded out of people's vision.
A few years ago, some netizens also proposed the resurrection of the Doraemon Seven Boys' plan, but the Fuji subsidiary did not intend to create in this regard, and then the comeback plan of the Seven Boys was gone.
Reports of a comeback petition from a few years ago
But in general, the Seven Boys are still an indelible memory of our childhood, and the adventure stories and friendship spirit of the seven good friends will always remain in our hearts and accompany us throughout our lives. Finally, only with the anniversary map of the Doraemon Seven Boys, we would like to send blessings to them who have accompanied us.
20th Anniversary Greetings
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