Important Importables: Doraemon

When most people think of Japanese popular culture, the mascots come to mind. Characters like Hello Kitty, Godzilla and Pikachu who have become superstars due to games, toys, movies, stationary products and manga. Their popularity has become so great that they’ve become worldwide icons.

While Hello Kitty tends to steal the limelight most of the time, there is another cat mascot in Japan whose popularity rivals hers. I’m speaking, of course, about Doraemon. Doraemon hasn’t become the international star that Hello Kitty has, but in his own country he’s a household name.

So today in Important Importables we’ll go over everything you need to know about the blue robot cat Doraemon…