I am not exaggerating when I said Doraemon is one of the most beloved anime character in history. Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later
became an anime series and an Asian franchise. The series first appeared in December 1969 and since its debut, the stories have been
selectively collected into 45 books (excluding featured stories) published from 1974 to 1996,
which had a circulation of over 80 million in 1992. (My brother collected all the 45 books plus 22 "featured" stories...)