1973 Doraemon Expedition Recruitment!

I would just like to weigh in here, it seems that doraemon has got a large following in Japan especially with a certain age group. If it is true that the animation studio went bankrupt that would mean that these reels or masters were then disposed of either by way of auction or selling them at a set price (most probably the former rather than the latter). Initially they might not have been worth much however when the fanbase started to develop, the prices most definitely soared. I don't think it remained as high as it once was as interest in the property has dwindled. Doraemon has got many collectors, the best way to find episodes is to determine wether they have copies, if so which episodes do they have. If we take a look at the snippets of information available one thing becomes clear, somebody has got episodes however they are not sharing and they won't unless the right price comes along. They paid a certain price, in order for them to sell you match the price (if the collector is really friendly, really nice and he's not a collector of Doraemon specifically but rather film) or match the collector's price (the price they want and usually they don't even sell even if you are able to pay that price because they are too attached to it.). Judging by that which is available, one of two scenarios exist, an employee at the museum or a collector. Both instances are less than ideal, the museum is not going to sell. It is not lost contacting the channels that aired it they might have valuable information they are willing to share however I am only aware of a single instance where they obliged and that was for a tv movie called "the Bogie man" by the BBC. The voice actors if available online may also keep copies but in the end you will have to go back to pen and paper writing in order to find the  bulk of it.

I saw somebody asking for episodes on either U-matic or 16mm Film, either one of those is going to cost money. U-matic is unlikely as it was highly expensive and only the rich could afford for a brand new sealed u-matic you are looking at $1000 roughly and the price a recording can be higher. 16mm can be as low as $100 however taking the subject matter into account and the fact that it is Japanese, you can expect a low of round about roughly $500.

Best of luck

I'm sorry, what?

Ah, okay.

Fixed the post's grammar.

On a different note, I found this web page discussing the different voice actors for Doraemon in Doraemon 1973.

fhirose2.exblog.jp/1122629

In the 1973 anime, Gachako lived in Shizuka's house as a sponger. That "ボ Tatari son" is a mistranslation of "Botako", a girl that appeared in the Episode 5, that lived in Shizuka's house as a "domestic helper". Also, Gatchako is a mistranslation, the correct name is Gachako.

Effectively, the auction page is about film reels of episodes or something else. When I took a look at the Wikia page, the auction link was "舊ドラえもん影片拍賣", Old ド ラ え oman movie auction (Old Doraemon Movie Auction) according to Google Translate. The auction page was archived once in the Wayback Machine, in 2012, but the error message was already there, so it can be assumed that the page is very old.

List of all existing episodes


Opening (Uploaded in its entirety)
Ending (Uploaded in its entirety)
Pilot film -Jun storage
Episode 3 "Nice Girl on the Roof" - Jun Storage
Episode 4 "Nobita's Ancestors" - Jun Storage
Episode 7 "Understand The Weakness" - Jun Storage
Episode 8 "There is a cat weak on rats" - Jun Storage
Episode 9 "The Liar's Mirror" - Jun storage
Episode 20 "Wishing Star, Shooting Star" - Jun Storage
Episode 24 "To Compete With Man's Power" - Jun Storage
Episode 35 "Going to Sea in a Submarine" - Jun · IMAGICA Storage
Episode 36 "Crazy Stomach Clock" - Jun · IMAGICA storage (Clip in Porno)
Episode 39 "Cooler Parasol" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 40 "Always Diary" - IMAGICA Storage
Episode 41 "The Homework Ghost Came Out" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 42 "Weather Box" - Jun · IMAGICA storage
Episode 43 "I Have One Vote of Betrayal" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 44 "Manga Artists Training" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 45 "Nice Girlfriend" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 46 "Flowery Riot" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 47 "Entirely Crayon" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 48 "Shizuka's Birthday" - IMAGICA Storage
Episode 49 "Becoming a Space Astronaut" - IMAGICA storage
Episode 50 "Lost Grandchild Riot" - IMAGICA Storage
Episode 51 "Nendoron Riot" - IMAGICA Storage (Audio Uploaded)
Episode 52 "Goodbye, Doraemon" - IMAGICA storage (Audio Uploaded)