While Japan’s human diplomats struggle to quell rising tensions with China over the South and East China Sea, their “anime ambassador”—a red bean pancake loving, 22 nd century CGI cartoon cat named ...

TOKYO — Japan has created an unusual government post to promote animation and named a perfect figure Wednesday to the position: a popular cartoon robot cat named Doraemon. Foreign Minister Masahiko ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disney is Bringing ‘Doraemon,’ the Iconic Anime Robot Cat, to American TV Disney helped bring American animation to the world, and ...

He's a small, blue robot cat from the future who's been the inspiration for an animated TV series, served as Japan's cartoon cultural ambassador and is beloved around the world. Now, the iconic ...

In August, 102 life-size figures of a beloved robotic cat from the future descended on the southwestern city of Chengdu in Sichuan. Thousands of fans of Doraemon, the feline cartoon star created in ...

The animated conversation this year has been dominated by the medium’s biggest grosser yet (“Inside Out 2”) and one of the most acclaimed big-studio entries in years (“The Wild Robot”). But don’t ...