Event: 100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon
Dates: Aug 2012
Location: Harbour City 海港城
Address: 3-27 Canton Road, Ocean Terminal Forecourt, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Doraemon, a Japanese cartoon character known to millions of fans across Asia has recently landed in Hong Kong! Well, in fact a hundred of these robo-cat are waiting for you near the Tsim Sha Tsui
Star Ferry Pier.
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| 100 Years before the Birth of Doraemon |
One of the most well-know shopping complex in Hong Kong,
Harbour City is currently hosting an “
100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon Exhibition".
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| Hundreds of Doraemon figures 100体のドラえもん in Hong Kong |
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| Doraemon everywhere! |
The main character of the famous Japanese anime
Doraemon (
ドラえもん in Japanese) is supposed to be manufactured in September 2112. Hence, this exhibition celebrates the birth of this cute blue robotic cat in 2012 by displaying the character 100 times.
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| Doraemon ドラえもん |
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| Doraemon ドラえもん |
All the exhibits are about the height of a standard child and three times the width. The way how these exhibits are being organized reminds me of the Qin Dynasty
Terracotta Warriors... hum... each one of these
Doraemon has a different look however.
You can lookup references on this character. In short, the story is about a robotic cat sent from the future (by his grandson) to aid a school boy named Nobita Nobi. The robotic cat named Doraemon has all sorts of gadgets to assist Nabita. It's kind of kids version of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Terminator. Where are Doraemon's ears? Why is its head round? In the story, they were bitten off by mice and Doraemon cried and lost the original outer yellow coating and became an ear-less blue robotic cat.
