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Kapamilya Doraemon is back, a year after being forced off air in PH

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<p>MANILA — Doraemon, the titular robot cat of the well-loved anime series, was also a casualty of the ABS-CBN franchise denial in mid-2020.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1723128" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Doraemon became a Kapamilya in March 2019, when ABS-CBN signed a partnership with distributors Animation Intl. Ltd., ShoPro, and ADK Emoticons, Inc.</p><p>After two months, the series started airing on the ABS-CBN cable channel Yey! in May. An animation channel for children, Yey! was also among the channels available on ABS-CBN TVPlus.</p><p>However, “Doraemon’s” broadcast was cut short in July 2020, when ABS-CBN was denied a broadcast franchise by a congressional panel, affecting its TVPlus offerings.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Lz3kxXDxGg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Aside from its widescale migration to digital amid the broadcast crisis, ABS-CBN also inked blocktime partnerships, including with Zoe Broadcasting Network’s Channel 11.</p><p>The channel, which currently houses most of ABS-CBN’s programs, was rebranded and relaunched as A2Z in October 2020.</p><p>A year since Doraemon’s Kapamilya run came to a halt, the character is finally set to return via A2Z, the channel teased last week.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialA2ZPH/videos/992990044802413" data-width="auto"> </div><p>On Wednesday, A2Z announced the schedule of “Doraemon” under its Kidz Weekend block. The series will air back-to-back episodes every Saturday, 8 a.m., starting July 10.</p><p>“DIS IS IT dahil narito na ang trenDing na pagbabalik ng ating best frienD from the future sa bago niyang tahanan!” A2Z said.</p><p>Created by Fujiko F. Fujio, “Doraemon” was first released as a manga series in 1969, and then became an anime TV series in 1973. Its popularity has since spawned a media franchise, with an international fanbase.</p>

<p>Doraemon, the titular robot cat of the well-loved anime series, was also a casualty of the ABS-CBN franchise denial in mid-2020.</p>

Doraemon, the titular robot cat of the well-loved anime series, was also a casualty of the ABS-CBN franchise denial in mid-2020.