Doraemon, el gato cósmico (1979, Latin American Spanish)

It premiered in 1999 and was continued until 2011. It had aired on a variety of Latin American channels over the past few years. A notable example is Chilevisión, who aired starting it in the year 2000, and stopped airing in the year 2006, being part of El club de los tigritos, which was eventually renamed to simply Tigritos in 2004.

Broadcast
The Latin American Spanish dub aired on a variety of Latin American channels. Although they mostly aired on free-to-air channels, they have also appeared on cable channels in a few countries.

Argentina
is the only country in which the series was aired exclusively on pay TV without airing on a free-to-air channel simultaneously, until Chilevisión in removed Tigritos, which aired the series.

In 2001, Magic Kids obtained the rights to Doraemon and began including it in its programming. It was removed on May 24, 2006 alongside the channel itself, which was shut down without any replacement.

After Magic Kids went defunct, in 2008, Canal 9 aired the series at the time period of a decade, being removed from the schedule in 2018.

Bolivia
is the only landlocked country to air this dub, with ATB airing it in 2001.

13 years later, Bolivisión aired the series in 2014, but the airing only lasted four years, as in 2018, it was taken off the air.

Chile
In, the series became popular that the country itself ended up being one of the countries affected by the TV Asahi YouTube blockings in 2022.

In the year 2000, Chilevisión began including Doraemon in El club de los tigritos. It was also included on its replacement, simply titled Tigritos. In 2006, Tigritos was removed from Chilevisión, therefore putting an end to its Doraemon airings, despite receiving high ratings.

Also in the year 2000, cable channel etc... tv aired the series until 2015, when it was rebranded to simply ETC, being replaced by the 2005 anime. It returned in 2019, but was taken off the air in October 2020, despite also receiving high ratings.

Between 2008 and 2011, Mega aired the series, although it didn't get that much success.

On March 31, 2022, Senpai TV aired the series once during launch, but was later removed, only to come back on June 4, 2022. It continued to air until late 2022, when it was replaced by the 2005 anime, which is still airing on the channel to this very day. As of June 26, 2023, the series began airing on the channel again on Tuesdays to Saturdays (although the series is listed as "version 1986").

Colombia
In, the series was only successful at an intermediate level.

In 2003, Caracol Televisión picked up the series for airing on its channel with a four-year run (obviously ending in 2007).

In 2011, Citytv in aired the series for only a year, as it was taken off the air in 2012.

Costa Rica
In, the series wasn't very successful, despite airing for six years.

Canal 4 aired the series in 2008, lasting until May 28, 2014.

Dominican Republic
The is one of the two countries in the  to air the series, the other being, which aired CINAR's English dub.

Telesistema aired the series in 2005 with a running time of 10 years, lasting until 2015. It was a moderate success, and in fact, some TV rips of episodes come from Telesistema.

Ecuador
As of March 2023, is the only Latin American country that still airs the 1979 anime to this day.

In 2002, Ecuavisa obtained the rights to air the series with a 15-year run, airing until 2017.

After Ecuavisa took the series off the air, Teleamazonas began airing the series and kept airing it in the present day.

El Salvador
is the country with the shortest airing of this dub, with a four-year run.

Canal 6 aired the series in the year 2000, but was taken off the air in 2004.

Mexico
is where this dub was made in, but despite that, like, it only has a four-year run.

Between 2001 and 2005, Canal 5 aired the series.

Unicable aired it in 2002, but was taken off the air the following year, in 2003.

Panama
RPC in aired this dub circa 1999, replacing Las aventuras del gato cósmico, a now-obscure preliminary dub that has since become lost media. It continued until 2011.

In the year 2000, Telemetro reran the series. TVMax also aired it in 2014.

Peru
In, the series had aired for 12 years.

Red Global aired the series in 2003. In 2014, it was moved to La Tele, who aired for only a year, being taken off the air in 2015.

Venezuela
In, it was only aired in 2001, and from 2004 to 2005. It's possible the short airing period was to save costs, given the economic inflation in the country.

In 2001, Televen aired the series. In 2004, Venevisión aired the series with a one-year run, being taken off the air in 2005.

Streaming
The series used to be available on Movistar Play in an unknown time period.

Cast

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Changes

 * Doraemon was often named "Cósmico", as a nickname.
 * However, this is most likely a translation error, given that the dub was subtitled "El gato cósmico".
 * In some episodes, he is only referred to as "Doraemon".
 * Several gadgets such as "La puerta mágica" and "El bolsillo mágico" come from the European Spanish dub at the time, although later they stuck more closely to the original: "bolsillo tetradimensional" (4D Pocket). In the following season it was changed to "puerta a donde sea/a cualquier lugar" (Anywhere Door).
 * In the first season the Take-copter was known as the "cabeza-cóptero" in its first appearance. Later, it was translated as "gorrocóptero" like in, as it was previously translated as "casco volador".
 * At the beginning of the episode "Tecnología avanzada", Gian is singing the song "Historia de Taxi" by Ricardo Arjona. In another scene, he is singing the song "Si las gotas de lluvia fueran dulces" (If All the Raindrops) from Barney & Friends.
 * Mr. Kaminari's original name was changed to Mr. Kobayashi. This may have been due to his voice actor, Gabriel Cobayassi.
 * The first opening that was recorded had exactly the same lyrics as the dub, except for the Doraemon loop, which would later be changed, leaving two exact versions. To avoid misunderstandings, another version was recorded consecutively with a different musical adaptation, and much less attached to the original. However, Ecuavisa has always broadcast the first opening until 2017, since it is currently broadcast by Teleamazonas.

Technical data

 * Of the 1787 episodes, only 306 were dubbed, possibly due to financial licensing problems, something that happened with Naruto Shippūden.
 * Of the four seasons, the first one was dubbed in its entirety and in order since it was sent from Japan for its 30-minute version. However, since episode 200 the episodes do not follow a specific order, since it seems that most of the 950 episodes were dubbed except for some episodes that were not dubbed in Latin America or Spain, something that did not happen in other dubs except for the first Italian dub that dates from the year 1982.

Casting

 * Due to the damage to her throat after so many years of playing the roles of Goku (boy), Gohan (boy) and Goten (boy) in Dragon Ball and because in Doraemon she had to continue using the same tone of voice, Laura Torres had to leave the series and stop dubbing children for a while. Her replacement was dubbed by Ariadna Rivas, but then she quit along with Ricardo Tejedo (due to commitments with other projects), Magda Giner and Alfonso Ramírez; and also because the series changed studios and most of the original cast was replaced. Nobita was then dubbed by Rommy Mendoza.

Miscellaneous

 * "El gato cósmico" became Doraemon's trademark title in Latin America.
 * Unlike the dub of the feature film Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur, the names of the main characters are named as they are called in Japan.
 * Mainly there are inaccuracies and changes with the translations of surnames and gadgets.