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I'm Doraemon Pop-Up Store Limited Items at Flowering

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  Some of the Doraemon limited items that were previously sold at the I'm Doraemon Pop-Up Store are currently available at the Flowering online store in Japan. Items (from left to right in the image): Acrylic magnet (7 types); 990 yen ($9.07) Antiviral cloth face mask (3 types); 1,980 yen ($18.15) Hand towel; 825 yen ($7.56) All prices include tax. Sources: Sanrio's official website , Doraemon Channel's official website

The Unreleased English dubs of Ojarumaru

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  Ojarumaru is an anime series that's very obscure outside of Asia. What's even more obscure is the fact that there at least 2 English dubs of the show and none of them were ever released. Not even a sample of these dubs can be found online. While it hasn't been officially stated why these dubs went unreleased, it's possible that companies in the Anglosphere just didn't think that the show would be very successful. The history of slice-of-life comedy kids anime, such as Hamtaro ,  Doraemon , and Yo-kai Watch , underperforming in the Anglosphere might've influenced this decision.  The first English dub, entitled Prince Mackaroo , was probably produced sometime back in the early 2000s. It was dubbed in Canada at Ocean Sound. Enoki Films USA most likely commissioned the dub, as they held the master license for the show in Western territories at the time. The only known dub staff are voice actors David Kaye and Saffron Henderson. Kaye voiced Denbo (renamed Cyberfly