Doraemon took Nobita to India in a special episode that aired in Japan on November 7, 2026. Titled “Namaste! Nobita Studies Abroad in India”, it was the fourth instalment of the anime’s World Doraemon series. The episode was created in connection with the Indian theatrical release of the franchise’s latest movie.
The story follows Nobita after a particularly rough day leaves him struggling with both schoolwork and baseball. Inspired by a television advertisement for studying abroad, he decides to test himself somewhere nobody knows him. Doraemon gives him a “Anywhere Study Abroad Name Tag” gadget, which allows its owner to attend a school in another country for one day. While eating curry, Nobita chooses India, and the gadget assigns him to an elementary school in Delhi.
Doraemon accompanies him through the Anywhere Door. They use a lassi-flavoured Translation Konjac to communicate, while the The Sucker Coin gadget shrinks Doraemon so he can enter the classroom. Nobita initially enjoys the experience after impressing his classmates with his string-figure skills. However, he had falsely described himself as a once-in-a-century genius who excelled at everything. His classmates expect him to solve difficult two-digit multiplication problems with ease, leaving him struggling during mathematics class. The episode’s official synopsis leaves open whether he can complete his first study-abroad experience.
There is no confirmation yet of an Indian broadcast of this episode.
The special accompanied the Indian theatrical release of Doraemon: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil, the franchise’s 45th film. Released in Japan on February 27, 2026, it remakes the 1983 movie of the same story. The film became India’s second-highest-grossing anime movie within its first 10 days in theatres.
Created by Fujiko F. Fujio, Doraemon began as a manga in 1969. It follows a robotic cat from the 22nd century who travels back in time to help Nobita Nobi. The franchise has had three television anime adaptations and more than 40 animated films.
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