The F.C.C. steals Doraemon?
Unbelievable! The F.C.C. is now using Doraemon's image for their kids' site. Doraemon is equivalent to Mickey Mouse in Japan, a much loved cartoon character. I've written about him over the years, such as this blurb from 2002 (internal link, bottom of the page). But the F.C.C. doesn't call him Doraemon, they call him Broadband. And now he's brown, not blue. This is very sad. Would you like Mickey Mouse to be called Broadband? Or Charlie Brown turned blue and called Narrowband? No credit given to revered creators Fujimoto Hiroshi and Motoo Abiko. Perhaps the F.C.C. felt safe poaching his image because the Doraemon cartoons have not been dubbed in English or released for American television. None of his cartoon books are in our language. Still, that doesn't make it right . . .
April 15, 2006 update. The F.C.C. is still using this image without credit. Arrgh!
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