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An earless blue robotic cat, one pocket bulging with gadgets from the future and a lifelong fear of mice: Who is he? जापान roars the answer — but English readers may be stumped. Because, even though he’s a government-appointed “cultural ambassador” and a familiar face in और than 30 countries, with his antics translated into dozens of languages, there has never been an official English version of the मांगा in which he stars. Until now.

“I would say there are very few Japanese people, of any age group, who’ve never heard of Doraemon,” believes Matt Alt, of AltJapan, the company...