Season 20

Doraemon (1979), Season 20 is a Japanese family anime you can watch online on iFILM — 44 episodes that first aired in 1998. The robot cat from the 22nd century still lives with clumsy schoolboy Nobita and pulls impossible gadgets out of his belly pocket.

By the twentieth season the show isn't trying to reinvent itself, and that's its charm. Each episode stands alone. Nobita dodges his homework, gets needled by Gian and Suneo, sighs over Shizuka — and Doraemon bails him out with another invention that tends to backfire before it helps. There's no running plot across the 44 episodes, so you can start anywhere.

Created by Fujiko F. Fujio from the long-running manga that began in 1979, this season is gentle, unhurried and built for a family evening with kids. Stream Doraemon Season 20 online on iFILM.