Season 21

You can watch Doraemon Season 21 online on iFILM — 46 episodes of the Japanese kids' anime that aired in 1999, still following schoolboy Nobita and his gadget-stuffed robot cat.

Doraemon came back from the 22nd century to look after hapless Nobita, and season 21 keeps him at it. Tests Nobita never studied for. Run-ins with the bully Gian and the braggart Suneo, clumsy efforts to win over Shizuka — everyday school trouble that a pocketful of future tech either smooths over or blows up completely. The episodes don't link together, so any one of them works as a way in.

Fujiko F. Fujio's series has run since the late 1970s and is stitched into Japanese childhood. These 46 episodes keep the same light tone and land best with younger viewers. Stream it online on iFILM.