Monday, January 18, 2010

Japan Air Lines new Doraemon JET!



Yikes! Its Doraemon! Its a plane...no really, its a Doraemon plane!

Doraemon is a manga series that was created by Fujiko F. Fujio, pen name of two manga artists, Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motō Abiko. The manga first appeared in magazines December 1969 and have been popular ever since. The story is about a robotic cat named Doraemon who is from the 22nd century who travels back in time to help a young boy, Nobita Nobi.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Doraemon movies,and the latest Doraemon movie (Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King) Japan Arilines (JAL) has a brand new 777-300/Doraemon jet. As you can see from the pictures, A large Doraemon along with his friends have been painted on this shiny new jet. The flights will be domestic only, going to Sapporo, Haneda, Itami, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Okinawa between the middle of February to the end of April 2010.

Thats not all folks! JAL will also organize daily Doraemon tours to Okinawa from Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu between February 15 and April 30 2010. Ticket sales will begin on January 18 2010. In flight you can expect Doraemon anime In Feburary and April, and the Doraemon movie, Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 during April and March. The audio channel will also play the new Doraemon Movie theme song!

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Bettle of the Mermaid King hits theaters March 6, 2010.

JAL press release

With everything going on over at Japan Airlines I wonder how this Doraemon jet is possible? Well, I hope it works out for them. It looks really freaking cool to me. Doraemon is soooo cute!! ^__^

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