Abstract
The interest concerning “edutainment” has been increasing. The purpose
of this paper is to analyze the circumstances and the factor of the appearance
of the teaching materials using the manga of “Doraemon” as an example of
edutainment for school children by comparing it to the original manga. There's
conflict between manga and education, essentially. Therefore, various
adjustments were required in order to appropriate manga to education as
edutainment. There are two points. First, manga was evaluated as a positive
form of information media; secondly, the original element of entertainment of
the manga has been lost due to the educational aim.
