Doraemon

[Yahshua]

Doraemon is one of beloved Japanese children's anime it story is about "A cat-type robot created on September 3, 2112, Doraemon travels back in time with the great-great-grandchild of Japanese schoolboy, Nobita, to save Nobita from the bad luck he creates for himself and his future descendants! Although he always means well, usually the gadgets that Doraemon pulls from the "4-D (Fourth-Dimensional) Pocket" on his tummy only make things worse.

Technically sent back as a protector, Doraemon is actually more like a best friend. Crippled by a paralyzing fear of mice, dorayaki (bean-filled jam cake) is his favorite food."

And what so scary about it is that it run from 1979 continuously to today and the episodes count is about almost 2000 to date and the series is still running at TV Asahi and at Sunday 7 PM.

[shooraijin]

Isn't there another series that's been running even longer? I think it's called Sazae-san ... according to the 'Cyclopedia it's been running since 1969.

What's interesting is that neither series has been dubbed for the English-speaking market. I guess they don't think they'll sell well ...

[Mr. SmartyPants]

that is INSANE... that it's been running for that long