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These days it goes against the grain for a person to rip on a cult classic.
Allow me to do just that, write a review that'll do this series justice.

Art 4/10:
Severely dated, by today standards this series comes off immediately as an eyesore. Absolutely pathetic by the 80s animation criteria. This series came out around the time of the VHS era, the time when animation was purely hand drawn and devoid of any graphical rendering from CGI. I am a sap for smooth hand drawn animation and I can sympathise if the series cannot deliver those moments all the time, since that demands painful labours ... and a creative knack for animation per se. But Doraemon was lackadaisical from start to finish, not a single moment throughout the 1787 episodes when I thought there was a redeeming scene that might salvage this utter disaster area, animation-wise.

Sound 4/10:
Mediocre in every possible sense. I have no gripe on the sound effects since they're par for the course. The voice acting feels forced, as if the VOs just treated this like a run of the mill kid show and phoned in their run of the mill performance. The OP song is cringe worthy to the point of obsession-inducing but that is my personal beef.

Character 4/10:
The show is laden with characters with the most cliche tropes you can possibly imagine: The challenged protagonist, the posh snub, the aggressive macho, the bland cute girl,... Notice the way I didn't go into further description of these certain character about their traits and background because there wasn't any to speak of.

Story 4/10:
The story revolves around this spineless 8 year-old who was accompanied by a sentient robot from the future and his daily struggles with his life and peers. The robot was sent back to him with a view to helping him cope with his challenges and hardships as well as shaping him into a functional unit of society. Now the series did try to get a little creative by throwing in these futuristic devices which the characters capitalise for their own means, ultimately resulting in hilarity by the end of every episode. Unfortunately I cannot overlook the fact that the plot for this series straight up refused to develop into any particular direction and as a result, this became a major grind for me. After the 10th episode I immediately realised what kind of show I was getting into.

Enjoyment 4/10:
Again I must address the fact that character progression is non-existent in this series, too was any twists and coup de theatre that I was desperate praying for towards the end of doraemon. Perhaps this might get immensely more interesting were all of the hubbub being carried out just simply a figment of the protagonists's rich imagination, but then again this is not those kind of shows.

Overall 4/10:
Doraemon is amongst the most insipid, trying series out there. I don't get how this is hailed as the embodiment of many people's childhood and such. Why can't your people's childhood be something a little more tasteful like Legend of The Galactic Heroes, or Neon Genesis Evangelion?

Doraemon was okay, production quality was good and the story was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it!