Dr. Slump

Dr. Slump

Dr.スランプ アラレちゃん
Ended First aired 08/Apr/1981 Japan Japanese 2 season(s) 250 episode(s)
AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Senbei Norimaki, known by his nickname Dr. Slump, a genius yet under-respected inventor and roboticist, creates an android by the name of Arale, and poses her as his little sister. What starts as an experiment in robotics turns into an adventure every day for the residents of Penguin Village, a wacky rural community with several colorful characters interacting with Arale and her creator.
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Season 1 · Season 1
243 episode(s) · Air date: 08/Apr/1981
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S1E24
Arale's Big Change!!
Air date: 30/Sep/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
Summary

After a cricket leaps into Arale's mouth, her personality changes, giving her much more common sense and manners. This starts to freak everybody out.

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After a cricket leaps into Arale's mouth, her personality changes, giving her much more common sense and manners. This starts to freak everybody out.

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S1E23
Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power
Air date: 23/Sep/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale goes on a date with the tough Banchou. Her definition of a date is just holding hands, though. Very tightly. / Senbei tries to scale back Arale's strength as to not cause any more destructive trouble.

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Arale goes on a date with the tough Banchou. Her definition of a date is just holding hands, though. Very tightly. / Senbei tries to scale back Arale's strength as to not cause any more destructive trouble.

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S1E22
Senbei Dumbfounded
Air date: 16/Sep/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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On the return back from last episode's space adventure, Senbei discovers that Akane and Taro have grown old. They say it's been 50 years since he left the planet, but could there be more to the story?

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On the return back from last episode's space adventure, Senbei discovers that Akane and Taro have grown old. They say it's been 50 years since he left the planet, but could there be more to the story?

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S1E21
The Great Space Date Escapade
Air date: 09/Sep/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei, Arale, and Miss Yamabuki take a trip to the stars in Senbei's spacecraft. However, his decision to not install a bathroom ends up getting Yamabuki kidnapped on an alien planet.

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Senbei, Arale, and Miss Yamabuki take a trip to the stars in Senbei's spacecraft. However, his decision to not install a bathroom ends up getting Yamabuki kidnapped on an alien planet.

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S1E18
The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman
Air date: 12/Aug/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei's newest invention allows the user to enter books and interact with the characters as part of the story. When Arale enters the world of Momotaro, her decisions cause the tale to go wildly off-course. / Joe Dunn hires hitman Bibiruman to take out Arale, but her would-be killer gets sucked into her King Kong book with the Fairy Tale Machine.

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Senbei's newest invention allows the user to enter books and interact with the characters as part of the story. When Arale enters the world of Momotaro, her decisions cause the tale to go wildly off-course. / Joe Dunn hires hitman Bibiruman to take out Arale, but her would-be killer gets sucked into her King Kong book with the Fairy Tale Machine.

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S1E17
The Monsters' Night of Fear
Air date: 05/Aug/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Trampire, a buxom bloodsucker, along with her assistant Franken, terrorize Penguin Village in search of her favorite treat. When she gets to Arale's house, however, the tables are turned.

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Trampire, a buxom bloodsucker, along with her assistant Franken, terrorize Penguin Village in search of her favorite treat. When she gets to Arale's house, however, the tables are turned.

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S1E16
Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?
Air date: 29/Jul/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei invents a camera that can take pictures of the future. When Arale plays with it with her friends, they grow suspicious about the fact that she never seems to age in any of the pictures. / Arale and Akane swap lives for the day.

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Senbei invents a camera that can take pictures of the future. When Arale plays with it with her friends, they grow suspicious about the fact that she never seems to age in any of the pictures. / Arale and Akane swap lives for the day.

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S1E15
Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland
Air date: 22/Jul/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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After seeing Akane's bra in the changing room, Arale wants one for herself, not realizing that she doesn't need it. / Arale and pals take an excursion to safari park Wildland, but get into some trouble when their jeep breaks down.

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After seeing Akane's bra in the changing room, Arale wants one for herself, not realizing that she doesn't need it. / Arale and pals take an excursion to safari park Wildland, but get into some trouble when their jeep breaks down.

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S1E14
Hero Suppaman
Air date: 15/Jul/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Kento Kuraku is no ordinary man. After he eats his favorite pickled plums, he turns into Suppaman, a not-very-helpful superhero who causes more problems than solves. He, in turn, catches the attention of Arale.

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Kento Kuraku is no ordinary man. After he eats his favorite pickled plums, he turns into Suppaman, a not-very-helpful superhero who causes more problems than solves. He, in turn, catches the attention of Arale.

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S1E12
Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!
Air date: 01/Jul/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei creates a tanuki-themed raygun that can turn anyone into anything the wielder desires. In Arale's hands, trouble ensues. / Arale wants to fly in the sky like Gatchan, so Senbei creates a flying machine for her. But, in her soaring endeavors, she inadvertently bugs Raijin, the deity who creates storms and thunder with his drum set.

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Senbei creates a tanuki-themed raygun that can turn anyone into anything the wielder desires. In Arale's hands, trouble ensues. / Arale wants to fly in the sky like Gatchan, so Senbei creates a flying machine for her. But, in her soaring endeavors, she inadvertently bugs Raijin, the deity who creates storms and thunder with his drum set.

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S1E11
Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman
Air date: 24/Jun/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale meets five-year-old Kinoko, a self-professed hip girl who only loves the most in-style of things. / After being accosted by a threatening female police officer, Senbei creates an invisibility potion to evade her.

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Arale meets five-year-old Kinoko, a self-professed hip girl who only loves the most in-style of things. / After being accosted by a threatening female police officer, Senbei creates an invisibility potion to evade her.

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S1E10
Ah! Earth SOS!!
Air date: 17/Jun/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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The alien King Nikochan and his assistant abduct Arale and Gatchan, with the expressed intent to destroy the world. However, Gatchan's appetite for metal causes their ship to crash, which leaves the two invaders seeking help from the earth people.

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The alien King Nikochan and his assistant abduct Arale and Gatchan, with the expressed intent to destroy the world. However, Gatchan's appetite for metal causes their ship to crash, which leaves the two invaders seeking help from the earth people.

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S1E9
The Great Strawberry Panties Plot
Air date: 10/Jun/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale reveals to Senbei that Miss Yamabuki wears strawberry-patterned panties. In a fit of pure horniness, he enlists the help of the animals of Penguin Village to get him a peek.

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Arale reveals to Senbei that Miss Yamabuki wears strawberry-patterned panties. In a fit of pure horniness, he enlists the help of the animals of Penguin Village to get him a peek.

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S1E8
Donbe Story
Air date: 03/Jun/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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The tricky fox Donbe uses his kitsune powers of transformation to pull pranks on the town. When he runs into trouble, Arale and Senbei must put their differences aside with the critter who caused them too much trouble in one day.

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The tricky fox Donbe uses his kitsune powers of transformation to pull pranks on the town. When he runs into trouble, Arale and Senbei must put their differences aside with the critter who caused them too much trouble in one day.

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S1E7
Charging Arale-chan
Air date: 27/May/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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A day in the life of Arale, from her police car destructions to her school life, and home again after accidentally eating whiskey bonbons.

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A day in the life of Arale, from her police car destructions to her school life, and home again after accidentally eating whiskey bonbons.

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S1E6
The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!
Air date: 20/May/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale tells Senbei that her teacher is coming for a home visit. Knowing he has to look his best for Miss Yamabuki, he creates a barber robot to spiff him up. / Criminal Joe Dunn holds Arale and Gatchan hostage, but doesn't realize that he's underpowered compared to the two little terrors he's kidnapped.

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Arale tells Senbei that her teacher is coming for a home visit. Knowing he has to look his best for Miss Yamabuki, he creates a barber robot to spiff him up. / Criminal Joe Dunn holds Arale and Gatchan hostage, but doesn't realize that he's underpowered compared to the two little terrors he's kidnapped.

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S1E5
Friends With a Bear!! / New Invention! Dekachibi Ray Gun
Air date: 13/May/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale rescues a bear, but trouble is afoot when her new friend is to be released back into the wild. / Senbei creates a raygun that can make things bigger or smaller than their intended size. Naturally, Arale causes some mischief with it.

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Arale rescues a bear, but trouble is afoot when her new friend is to be released back into the wild. / Senbei creates a raygun that can make things bigger or smaller than their intended size. Naturally, Arale causes some mischief with it.

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S1E4
Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier
Air date: 06/May/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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The babylike creature that hatched from the prehistoric egg, Gatchan, is the subject of several discoveries for Arale and Senbei. / A day in the life of Gatchan, as they go about town interacting with the Penguin Village citizens.

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The babylike creature that hatched from the prehistoric egg, Gatchan, is the subject of several discoveries for Arale and Senbei. / A day in the life of Gatchan, as they go about town interacting with the Penguin Village citizens.

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S1E3
The Big Time Slipper Adventure / What Egg is This?!
Air date: 22/Apr/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei tests out his newest invention: an alarm clock-shaped time machine called the Time Slipper. On its inaugural voyage, Arale gets lost in ancient Japan. / Arale and friends use the Time Slipper to go back to the days of the dinosaurs, and find a mysterious egg.

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Senbei tests out his newest invention: an alarm clock-shaped time machine called the Time Slipper. On its inaugural voyage, Arale gets lost in ancient Japan. / Arale and friends use the Time Slipper to go back to the days of the dinosaurs, and find a mysterious egg.

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S1E2
Arale Goes to School! / It is! ... not there
Air date: 15/Apr/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Arale's superhuman strength gets word around the school, and all the clubs want her to join them. / Arale comes home to tell Senbei that an integral body part is missing on her body, to which the doctor invents x-ray specs for definitely-not-perverted research purposes.

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Arale's superhuman strength gets word around the school, and all the clubs want her to join them. / Arale comes home to tell Senbei that an integral body part is missing on her body, to which the doctor invents x-ray specs for definitely-not-perverted research purposes.

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S1E1
Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends
Air date: 08/Apr/1981 · Runtime: 25 min
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Senbei creates Arale and takes her on a test-run as a convincing little sister. However, she's not as tuned-up as her creator would have expected. / Arale is enrolled in school, and tries to win over the "tough kids" Akane, Taro, and his little brother Peasuke. Meanwhile, Senbei gets a crush on his creation's homeroom teacher, Midori Yamabuki.

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Senbei creates Arale and takes her on a test-run as a convincing little sister. However, she's not as tuned-up as her creator would have expected. / Arale is enrolled in school, and tries to win over the "tough kids" Akane, Taro, and his little brother Peasuke. Meanwhile, Senbei gets a crush on his creation's homeroom teacher, Midori Yamabuki.

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Season 0 · Specials
7 episode(s) · Air date: 25/Jul/1981
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Mami Koyama
Mami Koyama
Arale Norimaki (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Kenji Utsumi
Senbei Norimaki (voice)
Mitsuko Horie
Mitsuko Horie
Obotchaman (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama
Kazuko Sugiyama
Akane Kimidori (voice)
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Naomi Jinbo
Aoi Kimidori / Piisuke Soramame (voice)
Isamu Tanonaka
Isamu Tanonaka
Gala (voice)
Hiroshi Otake
Hiroshi Otake
King Nikochan (voice)
Mariko Mukai
Mariko Mukai
Midori Yamabuki (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Masaharu Sato
Pagos (voice)
Seiko Nakano
Seiko Nakano
Gatchan (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Shigeru Chiba
Nikochan's Servant (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Tessyo Genda
Suppaman (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Toshio Furukawa
Tarou Soramame (voice)
Yuko Mita
Yuko Mita
Turbo-kun (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Chika Sakamoto

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Mataharu Urata
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Shoji Tozan
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Teiichi Akashi
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Toshikazu Yamaguchi
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Akinori Nagaoka
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Katsumi Endo
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Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Kazuhisa Takenouchi
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Masayuki Ozeki
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Minoru Okazaki
Series Director, Storyboard Artist
Toyoo Ashida
Toyoo Ashida
Animation Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
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Yutaka Satoh
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Hiroyuki Ikeda
Director

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