Dr. Slump (1981)

Name: Dr. Slump
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Mami Koyama, Kenji Utsumi, Mitsuko Horie, Kazuko Sugiyama, Naomi Jinbo

★ 7.9 25m/ep Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy Latest: S1 E243

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.

Cast: Mami Koyama, Kenji Utsumi, Mitsuko Horie, Kazuko Sugiyama, Naomi Jinbo, Isamu Tanonaka, Hiroshi Otake, Mariko Mukai
Country: Japan
First aired: April 8, 1981

Seasons

Season 1 · 243 episodes

Season 1 Episodes

1. Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends
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.
2. Arale Goes to School! / It is! ... not there
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.
3. The Big Time Slipper Adventure / What Egg is This?!
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.
4. Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier
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.
5. Friends With a Bear!! / New Invention! Dekachibi Ray Gun
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.
6. The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!
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.
7. Charging Arale-chan
A day in the life of Arale, from her police car destructions to her school life, and home again after accidentally eating whiskey bonbons.
8. Donbe Story
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.
9. The Great Strawberry Panties Plot
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.
10. Ah! Earth SOS!!
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.
11. Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman
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.
12. Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!
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.
13. The Terrifying Good Girl
Arale, misinterpreting Miss Yamabuki's lesson on being a good kid, spreads chaos with the intention of goodwill.
14. Hero Suppaman
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.
15. Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland
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.
16. Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?
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.
17. The Monsters' Night of Fear
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.
18. The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman
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.
19. Arale Swims in the Ancient Past
Arale uses the Time Slipper to go for a swim "a long time ago". When she takes too long to return, Senbei starts to get worried.
20. Kinoko-chan Leaves Home
After Kinoko's dad eats the strawberry off her cake, she, in a fit of anger, decides to run away and become a juvenile delinquent.
21. The Great Space Date Escapade
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.
22. Senbei Dumbfounded
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?
23. Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power
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.
24. Arale's Big Change!!
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.
25. Exchange Student from the City
26. An Arale-Eye Operation!!
27. Yay! A New Friend
28. Goodbye Gacchan!!
29. How Adorable! The Lovely Middle-aged Trio
30. Heart Pounding Excitement! Piisuke's First Love
31. The Araletouchables
32. Arale's Lullaby Dream
33. A Masterpiece? Nekozukin-chan
34. Hell's Messenger Chibiru
35. Sad Sad Santa
36. Messed-up Devilgirl
37. Arale's Musical Cinderella
38. Mysterious Monster Expert?!
39. Showdown! Musashi VS Arale-chan
40. Hero Suppaman Part II
41. The Reality Machine
42. Jungle King Perzan
43. Whoa?! Penguin Village Dom-Dom-Dom
44. Arale-chan Goes to City Island
45. The Devilish Transformation
46. Penguin Village in Love
47. Caveman Hoyoyo in the Dinosaur Age
48. Chibiru-kun's Part Time Job
49. Leave it to Akiko
50. Yay! A Date for Mr. Copy
51. Thanks! The Kick The Can Celebration Party
52. Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team
53. Anko and Nonko Discover the Countryside
54. The Children's Day Festival Poke Poke Huff Puff
55. Super Driver
56. Am I Super Strong?!
57. The Miniature House of Our Dreams
58. Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team Part II
59. Heart Pounding Excitement Time Stop
60. Suppaman Just In Time
61. Adventure! Inside Mammoth Midori-chan
62. Scary! Monster Prince
63. Arale's New Star Festival Story
64. Goo Goo Ga Ga Senbei
65. The Twinkling Night Sky Drum and Fife Band
66. We're Not Angels
67. Maerchen (Fairy Tale) of Love!! Tricycle Story
68. The Great Combot Caper of 2013
69. Invaders from Space
70. Arale's Arabian Night
71. Dr. Mashirito's Ambition
72. Dr. Mashirito's Ambition Part II
73. Penguin Village Wars
74. Penguin Village Wars Part II
75. Arale's Lost Item
76. Tale of the Penguin Village of Eight Gravestones
77. Suppaman of Justice VS Senbee of Love
78. Happy Date in Mystery Land
79. Energetic Arale
80. Penguin Village Grand Prix
81. Penguin Village Grand Prix Part II
82. Penguin Village Grand Prix Part III
83. Penguin Village Mystery
84. The Big Head is Coming
85. The Fearful Vegetable Man
86. The Secret of Arale's Birth
87. Arale the Super Prize Girl
88. Story of the Red Sandal Strap
89. Here Comes the Tsuns
90. Heart Pounding! School Panic
91. Look, Look, the Lensmen
92. Shooting Star Wish Star
93. Luck In, Evil Out in Space
94. An Angel Lives!
95. Nikochan Flies
96. Ghost Date
97. Love is a Punch to the Heart
98. Farewell, Tsuns
99. Mr. Skop Awakes
100. Official Business! Space Detective Story
101. The Secret of Mashirito Castle
102. Adventure, Adventure, Big Adventure!!
103. The Thief who Loved Books
104. HareHore Arale's Field Trip
105. Three Suppamans
106. The Yellow Carp Banner of Happiness
107. Transform Konkon Helment
108. Welcome Mr. Yakuza
109. Continue! We are the Suppamen
110. Chibiru and the Devil's Big Dictionary
111. Kinoko, Teacher for a Day
112. Four Angry Rogues
113. Love Excursion SOS!!
114. Arale's Picture Diary
115. The Demon of Penguin Village
116. Super Baseball
117. Goodbye Great King Nikochan
118. Space Showdown! Arale VS Komattachan
119. Runabout Youth
120. Decision! Penguin Village's Champion
121. Mystery Beauty Disappeared in the Fog
122. Lovelove Contact
123. Hurray! Epic Battle for Proposal
124. Marriage! Marriage!! Professor and Teacher
125. Flying in the Sky Honeymoon of Love
126. Exciting Newlywed Life
127. Arale Watch Out! The Strongest Rival Appears
128. Torn Between Justice and Love
129. Finally Appears! Hit Man Senbee
130. I'm Obocchaman
131. Hurry! Telepathy of Love
132. Heart Pounding Tonight
133. There is a Placement Test
134. Gacchan Gacchan
135. Yay! Bori Bari Bori Bari
136. Suppaman's Brother Appears!
137. Nab that Crook!
138. Christmas Day Hurts
139. Episode 139
140. Go For It Arale! Earth's Greatest Crisis!!
141. Mashirito Achieves His Goal?!
142. Episode 142
143. Senbei Died?!
144. Episode 144
145. Episode 145
146. Burn! Suppaman
147. Your and My Journey
148. Episode 148
149. Episode 149
150. Shape Up Miss Midori
151. Turbo-kun is Born!!
152. Father is an Alien?!
153. Onigokko of Fear
154. Episode 154
155. Episode 155
156. Episode 156
157. This is a Dream!!
158. Wanted Restaurant
159. I'm Sorry at Midnight
160. Episode 160
161. Ncha! Great King Enma
162. Episode 162
163. Who is the Strongest in the World!!
164. I Did It! I Did It! World's Number One!!
165. Episode 165
166. Episode 166
167. Episode 167
168. Episode 168
169. Episode 169
170. Episode 170
171. Episode 171
172. Episode 172
173. Episode 173
174. Episode 174
175. Episode 175
176. Episode 176
177. Episode 177
178. Episode 178
179. Episode 179
180. Episode 180
181. Episode 181
182. Episode 182
183. Episode 183
184. Episode 184
185. Episode 185
186. Episode 186
187. Episode 187
188. Episode 188
189. Episode 189
190. Episode 190
191. Episode 191
192. Episode 192
193. Episode 193
194. Episode 194
195. Episode 195
196. Episode 196
197. Episode 197
198. Episode 198
199. Episode 199
200. Episode 200
201. Episode 201
202. Episode 202
203. Episode 203
204. Episode 204
205. Episode 205
206. Episode 206
207. Episode 207
208. Episode 208
209. Episode 209
210. Episode 210
211. Episode 211
212. Episode 212
213. Episode 213
214. Episode 214
215. Episode 215
216. Episode 216
217. Episode 217
218. Episode 218
219. Episode 219
220. Episode 220
221. Episode 221
222. Episode 222
223. Episode 223
224. Episode 224
225. Episode 225
226. Episode 226
227. Episode 227
228. Episode 228
229. Episode 229
230. Episode 230
231. Episode 231
232. Episode 232
233. Episode 233
234. Episode 234
235. Episode 235
236. Episode 236
237. Episode 237
238. Episode 238
239. Episode 239
240. Episode 240
241. Episode 241
242. Episode 242
243. Episode 243