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Dr. Slump

8.0 / 10

1981

1 season

243 episodes

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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Cast

Mami Koyama

Kenji Utsumi

Mitsuko Horie

Kazuko Sugiyama

Naomi Jinbo

Isamu Tanonaka

Hiroshi Otake

Mariko Mukai

Masaharu Sato

Seiko Nakano

Shigeru Chiba

Tessyo Genda

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends
08-04-198125m
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, an...
Ep 2
2.Arale Goes to School! / It is! ... not there
15-04-198125m
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 bod...
Ep 3
3.The Big Time Slipper Adventure / What Egg is This?!
22-04-198125m
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 us...
Ep 4
4.Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier
06-05-198125m
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 t...
Ep 5
5.Friends With a Bear!! / New Invention! Dekachibi Ray Gun
13-05-198125m
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 int...
Ep 6
6.The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!
20-05-198125m
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 ho...
Ep 7
7.Charging Arale-chan
27-05-198125m
A day in the life of Arale, from her police car destructions to her school life, and home again after accidentally eating whiskey bonbons.
Ep 8
8.Donbe Story
03-06-198125m
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 cri...
Ep 9
9.The Great Strawberry Panties Plot
10-06-198125m
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.
Ep 10
10.Ah! Earth SOS!!
17-06-198125m
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...
Ep 11
11.Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman
24-06-198125m
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 create...
Ep 12
12.Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!
01-07-198125m
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 Sen...
Ep 13
13.The Terrifying Good Girl
08-07-198125m
Arale, misinterpreting Miss Yamabuki's lesson on being a good kid, spreads chaos with the intention of goodwill.
Ep 14
14.Hero Suppaman
15-07-198125m
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, c...
Ep 15
15.Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland
22-07-198125m
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...
Ep 16
16.Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?
29-07-198125m
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 t...
Ep 17
17.The Monsters' Night of Fear
05-08-198125m
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...
Ep 18
18.The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman
12-08-198125m
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 tal...
Ep 19
19.Arale Swims in the Ancient Past
19-08-198125m
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.
Ep 20
20.Kinoko-chan Leaves Home
26-08-198125m
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.
Ep 21
21.The Great Space Date Escapade
09-09-198125m
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 pla...
Ep 22
22.Senbei Dumbfounded
16-09-198125m
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 b...
Ep 23
23.Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power
23-09-198125m
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...
Ep 24
24.Arale's Big Change!!
30-09-198125m
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.
Ep 25
25.Exchange Student from the City
14-10-198125m
Ep 26
26.An Arale-Eye Operation!!
21-10-198125m
Ep 27
27.Yay! A New Friend
28-10-198125m
Ep 28
28.Goodbye Gacchan!!
04-11-198125m
Ep 29
29.How Adorable! The Lovely Middle-aged Trio
11-11-198125m
Ep 30
30.Heart Pounding Excitement! Piisuke's First Love
18-11-198125m
Ep 31
31.The Araletouchables
25-11-198125m
Ep 32
32.Arale's Lullaby Dream
02-12-198125m
Ep 33
33.A Masterpiece? Nekozukin-chan
09-12-198125m
Ep 34
34.Hell's Messenger Chibiru
16-12-198125m
Ep 35
35.Sad Sad Santa
23-12-198125m
Ep 36
36.Messed-up Devilgirl
30-12-198125m
Ep 37
37.Arale's Musical Cinderella
06-01-198225m
Ep 38
38.Mysterious Monster Expert?!
13-01-198225m
Ep 39
39.Showdown! Musashi VS Arale-chan
20-01-198225m
Ep 40
40.Hero Suppaman Part II
27-01-198225m
Ep 41
41.The Reality Machine
03-02-198225m
Ep 42
42.Jungle King Perzan
10-02-198225m
Ep 43
43.Whoa?! Penguin Village Dom-Dom-Dom
17-02-198225m
Ep 44
44.Arale-chan Goes to City Island
24-02-198225m
Ep 45
45.The Devilish Transformation
03-03-198225m
Ep 46
46.Penguin Village in Love
10-03-198225m
Ep 47
47.Caveman Hoyoyo in the Dinosaur Age
17-03-198225m
Ep 48
48.Chibiru-kun's Part Time Job
24-03-198225m
Ep 49
49.Leave it to Akiko
31-03-198225m
Ep 50
50.Yay! A Date for Mr. Copy
07-04-198225m
Ep 51
51.Thanks! The Kick The Can Celebration Party
14-04-198225m
Ep 52
52.Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team
21-04-198225m
Ep 53
53.Anko and Nonko Discover the Countryside
28-04-198225m
Ep 54
54.The Children's Day Festival Poke Poke Huff Puff
05-05-198225m
Ep 55
55.Super Driver
12-05-198225m
Ep 56
56.Am I Super Strong?!
19-05-198225m
Ep 57
57.The Miniature House of Our Dreams
26-05-198225m
Ep 58
58.Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team Part II
02-06-198225m
Ep 59
59.Heart Pounding Excitement Time Stop
09-06-198225m
Ep 60
60.Suppaman Just In Time
16-06-198225m
Ep 61
61.Adventure! Inside Mammoth Midori-chan
23-06-198225m
Ep 62
62.Scary! Monster Prince
30-06-198225m
Ep 63
63.Arale's New Star Festival Story
07-07-198225m
Ep 64
64.Goo Goo Ga Ga Senbei
14-07-198225m
Ep 65
65.The Twinkling Night Sky Drum and Fife Band
21-07-198225m
Ep 66
66.We're Not Angels
28-07-198225m
Ep 67
67.Maerchen (Fairy Tale) of Love!! Tricycle Story
04-08-198225m
Ep 68
68.The Great Combot Caper of 2013
11-08-198225m
Ep 69
69.Invaders from Space
18-08-198225m
Ep 70
70.Arale's Arabian Night
25-08-198225m
Ep 71
71.Dr. Mashirito's Ambition
01-09-198225m
Ep 72
72.Dr. Mashirito's Ambition Part II
08-09-198225m
Ep 73
73.Penguin Village Wars
15-09-198225m
Ep 74
74.Penguin Village Wars Part II
22-09-198225m
Ep 75
75.Arale's Lost Item
29-09-198225m
Ep 76
76.Tale of the Penguin Village of Eight Gravestones
06-10-198225m
Ep 77
77.Suppaman of Justice VS Senbee of Love
13-10-198225m
Ep 78
78.Happy Date in Mystery Land
20-10-198225m
Ep 79
79.Energetic Arale
27-10-198225m
Ep 80
80.Penguin Village Grand Prix
03-11-198225m
Ep 81
81.Penguin Village Grand Prix Part II
10-11-198225m
Ep 82
82.Penguin Village Grand Prix Part III
17-11-198225m
Ep 83
83.Penguin Village Mystery
24-11-198225m
Ep 84
84.The Big Head is Coming
01-12-198225m
Ep 85
85.The Fearful Vegetable Man
08-12-198225m
Ep 86
86.The Secret of Arale's Birth
15-12-198225m
Ep 87
87.Arale the Super Prize Girl
22-12-198225m
Ep 88
88.Story of the Red Sandal Strap
29-12-198225m
Ep 89
89.Here Comes the Tsuns
05-01-198325m
Ep 90
90.Heart Pounding! School Panic
12-01-198325m
Ep 91
91.Look, Look, the Lensmen
19-01-198325m
Ep 92
92.Shooting Star Wish Star
26-01-198325m
Ep 93
93.Luck In, Evil Out in Space
02-02-198325m
Ep 94
94.An Angel Lives!
09-02-198325m
Ep 95
95.Nikochan Flies
16-02-198325m
Ep 96
96.Ghost Date
23-02-198325m
Ep 97
97.Love is a Punch to the Heart
02-03-198325m
Ep 98
98.Farewell, Tsuns
09-03-198325m
Ep 99
99.Mr. Skop Awakes
16-03-198325m
Ep 100
100.Official Business! Space Detective Story
23-03-198325m
Ep 101
101.The Secret of Mashirito Castle
30-03-198325m
Ep 102
102.Adventure, Adventure, Big Adventure!!
06-04-198325m
Ep 103
103.The Thief who Loved Books
13-04-198325m
Ep 104
104.HareHore Arale's Field Trip
20-04-198325m
Ep 105
105.Three Suppamans
27-04-198325m
Ep 106
106.The Yellow Carp Banner of Happiness
04-05-198325m
Ep 107
107.Transform Konkon Helment
11-05-198325m
Ep 108
108.Welcome Mr. Yakuza
18-05-198325m
Ep 109
109.Continue! We are the Suppamen
25-05-198325m
Ep 110
110.Chibiru and the Devil's Big Dictionary
01-06-198325m
Ep 111
111.Kinoko, Teacher for a Day
08-06-198325m
Ep 112
112.Four Angry Rogues
15-06-198325m
Ep 113
113.Love Excursion SOS!!
22-06-198325m
Ep 114
114.Arale's Picture Diary
29-06-198325m
Ep 115
115.The Demon of Penguin Village
06-07-198325m
Ep 116
116.Super Baseball
13-07-198325m
Ep 117
117.Goodbye Great King Nikochan
20-07-198325m
Ep 118
118.Space Showdown! Arale VS Komattachan
27-07-198325m
Ep 119
119.Runabout Youth
31-07-198525m
Ep 120
120.Decision! Penguin Village's Champion
10-08-198325m
Ep 121
121.Mystery Beauty Disappeared in the Fog
17-08-198325m
Ep 122
122.Lovelove Contact
24-08-198325m
Ep 123
123.Hurray! Epic Battle for Proposal
31-08-198325m
Ep 124
124.Marriage! Marriage!! Professor and Teacher
07-09-198325m
Ep 125
125.Flying in the Sky Honeymoon of Love
14-09-198325m
Ep 126
126.Exciting Newlywed Life
21-09-198325m
Ep 127
127.Arale Watch Out! The Strongest Rival Appears
28-09-198325m
Ep 128
128.Torn Between Justice and Love
05-10-198325m
Ep 129
129.Finally Appears! Hit Man Senbee
12-10-198325m
Ep 130
130.I'm Obocchaman
19-10-198325m
Ep 131
131.Hurry! Telepathy of Love
26-10-198325m
Ep 132
132.Heart Pounding Tonight
02-11-198325m
Ep 133
133.There is a Placement Test
09-11-198325m
Ep 134
134.Gacchan Gacchan
23-11-198325m
Ep 135
135.Yay! Bori Bari Bori Bari
30-11-198325m
Ep 136
136.Suppaman's Brother Appears!
14-12-198325m
Ep 137
137.Nab that Crook!
21-12-198325m
Ep 138
138.Christmas Day Hurts
28-12-198325m
Ep 139
139.Episode 139
11-01-198425m
Ep 140
140.Go For It Arale! Earth's Greatest Crisis!!
18-01-198425m
Ep 141
141.Mashirito Achieves His Goal?!
25-01-198425m
Ep 142
142.Episode 142
01-02-198425m
Ep 143
143.Senbei Died?!
08-02-198425m
Ep 144
144.Episode 144
15-02-198425m
Ep 145
145.Episode 145
22-02-198425m
Ep 146
146.Burn! Suppaman
29-02-198425m
Ep 147
147.Your and My Journey
07-03-198425m
Ep 148
148.Episode 148
14-03-198425m
Ep 149
149.Episode 149
21-03-198425m
Ep 150
150.Shape Up Miss Midori
28-03-198425m
Ep 151
151.Turbo-kun is Born!!
04-04-198425m
Ep 152
152.Father is an Alien?!
11-04-198425m
Ep 153
153.Onigokko of Fear
18-04-198425m
Ep 154
154.Episode 154
25-04-198425m
Ep 155
155.Episode 155
02-05-198425m
Ep 156
156.Episode 156
09-05-198425m
Ep 157
157.This is a Dream!!
16-05-198425m
Ep 158
158.Wanted Restaurant
23-05-198425m
Ep 159
159.I'm Sorry at Midnight
30-05-198425m
Ep 160
160.Episode 160
06-06-198425m
Ep 161
161.Ncha! Great King Enma
13-06-198425m
Ep 162
162.Episode 162
20-06-198425m
Ep 163
163.Who is the Strongest in the World!!
27-06-198425m
Ep 164
164.I Did It! I Did It! World's Number One!!
04-07-198425m
Ep 165
165.Episode 165
11-07-198425m
Ep 166
166.Episode 166
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Ep 167
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168.Episode 168
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171.Episode 171
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243.Episode 243
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