Late Night! The Genius Bakabon
Tensai Bakabon has been off the airwaves for almost 20 years! What's a Papa to do in dire times like the late 2010s? How about break every rule in the anime books, throw in celebrity guests, and take a nonsensical peek into the little things in modern life like otome games, blind dates, and the possibility that a series from the Showa era could make it to now! Is this really how it should be?!
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TVアニメ「深夜！天才バカボン」新PV
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Seasons
1.We Got Turned Into An Anime Again
11-07-2018Bakabon and his family are back in this new anime after 18 years of being off the air. Are they ready for this new era, or have things changed way too much?
2.This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me
18-07-2018Eel-Dog tries to wake everyone up for the show to start. / Mr. Policeman takes Bakabon's Papa, Eel-Dog and Rerere to a mixer.
3.We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third
25-07-2018Bakabon and his family end up in a movie. / Bakabon's Papa decides that he wants a third child.
4.Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It
31-07-2018Bakabon's Papa is visited by two of his underclassmen. The first one can’t seem to stop paying for microtransactions and the second needs ideas for a new game featuring anthropomor...
5.We Test the Limits of Late Night!
08-08-2018Bakabon's Papa and the others find out just how far they can go on late night shows.
6.Anime is Hard
15-08-2018Bakabon's Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
7.We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu
21-08-2018One of Bakabon's Papa’s kouhais visits again and decides to make presentations about everything.
8.I Want Some Action / Eel-Dog's Memorial Service
28-08-2018Mr. Policeman makes it clear that he wants to stand out more. / We get a glance at Eel-Dog’s personal life.
9.Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon
04-09-2018Mr. Policeman gets assessed to see if he’s really fit for this job. / We get to see what a more realistic Bakabon would look like.
10.Genius Hajime
12-09-2018Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
11.Goodbye, Everyone
18-09-2018Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
12.This is the Actual Final Episode
25-09-2018This is the actual final episode. We promise.
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