Dr. Slump & Arale-chan
| Dr. Slump | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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Dr.スランプ (Dokutā Suranpu) |
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| Genre | Comedy, science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Akira Toriyama |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | February 4, 1980 – September 10, 1984 |
| Volumes | 18 |
| Anime television series | |
| Dr. Slump - Arale-chan | |
| Directed by | Minoru Okazaki |
| Produced by | Tokizō Tsuchiya |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 8, 1981 – February 19, 1986 |
| Episodes | 243 |
| Anime television series | |
| Doctor Slump | |
| Directed by | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| Written by | Satoru Nishizono (#1-28) Not Credited (#29-74) |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | November 26, 1997 – September 22, 1999 |
| Episodes | 74 |
| Manga | |
| Dr. Mashirito - Abale-chan | |
| Written by | Akira Toriyama |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Jump |
| Published | April 2007 |
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Dr. Slump (Japanese: Dr. スランプ Hepburn: Dokutā Suranpu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1980 to 1984, with the chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki, her creator Senbei Norimaki, and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.
The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation that ran on Fuji TV from 1981 to 1986 consisting of 243 episodes. A remake series was created thirteen years after the manga ended, consisting of 74 episodes that were broadcast from 1997 to 1999. The series has also spawned several novels, video games and eleven animated films.
Dr. Slump launched Toriyama's career. It was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and shōjo manga in 1981 and has sold over 35 million copies in Japan. The manga was released in North America by Viz Media from 2004 to 2009. Discotek Media released the first five films in North America in 2014.
Dr. Slump is set in Penguin Village (ペンギン村 Pengin Mura), a place where humans co-exist with all sorts of anthropomorphic animals and other objects. In this village lives Senbei Norimaki, an inventor. In the first chapter, he builds what he hopes will be the world's most perfect little girl robot, named Arale Norimaki. However, she turns out to be in severe need of eyeglasses. She is also very naïve, and in later issues she has adventures such as bringing a huge bear home, having mistaken it for a pet. To Senbei's credit, she does have super-strength. In general, the manga focuses on Arale's misunderstandings of humanity and Senbei's inventions, rivalries, and romantic misadventures. In the middle of the series, a recurring villain named Dr. Mashirito appears as a rival to Senbei.
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