Dokutaa Suranpu Arale-chan (1981– )

The wacky adventures of Penguin Village and its residents, primarily the crummy inventor Senbei Norimaki and his robot daughter Arale, a superhuman but naïve girl.

Stars:

Mami Koyama, Kenji Utsumi, Tesshô Genda

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mami Koyama	...	Arale Norimaki

Storyline

Dr. Norimaki is a bumbling inventor who dreams of one day getting wealth and a girlfriend, or at least a good collection of dirty magazines. He manages to build a robot child, which he names Arale. Arale works perfectly, except that she has incredible super powers and a child's obliviousness to the trail of destruction she leaves everywhere she goes. Episodes usually focus on Arale, Norimaki, and the town's strange inhabitants (which include talking trees and mountains, a pair of alien invaders desperately trying to leave, and a Superman with questionable ethics) going to surreal lengths to get the things they want.

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Plot Keywords:

anime

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 April 1981 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Dr. Slump

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunrise, Toei Doga

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (243 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Arale's high-school teacher Daigoro Kurigashira has a huge chestnut-shaped head. True to living up to his name, "kuri" means "chestnut" and "gashira" (usually "kashira" on its own) means "head." "Daigoro" is the given name of Takamiya, a popular sumo wrestler ("dai" means "big" as well).

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Connections

Referenced in Jump Super Stars (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Ara Ara Arale-chan"
Sung by Ado Mizumori and Koorogi '73

User Reviews

The best! Incredible!

This TV series is one of the best animated series I've ever seen. In fact i think it's the best. It's all so unreal!. The characters are so funny and so odd you can't imagine who could create them. You can see robot girls with extraforce powers; green haired angels eating metallic things; a boy that becomes a tiger every time he touches a girl; a man who pretends to be Superman and hates everybody; an alien with his ass on his head and his ears in his feet; a sex-addict doctor... Incredible! And I also like the way they grow, and one can see their evolution in life. If you don't know this TV-series, you have to see it. Sure!