The Dr. Slump - Arale-chan anime series is based on the manga Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama. It follows the life of inventor Senbei Norimaki and his family and friends, most notably the humanoid robot Arale Norimaki. This article lists all 243 episodes, seven specials and three educational films. For the 74-episode series that began in 1997, see List of Dr. Slump episodes.
The first 18 episodes (with the exceptions of episodes 7–10, 13, 14, and 17) as well as episodes 23 and 41 contain two 11-minute stories. The rest are just one full 22-minute story.
"Arale's Birth!": Senbei Norimaki, Penguin Village's goofy scientist, finally finishes creating the perfect humanoid android. Her only flaw is that she is nearsighted and needs to wear glasses. Senbei takes her into town to convince everybody she is a normal 13-year-old girl.
"Hey! Friends": Arale starts her first day at Penguin Village Junior High School. While introducing Arale to the principal Senbei meets Ms. Yamabuki, Arale's new teacher who Senbei falls in love with. While Arale is at school she meets her new friends Akane Kimidori, Peasuke Soramame and Taro Soramame.
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"Arale Goes to School!" Transliteration: "Arare-chan gakkō e" (Japanese: アラレちゃん学校へ[2])
"Arale Goes to School!": Everybody in Penguin Village Junior High is asking Arale to join their clubs but Arale seems too good for all of them.
"It is! ...not there": Arale comes home from school and tells Senbei that the girls at school said that she is missing a part of the body that the other girls had. Senbei makes a pair of glasses that see through peoples clothes so he can see girls naked and "find out what she is missing". In the end it actually was a belly button that she was missing.
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"Great Adventure with the Time Slipper" Transliteration: "Taimu surippā de daibōken" (Japanese: タイムスリッパーで大冒険[2])
"What's with the Egg?!" Transliteration: "Nan no tamago?" (Japanese: なんのタマゴ?![2])
"Great Adventure with the Time Slipper": Senbei shows Arale his newest invention, The Time Slipper a board with a talking clock that can travel time. Arale accidentally gets lost in ancient Japan with the Time Slipper.
"What's with the Egg?!": Senbei gathers Arale and Peasuke to come along to a trip on the Time Slipper to the prehistoric ages to catch a dinosaur. While failing to get a dinosaur they meet Peasuke's prehistoric ancestor who gives them a rare egg in exchange for Senbei's lighter. When they return to the present the egg hatches and a strange angel like baby creature comes from the egg.
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"Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl?" Transliteration: "Oya?! Otoko no ko? Onna no ko?" (Japanese: おや?!男の子?女の子?[2])
Masayuki Ôzeki
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Sadayoshi Tominaga
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
May 6, 1981 (1981-05-06)
104
"Gatchan the Courier" Transliteration: "Otsukai Gatchan" (Japanese: お使いガッちゃん[2])
Mitsuo Shindō
"Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl?": After the strange baby hatched from the egg, Arale and Senbei try to raise it. They find out that it eats metal and is powerful after it survives a long fall after Arale accidentally threw it too high. Later at night in the bath, Arale and Senbei discover that it has wings. They decide to name it Gadzilla but "Gatchan" for short and then keep it as a member of the family.
"Gatchan the Courier": Gatchan wakes up early in the morning and decides to pull pranks on the residence of Penguin Village.
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"My Friend, Mr. Bear!!" Transliteration: "Kuma-san tomodachi!!" (Japanese: クマさん友だち!![2])
Directed by : Hiroyuki Ikeda Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Tomoko Konparu
Toyoo Ashida
Teiichi Akashi
May 13, 1981 (1981-05-13)
105
"New Invention! The Big-Small Ray Gun" Transliteration: "Shinhatsumei! Deka-chibi kōsenjū" (Japanese: 新発明!デカチビ光線銃[2])
Directed by : Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
"My Friend, Mr. Bear!!": Arale rescues a bear from a cage and helps it to go back to the forest where it belongs in.
"New Invention! The Big-Small Ray Gun": Arale plays with one of Senbei's inventions called the Big-Small Ray Gun.
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"The Teacher is Coming!" Transliteration: "Sensei ga kuru yo!" (Japanese: 先生がくるよ![2])
Toyoo Ashida
Ayuko Anzai
Toyoo Ashida
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
May 20, 1981 (1981-05-20)
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"Arale is Kidnapped!" Transliteration: "Arare yūkaisareru!" (Japanese: アラレ誘かいされる![2])
"The Teacher is Coming!": Arale has told Senbei that a teacher is coming to their house. Once he hears this, he thinks Ms. Yamabuki is coming, so he has invented a barber machine to groom his hair to look nice. However, this barber machine is a failed robot.
"Arale is Kidnapped!": Arale and Gatchan meet a bank robber named Joe Dunn while playing outside. Joe tries to use them as hostages, but instead becomes frightened at them because Arale didn't get hurt when accidentally shooting herself with his gun and Gatchan nibbled a part of his gun when he tried to it as hostage.
Arale's day is a normal day to her, but not for everyone else. In the morning, she destroys a police car, and at the school she eats a bunch of whisky bonbons and gets drunk. That night, she starts having a stomachache.
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"The Story of Donbe" Transliteration: "Donbe monogatari" (Japanese: ドンベ物語[2])
Akinori Nagaoka
Tomoko Konparu
Sadayoshi Tominaga
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
June 3, 1981 (1981-06-03)
108
Donbe plays spiteful pranks on the people of Penguin Village. He runs into trouble after failing to impersonate Miss Yamabuki to get the school's fish and Senbei is mistaken for Donbe. As Donbe finds out how powerful Arale is, he gets his foot caught in a trap and reveals to Arale how badly humans treated him and his parents. Arale invites Donbe over to Senbei's to receive medical treatment despite the trouble the fox caused him.
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"The Great Strawberry Panties Caper" Transliteration: "Ichigo pantsu daisakusen" (Japanese: イチゴパンツ大作戦[2])
Directed by : Toyoo Ashida Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Ayuko Anzai
Toyoo Ashida
Teiichi Akashi
June 10, 1981 (1981-06-10)
109
Arale blabs to Senbei about Miss Yamabuki's strawberry panties. Helped by Arale's animal friends, the professor conducts a complicated scientific process so he can get a peek at Yamabuki's panties. However his attempts fail, leaving him in a state of shock.
Directed by : Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Yasuo Yamayoshi
Masaki Tsuji
Toshiki Hirano
Mataji Urata & Shōji Suyama
June 17, 1981 (1981-06-17)
110
The alien king Nikochan abducts Arale and Gatchan and is intent on destroying the Earth, but Gatchan eats the alien spaceship. While Senbei builds a new spaceship, Nikochan is driven crazy by the positive reactions the inhabitants show towards aliens. The new spaceship is finished but never leaves the Earth.
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"Hip Hip Children" Transliteration: "Teketeke chirudoren" (Japanese: テケテケチルドレン[2])
"Hip Hip Children": Arale plays with a girl named Kinoko Sarada, who helps Arale fit in with modern ways, but end in disaster when Arale and Gatchen put on a lot of makeup.
"Scary Scary Policewoman": Senbei is antagonised by a crazy and quick-judging policewoman. The professor finds himself chased by the townspeople when he tries out his invisibility formula, until he sustains full body injuries.
"Arale Flies the Skies" Transliteration: "Arare sora o tobu" (Japanese: アラレ空をとぶ[2])
"Transform Ponpoko Gun": Senbei builds a gun that transforms whatever the gunner chooses. Arale uses it to turn Yamabuki into Senbei's wife and then turn Senbei into a sea monster.
"Arale Flies the Skies": Arale wants to fly like Gatchan, so Senbei builds her a flying machine. After a test flight in it, Arale lands on the Weatherman's domain and plays about with the weather.
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"The Terrifying Good Girl" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no yoikokko" (Japanese: 恐怖のよいこっコ[2])
Masayuki Ôzeki
Tomoko Konparu
Mitsuo Shindō
Teiichi Akashi
July 8, 1981 (1981-07-08)
113
Senbei chastises Arale for her antics. Arale's old acquaintance, Joe finds himself dragged into the house, but Arale helps him steal the household inventions, to Senbei's chagrin. Still determined to prove that she is a good girl she takes Yamabuki's lesson with such enthusiasm, that she terrifies the animals of Penguin Village and puts the police through a lot of trouble.
Directed by : Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Mitsuru Niiza
Mataji Urata & Shōji Suyama
July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15)
114
Suppaman has appeared at Penguin Village. He thinks he is a super hero, but everyone knows he is a troublemaker. The only thing he can beat Arale and Gatchan in is rock, paper, scissors. However, for some reason Arale starts to admire him.
"Yay Yay Wildland" Transliteration: "Waiwai Wairudorando" (Japanese: わいわいワイルドランド[2])
Sadayoshi Tominaga
"Arale's Errand": Arale sees Akane's bra for the first time, and she starts wanting to have one too.
"Yay Yay Wildland": Arale and her friends go to a safari park called Wild land. They get on a jeep to see the wild animals, but the jeep breaks in the middle of the jungle.
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"Huh!? Penguin Village Through the TV Jack" Transliteration: "Ayaya!? Pengin Mura De Terebijakku" (Japanese: あやや!? ペンギン村でテレビジャック)
Masayuki Ôzeki
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Minoru Maeda
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25)
TBA
This special was broadcast within the Queen Millennia TV anime special, "Summer Anime Matsuri Special: Arale-chan's Family Appears! Who is Queen Millennia!?" It is a crossover between the Dr. Slump Arale-chan and Queen Millennia anime television series.
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"Living for Tomorrow!" Transliteration: "Asu ni mukatte!" (Japanese: あすに向って![2])
Masayuki Ôzeki
Masaki Tsuji
Toshiki Hirano
Teiichi Akashi
July 29, 1981 (1981-07-29)
116
"Arale is Akane!?" Transliteration: "Arare wa Akane!?" (Japanese: アラレはあかね!?[2])
"Living for Tomorrow!": Arale finds a camera which will show the future. She takes everyone's photo with the camera to see how the future will be 10 years later. All of her friends become 23 years old, but Arale is still the same....
"Arale is Akane!?": Arale Norimaki and Akane Kimidori decide to change their appearance to look like each other and spend the rest of their day pretending to be the other.
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"Fear the Monster's Night" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no monsutāzu naito" (Japanese: 恐怖のモンスターズナイト[2])
Minoru Okazaki
Ayuko Anzai
Rie Nishiyama
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
August 5, 1981 (1981-08-05)
117
Trampire and her follower Franken come to Senbei's house for fresh blood and money. Trampire tries to drink Arale's blood, but it's impossible since Arale is an android. Then, Arale and Gatchan start sleepwalking and scare the two monsters away.
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"The Fairy Tale Machine" Transliteration: "Otogi Mashīn" (Japanese: おとぎマシーン[2])
Yūji Katō
Masaki Tsuji
Katsumi Aoshima
Mataji Urata
August 12, 1981 (1981-08-12)
118
"Shiverman the Hitman" Transliteration: "Koroshi no Bibiruman" (Japanese: 殺しのびびるマン[2])
Shōji Suyama
"The Fairy Tale Machine": Arale and Gatchan have gone to the world of fairy tales by Wonder machine. In "the Peach Boy" world, she becomes friends with devils and they start playing a game of tag together. Then, Arale starts changing the fairy tale.
"Shiverman the Hitman": Joe wants to get revenge over Arale Norimaki, and he hires the Shiverman. Arale, Gatchan and the Shiverman end up inside Arale's "King Kong" book by the Fairy Tale Machine.
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"Arale Swims in the Ancient Past" Transliteration: "Arare ōmukashi e kaisuiyoku ni" (Japanese: アラレ大昔へ海水浴に[2])
Akinori Nagaoka
Tomoko Konparu
Sadayoshi Tominaga
Teiichi Akashi
August 19, 1981 (1981-08-19)
119
Arale and Gatchan time slip to a "long time ago" to go swimming without telling Senbei. Senbei starts to worry because they are not coming home.
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"Kinoko on the Loose" Transliteration: "Kinoko-chan iede" (Japanese: きのこちゃん家出[2])
Directed by : Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Hiromitsu Morita
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Mitsuo Shindō
Tadao Kubota
August 26, 1981 (1981-08-26)
120
Kinoko's father accidentally eats her favorite strawberry. Kinoko gets so angry, so she decides to leave home and tries to become a bad girl.
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"The Great Space Date Adventure" Transliteration: "Uchū de dēto daibōken" (Japanese: 宇宙でデート大冒険[2])
Akinori Nagaoka
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Rie Nishiyama
Shōji Suyama
September 9, 1981 (1981-09-09)
TBA
Senbei, and Ms. Yamabuki go to outer space. While they are flying in outer space, Senbei wants to go to bathroom, so he decides to land on the closest planet. However, once they land on the planet, Ms. Yamabuki is kidnapped by a monster.
When Senbei returns to Earth, they meet old Akane and Taro. When Senbei tells his name, they don't believe him. Because, according to them, the real Senbei never returned to Earth since he left 50 years ago.
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"Arale's Hoyoyo Date" Transliteration: "Arare no hoyoyo dēto" (Japanese: アラレのほよよデート[2])
Directed by : Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Saburo Nodera
Tomoko Konparu
Toyoo Ashida
Toshikazu Yamaguchi
September 23, 1981 (1981-09-23)
TBA
"Bye-Bye Super Power" Transliteration: "Bai bai metchanko pawā" (Japanese: バイバイメッチャンコパワー[2])
Sadayoshi Tominaga
"Arale's Hoyoyo Date": Arale and Bancho decide to have a date. Arale thinks "to have a date" means to hold each other's hand, so she starts holding Bancho's hand very tight.
"Bye-Bye Super Power": Tired of being beaten by her, Senbei Norimaki decides to reduce Arale Norimaki's power to that of a normal girl.
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"Arale's Big Change!!" Transliteration: "Arare-chan daihenshin!!" (Japanese: アラレちゃん大変身!![2])
Directed by : Toyoo Ashida & Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
A cricket jumps into Arale's mouth while she is sleeping. After she eats the cricket, she becomes a different girl. Now, she is very calm and very serious, so everybody starts to worry about her.
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24.5
"Penguin Village SOS!!" Transliteration: "Pengin mura SOS!!" (Japanese: ペンギン村SOS!!)
Minoru Okazaki
Ayuko Anzai
Mitsuo Shindō
Shōji Suyama
October 7, 1981 (1981-10-07)
TBA
"Affairs of the Heart!" Transliteration: "Hāto de shōbu!" (Japanese: ハートで勝負!)
Masayuki Ôzeki
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Toshiki Hirano
Takamura Mukuo
"Anything is OK, Mr. Handy" Transliteration: "Nandemo OK Ōcha-kun" (Japanese: なんでもOKオーチャくん)
Masayuki Ôzeki
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Ikuo Fudaki
Takamura Mukuo
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"The Exchange Student from Metropolis Island" Transliteration: "Tokai-tō kara no tenkōsei" (Japanese: 都会島からの転校生[2])
Directed by : Toyoo Ashida & Yūji Katō Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Tomoko Konparu
Toyoo Ashida
Teiichi Akashi
October 14, 1981 (1981-10-14)
TBA
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"The Great Arale-Eye Caper!!" Transliteration: "Arare me daisakusen!!" (Japanese: アラレ目大作戦!![2])
Akinori Nagaoka
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Minoru Maeda
Takamura Mukuo
October 21, 1981 (1981-10-21)
TBA
Senbei fits a miniature spy camera in Arale to survey her activities and get a glimpse at Miss Yamabuki's panties. His plan works, but he proceeds to make a video recorder and sends Arale to take a bath with Miss Yamabuki, so he can record a video of Yamabuki's naked body. This does not work out for him with Arale being distracted and Donbe makes Senbei's plan backfire.
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"Yay! A New Friend" Transliteration: "Wāi! Atarashii otomodachi" (Japanese: ワーイ!新しいお友だち[2])
Directed by : Hiroe Arakawa Storyboarded by : Yukio Ebisawa
Toshiki Inoue
Yukio Ebisawa
Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27)
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"Penguin Village Grand Prix" Transliteration: "Pengin mura guranpuri" (Japanese: ペンギン村グランプリ[2])
Minoru Okazaki
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Minoru Maeda
Jin Kageyama
November 3, 1982 (1982-11-03)
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Directed by : Hiroe Arakawa Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Sadayoshi Tominaga
Jin Kageyama
November 10, 1982 (1982-11-10)
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Hiroki Shibata
Mitsuo Shindō
Mataji Urata
November 17, 1982 (1982-11-17)
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"Penguin Village Mystery" Transliteration: "Pengin mura misuterī" (Japanese: ペンギン村ミステリー[2])
Toyoo Ashida & Yūji Katō
Toshiki Inoue
Toyoo Ashida
Jin Kageyama
November 24, 1982 (1982-11-24)
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"Big Head Cometh" Transliteration: "Dekkai atama ga yattekita" (Japanese: でっかいアタマがやってきた[2])
Yūji Katō
Michiru Shimada
Sadayoshi Tominaga
Jin Kageyama
December 1, 1982 (1982-12-01)
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"The Terrifying Vegetable Men" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no bejitaburu ojisan" (Japanese: 恐怖のベジタブルおじさん[2])
Directed by : Hiroe Arakawa Storyboarded by : Katsumi Endō
Michiru Shimada
Seiichi Nodate
Mataji Urata
December 8, 1982 (1982-12-08)
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"The Secret of Arale's Birth" Transliteration: "Arare shussei no himitsu" (Japanese: アラレ出生のひみつ[2])
Minoru Okazaki
Toshiki Inoue
Minoru Maeda
Jin Kageyama
December 15, 1982 (1982-12-15)
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"Arale the Super Prize Girl" Transliteration: "Arare no metchauri no shōjo" (Japanese: アラレのマッチ売りの少女[2])
Directed by : Hiroe Arakawa Storyboarded by : Yukio Ebisawa
Michiru Shimada
Yukio Ebisawa
Jin Kageyama
December 22, 1982 (1982-12-22)
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"The Tale of the Red Sandal Strings" Transliteration: "Akai hanao monogatari" (Japanese: 赤い鼻緒ものがたり[2])
Toyoo Ashida & Yūji Katō
Michiru Shimada
Toyoo Ashida
Jin Kageyama
December 29, 1982 (1982-12-29)
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38.5
"Dr. Slump: Arale-chan Special: A New World Wonder Made Public in Penguin Village!" Transliteration: "Dr. Suranpu arare-chan pengin-mura no nanafushigi zen kōkai! Supesharu" (Japanese: Dr.スランプ アラレちゃん ペンギン村の七ふしぎ全公開!スペシャル)
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December 31, 1982 (1982-12-31)
A special which features rebroadcasts of past episodes, including a broadcast of Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island.
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"Here Comes the Tsuns" Transliteration: "Tsun-san ikki ga yattekita" (Japanese: 摘さん一家がやってきた[2])
"Dr. Slump and Arale-chan Returns Special" Transliteration: "Kaette kita Dr. Suranpu arare-chan supesharu" (Japanese: 帰って来たDr.スランプ アラレちゃんスペシャル)
December 31, 1990 (1990-12-31)
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"Dr. Slump: Arale-chan '92 New Year Special" Transliteration: "Dr. Suranpu arare-chan '92 oshōgatsu supesharu" (Japanese: Dr.スランプ・アラレちゃん '92お正月スペシャル)
January 1–3, 1992 (3 Episodes) (January 1–3, 1992 (3 Episodes))
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"Dr. Slump and Arale-chan Special: Ooh-ho-hoy! - I Came Back to Win" Transliteration: "Dr. Suranpu arare-chan SP 〜 u hoho 〜 i! Kaette ki chitta no maki 〜" (Japanese: Dr.スランプアラレちゃんSP 〜うほほ〜い!帰ってきちったの巻〜)
June 29, 2007 (2007-06-29)
Fuji TV commemorated the release of the series on DVD with this special hosted by Mami Koyama and Toshiyuki Makihara.[3]