Dr. Slump

Dr. Slump
Original Title	(Dr.スランプ Dokutā Suranpu)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Intersound, Inc.
Dubbing Studio 2	Omni Productions
Voice Director 1	Robert V. Barron
Voice Director 2	Victor Lee
Recorded	1984 2010
Dub Country 1	United States
Dub Country 2	Hong Kong
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	243 1 (Intersound, Inc. dub) 58 (Omni Productions dub)
Year	1981-1986

Dr. Slump & Arale, or simply Dr. Slump (Dr.スランプ Dokutā Suranpu) is a Japanese anime based on the manga created by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball. Produced by Toei Animation, the anime ran from 1981 to 1986 with a total of 243 episodes.

Synopsis 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.

Dubbing History

Dr. Slump was originally licensed in the United States by Harmony Gold in 1984, which produced a pilot dub of the first episode recorded at Intersound, Inc.. Character names were Americanized (Senbei was only referred to as his nickname Dr. Slump) while various scenes were edited out for content. The pilot failed to be picked up, so no further episodes were dubbed and Harmony Gold dropped the license.

An English dub would later be produced in 2010 by Omni Productions in Hong Kong. This dub featured Andrea Kwan and later Gloria Ansell as Arale and Michael C. Pizzuto as Senbei. The dub ran for 58 episodes and aired on Cartoon Network Asia.

Cast (Harmony Gold Pilot)

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Arale Slump	Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama	Lara Cody
	Dr. Slump	Senbei Norimaki	Kenji Utsumi	L. Michael Haller
	Tammy le Fox	Midori Yamabuki	Mariko Mukai	Wendee Lee
	Sandy	Akane Kimidori	Kazuko Sugiyama	Kris Noel Pearson
	Butch	Taro Soramame	Toshio Furukawa	Jamie Johnston
	Buddy	Pisuke Soramame	Naomi Jinbo	Robin Levenson
	P.A. Pig	Mr. Pig	Masaharu Satō	Ted Lehmann
	Cop 1	Pagos		Robert Axelrod
	Cop 2	Gara	Isamu Tanonaka	Bryan Cranston
	Pencil Fowl	Tori
	Principal		Masaharu Satō	Mike Reynolds
	Frankenstein		¿?	Robert V. Barron
	Female Student		¿?	Wendee Lee

Additional Voices

• Robert Axelrod - Frog
• Robert V. Barron - Coach 2, Polar Bear
• Bryan Cranston - Coach 1, Rooster

Cast (Animax Asia)

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama	Andrea Kwan
			Gloria Ansell
	Senbei Norimaki	Kenji Utsumi	Michael C. Pizzuto

Additional Voices

• Sarah Hauser
• Richard Magarey

Notes

• Whilst the full series itself has not been dubbed, the characters often appear outside in Toriyama's other productions, most notably Dragon Ball.
• Discotek Media has licensed the films for release on DVD in the United States. Various members who work at Discotek expressed interest in dubbing and releasing the series; though it seems unlikely.

See Also

• Dragon Ball

External Links

• Dr. Slump at the Internet Movie Database
• Dr. Slump (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia