The Super Milk Chan Show

The Super Milk Chan Show
Original Title	Super Milk Chan
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	ADV Studios
Voice Director	Steven Foster
Translation & Adaptation	Shoko Oono Steven Foster
Recorded	2004-2005
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	20
Year	1998-2000

Super Milk Chan (スーパーミルクちゃん Sūpā Miruku Chan) is a surrealistic adult humor series for adults created by Hideyuki Tanaka, produced by Studio Pierrot and aired from 1998 to 2000 in Japan.

Synopsis Milk-chan is a drooling, potty-mouthed baby who lives in an apartment with an obsolete robot named Tetsuko, a slug named Hanage, and an uncontrollable pet named Robodog. Whenever the President calls, Milk-chan and the gang rush to the scene to solve any type of problem - whether it's stopping a money counterfeiter hungry for Belgian waffles or counseling a school of drunk fish. At the same time, they have to avoid a nagging landlord, as they're six months behind their rent.

Dubbing History

Super Milk Chan was licensed by ADV Films in the United States. ADV created two different versions of the dub; a direct translation of the Japanese version, and an Americanized version with western pop culture references, harsher language, and short live-action skits featuring ADV voice cast members. This gag-dub version of the series was made specifically to make the series more accessible for airing on Adult Swim. Adult Swim, ironically, would choose the direct translated version for airing.

The series aired on Adult Swim on November 7, 2004 with the original vintage episodes before making its official series premiere a week later. The episodes were released on DVD by ADV from July 6, 2004 to January 11, 2005. Each volume contains 2 discs containing three-four episodes from the series as well as three vintage episodes from the original season. The first disc contained the gag-dub episodes with the second containing the uncut version.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
		Unedited	Americanized
Milk-chan	Haruka Nakamura	Hilary Haag
Tetsuko	Ryōka Yuzuki	Monica Rial	Marcy Bannor
Hanage	Brad Pyutt	Ben Pronsky
Robodog	Yūichi Nagashima	David Matranga
President		Mike MacRae
Dr. Eyepatch	Nobuo Tobita	Tommy Drake
Landlord		Rob Mungle
Yoshiki Arita		Todd Waite
Helen Arita	Yūko Minaguchi	Shelley Calene-Black

Additional Voices

• Greg Ayres
• Vicki Barosh
• Luci Christian
• Mandy Clark
• James Faulkner
• Mark X. Laskowski
• Chris Patton
• John Swasey

Notes

• Monica Rial voices Tetsuko in the direct translated version due to her sounding more like the original Japanese voice actor. Marcy Bannor does the voice for the gag-dub version, with her take on Tetsuko sounding drunken.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2004-05; 2006	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)	United States
—	Anime Network

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
ADV Films	2004-2005		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			4 Volumes

External Links

• Super Milk-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Super Milk-chan at the Internet Movie Database