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Dr. スランプ [Dr. Slump] #12
Dr. Slump, Vol. 12
Robot girl hijinks from the creator of Dragon Ball !
When goofy inventor Senbei Norimaki creates a precocious robot named Arale, his masterpiece turns out to be more than he bargained for!
In an especially tearful episode, Senbei fixes the anti-gravity device on the Tsuns family's rocket, and they leave Penguin Village forever...or at least, for a few pages. And in a slightly less tearful episode, Senbei fixes the anti-gravity device (again!), this time so that King Nikochan can return home--with some unwanted Arale and the Gatchans!
When goofy inventor Senbei Norimaki creates a precocious robot named Arale, his masterpiece turns out to be more than he bargained for!
In an especially tearful episode, Senbei fixes the anti-gravity device on the Tsuns family's rocket, and they leave Penguin Village forever...or at least, for a few pages. And in a slightly less tearful episode, Senbei fixes the anti-gravity device (again!), this time so that King Nikochan can return home--with some unwanted Arale and the Gatchans!
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 8, 1983
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About the author
Akira Toriyama
1,921 books1,727 followersAkira Toriyama (鳥山明) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga with his works highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.
His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.
His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
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November 15, 2021
La familia Tsun estuvo a punto de regresar a casa. Sin embargo los que pudieron realizar su viaje de regreso fue el rey Nikochan y su súbdito, pero como siempre Arale y los Gatchan se colaron en la nave, pero sirvió de ayuda para eliminar al villano que atormentaba al planeta Nikochan.
La aventura se los ladrones hermosos fue muy divertida sobre todo porque pensaban que podían robar algo estando en presencia de Arale
La aventura se los ladrones hermosos fue muy divertida sobre todo porque pensaban que podían robar algo estando en presencia de Arale
November 23, 2024
This was a very fulfilling volume that paid off one of the alien plots in a good way.
July 30, 2025
Unpredictable
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October 19, 2025divertido como siempre
February 21, 2016
Arale and a couple others are watching shooting stars and Arale finally throws a rock at one which then crashes. It turns out to be space aliens. Who plan on attacking Earth. Who change their plans due to a lollypop.
Dr. Slump fixes an alien anti-gravity device and gets to see Modiri's panties again. He puts it into the Tsun's ship but it doesn't work, so he makes a spaceship of his own and gives it to King Nikochan since he's not sure it will work, but it does. Arale and the Gatchans are also on board, though.
Nikochan tries to leave them off on another planet but it doesn't work. They finally land on the right planet but an evil being attacks and the king can't stop him. Arale and the Gatchans send the evil guy packing and leave for earth.
With lots of radishes.
A couple of crooks get into the Tsun's place, distracting everyone with magazines. Then Senbei and the others arrive. Senbei is distracted when the female thief opens her blouse, but things sort of go downhill for the thieves from that point.
A gang of three guys arrives in the town. They're not exactly the most vicious gangsters in the world, and they don't get the kind of reaction they thought they would.
Senbi grabs a woman's boobs, thinking she's Midori, but she's not. He makes a helmet to transform him into Midori (to hide from the police), and uses it. One of the Gatchan's takes the helmet and also transforms. Right in front of the real Midori.
The next story has a hot summer, an egg the Gatchan's found, and a strange creature that needs to be in the cold. They get it back to its parents.
The last story involves a problem for Santa Claus.
Dr. Slump fixes an alien anti-gravity device and gets to see Modiri's panties again. He puts it into the Tsun's ship but it doesn't work, so he makes a spaceship of his own and gives it to King Nikochan since he's not sure it will work, but it does. Arale and the Gatchans are also on board, though.
Nikochan tries to leave them off on another planet but it doesn't work. They finally land on the right planet but an evil being attacks and the king can't stop him. Arale and the Gatchans send the evil guy packing and leave for earth.
With lots of radishes.
A couple of crooks get into the Tsun's place, distracting everyone with magazines. Then Senbei and the others arrive. Senbei is distracted when the female thief opens her blouse, but things sort of go downhill for the thieves from that point.
A gang of three guys arrives in the town. They're not exactly the most vicious gangsters in the world, and they don't get the kind of reaction they thought they would.
Senbi grabs a woman's boobs, thinking she's Midori, but she's not. He makes a helmet to transform him into Midori (to hide from the police), and uses it. One of the Gatchan's takes the helmet and also transforms. Right in front of the real Midori.
The next story has a hot summer, an egg the Gatchan's found, and a strange creature that needs to be in the cold. They get it back to its parents.
The last story involves a problem for Santa Claus.
May 10, 2024
Really good volume! Some stories in it feel like a single short joke, and some others like a slightly longer one. In any case, the humour, though perhaps simple, is direct and genuine.
And, the art is so convincing. The world of the penguin village is a totality that just makes sense from page 1.
I hope generations to come keep discovering Akira's universe and that the master's craft lives on! His works made me smile when I was 12, and they do so now. I think that is something not to be taken for granted.
And, the art is so convincing. The world of the penguin village is a totality that just makes sense from page 1.
I hope generations to come keep discovering Akira's universe and that the master's craft lives on! His works made me smile when I was 12, and they do so now. I think that is something not to be taken for granted.
February 3, 2011
funny and funny and funny
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