Dr. Slump, Vol. 11

Dr. スランプ [Dr. Slump] #11

by Akira Toriyama

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 yet another naughty volume of Dr. Slump , Senbei and old man Tsun Tsuru-Ten head to the local public bathhouse sporting X-ray specs, not realizing that everyone there is already naked. And when Senbei is forced to explain Arale's existence to his grandfather, he pretends she was a free toy in a box of caramels…

Genres: Manga, Comics, Comedy, Fiction, Comics Manga, Humor

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 1983

About the author

Akira 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.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two Gatchans! That would've come as a shock, if I hadn't already read their cameo in Dragon Ball.

[Sedna Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun volume that explored Dr Slump's family well and showed how chaotic it can be. Yet it did well to explore the world as well by introducing the concept of aliens and showing us a glimpse of what was to come, especially in Dragonball, throughout My Toriyama's work. I also liked how this expanded the family and the world well.

[Cannon Bean · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Ady Weasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

El Sr. Tsun y Senbei son tal para cual ambos son unos pervertidos, me sorprende de Senbei después de todo consiguió casarse con su amada.

Dos Gatchan esto se va a poner complicado

[Coco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious

[Omar Villafane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Double trouble

[Jesús Pérez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy gracioso

[🌸🦋 María 🦋🌸 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars