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Dr. スランプ [Dr. Slump]
Series · 13
books · 1980-1985

Books in series

Dr. Slump, Vol. 1 book cover
#1

Dr. Slump, Vol. 1

1980

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! Basking in the glow of his scientific achievement, Senbei scrambles to get Arale in working order so the rest of Penguin Village won't have reason to suspect she's not really a girl. But first Senbei needs to find her a pair of glasses and some clothes...
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#2

Dr. Slump, Vol. 02

1980

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! It's business as usual in Penguin Village: an alien arrives on Earth in hopes of becoming a superhero to the weakling humans, a bank robber tries to kidnap Arale and baby Gatchan, and Arale wrecks the town police car—again!
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#3

Dr. Slump, Vol. 03

1980

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! Will an alien invasion of Earth hold Arale's attention? Will she ever be her loopy self again after a cricket shorts her brain functions and turns her into a normal girl? And what will the local police station do, now that she's started turning in lost-and-found items that nobody wants found—like poop?!
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#4

Dr. Slump, Vol. 4

1981

Aralé, la petite fille robot fabriquée par le docteur Norimaki, continue à ne faire que des bêtises. Les trouvailles graphiques et l'imagination débridée d'Akira Toriyama ont fait de cette série son premier succès, bien avant la création de Dragon Ball.
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#5

Dr. Slump, Vol. 05

1981

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 a special dramatic episode of Dr. Slump, Senbei, Arale, and friends try their hand at law enforcement—with predictably hazardous results. And when Peasuke loses his heart to a tall sixth grader, Arale uses the Big-Small Ray Gun to make her small—so small that they lose her in the grass!
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#6

Dr Slump, Vol. 6

1981

Bienvenue au village Pingouin. Vous ferez connaissance avec Senbeï Norimaki et sa création, le robot à l'apparence d'une petite fille qui ne fait que des bêtises. _Très proche de l'univers des dessins animés de Tex Avery, Akira Toriyama nous livre ici une série complètement délirante où il laisse son imagination et son humour le diriger. Les trouvailles graphiques et l'humour insolent d'Akira Toriyama ont fait de cette série son premier succès, bien avant la création de Dragon Ball._
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#7

Dr. Slump, Vol. 07

1982

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! Senbei plays the lead role in a musical retelling of "Cinderella" and must make a dash for the not-so fairy-tale ending when Toriyama runs out of pages! And Arale learns the joys of sticking toothpicks into octopus snacks. A rampage of poking ensues, much to the dismay of Senbei, the local cow, and the moon.
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#8

Dr. Slump, Vol. 08

1982

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 the epic "Penguin Village Wars," Arale and friends must battle the forces of two alien buttheads and a megalomaniac armed with robotic poop. Elsewhere, Senbei's helper robot force-feeds him ramen, a carjacker refuses to ride with bad drivers, and a miniature house controls destinies in the real world.
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#10

Dr. Slump, Vol. 10

1983

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! There's something peculiar about the Tsun family, who have been forced to land their rocket in Senbei's yard. For instance, why does their son turn into a cuddly tiger whenever he feels the female touch? And what do the gifted Tsun children have up their sleeves when they compete at Penguin Village's very own high school Olympics?
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#12

Dr. Slump, Vol. 12

1983

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!
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#13

Dr. Slump, Vol. 13

1984

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! Meet Caramel Man 004, the latest sinister creation of the evil Dr. Mashirito! Beneath the outer shell of a sweet, innocent boy lurks a machine built for world domination...that's totally smitten with Arale. A disappointed Dr. Mashirito next unleashes an even more terrifying Caramel Man 005! And Caramel Man 006! And if that doesn't work, there's always Caramel Man 007! (You'd think he'd know when to quit!)
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#14

Dr. Slump, Vol. 14

1984

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! The obsessed Dr. Mashirito continues his mad scheme to destroy Arale with the powerful Caramel Man 007! And this time, he succeeds! No, really! Is this the end of Arale? Is this the end of Dr. Slump ? Probably not, but you'd better buy this volume, just in case!
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#16

Dr. Slump, Vol. 16

1985

The tables have turned as Akira Toriyama finds himself interviewed by his own creations! (And he's got a lot of explaining to do!) Meanwhile, Senbei is tempted by the dark side, in the form of the lovely and mischievous Enma. And to top things off, Dr. Masharito reveals his latest plot to take over the world, by dressing up as Santa Claus! Ho, ho, ho—REJECTED!

Author

Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama
Author · 167 books

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.

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