List of Dr. Slump chapters

Cover of the first English volume of Dr. Slump, as published by Viz Media on May 3, 2005.

Dr. Slump is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from issue No. 5/6 on February 4, 1980 to No. 39 on September 10, 1984.[1][2] It received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen and shōjo category.[3] The series follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki, her creator Senbei Norimaki, and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.

The 236 individual chapters were collected by Shueisha into 18 tankōbon volumes, which were published from August 9, 1980 to May 10, 1985.[4] The series was reassembled into 9 aizōban volumes in 1990, and published as 9 bunkoban volumes from July 18, 1995 to April 18, 1996.[5] Between October 4, 2006 and November 2, 2007, it was re-released as 15 kanzenban volumes.[6] Dr. Slump was adapted into a 243 episodes anime series by Toei Animation titled Dr. Slump - Arale-chan, which aired on Fuji TV from to 1981 to 1986.[7] A second anime, simply titled Doctor Slump, ran from 1997 to 1999 for 74 episodes.[8]

Viz Media began publishing an English adaptation of Dr. Slump in 2005 with translation done by Alexander O. Smith and some censorship. All 18 original volumes have been released in North America as of May 5, 2009.

  1. ^ "週刊少年ジャンプ 1980/02/04・2/11合併 表示号数5・6". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "週刊少年ジャンプ 1984/09/10 表示号数39". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  3. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  4. ^ "Dr. スランプ 単行本" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  5. ^ "Dr. スランプ 文庫版" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  6. ^ "Dr. スランプ 完全版" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  7. ^ "DR. SLUMP -ARALE- (TOEI ANIMATION FILM LIST)". Toei Animation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  8. ^ "DR. SLUMP (TOEI ANIMATION FILM LIST)". Toei Animation. Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2010-05-02.