Dr. Slump (1981–1986)

Bias Rating

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Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.9

Overview

Dr. Norimaki is a bumbling inventor who dreams of one day getting wealth and a girlfriend, or at least a good collection of dirty magazines. He manages to build a robot child, which he names Arale. Arale works perfectly,...

Starring Cast

Mami Koyama • Kenji Utsumi • Kazuko Sugiyama

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Mami Koyama • Kenji Utsumi • Kazuko Sugiyama

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

Dr. Slump receives a neutral rating because its central subject matter is pure gag comedy and fantastical slice-of-life, which inherently lacks a strong political valence, and the narrative does not champion any specific ideological problem or solution.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

Dr. Slump, as a Japanese gag comedy, features a diverse cast of fantastical characters inherent to its comedic nature, rather than through explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing, without critiquing traditional identities or explicitly centering DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

Dr. Slump is a classic gag manga and anime series known for its slapstick comedy and absurd characters. The narrative does not include any explicit or implicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The 1981–1986 Dr. Slump anime is the first adaptation of the manga. All major characters maintain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The 1981–1986 Dr. Slump anime is a direct adaptation of the manga, maintaining the original character designs and implied racial characteristics. No characters established as one race in the source material were portrayed as a different race in this adaptation.