Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis

1985 0h 38m JA

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 6

ComedyAnimation

Synopsis

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Children are lured to Metropolis only to find that the renowned, mythical city may not be the happy-go-lucky utopia they'd thought it would be.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mami Koyama
Arale Norimaki (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Senbei Norimaki (voice)
Mitsuko Horie
Obotchaman (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama
Akane Kimidori (voice) / Kinoko Sarada (voice)
Naomi Jinbo
Peasuke Soramame (voice)
Mariko Mukai
Midori Yamabuki (voice)
Tesyo Genda
Suppaman (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toyoo Ashida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 38-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Dr. Slump" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Mami Koyama and Kenji Utsumi and Mitsuko Horie carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toyoo Ashida directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 38-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
241 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Dr. Slump" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Mami Koyama and Kenji Utsumi and Mitsuko Horie carry the top of the cast.
6Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 11 themes, including "inventor", "surrealism", "parody", "based on manga".

The technical file

Runtime: 38 min · 0h 38m
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Dr. Slump

Dr Slump creates a little android girl, Arale, very stong, happy and totally common senseless. They live in Penguin Village where the strangest things happen (i.e. the dawn is announced by a little pig wearing a basquee).