Dr. Norimaki is an inept inventor who aspires to amass wealth and a girlfriend, or at least a vast stash of adult magazines. He crafts a robot child named Arale, which functions flawlessly until she develops extraordinary superpowers and exhibits a childlike naivety about causing chaos wherever she goes. Episodes often revolve around the trio—Arale, Dr. Norimaki, and the town's eccentric inhabitants (including talking trees, mountains, an alien invasion trying to escape, and a skeptical Superman)—endeavoring to achieve their desires in increasingly absurd ways.
1. Arale-chan Tanjou/Ossu! Otomodachi
Aired: Apr 7, 1981
