Dokkiri Doctor

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Dokkiri Doctor

Promotional image for the Dokkiri Doctor anime series
どっきりドクター
(Dokkiri Dokutā)
Genre Comedy
Manga
Author Hosono Fujihiko
Publisher Flag of Japan Shougakukan
Serialized in Flag of Japan Shōnen Sunday
Original run 1981 – 1982
TV anime
Director Kazunori Mizuno
Studio Studio Pierrot
Network Flag of Japan Fuji TV, Animax
Original run 21 October 1998 – 23 June 1999
Episodes 27

Dokkiri Doctor (どっきりドクター Dokkiri Dokutā?), also known as Startling Doctor or Dr. Dokkiri, is a manga series by Hosono Fujihiko, serialized from 1981–1982 in Shōnen Sunday. It was later adapted into a 27-episode anime television series by Studio Pierrot, originally broadcast on Fuji TV from 1998–1999 and later translated and broadcast in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South-East Asia, South Asia, and other regions, by the Animax television network.

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[edit] Story

Dokkiri Doctor chronicles events in the life of Doctor Haruka Nishikikōji, a humorous overweight school doctor who manages his school's clinic and health center, a medieval castle-like complex situated on the school's rooftop, and the crazy and unique inventions he conjures to impress his childhood friend and pretty nurse, Miyuki Koizumi, and to assist his students, but which often lead to an infinite amount of highly embarrassing and funny situations and adventures for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and the teachers of his school.

[edit] Characters

  • Doctor Haruka Nishikikōji (錦小路はるか Nishikikōji Haruka?)
    A humorous, overweight and endearing school doctor who has made it his mission in life to assist his students in any way he can. Secretly in love with his childhood friend and pretty nurse, Miyuki, Doctor Haruka conjures up unique but crazy inventions meant to help his students and impress Miyuki but which often lead to humorous, funny and very embarrassing situations for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and teachers of his school. Managing a medieval castle-like clinic and health center, Doctor Haruka has often tried to express his feelings for Miyuki but is thwarted by both his shyness and the consequences of his crazy inventions. In episode 10 of the anime series, Doctor Haruka's weight was measured by his saliva detector (an invention which could deduce the height and weight of a person by detecting his saliva, which he created to search the school for a phantom food thief, later found to be a hungry germ) to be 105 kilograms.
  • Miyuki Koizumi (小泉みゆき Koizumi Miyuki?)
    A childhood friend of Doctor Haruka and the pretty nurse of the school's clinic and health center. When the doctor's inventions go wrong, as is often the case, Miyuki often helps Doctor Haruka fix and correct their unsatisfactory consequences. She is highly skilled in martial arts, often winning several competitions.
  • Mayumi Koizumi (小泉真由美 Koizumi Mayumi?)
    Miyuki's younger sister, and a student at the school.
  • Yukihiro Hongō (本郷ユキヒロ Yukihiro Hongō?)
    Mayumi's classmate at school, with whom he has a crush.
  • Hajime Mizukoshi (水越一 Mizukoshi Hajime?)
    One of the male teachers at the school. A sly person who is often an unwilling victim of Doctor Haruka's inventions, he is a close confidante of the vice principal, with whom he often unites to find ways of getting Doctor Haruka fired from the school.
  • Rokoro Shibuya (渋谷禄郎 Shibuya Rokoro?)
    The vice principal of the school and is a collector of ancient antique artifacts, many of which face the brunt of the embarrassing consequences of Doctor Haruka's crazy inventions. His favorite bakers are Nanahoshu, as detailed in episode 10.
  • Tamotsu Abe (阿部保 Abe Tamotsu?)
    A male teacher at the school who is not afraid of exposing his muscular body. He often tries unsuccessfully to woo Miyuki.
  • Hideko Ikeda (池田秀子 Ikeda Hideko?)
    A female teacher at the school. A delicate person, she often faints when faced with the shocking situations that often occur due to Doctor Haruka's inventions.
  • Kaori Tajima (田島かおり Tajima Kaori?)
    A little girl who is a student at the school who is often helped by the kind and lovable doctor. She has a crush on her friend Gen.
  • Gen Genda (玄田ゲン Genda Gen?)
    A little boy who is a student at the school and a friend of Kaori. He is also quite popular with his female classmates.
  • Yoshiko Shinagawa (品川良子 Shinagawa Yoshiko?)
    The school's principal.
  • Tai (タイ?), Shoku (ショク?), Kin (キン?)
    The hungry germs, Tai, Shoku and Kin, were a group of germs created by Doctor Haruka.

[edit] Anime

[edit] Cast

[edit] Staff

  • Original Creator
    Fujihiko Hosono (serialized in Shougakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine)
  • Planning
    Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
    Ryuuzou Shirakawa (SPE Visual Works)
    Yuji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot)
  • Producers
    Madoka Takiyama (Fuji TV)
    Katsunori Naruke (SPE Visual Works)
    Ken Hagino (Studio Pierrot)
  • Series Composition
    Satoru Nishizono
  • Screenplay
    Satoru Nishizono
    Yuhiro Tomita
    Yoshiyuki Suga
    Aya Matsui
    Kenichi Kanemaki
    Tsutomu Kaneko
  • Character Designs
    Mari Kitayama
  • Sub-character Designs
    Haruo Miyakawa
  • Art Director
    Shinobu Takahashi (Studio Wyeth)
  • Color Designs
    Hideo Kamitani
  • Director of Photography
    Harutoshi Miyakawa (Takahashi Production)
  • Editing
    Junichi Uematsu (Falcon)
  • Sound Production
    Zak Promotion
  • Music Production
    Sony Music Entertainment
    SPE Visual Works
    Fuji Pacific Music
  • Director
    Kazunori Mizuno
  • Production
    Fuji TV
    SPE Visual Works
    Pierrot

[edit] Theme music

The opening theme for the anime series is Nenai Nenai Nenai (ねない ねない ねない?), performed by The Castanets. For the first 19 episodes (episodes 1-19), the ending theme was I Wish by Electric Combat, and the ending theme used for the last ten episodes (episodes 20-26) was Make it Somehow by LUKA.

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