Stupid Pink Kid!

Stupid Pink Kid! (バカなピンク・キッド！), better known as Pinky is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiya Toichi from 1962 to 1973. It follows Pinky Pinkton, the child-like protagonist as he gets into various misadventures.
It was then adapted into an anime series by Dynamic Mutants of the Millennium director Takashi Shirō in August 1985 until its conclusion in March 2016. The anime series has been re-released by ADV Films in 2002 with some English dubbing. The English dub is currently available on Netflix.
The series was broadcast on BBC Two in the UK and on Adult Swim in the United States under the name Stupid Pink Kid!.
==Plot ==
The series centers on the adventures of a very childlike man named Pinky Pinkton. He was actually originally named KiKi Pinkton and is the son of a British politician. He goes to Japan and works with an old Englishman named Henry Watterson, who takes care of him. Pinky gets into various misadventures with his friends.
==Reception==
D.J. Sylvis of Kotaku praised the humor of the series in the early episodes: "Somehow this early episode has an incredibly dark sense of humor that is much more subtle than what the rest of the show would have you believe it is going to be like".
Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post stated that "the first episode feels a lot like one of those 70s sitcoms with an almost clichéd plot and characterizations". Rory Mellon of the Geek Syndicate website gave the series four out of five stars for its animation and five out of five stars for its story and humor. Carl Horn of the Anime News Network commented on the series' opening episode that it was a "shallow attempt at appealing to the younger audience", stating that it was "too silly, too childish, and too generic".
Andrew Beed from Anime UK News stated that while the series was not as memorable as the original, the English dub was "much more entertaining than its original incarnation".
Critical response towards the new dub was mixed. Cedar Lewis of the website The Otaku's Study felt that the original English dub from DiC Entertainment was an "awful dub" while commending the new dub for sounding "far more natural". While Mitch Nauert of the website UK Anime Network called it "great" and "one of the best dubs he has heard in years".
=== In popular culture ===
Stupid Pink Kid! regularly incorporates real world references since the 1980s such as Roland of Gilead from the novel and subsequent film The Stand by Stephen King, the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Motoko Kusanagi from the manga and anime film Ghost in the Shell.
In later episodes and seasons (1990 onward), characters from various other anime, such as the popular anime series Sailor Moon, are referenced throughout the show, including a guest appearance by the Sailor Moon character herself.
== Characters consisting of ==
* KiKi "Pinky" Pinkton - The protagonist of the series. Pinky is known for having pink hair to reflect the name. He was born in the UK as the son of a British politician. He is also known as "Loser Pinky" because he is unable to use chopsticks. Pinky Pinkton is also known as "Pinky" or "Pinky Pink". He is very naïve, innocent, childlike, and foolish.
* Hiroshi - Pinky Pinkton's cousin. Hiroshi is known to be very smart and to have a great memory. Pinky Pinkton's favorite color is blue, which Hiroshi finds hilarious. He is known to be very smart.
* Kiku - Pinky Pinkton's other cousin. Kiku is very clumsy, but is also very brave.
* Masaki and Yuri - These two characters are Pinky Pinkton's friends who also go to the same school as him.
* Henry Watterson - Pinky Pinkton's old English man caretaker. He takes care of him.
* Larry Google the Shorty - This character appears to be very short. He is a regular character in the series. He is a British character.
* Yukio Shirahata - This character is Pinky Pinkton's best friend. Yukio is Pinky Pinkton's best friend who goes to the same school as Pinky Pinkton. Yukio's favorite hobby is collecting baseball cards and baseball posters.
* Fat Kid - A fat idiot whose has a pet white rat named "Mr. White Rat".
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