List of Dr. Slump films
Since the debut of the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama's "Dr. Slump" manga series in 1981, Toei Animation (formerly Toei Doga) has produced 11 animated films based on the franchise. In 2008, all eleven films were released in a remastered DVD box set titled "Slump the Box Movies" on September 21. On June 12, 2013, Discotek Media announced they acquired the first five "Dr. Slump" films for release in North America. They released all five in a two-disc DVD box set in Japanese with English subtitles on July 29, 2014. 1980s films. The  first film was produced just three months after the anime started, being shown at the alongside "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and "Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan". was released on July 18, 1981. It adapts chapters 32 and 33 of the manga, following as Senbei Norimaki travels to Wonder Island in order to acquire an ingredient for a love potion. It was released on VHS on August 14, 1987. An anime comic adaptation was released in March 1995. 1990s films. was released on March 6, 1993. It was shown at the alongside "". An anime comic adaptation was released in July 1993 . The film was released on VHS on October 8, 1993. Section::::"Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan". To promote the release of the first "Dr. Slump - Arale-chan" anime DVD box set, Toriyama drew a one-shot manga published in the April 2007 issue of "Monthly Shōnen Jump". It was adapted into a five-minute short titled that entered theaters alongside "" on March 3, 2007. The story centers around an evil counterpart of Arale created by Dr. Mashirito Jr., named Abale. It was later included alongside all the other films in the DVD box set "Slump the Box Movies", released on September  21, 2008. Reception. Reviewing the first five movies, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network summarized "Dr. Slump" as "random silly adventures[...] delivered with a lot of surreal nonsense humor, only the most basic sense of continuity, and not a whiff of substance or seriousness." He felt that much of the humor comes simply from the visuals; stating that the vintage hand-done art and animation provide a "warmth" and "raises Slump's visuals above" other anime. However, he called the background music "non-descript" and stated that the films are only for viewers who are familiar with the series, as  they provide no exposition. Mike Toole, also of ANN, included ""Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure" at number 75 on The Other 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, a list of "lesser-known, lesser-loved classics." He called it an "artfully silly poke at the sci-fi boom of the late 70s and early 80s, skewering everything from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" to "THX-1138"," yet also including "poop jokes, booger jokes, "Ultraman" references, dumb comedy routines, and weirdly evocative, exciting space battles."