Cover of Dr. Slump

English releases on file: May 15, 2005 – Apr 9, 2013.

Dr. Slump

Story & Art by Akira Toriyama

18 volumes

The wacked-out misadventures of incompetent inventor Senbei Norimaki and his android "daughter" Arale. Senbei and Arale live in Penguin Village, a place where the sun eats ice cream, parodies of Superman and Tarzan(among others) live and piles of poop walk and talk.

Volumes: 18 in the canonical sequence
English packaging: 18 books, 36 releases
Publishers: VIZ Media
Also known as: Dr. スランプ

Reading path

VIZ Media · 18 books in reading order

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 1

May 15, 2005Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 2

Jul 15, 2005Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 3

Sep 6, 2005Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 4

Nov 8, 2005Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 5

Jan 10, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 6

Mar 7, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 7

May 2, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 8

Jul 5, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 9

Sep 5, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 10

Nov 7, 2006Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 11

Jan 2, 2007Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 12

May 2007Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 13

Sep 4, 2007Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 14

Jan 2008Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 15

May 6, 2008Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 16

Sep 2, 2008Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 17

Jan 6, 2009Print + Digital

Cover of Dr. Slump Vol 18

May 5, 2009Print + Digital

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