Late Night! The Genius Bakabon

Synopsis

Tensai Bakabon has been off the airwaves for almost 20 years! What's a Papa to do in dire times like the late 2010s? How about break every rule in the anime books, throw in celebrity guests, and take a nonsensical peek into the little things in modern life like otome games, blind dates, and the possibility that a series from the Showa era could make it to now! Is this really how it should be?!

First Air Date: 2018-07-11

Last Air Date: 2018-09-25

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Fujio Akatsuka

Networks: TV Osaka, TV Tokyo

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Top Cast

Arata Furuta as パパ
Miyu Irino as バカボン
Noriko Hidaka as ママ
Ai Nonaka as ハジメ
Toshiyuki Morikawa as 本官
Akira Ishida as レレレのおじさん
Takahiro Sakurai as ウナギイヌ

Seasons

Season 1 (2018)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: We Got Turned Into An Anime Again (2018-07-11)

Bakabon and his family are back in this new anime after 18 years of being off the air. Are they ready for this new era, or have things changed way too much?
Ep. 2: This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me (2018-07-18)

Eel-Dog tries to wake everyone up for the show to start. / Mr. Policeman takes Bakabon's Papa, Eel-Dog and Rerere to a mixer.
Ep. 3: We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third (2018-07-25)

Bakabon and his family end up in a movie. / Bakabon's Papa decides that he wants a third child.
Ep. 4: Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It (2018-07-31)

Bakabon's Papa is visited by two of his underclassmen. The first one can’t seem to stop paying for microtransactions and the second needs ideas for a new game featuring anthropomorphic characters.
Ep. 5: We Test the Limits of Late Night! (2018-08-08)

Bakabon's Papa and the others find out just how far they can go on late night shows.
Ep. 6: Anime is Hard (2018-08-15)

Bakabon's Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
Ep. 7: We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu (2018-08-21)

One of Bakabon's Papa’s kouhais visits again and decides to make presentations about everything.
Ep. 8: I Want Some Action / Eel-Dog's Memorial Service (2018-08-28)

Mr. Policeman makes it clear that he wants to stand out more. / We get a glance at Eel-Dog’s personal life.
Ep. 9: Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon (2018-09-04)

Mr. Policeman gets assessed to see if he’s really fit for this job. / We get to see what a more realistic Bakabon would look like.
Ep. 10: Genius Hajime (2018-09-12)

Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
Ep. 11: Goodbye, Everyone (2018-09-18)

Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
Ep. 12: This is the Actual Final Episode (2018-09-25)

This is the actual final episode. We promise.