Late Night! The Genius Bakabon
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?!
Cast
Arata Furuta
パパ
Miyu Irino
バカボン
Noriko Hidaka
ママ
Ai Nonaka
ハジメ
Toshiyuki Morikawa
本官
Akira Ishida
レレレのおじさん
Takahiro Sakurai
ウナギイヌ
Seasons
E1We Got Turned Into An Anime Again
Jul 11, 2018
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?
E2This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me
Jul 18, 2018
Unagi Inu takes up his doggish duty to wake up the stars of the show. / The Policeman takes Unagi Inu, Papa, and Rerere to a mixer in the hopes he can score a date.
E3We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third
Jul 25, 2018
Bakabon and his family end up in a movie. / Papa decides that he wants a third child, but has completely forgotten how to make one.
E4Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It
Jul 31, 2018
Papa is visited by two of his underclassmen from Bakada University. The first one can’t seem to stop paying for microtransactions and the second needs ideas for a new otome game featuring anthropomorphic characters.
E5We Test the Limits of Late Night!
Aug 8, 2018
Papa and the others push the limits for a late-night anime of their caliber.
E6Anime is Hard
Aug 15, 2018
Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
E7We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu
Aug 21, 2018
One of Papa’s Bakada underclassmen visits again and decides to make slideshow presentations about everything.
E8I Want Some Action / Unagi Inu's Memorial Service
Aug 28, 2018
The Policeman becomes interested in wanting to stand out more. / Unagi Inu must attend a funeral.
E9Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon
Sep 4, 2018
The Policeman undergoes an aptitude test to see if he's really cut out for his line of work. / Bakabon gets real.
E10Genius Hajime
Sep 12, 2018
Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
E11Goodbye, Everyone
Sep 18, 2018
Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
E12This is the Actual Final Episode
Sep 25, 2018
This is it. Show's done. We promise.
Videos
Storyline
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?!
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