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?!
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1.We Got Turned Into An Anime Again
11-07-201823 minBakabon 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?
2.This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me
18-07-201823 minUnagi 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.
3.We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third
25-07-201823 minBakabon and his family end up in a movie. / Papa decides that he wants a third child, but has completely forgotten how to make one.
4.Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It
31-07-201823 minPapa 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 fe...
5.We Test the Limits of Late Night!
08-08-201823 minPapa and the others push the limits for a late-night anime of their caliber.
6.Anime is Hard
15-08-201823 minPapa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
7.We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu
21-08-201823 minOne of Papa’s Bakada underclassmen visits again and decides to make slideshow presentations about everything.
8.I Want Some Action / Unagi Inu's Memorial Service
28-08-201823 minThe Policeman becomes interested in wanting to stand out more. / Unagi Inu must attend a funeral.
9.Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon
04-09-201823 minThe Policeman undergoes an aptitude test to see if he's really cut out for his line of work. / Bakabon gets real.
10.Genius Hajime
12-09-201823 minHajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
11.Goodbye, Everyone
18-09-201823 minBakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
12.This is the Actual Final Episode
25-09-201823 minThis is it. Show's done. We promise.
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