Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis

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Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis

1985

0h 38m

6.2(6 votes)

Comedy

Animation

Overview

Children are lured to Metropolis only to find that the renowned, mythical city may not be the happy-go-lucky utopia they'd thought it would be.

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7 featured cast members

Starring

Mami Koyama

Arale Norimaki (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Senbei Norimaki (voice)

Mitsuko Horie

Obotchaman (voice)

Kazuko Sugiyama

Akane Kimidori (voice) / Kinoko Sarada (voice)

Naomi Jinbo

Peasuke Soramame (voice)

Mariko Mukai

Midori Yamabuki (voice)

Tesyo Genda

Suppaman (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Toyoo Ashida

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