Dokkiri Doctor

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Dokkiri Doctor

どっきりドクター (Dokkiri Doctor)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Authored by	Hosono Fujihiko
Publisher	Shougakukan
Serialized in	Shounen Sunday
Original run	1981 – 1982
No. of volumes
TV anime
Directed by	Kazunori Mizuno
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Network	Fuji TV, Animax
Original run	21 October 1998 – 23 June 1999
No. of episodes	27

Dokkiri Doctor (どっきりドクター, Dokkiri Dokutā^?), also known as Startling Doctor or Dr. Dokkiri, is a manga series serialized from 1981–1982 in Shounen Sunday. It was adapted into a 27-episode anime television series by Studio Pierrot, originally broadcast on Fuji TV from 1998–1999 and later translated and broadcast in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South-East Asia, the Philippines, the Indian Subcontinent and in other countries by the Animax television network.

1 Story
2 Characters
3 Staff
4 Music
5 External links
- 5.1 Official sites
- 5.2 Profiles

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Story

Dokkiri Doctor chronicles events in the life of Dr. Haruka Nishikikoji, a humorous overweight school doctor who manages his school's clinic and health center, a medieval castle-like complex situated on the school's rooftop, and the crazy and unique inventions he conjures to impress his childhood friend and pretty nurse, Miyuki Koizumi, and to assist his students, but which often lead to an infinite amount of highly embarrassing and funny situations and adventures for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and the teachers of his school.

[edit] Characters

Dr. Haruka Nishikikōji (錦小路はるか, Nishikikōji Haruka^?), voiced by Koichi Yamadera: A humorous, overweight and endearing school doctor who has made it his mission in life to assist his students in any way he can. Secretly in love with his childhood friend and pretty nurse, Miyuki, Dr. Haruka conjures up unique but crazy inventions meant to help his students and impress Miyuki but which often lead to humorous, funny and very embarrassing situations for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and teachers of his school. Managing a medieval castle-like clinic and health center, Dr. Haruka has often tried to express his feelings for Miyuki but is thwarted by both his shyness and the consequences of his crazy inventions. In episode 10 of the anime series, Dr. Haruka's weight was measured by his saliva detector (an invention which could deduce the height and weight of a person by detecting his saliva, which he created to search the school for a phantom food thief, later found to be a hungry germ) to be 105kg.

Miyuki Koizumi (小泉みゆき, Koizumi Miyuki^?), voiced by Ritsuko Kasai: A childhood friend of Dr. Haruka and the pretty nurse of the school's clinic and health center. When the doctor's inventions go wrong, as is often the case, Miyuki often helps Dr. Haruka fix and correct their unsatisfactory consequences.

Mayumi Koizumi (小泉真由美, Koizumi Mayumi^?), voiced by Hōko Kuwashima: A student of the school and Miyuki's younger sister.

Yukihiro Hongō (本郷ユキヒロ, Yukihiro Hongō^?), voiced by Shizuka Ishikawa: A student of the school and Mayumi's classmate. He has a crush on Mayumi.

Hajime Mizukoshi (水越一, Mizukoshi Hajime^?), voiced by Shigeru Chiba: One of the male teachers of the school. A sly person who is often a victim of Dr. Haruka's inventions, he is a close confidante of the vice principal, with whom he often unites to find ways of getting Dr. Haruka fired from the school.

Rokoro Shibuya (渋谷禄郎, Shibuya Rokoro^?), voiced by Kenichi Ogata: The vice principal of the school and is a collector of ancient antique artifacts, many of which face the brunt of the embarrassing consequences of Dr. Haruka's crazy inventions. His favorite bakers are Nanahoshu, as detailed in episode 10.

Tamotsu Abe (阿部保, Abe Tamotsu^?), voiced by Takeshi Itou: A male teacher at the school who isn't afraid of exposing his muscular body. He often tries unsuccessfully to woo Miyuki.

Hideko Ikeda (池田秀子, Ikeda Hideko^?), voiced by Ayako Kawasumi: A female teacher at the school. A delicate person, she often faints when faced with the shocking situations that often occur due to Dr. Haruka's inventions.

Kaori Tajima (田島かおり, Tajima Kaori^?), voiced by Kurumi Mamiya: A little girl who is a student at the school who is often helped by the kind and loveable doctor. She has a crush on her friend Gen.

Genda Gen (玄田ゲン, Gen Genda^?), voiced by Makoto Tsumura: A little boy who is a student at the school and a friend of Kaori.

Yoshiko Shinagawa (品川良子, Shinagawa Yoshiko^?), voiced by Yoshiko Okamoto: The school's principal.

[edit] Staff

Original creator: Fujihiko Hosono (serialized in Shougakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine)
Planning: Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV), Ryuuzou Shirakawa (SPE Visual Works), Yuji Fukawa (Pierrot)
Series composition: Satoru Nishizono
Screenplay: Satoru Nishizono, Yuhiro Tomita, Yoshiyuki Suga, Aya Matsui, Kenichi Kanemaki, Tsutomu Kaneko
Character designs: Mari Kitayama
Sub-character designs: Haruo Miyakawa
Art director: Shinobu Takahashi (Studio Wyeth)
Color designs: Hideo Kamitani
Director of photography: Harutoshi Miyakawa (Takahashi Production)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Falcon)
Sound production: Zak Promotion
Music production: Sony Music Entertainment, SPE Visual Works, Fuji Pacific Music
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Production: Fuji TV, SPE Visual Works, Pierrot

[edit] Music

The opening theme for the anime series is "ねないねないねない", performed by The Castanets. For the first 19 episodes (Episodes 01-19), the ending theme is "I Wish" by Electric Combat, and the ending theme used for the last ten episodes (Episodes 20-26) is "Make it Somehow" by LUKA.