Senbei Norimaki

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Senbei Norimaki (則巻千兵衛, Norimaki Senbee^?, also spelled as 則巻センベエ) is a character in the anime and manga series Dr. Slump created by Akira Toriyama in 1980.

[edit] Fictional character biography

He is a weird inventor living in Penguin Village who harbors n perverted crush on local teacher Mrs. Midori Yamabuki when he's not busy making bizarre discoveries and gadgets.

His greatest accomplishment is the creation of an immensely powerful robot in the guise of a little girl who he baptizes Arale Norimaki.

In one episode he actually gets a date with Midori and goes into space. On the way back, Arale's friends play a prank on them for leaving them behind. They dress up like old people, and say that the time is 2030 (the year in the Manga being 1981.) In many episodes he invents something and Arale calls him Doraemon.

Though Toriyama often draws most of the characters short and chubby, especially Senbei, there are times Senbei becomes more "realistic", becoming quite tall and rugged-looking. Usually this is when he puts on the best face he can for a pretty girl such as Yamabuki.

Senbei's name is from a kind of Japanese rice cracker, whereas Arare Norimaki's name is from arare, a different kind of rice cracker. Norimaki means 'nori-wrapped' and refers to a specific type of each respective kind of rice cracker.

Seiyū: Kenji Utsumi (Anime 1), Yusaku Yara (Anime 2), Brice Armstrong English Dragon Ball