The next day in Here Comes Arale!, after meeting with the headmaster, Arale gets enrolled in Penguin Village Middle School to fit in with the other kids. There, Arale was given the identity of being Senbei's younger sister to hide the fact that she is an android.Īrale's first day of school meeting Akane. When first time brought her outside through the town of Penguin Village, she was introduced to Aoi who works at a café called the Coffee Pot. After failing an eye-sight test, she was given glasses to be able to see, her only physical flaw. Arale is a fan of Japanese superheroes like Ultraman and Astro Boy, as well as monster movies like Godzilla and Gamera, much like Toriyama himself.Īrale Norimaki was created by Senbei Norimaki at the beginning of The Birth of Arale! in the laboratory of his house. Mashirito considers her one weakness to be her inability to resist doing so. Most notably, Arale has a fascination with poop and enjoys poking it with sticks, to such an extent that Dr. However, her unfamiliarity with humanity and their regular functions contribute greatly to her quirks. Luckily, her naivete and strength tend to prevent her from understanding that she is in danger, or that people want to do her harm. However, she can be very dangerous because of her strength. She is quite caring and loves her family, friends, and animals. He later retconned this quirk into Arale having multiple bodies in a range of sizes.ĭespite her super strength, and being intelligent enough to perform an appendectomy on a frog and solve advanced mathematical equations, Arale has the personality of a goofy and naive child. Over the years of the series run, Toriyama tended to end up drawing Arale shorter and cuter, making her look a lot younger than she had at the beginning of the series. However, her youthful appearance and immature behavior immediately made him regret not saying she was younger. Senbei claims her age to be 13 after creating her. However, her hair color was changed to brown in the 1997 remake. Īrale's design from the beginning of the series (right) alongside the later design (left).Īrale appears as a little girl with long purple hair and glasses. Torishima did not like the idea and so Toriyama created the robot girl called Arale since Torishima liked girls a lot. Initially, Toriyama planned on making the robot big but decided that it would end up being too big to fit in the panels and decided to make it small. Akira Toriyama was asked to include a robot by his editor Kazuhiko Torishima when Toriyama mentioned that he wanted to make a manga about a doctor.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |