14 Facts About Arale

1.

Arale Norimaki is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Dr Slump manga series, created by Akira Toriyama.

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2.

Arale is a robot built by Senbei Norimaki who looks like a young girl.

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3.

Arale is known for her naivete, energetic personality, lack of common sense, and amazing strength.

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4.

Torishima later elaborated on this, saying that Arale was initially only a guest character for one chapter.

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5.

Arale believes that having weak-looking characters turn out to actually be strong is more interesting; Arale and Son Goku are prime examples of this.

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6.

Arale is usually shown with purple hair, although it is dark brown in the 1997 anime.

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7.

Arale poses as Senbei's sister or daughter, depending on who Senbei is talking to.

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8.

Arale appears in Toriyama's Dragon Ball when Son Goku chases General Blue all the way to Penguin Village, she then defeats Blue with one kick and one headbutt after he paralyzes Goku.

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9.

Arale is able to ride on the Kinto'un, which indicates her as being pure of heart.

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10.

Arale has appeared twice in Dragon Ball Super, first making a brief cameo appearance in episode 43 and later playing a key role in episode 69.

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11.

Arale is a playable character in the crossover video games Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and J-Stars Victory Vs She is playable in several Dragon Ball video games, including Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo and Dragon Ball: Origins 2, and makes a non-playable appearance in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

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12.

In Japanese, Arale is voiced by Mami Koyama in the first Dr Slump anime, reprising the role in nearly every subsequent appearance, including all Dragon Ball media.

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13.

Arale is voiced by Taeko Kawata in the second Dr Slump anime and by Yuko Hara, keyboardist of the popular rock band Southern All Stars, in the radio drama.

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14.

In 1982, Arale came in 12th place in Animages fourth annual Anime Grand Prix for Favorite Character.

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