Late Night! The Genius Bakabon

20181 seasons12 episodesAnimation, Comedy

Tensai Bakabon has been off the airwaves for almost 20 years! What's a Papa to do in dire times like the late 2010s? How about break every rule in the anime books, throw in celebrity guests, and take a nonsensical peek into the little things in modern life like otome games, blind dates, and the possibility that a series from the Showa era could make it to now! Is this really how it should be?!

Seasons

Episode 1

We Got Turned Into An Anime Again

Jul 11, 201823m

Bakabon and his family are back in this new anime after 18 years of being off the air. Are they ready for this new era, or have things changed way too much?

Episode 2

This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me

Jul 18, 201823m

Unagi Inu takes up his doggish duty to wake up the stars of the show. / The Policeman takes Unagi Inu, Papa, and Rerere to a mixer in the hopes he can score a date.

Episode 3

We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third

Jul 25, 201823m

Bakabon and his family end up in a movie. / Papa decides that he wants a third child, but has completely forgotten how to make one.

Episode 4

Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It

Jul 31, 201823m

Papa is visited by two of his underclassmen from Bakada University. The first one can’t seem to stop paying for microtransactions and the second needs ideas for a new otome game featuring anthropomorphic characters.