Dokkiri Doctor


Dokkiri Doctor is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1981 to February 1982, with its chapters collected in four volumes. A 27-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot was broadcast on Fuji TV from October 1998 to June 1999.

Story

Dokkiri Doctor chronicles events in the life of Dr. Haruka Nishikikōji, 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 a large amount of highly embarrassing and funny situations and adventures for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and the teachers of his school.

Characters

;Dr. Haruka Nishikikōji
;Miyuki Koizumi
;Mayumi Koizumi
;Yukihiro Hongō
;Hajime Mizukoshi
;Rokoro Shibuya
;Tamotsu Abe
;Hideko Ikeda
;Kaori Tajima
;Gen Genda
;Yoshiko Shinagawa
;Tai, Shoku, Kin

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono, Dokkiri Doctor was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 18, 1981, to February 3, 1982. Shogakukan collected its chapters in four volumes, released from October 19, 1981, to April 19, 1982.

Volumes

Anime

A 27-episodes anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot and SPE Visual Works aired on Fuji TV between October 21, 1998, and June 23, 1999. The opening theme is Nenai Nenai Nenai, performed by The Castanets. For the first 19 episodes, the ending theme was I Wish by Electric Combat, and the ending theme used for the last ten episodes was Make it Somehow by LUKA.