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?!
Late Night! The Genius Bakabon (Season 1)
We Got Turned Into An Anime Again (Episode 1)
Air date: 2018-07-11
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: 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?
This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me (Episode 2)
Air date: 2018-07-18
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: 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.
We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third (Episode 3)
Air date: 2018-07-25
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: 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.
Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It (Episode 4)
Air date: 2018-07-31
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: 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.
We Test the Limits of Late Night! (Episode 5)
Air date: 2018-08-08
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Papa and the others push the limits for a late-night anime of their caliber.
Anime is Hard (Episode 6)
Air date: 2018-08-15
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu (Episode 7)
Air date: 2018-08-21
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: One of Papa’s Bakada underclassmen visits again and decides to make slideshow presentations about everything.
I Want Some Action / Unagi Inu's Memorial Service (Episode 8)
Air date: 2018-08-28
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The Policeman becomes interested in wanting to stand out more. / Unagi Inu must attend a funeral.
Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon (Episode 9)
Air date: 2018-09-04
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The Policeman undergoes an aptitude test to see if he's really cut out for his line of work. / Bakabon gets real.
Genius Hajime (Episode 10)
Air date: 2018-09-12
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
Goodbye, Everyone (Episode 11)
Air date: 2018-09-18
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
This is the Actual Final Episode (Episode 12)
Air date: 2018-09-25
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: This is it. Show's done. We promise.
