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Late Night! The Genius Bakabon

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Season 1 · 12 episodes

E1
We Got Turned Into An Anime Again

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?

E2
This Is a Pain / I Want Women to Like Me

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.

E3
We're Going to Be in a Movie / I Want a Third

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.

E4
Microtransactions! The Genius Bakabon / Anthropomorphize It

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.

E5
We Test the Limits of Late Night!

Papa and the others push the limits for a late-night anime of their caliber.

E6
Anime is Hard

Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.

E7
We'll Do a Presentation / I Want to Become a Popular Seiyuu

One of Papa’s Bakada underclassmen visits again and decides to make slideshow presentations about everything.

E8
I Want Some Action / Unagi Inu's Memorial Service

The Policeman becomes interested in wanting to stand out more. / Unagi Inu must attend a funeral.

E9
Mr. Policeman's Aptitude Test / Real Genius Bakabon

The Policeman undergoes an aptitude test to see if he's really cut out for his line of work. / Bakabon gets real.

E10
Genius Hajime

Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.

E11
Goodbye, Everyone

Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.

E12
This is the Actual Final Episode

This is it. Show's done. We promise.