Dokkiri Doctor (Japanese: どっきりドクター, Hepburn: Dokkiri Dokutā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 1981 to February 1982, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. A twenty-seven-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 medievalcastle–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 (left) and Miyuki Koizumi
Dr. Haruka Nishikikōji (錦小路はるか, Nishikikōji Haruka)
Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese); Russell Wait (English)
An overweight and endearing school doctor who has made it his mission in life to assist his students in any way he can. Secretly in love with his childhood friend and pretty nurse, Miyuki, Dr. Haruka conjures up unique but crazy inventions meant to help his students and impress Miyuki but which often lead to humorous, funny and very embarrassing situations for the doctor, Miyuki and the students and teachers of his school. Managing a medieval castle-like clinic and health center, Dr. Haruka has often tried to express his feelings for Miyuki, but is thwarted by both his shyness and the consequences of his crazy inventions. In episode 10 of the anime series, Dr. Haruka's weight was measured by his saliva detector (an invention which could deduce the height and weight of a person by detecting his saliva, which he created to search the school for a phantom food thief (later found to be a hungry germ) to be 105 kg.
Miyuki Koizumi (小泉みゆき, Koizumi Miyuki)
Voiced by: Hōko Kuwashima (Japanese); Andrea Kwan (English)
A childhood friend of Dr. Haruka and the pretty nurse of the school's clinic and health center. When the doctor's inventions go wrong, as is often the case, Miyuki often helps Dr. Haruka fix and correct their unsatisfactory consequences. She is highly skilled in martial arts, often winning several competitions.
Mayumi Koizumi (小泉真由美, Koizumi Mayumi)
Voiced by: Ritsuko Kasai
Miyuki's younger sister, and a student at the school.
One of the male teachers at the school. A sly person who is often an unwilling victim of Dr. Haruka's inventions, he is a close confidante of the vice principal, with whom he often unites to find ways of getting Dr. Haruka fired from the school.
The vice principal of the school and is a collector of ancient antique artifacts, many of which face the brunt of the embarrassing consequences of Dr. Haruka's crazy inventions. His favorite bakers are Nanahoshu, as detailed in episode 10.
The muscular and strong male teacher at the school who isn't afraid of exposing his muscular body. Actually, He often tries unsuccessfully to woo Miyuki.
A female teacher at the school. A delicate person, she often faints when faced with the shocking situations that often occur due to Dr. Haruka's inventions.
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.[7] The opening theme is Nenai Nenai Nenai (ねない ねない ねない), performed by The Castanets. For the first 19 episodes (episodes 1–19), the ending theme was I Wish by Electric Combat, and the ending theme used for the last ten episodes (episodes 20–26) was Make it Somehow by LUKA.
