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深夜! 天才バカボン
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?!
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?
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.
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.
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.
Papa and the others push the limits for a late-night anime of their caliber.
Papa decides he's going to become a manga artist so he can buy Bakabon a prime-time broadcast slot.
One of Papa’s Bakada underclassmen visits again and decides to make slideshow presentations about everything.
The Policeman becomes interested in wanting to stand out more. / Unagi Inu must attend a funeral.
The Policeman undergoes an aptitude test to see if he's really cut out for his line of work. / Bakabon gets real.
Hajime makes a time machine and the family visits the future.
Bakabon and Hajime travel into the past to try to prevent their father from turning into an idiot.
This is it. Show's done. We promise.
