Reviews

Fairly straight forward Dr. Slump movie that focuses on the Great Race of Penguin Village. Interesting is that I think this movie did the concept before the manga, but I could be wrong since the timeline is pretty close. Additionally, that arc of the manga is the only arc that Toriyama himself didn't write, it was mostly his assistants, so it's very possible they took and adapted the idea from this movie.

Both are different, and spend time on separate gags, and since Slump is so comedy focused it has to rely on those gags a little more. I think the ones from the manga are a little stronger, but both are nearly the same quality.

The movie is limited by it's length which prevents spending enough time with any characters to draw any sort of emotional reaction from a viewer. Other than light giggles there is no much here, even for someone who is into the "world" that Slump built. In the early 80s this would have been quite a treat for fans of the series, but in retrospect there isn't nearly as much value watching this movie compared to the previous two slump movies, which are quite strong and stand on their own foundation.