Obake no Q-tarō (1985) season 1 - episode list, synopsis, cast and crew

Episode 1

01 April 1985 - The Birth Of Q-Taro

School boy Shōta Ōhara meets Q-Taro, who hatches from an egg that came from outer space.

Episode 2

02 April 1985 - Q-Taro's Marketing Strategy

Q-Taro tries to fit in the Ōhara family.

Episode 3

03 April 1985 - Q-Taro's New Semester

Despite Shōta telling Q-Taro to stay home he follows him to school.

Episode 4

04 April 1985 - Q-Taro and the Neighborhood Bully

Shōta gets bullied by local school bully Tsuyoshi (nicknamed "Godzilla") and his idiot henchmen. Q-Taro helps Shōta out.

Episode 5

05 April 1985 - Q-Taro's Shape Up

Q-Taro has a few pounds too many on him and tries to get in shape.

Episode 6

06 April 1985 - Q-Taro Doesn't Like Dogs

Shōta tries to get rid of Q-Taro's irrational fear of dogs.

Episode 7

07 April 1985 - Stop The Brotherly Fight

Shōta and Shin'ichi are upset at each other because of stupid reasons. Good thing that Q-Taro is around to help them.

Episode 8

08 April 1985 - What Is It?

Shōta wants to buy a new toy, but he lacks money. He explains the value of money to Q-Taro and together, they find ways to make money.

Episode 9

09 April 1985 - Q-Taro's Q-Turn Baseball

Shōta plays some baseball with his classmates, and Q-Taro plays too. When things are beginning to look dire for the school team, Q-Taro uses some tricks to turn the tide.

Episode 10

10 April 1985 - Anything is OK, Q-Taro

Q-Taro helps everyone with their errands and overworks himself.

Episode 11

11 April 1985 - American Ghost

Doronpa, the American Obake, shows up and acts like an all-around douchebag to Q-Taro and his friends.

Episode 12

12 April 1985 - Kaminari vs. Doronpa

Doronpa plays tricks on Kaminari, the Ōhara family's neighbour.

Episode 13

13 April 1985 - Q-Taro’s Coo Coo Coo

Kizao impresses everyone with his amazingly-trained dove. Shōta tries to 1up him by disguising Q-Taro as a dove.

Episode 14

14 April 1985 - Q-Taro's New Fashion

Shōta's looking fancy and Doronpa can turn into humans with great fashion, so Q-Taro naturally wants a piece of that.

Episode 15

15 April 1985 - Detective Q-Taro

Q-Taro spies on people and gets to know their secrets, which he makes public.

Episode 16

16 April 1985 - Q-Taro Is An Esper!?

Q-Taro thinks he's got extrasensory perception and tries to make things move with his mind.

Episode 17

17 April 1985 - Lonely Doronpa

Doronpa annoys everyone with his antics and then gets all sad when nobody likes him.

Episode 18

18 April 1985 - A Strange Matchmaking!?

Shōta's mom gets visitors, but Q-Taro messes everything up and even brings a stranger into the house.

Episode 19

19 April 1985 - Don't Cry, Q-Taro

Q-Taro's very sad because he seemingly has no family. Shōta comes to the resuce and disguises himself as his father, his mother and his (presumbly) brother.

Episode 20

20 April 1985 - Q-Taro Is A Star Singer

Q-Taro tries to sing, but his singing is horrid. After countless times, he manages to get a gig on TV, but the result is not what he envisioned.