Shin Oonuma
Director
Pani Poni Dash! (2005)
Season 1
The girls of Class 1-C are starting their tenth-grade year with a new teacher: Becky Miyamoto, an 11-year-old MIT grad! She’s an intellectual titan—but can she handle the temperamental teens and idiotic aliens that await her instruction?
Released July 4, 2005
Episode 24 min
10+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Parody, Anime: School, Anime: Shounen, Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.child-prodigy, tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.anime-dub
Production Companies: SHAFT
Network: TV Tokyo
S1E1 - Summerwear in the Coldest Season, Winterwear in the Hottest Season
The students of Class 1-C are in for a big surprise: their regular teacher has been replaced by an eleven year old child prodigy from MIT!
July 4, 2005, midnight
S1E2 - A Safflower Stands Out in Any Garden
Becky causes an uproar when she gives her new students easy-to-remember nicknames! In other news, a government robot joins the chaotic class!
July 11, 2005, midnight
S1E3 - It's Always Harder on the Ones Who Have to Watch
Class 1-C’s new teacher may be a genius, but she’s got a lot to learn about the potentially disastrous ramifications of ripping a cowlick out of someone’s head!
July 18, 2005, midnight
S1E4 - Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
Becky’s plans for a surprise exam put the girls of 1-C in a panic, so they decide to blow off some steam with an all-night pajama party!
July 25, 2005, midnight
S1E5 - It Is a Treasure If It Is Fulfilling
The first camping trip of the year takes a sad turn when Class 1-C’s most overlooked student even overlooks herself. Salamanders and genius teachers to the rescue!
Aug. 1, 2005, midnight
S1E6 - Poking a Bush Only Lures Snakes
Becky’s new laboratory comes with everything a genius could want - including a mysterious door! Once the lab is up and running, the students - and their problems - pay Becky a visit.
Aug. 8, 2005, midnight
S1E7 - Good and Bad Luck Are Decided by the Person, Not by the Calendar
When the smartest teacher at the academy suffers a crushing defeat at Rock, Paper, Scissors, Class 1-C gets stuck cleaning the school pool! Watch out for giant girls!
Aug. 15, 2005, midnight
S1E8 - Bear With Sanshō Spice Is Like Carp With Pepper
Becky puts her brain to work when a magical girl from class comes to her in dire need of a major makeover!
Aug. 22, 2005, midnight
S1E9 - There Are Eight-Year-Old Sages and 100-Year-Old Kids
What’s scarier than an archeological expedition filled with booby traps and horrifying creatures? An expedition with booby traps, horrifying creatures, and Becky’s crazy students!
Aug. 29, 2005, midnight
S1E10 - Even a Thoroughbred Has Its Habits
The end of summer vacation is always a bummer, but this year it could prove deadly! Someone’s placed bombs all over the school, and it’s a race against the clock to disarm them!
Sept. 5, 2005, midnight
S1E11 - Inscrutable Are the Ways of Heaven
The girls of Class 1-C enlist Becky to help them solve the mystery of the green convertible - and which student might be dating the driver!
Sept. 12, 2005, midnight
S1E12 - There Are No Classes Among Humans but There Are in Humans' Hearts
Becky’s troubles in dreamland are put on the backburner when an alien mind-reading device traps her students in the bizarre dream world of their sleepiest classmate!
Sept. 19, 2005, midnight
S1E13 - The Wages of Sin Come Like the Tip of a Needle
Big bad bullies threaten to destroy the academy unless Becky can defeat their fearsome boss. Looks like teach is gonna need a little help from her students - and maybe the aliens!
Sept. 26, 2005, midnight
S1E14 - Hugging a Stone and Jumping Into an Abyss
Becky’s stomach comes down with a grumbling problem when the school chef goes on vacation. Guess it’s time for the pint-sized genius to learn to cook - or just mooch off her students!
Oct. 3, 2005, midnight
S1E15 - Endure Patiently and You Will Not Wilt
Nothing teaches kids the importance of balance like their school bus teetering on the edge of a cliff. Nobody move until someone comes to their rescue!
Oct. 10, 2005, midnight
S1E16 - Adversity Makes a Man Wise
When the quirky class representative discovers that someone has “targeted” her, she throws herself on the mercy of the captain of the aliens!
Oct. 17, 2005, midnight
S1E17 - The Way to Heaven Does Not Favor Anyone
The school festival has finally arrived, and all the girls are excited about dressing up like maids! Becky’s more accustomed to academics than fun, so she might need help loosening up!
Oct. 24, 2005, midnight
S1E18 - Good Things Come to He Who Waits
The clock is ticking when an inexperienced goddess attaches a time bomb to one of Becky’s students. Class 1-C springs into action, but they only succeed in speeding up the countdown!
Oct. 31, 2005, midnight
S1E19 - Art Causes Harm to the Body
A mystery virus puts the students of Class 1-C on medical lockdown, so Becky must ask the kids of Class 1-D to help find a remedy.
Nov. 7, 2005, midnight
S1E20 - A Wise Man Will Know Not to Approach Danger
Having a mushroom attached to your body is only a problem if the mushroom is actually an alien. Especially if the alien is determined to conquer planet Earth!
Nov. 14, 2005, midnight
S1E21 - A Demon Wearing Clothes
There’s a PTA meeting looming on the horizon, but Becky is nowhere to be found. Looks like Class 1-C is gonna have to find someone to impersonate the little brainiac.
Nov. 21, 2005, midnight
S1E22 - Today a Man, Tomorrow a Mouse
When the hit show “Surprise Attack! The Homeroom Next Door” makes an appearance at their school, Becky’s students try to figure out why their teacher doesn’t want to be caught on camera.
Nov. 28, 2005, midnight
S1E23 - Misfortunes Never Come One by One
The year is drawing to a close, and a large comet heading straight for planet Earth may be the cause of an unbelievably cold snowstorm!
Dec. 5, 2005, midnight
S1E24 - You Are Responsible for Your Own Death
In a flashback to the Edo period, one of Becky’s ancestors institutes a tax against anyone caught crying. Will the taxpayers dry their eyes - or fight for justice?
Dec. 12, 2005, midnight
S1E25 - A Time of Crisis
Becky and her students set out to save Earth from the deadly comet threatening to destroy all life on the planet, but their mission will be harder than they think!
Dec. 19, 2005, midnight
S1E26 - No One Knows What May Happen Tomorrow
It’s December, it’s unseasonably hot, and the headmaster just cancelled afternoon classes so the students can splash around in the school’s amazing waterpark!
Dec. 26, 2005, midnight
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24 min/ep
624 min
July 4, 2005
Dec. 26, 2005, midnight
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TV-PG / 10+
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