A 27-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot was broadcast on Fuji TV from October 1998 to June 1999.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 medieval castle–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.Written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono, Dokkiri Doctor was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 18, 1981, to February 3, 1982.[2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from October 19, 1981,[3] to April 19, 1982.[4] 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.