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Marmalade Boy (1995)
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Main Title Marmalade Boy (1995) (a1259)
Official Title ja
Type Movie
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Season Winter 1994/95
Tags comedyAnime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are built upon funny characters, situations and events. A comedy anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience. Japanese humour can be a bit strange to westerners, so if you`re new to this type of humour, just bear with it; it`ll most likely grow on you if you`re a fan of other kinds of comedy., coming of ageIn the strict sense the Coming of age describes a young person`s transition from adolescence to adulthood. In anime the term is used in a more general sense where the protagonists have to face a challenge, make an important decision in their life, take on responsibility, or learn a lesson, and by overcoming these obstacles they reach a higher level of maturity., high schoolA secondary school that usually contains grades 10 through 12 in Japan, or 9 through 12 in America., romanceRomance describes a story that deals with love between two or more characters typically also having an optimistic ending. Romance is also a difficulty encountered when creating a harem., short movieTypically used when an OVA only has one part and is less than the usual 20 to 25 minutes in length. So instead of calling it a `short episode`, the `short movie` tag is more appropriate., shoujoIn the context of manga and associated media, shoujo, literally meaning "girl", refers to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. - [similar]
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Rating 6.16 (355)
Average 7.04 (362)
Review Rating 7.00 (1)
Added by hidden on 2004-01-01 20:49
Edited by hidden on 2016-08-29 14:45
Main Title Marmalade Boy (1995) (a1259)
Official Title ja
Official Title es
Official Title it
Synonym Marmalade Boy - The Movie, Quello Stesso Giorno a Casa di Yuu
Short mb movie, mboy movie
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Kouda Mariko as Koishikawa Miki
Okiayu Ryoutarou as Matsuura Yuu
Yamazaki Wakana as Akizuki Meiko

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Original Work: Yoshizumi Wataru
Direction: Yabe Akinori
Character Design: Umakoshi Yoshihiko
Music: Oku Keiichi
Miki's lying in bed in the school's nursery after being hit in the face by a ball, supposedly asleep when Yuu comes in. Yuu asks her if she is asleep but she does not answer, so he looks at her as she sleeps. Then he kisses her and leaves. As soon as he has left, Miki jumps up, surprised and wonders what he is up to, since they have just met... or have they?

Note: Shows the actual prologue to Miki and Yuu's love...

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approx. 30m

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by aztec92 on 2011-07-04 06:12
Basically just the start of the anime but from yuu's perspective.

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Rating: 7
Approval: 81.7% (3 votes)
(If you like, hate, or feel totally indifferent to this review, leave a rating/comment. I'm trying to go through and review everything I've seen that doesn't have any reviews, so feedback will be helpful.)

A fitting epilogue to Marmalade Boy that goes back to the beginning from an alternate perspective.

Animation: Mid-90s quality, but improved over the TV series animation. Character designs are much crisper and cleaner, and everything is just a bit more fluid in this short movie. The style is very shoujo, with frequent cutaways to washed-out backgrounds of sparkles and bubbles when characters are thinking or having emotional moments. In short, it's stylistically similar to MB TV.

Sound: Uses an opener and closer from MB TV, and the BGM still sounds outdated by modern standards. An insert song plays over some of the action, either to set the mood or simply to advertise the song and save on animation budget a bit. I didn't check the English track (which flirted with adequacy throughout MB TV), but I saw no problems with the Japanese VAs, who reprised their roles with the experience they gained through 76 episodes.

(SideNote: I prefer not to use the term "seiyuu," given the existance of the English term "voice actor" and the easy abbreviation to "VA" that it offers.)

Story: This movie resembles an alternate retelling of Episode 1, from Yuu's perspective rather than Miki's. It makes ground in explaining Yuu's motivations and iniital attraction to Miki, which were a bit unclear in the first TV episode. Especially amusing is Yuu's nonchalant reaction to his parents' announcement of their impending divorce and remarriage. Through some slight coincidence, Yuu sees Miki playing with some neighborhood children in a sequence that skillfully parodies sentai action shows. The downside of these scenes is that they lapse into an insert song over some (mostly still) scenes of Miki without any further story or dialogue.

Character: MB '95 assumes familiarity with the characters from MB TV, and they're pretty much consistent with their TV counterparts. The main difference is seeing Miki from an external perspective and being able to see a little more of the less "open" Yuu.

Value: No more or less valuable than the TV series (which I'd be willing to rewatch at some point), and it makes a good supplement. Ideally it should be watched by any fan of Marmalade Boy, especially those who wanted more of Yuu and his inner world.

Enjoyment: MB '95 was a good way to close out the MB world after I made it through 76 episodes, and it offers the brand of comedy and romance that MB TV delivered on. While I'm not "into" Yuu, it was nice seeing some of the story from his point of view, and the comedy moments with Miki and the kids were funny as well.
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· comedyAnime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are built upon funny characters, situations and events. A comedy anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience. Japanese humour can be a bit strange to westerners, so if you`re new to this type of humour, just bear with it; it`ll most likely grow on you if you`re a fan of other kinds of comedy. **
· · slapstickSlapstick humour is generally recognized by lots of physical abuse, horseplay and practical jokes. Also often seen are impossible situations, using sounds to illustrate impossible stunts that aren`t shown on-screen and to create tension for audience anticipation. **
· · super deformedA caricature style often seen in anime when the character shows extreme emotions, like fear, anger, happiness, surprise, or shame. Seen as cute, as part of humorous comedy. The character`s face suddenly turns into a simplified version, the body will usually also deform into that of a small child (oversized head, short limbs, extra-large tears). *
· romanceRomance describes a story that deals with love between two or more characters typically also having an optimistic ending. Romance is also a difficulty encountered when creating a harem. ***
· · love at first sightPlot device: When two characters meet for the first time, at least one party, supposedly, immediately falls in love with the other party, and from then on tries to get to know that party better. weightless
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Credit Name Comment
Original Work (原作) Yoshizumi Wataru
Direction (監督) Yabe Akinori
Assistant Direction (助監督) Iwai Takao
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) Umakoshi Yoshihiko
Music (音楽) Oku Keiichi
Music Selection (選曲) Kayahara Makiko
Sound Effects (音響効果) Ishino Takahisa as 石野貴之
Editing (編集) Hanai Masaaki
Art Direction (美術監督) Shiozaki Hiromitsu
Art Design (美術デザイン) Chida Kunihiro as 干田国広
Production Manager (製作担当) Kazama Atsunori
Planning (企画) Ribon as 月刊りぼん
Seki Hiromi
Production (製作) Anzai Tomio
Takaiwa Tan
Tomari Tsutomu
Script/Screenplay (脚本) Matsui Aya
Animation Direction (作画監督) Umakoshi Yoshihiko
Ending Costume Design (エンディング･コスチュームデザイン) Kawamura Toshie
Ending Animation (エンディングアニメーション) Aoyama Mitsuru
Key Animation (原画) Akimoto Yuuichi
Aoyama Mitsuru
Hamasu Hideki
Masuda Nobuhiro
Naganawa Hiromi
Namikaze Tateru
Natsume Kunihiko
Oguro Akira
Ozone Takao
Tamagawa Akihiro
Umakoshi Yoshihiko
In-Between Animation Check (動画チェック) Yamada Maki
In-Between Animation (動画) Kanno Yumiko
Katsuta Fujie
Kawaguchi Hiroaki
Miyamoto Michiko
Nakajima Sanae
Ono Youko
Ooshima Kayo
Orii Kazumasa
Sugiyama Noriko
Takahashi Naoki
Ueno Chinatsu
Yamazaki Sugako
Yoshida Masayasu
Yoshikawa Miki
杉山恭子
津金えみ
清水美子
鈴江賢二
Colour Specification (色指定) Sakamoto Youko
Finishing/Clean-up Inspection (仕上検査) 多賀鉄男
細野芳光
Finishing/Clean-up (仕上) Kanazawa Ritsuko
堀内由美
増井美知子
奈雲衣里
木村祐子
羽石隆志
菅原薫
須藤美穂
Finishing/Clean-up Manager (仕上進行) Morita Tetsunobu
Art Manager (美術進行) Tamura Haruo
Background Art (背景) Ide Tomoko
Ishiwata Noriko
Itou Shinji
Oohara Seiji
Oozeki Tsuneo
Sakaki Kouji
Satou Miyuki
Toyoshima Nishiki
Washizaki Hiroshi
Yoshino Mitsuo
Yuki Yukie as 行幸江
Special Effects (特殊効果) Nakajima Masayuki
Photography (撮影) Fujikura Shuuji
Fukuda Hiroshi
Ishii Yuriko
Itou Miki
Kawauchi Tokuko
Kumazawa Mami
Ogawa Shigemi
Okeda Kazunobu
Oogami Youichi
Ooishi Hidekatsu
Sakakibara Hiroshi
Sawada Shin`ya
Shibata Michiyo
Sugisawa Yoshio
Taniguchi Kumiko
Toki Kouji
Film Processing (現像) Toei Kagaku Kougyou
Negative Cutting (ネガ編集) Tsuru Youko
Recording (記録) Itou Yoshiko
Recording (録音) Kawasaki Kimitaka
Recording Assistant (録音助手) Kobayashi Tsuyoshi
Recording Studio (録音スタジオ) TAVAC
Publicity (宣伝) Oonishi Hiroyuki
山本健太郎
星玲子
里登志幸
Assistant Production Manager (製作進行) 広瀬公一
Assisting Production (協力プロダクション) Aoni Production
Asahi Production
EEI-TOEI
Hadashi Pro
Nakamura Production
Studio Cockpit
Studio OM Aomori Works
Studio Peacock
Tama Production
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Egao ni Aitai
Egao ni Aitai
Single, 4 tracks, 21.04.1994
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie
Marmalade Boy Vol. 2
Marmalade Boy Vol. 2
Album, 18 tracks, 21.08.1994
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie
Marmalade Boy Vol. 3 Marmalade Voice!
Marmalade Boy Vol. 3 Marmalade Voice!
Album, 12 tracks, 21.09.1994
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Hisakawa Aya, Kanemaru Jun`ichi, [...]
Marmalade Boy Vol. 4 Love Affair
Marmalade Boy Vol. 4 Love Affair
Album, 22 tracks, 21.11.1994
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie, Hisakawa Aya, Kanemaru Jun`ichi, Kouda Mariko, [...]
Marmalade Boy Vol. 5 Marmalade Face!
Marmalade Boy Vol. 5 Marmalade Face!
Album, 10 tracks, 21.02.1995
Furuya Tooru, Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Inoue Kikuko, Kouda Mariko, [...]
Melody: Dakishimete
Melody: Dakishimete
Single, 4 tracks, 01.03.1995
Kouda Mariko
Yoake no Etude
Yoake no Etude
Single, 4 tracks, 01.03.1995
Ichikawa Youko
Marmalade Boy Vol. 7 Marmalade Summer
Marmalade Boy Vol. 7 Marmalade Summer
Album, 11 tracks, 21.07.1995
Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Ichikawa Youko, Kouda Mariko, Koyama Yuka, [...]
Marmalade Boy Vol. 8 Final Edition
Marmalade Boy Vol. 8 Final Edition
Album, 39 tracks, 05.11.1995
Fujiwara Miho, Furuya Tooru, Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Hisakawa Aya, [...]
Marmalade Boy Best Album
Marmalade Boy Best Album
Album, 12 tracks, 16.12.1995
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Ichikawa Youko, Kouda Mariko, [...]
Marmalade Boy Zekyokushuu
Marmalade Boy Zekyokushuu
Album, 33 tracks, 21.05.2003
Fujiwara Miho, Furuya Tooru, Hamada Rie, Hamada Rie, Hisakawa Aya, [...]
Marmalade Boy Vol. 1 Mitsuki no Music Monologue: Gekiban Ongakushuu
Marmalade Boy Vol. 1 Mitsuki no Music Monologue: Gekiban Ongakushuu
Album, 18 tracks, 06.07.2005
Fujiwara Miho, Hamada Rie, Kouda Mariko
Watashi-tachi ga Anime o Suki na 39 no Riyuu
Watashi-tachi ga Anime o Suki na 39 no Riyuu
Album, 39 tracks, 13.03.2013
Aikawa Nanase, Akiya Tomoko, Anri, Chiba Chiemi, Chihara Minori, [...]
Natsukashi no Anison Daikoushin!! Vol. 3
Natsukashi no Anison Daikoushin!! Vol. 3
Album, 18 tracks, 11.11.2015
B.B.Queens, Bus Gas Bakuhatsu Gakudan, Chiba Shigeru, Dali, Fujita Toshiko, [...]

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30m 04.03.1995