Alternative TitlesEnglish: The Virgin Mary is Watching You Synonyms: The Virgin Mary is Watching You, MariMite, La Vierge Marie Vous Regarde, Maria Watches Over Us Japanese: マリア様がみてる
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 8, 2004 to Apr 1, 2004
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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They have similar elements: All girls school, sisterhood, shojo-ai
This one is easy. They're both set in a Catholic all girls school and share the same themes like yuri and sisterhood relationships. Strawberry Panic takes the yuri a bit more further, though. I think the anime's demographics might be different. Marimite is definitely meant for girls, not sure about Strawberry Panic.
Strawberry Panic is really the same principle, just the drama's less heavy and they take the shoujo-ai/yuri subtext further and out into the open.
They are both set in all-girl's schools with very close relationships between the students. Strawberry Panic also parodies some events from Maria-sama when the piano is played and when the statue of Mary is shown in the halls. They also have shoujo-ai, though in Maria-sama, it is more subtextual.
Maria-sama ga miteru is shoujo-ai, but a lot more subtle than strawberry panic. The two stories have certain similarities, but Maria-Sama ga miteru is not as hyperactive as SP.
Strawberry Panic is pretty much MariMite, but the characters are all raging lesbos. Not that I'm complaining...
Though a lot of people say it's almost alike I think it has big differences. In 'Maria sama ga miteru' it's more about bounds and friendship, but still so cute and lovely. I love how the characters react to each otherand the drawing is amazing. It underlines the sweetness of deep bounds and is very romantic and deep at the same time. The story plot is quite boring sometimes but on the other hand all the sweetness in it makes it worth the watch. Also there are so damn funny scenes you'll roll on the floor laughing.
Put simplly, both of these anime are about school life in an all girls catholic school, both of the main charaters are new students and have an admiration for their senior which leads as the main narrative structure and share simular personality traits. There is a noticeable yuri theme but only Strawberry Panic takes it further than friendship whereas Marmite seems to centralise more around a school life theme.
If the girls in Maria-sama ga Miteru all got drunk and decided to make out with one another, then you pretty much have Strawberry Panic.
Marimite is National Geographic of yuri themed anime. Strawberry Panic is a Maxim.
However, Strawberry Panic does emulate a lot of the elements found in Maria-sama ga Miteru. Catholic school only for girls, "onee-samas" and girls who share... deeper relationships with one another.
All seasons are very good :D it's like Strawberry Panic because they are both Catholic and religious, the love is inevidable~ <3333
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Both series have tight sempai/kohai bonds between the main female characters. The three Rose families of Maria-sama ga Miteru are mirrored by the three rival Undine companies of Aria. Both series are light-hearted slice of life stories that never fail to make you smile and feel warm inside (but Marimite can get a little dramatic at times).
Also, funnily enough, both series follow the pattern of having a first TV season, a second TV season, and third OVA series, and then a fourth TV series! :D
The two are both great character-driven series about a close group of friends share the same slow pace, wonderful character interactions, and heartwarming moments. They even share several structures; a trio of senpai-kouhai bonds within its characters that are tested and proven throughout the series.
They both focus on girl groups and friendship and give the same relaxation effect when watching. Both portray a smooth, non-violent slice of life and pure relationships.
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both animes about only girls schools and both are somehow related to maria-sama and kind of Religious!
both are pretty nice and have kind of calm atmosphere though maria holic is funnier!!
both shows involve a girl that moves to an all girls school. also, both schools in both shows focus on religion.
Maria+Holic is pretty much a parody of the Catholic girl's school life that Marimite portrays.
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Well developed shoujo-ai stories. Both share a refreshing calm atmosphere with soft colors that sometimes can get really tense.
Both convey female relationships in a very similar fashion. Rather than showing you precisely what's going on between girls, they use dialogue and specific actions to show the characters' feelings for each other, and leave you to make your own conclusions.
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Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru is a little less dramatic and a little more humorous than Maria-sama ga Miteru, but they both have the older-sister/younger-sister catholic school relationship theme.
Both are slice of life set in an all girls school.
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Similar drawing/animation style. The main characters remind me of Sachiko and Youko. Both under the Studio DEEN company.
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Both anime present the daily life of girls in an all girls' school. While the action in Marimite is set in the present, the general 'idyllic' atmosphere makes it really similar to that of Ochame na Futago. Of course, the latter has no shoujo-ai undertones.
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First Season of Maria Sama ga Miteru
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While Blue Drop invests a lot of time in devoloping a sci-fi plot that is utterly absent in Marimite, it remains that both titles have a strong yuri element. The slice of life moments that take place at an all girls' academy are present in both anime and draw them together, despite considerable differences story-wise.
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Maria-sama ga Miteru (and just about the whole of the shoujo yuri genre) owes a lot to Onii-sama e and, while the latter is far more melodramatic, the similarities are still very much visible, not least in the yuri subtext.
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Both are set in an all-girls high school. The overall art style is similar, but Marimite's execution is much more polished and detailed. Marimite is similar to HSG in the eye candy aspect. The plot differs greatly. HSG is a light and happy comedy, with sexual sprinklings here and there. Marimite explores the themes of clandestine affairs and struggles with sexuality all behind the closed doors of a private Catholic girls school. It's definitely much more serious, but it doesn't go without its moments.
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Maria-Sama ni wa Naisho? is a collection of funny little 'out takes' and 'bloopers' that relate to the episode plots of Marimite tv and Marimite Haru.
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