Alternative TitlesJapanese: ママレード・ボーイ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 76
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 13, 1994 to Sep 3, 1995
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.711 (scored by 2131 users)
Ranked: #6222
Popularity: #834
Members: 4,646
Favorites: 119 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisMiki Koishikawa lived a normal life - until her parents tell her they'll get divorced.. She doesn't agree, until she meets Yuu Matsuura... the handsome son of another couple, with whom her parents are switching spouses. They all live together now in an enormous house, and Miki and Yuu find themselves falling in love. They'll have to struggle with their own feelings, other people who want to be with them, and whatever Lady Luck and Fate throws in their ways...
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Marmalade Boy Prequel: Marmalade Boy Movie
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Reviews
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altergenesis
20 of 27 people found this review helpful
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76 of 76 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Highs:
Fantastic Cast of Characters; has good humor; fascinating Relationships
Lows:
Overused Themes; very predictable; unlikable lead character; a season too long
This one was quite the adventure. It took me a significant amount of time to complete this anime and for the most part I was fairly pleased. Spanning 76 Episodes, Marmalade Boy is your standard high school romance, with a twist. Our two main characters have two parents who switch spouses that force them to live together. This alone was an interesting concept.
There are many other strengths in this anime. For one is the wonderful cast in Marmalade Boy. Almost each and every one of the characters is memorable and have marvelous, fleshed out personalities. The cast is truly what makes Marmalade Boy special. Of course, with great characters, come the intricate relationships. Sprinkle the great character interaction, with an icing of great characters and a dash of humor; you’ve got yourself the recipe for success.
Although, as the series progressed the story seemed to run out of fuel, as Marmalade Boy is clearly a season too long, as the same themes keep bring revived…only with different characters. The “I love you, you have a lover” theme is played out so much, it’s almost ridiculous. This sort of repetitiveness also leads to another flaw, Marmalade Boy’s occasional predictability. If you pay enough attention, you can basically build the conclusion for yourself and find that you were mostly correct, if not completely correct, which I must stress, not a good thing. The last season could’ve easily been written out and still have left a strong anime behind.
Nevertheless, Marmalade Boy is a good entry in the Romantic Humor category. With it’s exceptional cast of characters, it’ll be sure to catch your attention, just don’t be surprised if you figure out the ending before you even watch it.
Wriiten by AlterGenesis-X
August 8th, 2005 read more
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Talu
14 of 19 people found this review helpful
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76 of 76 episodes seen
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
"Marmalade Boy" is one of the sweet shoujo anime in the world, maybe even the sweetest. It is one of my favorite anime, and I can watch it over and over again and not get bored. I can even cry in sone scenes every time... T___T
The story was written by Wataru Yushizumi (Ultra Maniac belongs to her too).
The art is very nice, but the animation is actually not that good (an anime from 1995, what do you expect?) but you can live with that.
The OST of the anime is very good. In some ways it is very childish (the opening theme, for an example), but mature too (some songs).
Most of the melodies in the series are actually kind of karaoke of the songs. The voice actress of Miki, the main female character, sang many songs in the series.
The love story in the anime is very original and displayed to us, the watchers, by a point of view that makes us cry with the characters, laugh with them and even be angry and more. The events are very realistic, the characters and the relationships between them too.
The only bad thing in the series is that in some episodes the events are... not make sense. I won't say what they are, but I am not the one who thought so...
With the series there is a 25 minutes movie, which is a a point of view of somebody else, that made you understand the things better. [though it is not existed in the manga XD]
Why did I love the anime? Because of the childish atmosphere, the point of view and the plot itself.
Well, I could say 1000 good things about it, but I will shut up. Go watch!
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Recommendations
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Both main girl charecter have to live in the same house with a handsome-smart-cold guy..
very recommended ^_^
slice of life, romance. similar plot, though more consistent.
the both .. talk about living with another family
These are both about two teens that cant stand eachother moving in together (because of their parents!) And learning how to cope with eachother
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There both great story's and the characters do more than ust look alike. This is like kodocha note Kodocha is marmalade boy on crack!
They are both in the same genre.They both have similar plots.Kodomo no Omocha is your love problems and uncertainly when your a kid.Marmalade boy plot is similar because of uncertainties and love problems but the main characters are a bit older and mature.They both have happy endings too despite of all the difficulties.
well the characters look the same sana is miki and akito is yuu. I think that kodocha(Kodomo no omocha) is better way better than marmalde boy. So far i think that kodocha is the best anime i've seen so far. well 3rd to ouran and fruits basket
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Opening Theme"Egao ni Aitai" by Rie Hamada
Ending Theme#1: "Suteki na Serenade" by Miho Fujiwara (eps 1-31) #2: "Kareha Iro no Crescendo" by Yasuhiro Mizushima (eps 32-53) #3: "Yoake no Etude" by Yoko Ichikawa (eps 54-76)
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