Mamotte! Lollipop

Nina Yamada's greatest dream is to find someone that will protect her in the same way the princesses are in her storybooks. She soon desperately needs that protection: when she swallows a strange pink ball of what she believes to be hard candy, a huge number of people fall from the sky. The ball she swallowed is the Crystal Pearl, a symbolic trinket that magic users from another world fight over. The winner of the Crystal Pearl passes a magic exam that can grant them the prestigious title of professional wizards.

Zero and Ichii, two young men taking the exam together, quickly determine that the pearl is inside Nina and promise to protect her until the exam is over. With countless other examinees after the object, their task is daunting—but not as brutal as the embarrassment Nina faces when she arrives at school with two handsome boys at her heels.

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Zero Main

Ootani, Miki Japanese

Yamada, Nina Main

Shouji, Yui Japanese

Ichii Main

Nakamura, Daisuke Japanese

Sherard, Forte Supporting

Namiki, Noriko Japanese

Sherard, San Supporting

Saitou, Momoko Japanese

Akatsuki, Nanase Supporting

Miyoshi, Rie Japanese

Rill Supporting

Wan, Rokka Supporting

Nogawa, Sakura Japanese

Zura Supporting

Kobayashi, Akiko Japanese

Kuku Supporting

Suzuki, Masami Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hieda, Susumu Producer

Nakamura, Noriyuki Director

Hamano, Kazuzou Sound Director

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May 5, 2010

bonioni

Recommended

Save Me! Lollipop.

I thought it was very good most of the time. But you couldn't see anything but mistakes. The characters were a little rough and I would of liked to see a little more action.

I liked it because of the romance between the three characters and the ways of the story.

I didn't like how the story was the same every episode.

As someone already said its plain boring but it entertains you for awhile until you get bored of it. As said before its VERY short. 13 episodes or 26? I would choose 26. I mean come on. Seriously! You need more episodes ... to complete the series. That's not even enough for a season.

Trust me it's good but don't waste your money on it.

Bonioni

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 24, 2009

dreamfar

Mixed Feelings

Mamotte! Lollipop is a fairly short 13 episode show. The main character is Nina, a 12 year old who, while eating a cake, mistakes the crystal pearl that lands on her bowl as candy and eats it, right before all the magical examinees come falling from the sky.

The first two examinees she meets are Zero and Ichi, who, upon discovering that she accidentally swallowed the pearl, drag her off to find a way to get the pearl back. Unfortunately, there is no way for them to get the pearl out at the moment, so they have to wait until Christmas, the last day of the ... exam. Zero and Ichi then decide that they will protect Nina from the other examinees until they find a way to get the pearl out of her.

Story: 6
The plot is not completely awful, but it's not amazing either. Since the anime cut out parts from the manga, there was not a lot of character development, especially with relationships. The Nina and Zero pairing felt forced and cheesy at best, and Ichi was just left at the side. The ending was rushed and messy, which did not help.

Art: 5
the color choice is good, but the animation tends to be lacking. There are many occasions where the faces are proportioned poorly, and it's easy to tell that the show suffered from lazy animation techniques.

Sound: 5
the music is very typical for a shoujo, especially the opening and the ending themes. Voice actors are okay, but I did not enjoy listening to Nina whining and complaining.

Character: 6
The cast is thankfully varied, with each character having different reasons for why they decided to take the magical exam. However, some of them are quite annoying, and the characterization is limited, at best.

Enjoyment: 5
As someone who has read the manga, I expected a little more out of this show. It was a show whose entertainment tended to vary from episode to episode, with some being especially painful to watch and others not as much.

Overall: 6
If you are a diehard fan of shoujo, then this is probably a series you would try. Fortunately, this series is short, which means that if you don't like it but are watching it anyways, it won't take up too much of your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 1, 2010

CelestialRevel

Not Recommended

First of all, I only finished the series because I BOUGHT the DVD, because I read the first few volumes of the manga and liked it and thought the anime might be good, too. Wow. I was wrong. VERY wrong. The best thing about this anime is the opening song. Seriously. Although its only 13 episodes, it's so boring and uninteresting it seems to drag on and on and on. I had to force myself pretty hard to finish watching it - just so the money I spent wouldent go to waste.

Story: 5. It's very ordinary. Nothing I havent seen before.
Art: 3. Below-average.
Sound: 7. Like ... I said - the opening was the best part.
Character: 5. Characters are very typical, cliche.
Enjoyment: 2. Booooooooooooring.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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