Jikuu Bouken Nuumamonjaa (Chrono Trigger)

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English: Chrono Trigger

Synonyms: Time and Space Adventures Nuumamonjaa

Japanese: 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 1, 1996

Producers: Yomiuri Advertising

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Unknown

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Duration: 16 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Ranked: #9934²

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Synopsis

It's the night before the fair celebrating the Kingdom of Guardia's one thousand year anniversary. When the humans have gone to sleep for the night, excited about the next day's celebration, the monsters come out to play.

Nuu and Mamo are two little monsters itching to have their own adventure in time and space, and their adventure group Nuumamonjaa is recruiting new members. Since neither is particularly strong in the brains department, their adventure turns into a disaster as they get into one mishap after another.

A fast drinking competition, a close encounter with a robotic cat, and a high-speed car chase—this might be more adventure than the tiny duo bargained for!

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Background

This OVA was made to promote the 1995 RPG classic Chrono Trigger.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Main

Chafurin
Japanese

Gato

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Staff

Kawasaki, Itsurou

Director

Mitsuda, Yasunori

Music

Asano, Kyouji

In-Between Animation

Koyama, Masahiro

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Nov 28, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

An00biz (All reviews)

27 people found this review helpful

First I have to say: Before watching this anime you should have played the game. Without knowing the game you don't get most of the jokes in the anime.

Story: Well ... this anime is like a special for the game. There isn't actually that much of a story that is told. The whole anime seems to be a little homage to all those monsters and strange creatures in the game which isn't really a bad thing.

Art: The Chrono Trigger anime is now 12 years old so the quality of the animation is not really up to date. Nonetheless I rated the Art rather high because read more

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Apr 1, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Virgil (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

This is actually one of my favorite comedy-based OVA's. There are parts within, such as Gato screaming the same thing over and over, or Johnny's inside humor. If you're looking for the original characters of the SNES video game, you won't find them until the very end. Actually, you will only see the back of their heads. This OVA's characters are completely two different creatures that are traveling through time trying to get anyone to join their club. It may seem a little boring at first, but the second half will really make you laugh with Gato's yelling and running wild.

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Oct 12, 2013

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

ReubenBlackbird (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

The only good thing of this anime is the music. Is the same music of the game, that's why it has a ten of mine. The rest is like "Ha...haha...haha...NOPE" Gonzalez is the best character and the rest are so derp as Carls @BSTCloud. If you wanna insult him, I will appreciate it. That's all I've gotta say, OST 10, the rest meh.

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Aug 20, 2017

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

SolidBren (All reviews)

1 people found this review helpful

This is a fun little short meant for those who've played through Chrono Trigger. It stars some minor characters in a spoof/parody comedy. It was really wacky and quite fun!

Don't go into this expecting an epic OVA covering major events from the main game. For those wanting that, should just play the PS1 or DS version of Chrono Trigger, as it contains some beautiful anime cutscenes depicting some of the major plot points in the game. But chances are you already have, if you are reading this.

I personally enjoyed this short OVA a lot! It brings more life to these characters in which only so much could be accomplished of a 32-bit game.

Nu and Mamo (also known as Kilwala in the US version of the game) were the main characters of this OVA and they were fun while they lasted. Mamo does have a rather annoying voice, but it suits his character and he doesn't overstay his welcome due to the show being so short. The ones that really put a smile on my face were Gonzales (a.k.a Gato in the US) and Johnny! If they ever ended up making more episodes, they'd have to focus on more of the other great characters of Chrono Trigger. But, sadly this was only one episode.

They reference a few other minor things in this short like in the credits when Nu and Mamo were posing in some of the famous locales of the game. So don't just stop watching when the credits roll!

It is really a shame that this wasn't longer or consisted of more episodes featuring more of the Chrono cast. Because this video game is packed with lore, which would be great inside joke material for the fans. This had strong potential to be a well running comedy series based off of a game. But, maybe some fans are happy this was all there was. The budget was probably fairly low due to the mostly simplified character design and somewhat choppy animation. This combined with the loud blunt humor could be taken as a bastardization of the original masterpiece that is Chrono Trigger. When comparing this to other comedy spoofs, this certainly isn't any Carnival Phantasm (not even close), but it does give me a similar vibe. Especially with the racing scene.

Like the Fire Emblem OVA, this had potential to be amazing. But, upon doing some research this wasn't meant to be a big thing. It was just something made by Production I.G for a V-Jump (a Japanese manga and video game magazine) festival. The good time was cut very short, but sweet enough to be worth it to the fans!

TLDR; So definitely give this a watch if:
•You've beaten Chrono Trigger at least once (if you haven't, then the characters and references won't mean anything to you).
•You like cheesy comedy and/or parody anime.

Here it is in glorious 240p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRpCjKoPps

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