Marmalade Boy

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Japanese: ママレード・ボーイ
English: Marmalade Boy
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Type: TV
Episodes: 76
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 13, 1994 to Sep 3, 1995
Premiered: Spring 1994
Broadcast: Sundays at 08:30 (JST)
Licensors: Discotek Media, Tokyopop
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Manga
Genres: ComedyComedy, DramaDrama, RomanceRomance
Demographic: ShoujoShoujo
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.421 (scored by 2263722,637 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #22002
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2999
Members: 57,678
Favorites: 613

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Episodes: /76

Synopsis

When Miki Koishikawa welcomes her parents home from their trip to Hawaii, the last thing she expects is for them to gleefully announce that they are getting a divorce. To her shock, they plan to switch partners with another couple they met on vacation. Barely able to keep her emotions in check, Miki begrudgingly attends dinner to meet the other couple and their strikingly handsome son, Yuu Matsuura.

After moving into a spacious house with her newly blended family, Miki struggles to adjust to her new lifestyle and her blooming feelings for Yuu. She attempts to navigate the coming school year with the help of her best friend, Meiko Akizuki, who is hiding a scandalous relationship of her own. However, the road ahead is not simple, as both Miki and Yuu have other potential suitors and emotional baggage from their pasts they are reluctant to reveal.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Marmalade Boy received a Taiwanese 30-episode live-action television series (called Júzǐjiāng Nánhái). The series starred pop star Stella as Miki and F4 member Ken Zhu as Yuu. Although the basic premise was the same, it did not feature many of the characters of the anime, and the love triangles were considerably simplified.

It also received a dating simulation video game was released by Bandai Entertainment for the Nintendo Game Boy system in Japan on January 1, 1995. It was released for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) system on April 21, 1995. The game puts players in the role of Miki, who must try to win the heart of one of her three potential suitors from the series: Yuu, Ginta, or Kei.

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Staff

Yabe, Akinori
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Watanabe, Kenichirou
Episode Director
Yamayoshi, Yasuo
Episode Director, Storyboard
Umezawa, Atsutoshi
Episode Director, Storyboard


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"Egao ni Aitai" by Rie Hamada
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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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Reviews

Jul 28, 2021
This show has been on my radar for decades as one I wanted to watch some day, but its length (76 episodes) made it a costly proposition for importing until recent years. I'm glad I finally bought it, since it's instantly become one of my favourite shows.

Miki finds herself living with a handsome but aggravating boy called Yuu when their parents swap partners and all start living together. After this quirky setup, Miki falls for Yuu, and the two become embroiled in the kind of love dodecahedron you would expect from a romance anime as various other suitors show up. What makes ...
Jan 28, 2024
Mixed Feelings
-Unlikeable protagonist that’s very hard to root for
-Complex character dynamics that leave a bad taste
-Sub-par animation
+Bubbly, eye-catching designs
+Pleasant, classic soundtrack adds to melodramatic tone

It’s stated the definition of Marmalade is a fruit spread made from boiling water, sugar, and citrus peel, resulting in a combination of sweet, tart, and bitter flavors. On the surface Marmalade Boy is just that: a sugary tale of growing pains and finding love between two members of the same family. Bright colors, a classical soundtrack, and characters with wide, emotive features draw the viewer in. However, the resulting melodrama may leave a sour taste for some.

Watching step ...
Jun 16, 2020
Granted it’s anime, but who came out with such a degenerate plot?
From swinging parents to teacher, student relationship to parents allowing teenage step siblings having relationship?

No joke, even the side characters are swapping love interest like it’s going out of style. Let me save you the trouble of having to go through 76 boring episodes by giving you the synopsis of every episode, the two mc will always have some sort of misunderstanding in every episode. I literally dosed off a couple of times for a couple of episodes because it’s so predictable.

This series is boring, mc is annoying and the plot is ridiculous at ...

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