Popotan

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Synonyms: Po-Po-Tan, Popo-tan

Japanese: ぽぽたん

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 18, 2003 to Oct 3, 2003

Premiered: Spring 2003

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Bandai Visual

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Shaft

Source: Visual novel

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Supernatural

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 6.29¹ (scored by 8,444 users)

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Ranked: #7024²

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Popularity: #3719

Members: 21,451

Favorites: 47

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Spring 2003TVShaft

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Synopsis

Beautiful sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, their android maid Mea and slippery pet ferret Unagi make an amazing journey together through time and space without ever leaving their beloved mansion behind! Following the clues of the strange dandelion-like "Popotan," the girls are theoretically seeking the person who has the answers to their most personal questions, but they seem to have more than enough time to take side trips, meet new friends, visit hot springs and occasionally operate the X-mas shop they keep in the house along the way!

Yet, the girls' ultimate destiny holds more than a few surprises of its own, and not every moment is filled with hilarity, as moving through time means having to leave friends behind as well.

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Kawakami, Tomoko
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Staff

Kubota, Mitsutoshi

Producer

Ooshima, Miku

Assistant Producer

Kimura, Shinichiro

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Tsuruoka, Youta

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

"Popotan Hatake de Tsukamaete (ぽぽたん畑でつかまえて)" by UNDER17

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Ending Theme

"S.U.K.I" by Funta

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Jun 10, 2008

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Ranivus (All reviews)

106 people found this review helpful

Popotan is an ecchi drama with some light comedy added for some extra kick to this melancholy show. When someone says ecchi, some people close their eyes and ears because they assume its going to be another tasteless fanservice show. Indeed ecchi is intended mainly for fanservice, but when done right might even enhance a story into the adult world. Thats the case with this show.

Story (Great)
I couldn't understand if the story of the show was aimed toward children or adults considering how much boobs and service are in every episode. Even though theres fanservice in every episode its done pretty tastefully and don't really hinder the story at all. As far as the story goes, its about 3 friends who happen to embark on a journey in a teleporting house. The plot indeed sounds strange but the back story and drama throughout the show makes this show such a joy to watch. Just watching the tragic drama unfold will most certainly bring a tear to your eye. For what its worth, I enjoyed the whole thing from beginning to end.

Art (Good)
The artwork, like any ecchi related anime, are always pretty detailed and the women are all drawn in a cute manner. An extra step they managed to add that drives me crazy when they don't, is the drawing in of the nipples. Not because of the nudity aspect but more for the realistic aspect. Like its okay for guys to have nipples but girls cant? wtf. This is a perfect example to show nudity "tastefully". I put those in quotes because it was nice to notice in the first few episodes, but you'll get an eye full every episode. That might start to get old after a while. It would've been nice if they kept the nudity a little less frequent. Another thing that happens every episode is a shower scene. They always try to sneak a shower/bath scene in every episode. All the other artwork is perfectly fine and quite pretty considering its mostly consisting of light, pastel colors most of the time.

Sound (Fair)
The sound is always light and pleasant, it never interfered with the dialog. Theres a lot of environmental sound effects as well. The seiyu cast wasn't anything great but they all fit their roles perfectly fine. The sound was most definitely the mood setter throughout the show. I don't think the show wouldn't have been the same without such a emotional musical score as this.

Character (Very Good)
The characters are pretty stereotypical anime girl types. Obviously chosen for fanservice flair. But they pull off their drama so well its hard to just think of them as fanservice girls. They have alot of hilarious, ecchi, serious, and sad moments. They do well when its about releasing emotions from the viewers. But as i stated during the art synopsis, the nudity is kind of much. If they laid back on the nudity just a tad bit I could easily say this is the perfect example of an ecchi drama done right. Unfortunately, we'll have to go with best ecchi drama I have seen so far.

Enjoyment (Great)
After watching all 12 episodes, i still don't know if this is directed toward children or adults. But either way, it was an addicting fantasy drama with maybe about a dozen nude scenes too many. But what do u expect from a show based on an H-Game. I still the fantastical story all the way through.

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Oct 31, 2015

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

literaturenerd (All reviews)

25 people found this review helpful

Overview:

It's nearing midnight on Halloween, and I just finished watching one of the most terrifying horror anime ever made! An anime that will make grown men shit their pants in terror! This is an anime that only REAL men can stomach sitting through! This is the Eldritch Abomination that is...Popo -tan!

Background:

Firstly, the word Popo-tan is not a reference to Mr. Popo and his politically incorrect tan. Popo-tan is a nonsense word that in this series means dandelion, although the actual Japanese word for dandelion is "tanpopo". Basically, it is named that because Popo-tan hates you!

Popo-tan was based on an explicit hentai game of the same read more

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Jan 25, 2009

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

seekster (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

I have to say that this is certainly one of the most inconsistent anime series I have ever seen. Its almost like it isnt sure where it wants to go and keeps switching between all sorts of anime types, its almost like Excel Saga only the changes are not done tongue in cheek and they are not as drastic. Ok maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration but I am not kidding you when I say that there are a few fight scenes in this anime...yeah ill try not to spoil anything but its gonna be hard.

Story: 7

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Mar 17, 2014

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

Fear_the_Reefer (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

Let me just say this: The things I do for you people. SMH, reader, SMH.

Popotan is a 2003 anime series about three magical sisters and their maid, who travel through time and space in their mysterious, enchanted house. Every time their house phases out of the physical realm, it jumps into the future by about five years, finding a new location with an ample supply of dandelions for the girls to extract more magic from. They can communicate with these dandelions, but they also make time to communicate with the people... They live in whatever area the house landed in, read more

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