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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 9781591822813 Format: Animated, Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 1591822815 Label: Tokyopop Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Tokyopop Pictures Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Tokyopop Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 27, 2004 Running Time: 511 minutes Studio: Tokyopop Pictures Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The plot of the popular teen comedy Marmalade Boy consists of a series of interlocking romantic polygons that suggest a cross between The Brady Bunch and As the World Turns. Toryo High School junior Miki Koshikawa is appalled when her parents announce that they and their friends the Matsuras have decided to divorce, switch partners, remarry, and live together. This marital mix-and-match scheme forces Miki into contact with the Matsuras' handsome son Yuu. His mischievous sense of humor plays against what is basically a warm, gentle nature, leading Miki to compare him to the bittersweet taste of orange marmalade. The budding romance between Miki and Yuu upsets Ginta, whom Miki nurtured a crush on two years earlier. Arimi, Yuu's conniving former girlfriend, suggests she and Ginta pretend to date to make Miki jealous. Their sham romance infuriates Ginta's obnoxious cousin Tsutomu, who adores Arimi and hates Yuu. Tsutomu provides welcome comic relief, as he's always losing bets that require him to shave his head. Meanwhile, Meiko, Miki's best friend, dodges the attentions of student body president Satoshi to pursue a star-crossed romance with one of her teachers. It's not clear just what Yuu and Ginta see in fussy, indecisive Miki. The relationships in Marmalade Boy go through more twists and turns than an L.A. freeway, but the series ran for 76 episodes--three times as long as Evangelion, which also debuted in 1995--and has remained popular ever since. (Rated 13 and older: minor cartoon violence, minor profanity, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon Description: All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family…and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother Yuu. It's bad enough being brought into her parents' strange soap opera, but Miki will star in a soap of her own as she deals with friends having affairs, trying to survive in school and ending up torn between her long-time crush, Ginta, and her new stepbrother! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Great Romantic Comedy AnimeWhat would you do if your parents divorced and switched partners with another couple and live in the same house together? Ask Miki Koshikawa, a junior at Toryo High School. When Miki parents announce that they and their friends the Matsuras, a couple they met in Hawaii, have decided to divorce, switch partners, remarry, and live together; it upset Miki. During this, Miki meets the Matsuras' son Yuu. Yuu has a mischievous sense of humor, but has a warm, gentle nature. Miki and Yuu find themselves ... Read More Rating: - Excellent for the Romantics and Soap Opera AddictsI'm not going into the plot anymore since other reviewers have already done that. And I definitely do not agree with that other reviewer, Razor Queen(Witch Hunter) and H. Stewart. As mentioned in my title, if you are a romantic at heart and you like those soap opera-ish -plot, then you will like this. Now if you're some cold hearted, jaded, cynical person - maybe not. Obviously this anime is geared towards girls - it is shoujo. And of course the animation seem oldish, its been years ... Read More Rating: - Great anime!Marmalade Boy is a great series and a must-see for fans of romance/comedy anime. The characters are unique, real, and endearing;even the antagonists are likable. The story is light-hearted and funny but also has a good deal of drama. The fact that relationships progress throughout this series is something that sets Marmalade Boy apart from many others. Although the last fifteen or so episodes are hard to get through (lots of angst), the ending is well worth the wait. Rating: - be prepared for a bumpy ridethere are four seasons to this and it is a up and down adventer for this couple that is love and hate all the way Rating: - I love it!I began reading the Marmalade Boy manga 5 years ago. It was great. I also own all 8 books. I purchased this DVD and it was pretty good. I mean, it's kinda not that well drawn in the first DVD, but it gets better. I thought the anime Miki was more whiny than the manga Miki. The anime expands the plots and makes it pretty fun to watch. Though there were some slow parts that I thought took away from the original, but then again, it's based on the manga, not taken directly word for word, scene for scene. ... Read More |
