Marmalade Boy

Marmalade Boy (ママレード・ボーイ Mamarēdo Bōi) merupakan manga karya Wataru Yoshizumi dan diterbitkan di majalah komik Ribon. Manga ini kemudian dibuatkan versi animenya oleh Toei Animation sebanyak 76 episode anime dan ditayangkan di Fuji TV. Marmalade Boy juga sudah dibuatkan versi drama televisi (sebanyak 30 episode) di Taiwan yang berjudul sama (Hanzi: 橘子將男孩; Pinyin: Júzǐjiāng Nánhái). Manga ini diterbitkan di Indonesia oleh Elex Media Komputindo

Sinopsis

Miki seorang gadis polos dan sederhana. Ia sempat mengira kalau orang tuanya sangat akur dan keluarganya harmonis. Sehingga Miki shock saat tau orang tuanya akan bercerai dan menikah lagi. Namun agaknya keadaan ini cukup unik. Karena, orang tua mereka menikah dengan orang tua yang juga akan bercerai dalam waktu yang bersamaan. Orang tua yang akan menjadi pasangan orang tua Miki juga mempunyai anak yang sebaya bernama Miki bernama Yuu. Miki tak bisa akrab dengan Yuu. Mereka selalu bertengkar. Dari mereka tinggal serumah sampai orang tua mereka bercerai dan menikah lagi. Tapi apa benar Miki akan terus membenci Yuu??

Character

• Koishikawa Miki: Gadis yang polos dan lugu. Sempat shock saat tau orang tuanya akan bercerai dan menikah lagi. Jago banget main tennis tapi nggak jago masak. Dulu lahir di Amerika saat orang tua Miki menikah dan tinggal di Amerika.
• Matsuura Yuu: Anak dari pasangan Matsuura yang akan menikah dengan orang tua Miki. Suka sekali mengerjai Miki. Tapi sebenarnya Yuu suka Miki.
• Suou Ginta: Teman sejak kecil Miki yang suka Miki dari dulu. Tapi sempat patah hati gara-gara melakukan kecerobohan besar saat SMP. Partner Miki di klub tennis.
• Arimi: Mantan pacar Yuu. Anggota klub atletik. Pernah pura-pura pacaran dengan Ginta.
• Rokutanda: Teman satu sekolah Arimi. Suka dengan Arimi tapi cintanya nggak kesampean.
• Meiko: Sahabat baik Miki. Suka dengan gurunya sendiri.

Manga

A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version)

Novels

The novels are written by Yumi Kageyama, and illustrated by Wataru Yoshizumi.

Japan

• Volume 1, ISBN 4-08-611872-6
• Volume 2, ISBN 4-08-611893-9
• Volume 3, ISBN 4-08-614013-6
• Volume 4, ISBN 4-08-614033-0
• Volume 5, ISBN 4-08-614056-X
• Volume 6, ISBN 4-08-614073-X
• Volume 7, ISBN 4-08-614105-1
• Volume 8, ISBN 4-08-614124-8
• Volume 9, ISBN 4-08-614156-6
• Volume 10, ISBN 4-08-614176-0

Art books

• Marmalade Boy: Koi no Style Book, ISBN
• Marmalade Boy: Yoshizumi Wataru Illust-shuu, ISBN 4-08-855091-9

Anime

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This cell shows one of the many eyecatches that appears in the Marmalade Boy anime

Theme songs

Opening

笑顔に会いたい (Egao ni Aitai) by Rie Hamada

Ending

素敵な小夜曲[セレナーデ] (Suteki na Serenade) by Miho Fujiwara (Episodes 01-31)

枯れ葉色のクレッシェンド (Kareha Iro no Crescendo) by Yasuhiro Mizushima (Episodes 32-53)

夜明けのエチュード (Yoake no Etude) by Yoko Ichikawa (Episodes 54-76)

Production

Staff

• Original Story: Wataru Yoshizumi
• Planning Producers: Kōichirō Fujita (ABC), Yasuo Kameyama (Asatsu), Hiromi Seki (Toei Animation)
• Production Chief: Atsunori Kazama
• Series Composition: Ami Matsui
• Script: Ami Matsui, Yumi Kageyama, Motoki Yoshimura, Atsushi Norō
• Character Designer: Yoshihiko Magoshi
• Scenery Design: Kunihiro Senda
• Music: Keiichi Oku
• Producers: Toshio Ōno (ABC), Kanako Arai (Asatsu), Munehisa Higuchi (Toei Animation)
• Series Director: Akinori Yabe
• Produced by ABC, Asatsu, Toei Animation

Live-action television series

In Taiwan, Marmalade Boy was made into a 30-episode live-action television series called 橘子將男孩 (pinyin: Júzǐjiāng Nánhái). The series starred pop star Stella as Miki and F4 member Ken Zhu as Yuu; Stella also sang the theme song, "溫室的花 Wēnshì de Huā (Greenhouse Flower)". 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.

Games

A Super Famicom game based on the anime was released in Japan in 1995. In the game you play the role of Miki trying to win the heart of one of the three major male characters in the series (Yuu, Ginta and Kei). This game has been highly criticised as being a poor imitation copy of the famous Tokimeki Memorial series by Konami. A Game Boy title based on the series also exists.

Trivia

• Sana and Akito from Kodomo no Omocha look somewhat similar to Miki and Yuu (albeit younger versions of them). A fansub website has even compared the two series and calls Kodocha "Marmalade Boy on crack" [1]
• It has been known to many old fans of Marmalade Boy that the anime staff had originally intended for Anju Kitahara and Namura Shinichi to die in the series. However Wataru Yoshizumi objected to it, believing that it will make the series too close to a tragedy. Eventually, the anime staff gave in and allowed the two characters to live: Namura married Meiko as she graduated high school and Anju was left alone.
• This series marked the debut of voice actress Sakura Tange, who would later become famous for her role as Sakura Kinomoto in Cardcaptor Sakura.
• Some of the characters that apppear in the third season are taken from Handsome na Konojo, another Wataru Yoshizumi manga that ran from the late 1980s to early 1990s. An OVA based on the series was released in 1991.

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Paranala luar

• jp laman Marmalade Boy ole TOEI Animation
• Ensiklopedi Marmalade Boy (informasi tentang anime, manga, CD, dll)
• Heart's Melody (informasi tentang hubungan Miki dan Yuu)