Marmalade Boy Ultimate Scrapbook - Volume 1 (Episodes 1-19)
by Toru Yamada, Yasuo Yamakichi, Yoshihiro Oka
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Actor: Mariko Kouda, Michelle Ruff, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Wakana Yamazaki, Wendee LeeDirector: Toru Yamada, Yasuo Yamakichi, Yoshihiro Oka
Producer: Stuart J. Levy
Writer: Aya Matsui
Writer: Ayumi Yoshizumi
Writer: Yumi Kageyama
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 475 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tokyo Shock
DVD Reviews of Marmalade Boy Ultimate Scrapbook - Volume 1 (Episodes 1-19)
DVD Review: The stone cold truth
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay here i go, buckle up.
I started watching marmalade boy when I was eight years old. I adored it. Completely hooked is an understatement. I taped every episode and even made addicts out of a couple of friends. I got all the manga (yes, it was published and aired in Spain a long time ago) and bought the soundtracks.
The reason for all of this?
An eight year old doesn't know any better.
You want a real review of marmalade boy, here it is:
Lets start off with the title shall we? Marmalade boy sounds quite appetizing does it not? Well the feeling ends after the credits have stopped rolling. Exchanging partners is the most normal thing in the world. If they can exchange with another married couple with a cute son included thats a bonus I guess. This anime should have been called `six people get it on'. Your mother gets it on with my farther, my mother gets it on with your farther. And us, since we love each other so much, should get it on as well. That's the animes premise. Well lets start on the characters, miki koishikawa (typical shoujo protagonist) and yuu matsura (another calcium kid). The sun and the moon. She speaks off the top of her head, he doesn't know how to open his mouth. She's kind, him...well, a bit of a pansy. She is quite courageous and tries to get things sorted, and he (a lot of poor me syndrome) prefers to suffer in silence...and kisses miki while she is sleeping (so she doesn't find out he like her, bla!). In a nutshell, they are complete opposites of each other. Come on, with a guy like this your libido goes to hell.
The plot?
Miki: should I stay with yuu? Or ginta? With keikun?...ohhhh I've got such problems!
We also have ginta suou, a hot head who always speaks his mind. And lets not forget the fountain of tears and mikis best friend, meiko akizuki. She's intelligent, comprehensive, is loaded and reminds you of a thoroughbred horse, as miwa satoshi would say. Ahh satoshi, promiscuous...err, no, not in the end. But I haven't finished with meiko yet. Quite a perfect girl...what is she doing having a secret relationship with her teacher? (Not that I find anything wrong with that) She could have the whole football team but no, she prefers a teacher. (There is no reason why a mature and intelligent girl prefers a cultured gentleman then a band of stupid boys whose only interests are video games and sports). This series deals with relationships between a teacher and a student 12 years his junior, guys that don't know if they are gay, incestuous relationships (miki and yuu still decide to be together even after they find out that they are brother and sister), parents the are more immature then there own children...
Whose fault is this?
Well its wataru yoshizumis', the creator of this pile of crap. But by the way that's not her real name, it's her pen name. Yes the poor girl would be accosted by rabid fans and angry mobs if she gave her real name away. Or perhaps she is just too ashamed to admit that she is the creator of this so-called masterpiece. This woman also has a passion for tennis. The problem is she sucks at it so she decided to become a mangaka(no comment), and so now she always finds ways to insert tennis games into her mangas. At least one of the main characters has to play tennis. This woman has some fierce resentment. She also seems to resent the character of satoshi miwa, who is the only one the end up with no partner. He probably ended up with some guy. We all know that he's a closet gay right? This woman is cruel.
So, can we blame wataru yoshizumi for this failure of this anime? Perhaps we should blame the viewers. Those hysterical pre pubescent girls that love yuu (my god they have bad taste).
The animation quality?
Walking sticks that talk and fall in love. It doesn't give a very good impression to the maturing youth of today, who believe that anorexia is the sign of beauty. To put it bluntly the animation quality is terrible, however it seems to improve in the last season.
Marmalade boy isn't a good anime (is it a good anything?). The drama plays out like a bad Latin-American soap opera. This...thing that I am reviewing shouldn't be branded with the title of an excellent shoujo and has no point in its favour.
The creator should...dissapear somewhere and do the world a favour of never coming back and creating any more crap.
The series is...suitable for little girls, whose brains are full of cherry blossom petals.
PS: This is a message to the two ladies above who have both called me an idiot for disliking marmalade boy. To E.Wilson, I will say first of all that I am a girl, secondly I have watched the show in its entirety multiple times and when I did watch it I didn't realise how dumb it was because I was 8 and lastly you sound like you would bash anyone whos opinion differs from your own. To MBstr215, who asks: `why did she watch it when she was eight years old?' The answer is that's how old I was when it came on TV you moron. I recorded it all. I am eighteen now and fancied watching it again for some good old nostalgia. I then realized how childish it was, and wrote this review. And I never said Miki was a loser; try reading my review properly before you bash you dimwit. E.Wilson is over 16, at least that much I have worked out. For her to get so stroppy over this seems quite immature. You really are in lala land. I will state again that this show is (and is aimed for as stated by its creator) 8 to 12 year old girls. I understand that everyone who reads my review will bash me because most people that come to Amazon to buy it probably have the whole series fan subbed already and are huge fans, so I'm sorry if my review offends you but hey we cant all think alike. The two stars I have given this product are for it lovely music. I still have 7 MB cds that cost a bomb of ebay and I wouldn't lose them for the world. They bring back memories of when I was a child who enjoyed the show and hoped to meet a yuu of her own someday.
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