ito ang pinaakminamahal kong bishoujoa anime character si..Sachiko-sama! *XD naka boys' school uniform XD*
praning at nagtataka...!
haaay..ang saya-saya ko ngaun...
napanuod ko ung 3rd? ova ng Marimite..hnde ako sure kc..3rd season daw un...hnde nmn ako sure e...pero ang alam ko 3rd ova nga un...XD
ang ganda tlg ng movie nya...sobra...pamatay ang ganda ng kwento..!
auko ng ikwento kc hnde nmn lahat kau interested...pero para malaman nyo...
paki basa sa mga interested...http://mariamite.free.fr/maria_article_eng.htm
hehe quoted ko jan ung...
You said Lilian school life was just fantasy. For us, on the contrary, it feels quite realistic. What exactly do you find is fantasy ? Didn't the author and the staff try to show their vision of a European school rather than a Japanese one ?
Women who were ex-students of all girls high say that girls become lazy if there's no boy in their class. Well, this story will be too long to write now, so please read "Joshi Kousei" manga if you want more ^^
And about later question... I hesitate to write it, because it may causes misunderstanding. I don't think Marimite is rip off at all. Okay? Well then... Some researchers say that Marimite is a revival of old good retro shoujo cultures.
The concept of "esu" is the arrangement of esu novels in 1910-20's (The relationship in esu is not love. Esu is the genre of Marimite.It's often likened to "more than friendship, less than love, but "most important" relationship), the concept of pure confined space (ex. Christian girls school, clean cabin of rocket, sanatorium, etc.) is the favorite concept of shoujo manga in 1970's, and the style of storytelling is good brend of 80's and today's "raito noberu (light novels)".
It is true that shoujo manga of 1970's is strongly affected by old European culture. Marimite intentionaly tries to revive this nostalgic concept. But I think what the auther tries is not showing European style but revival of 70's culture. Because there are many Japanese element (like ginkos) in this show. err.. I can't explain well...
Why do the japanese DVD carry no subtitles ? *madalas na tanong ng mga fans*
If the anime production company sells subtitled DVD to you, they earn only 2,000 yen. But if they sell to American or French distributor, they earn 1,000,000 yen*. That's the way it is ^^
*ang sarap maging animator na nagttrabaho sa isang production company...-_-*
Why does it aired at night on japanese TV (this series contain no violence or nudity, I don't understand this schedule) ?
That's because the staff has set their target to otaku. It's a marketing reason*. Daytime broadcasting cost is so high that small anime production company can't take the risk. So they narrow down target to otaku, who watch anime even if it's 1.00 a.m. or 3.00 a.m., and buy DVD even if they've already watched the show. Most anime use the same marketing strategy these days.
I believe that when the staff of this anime decided to make Marimite into anime, they seriously deliberated upon "To whom should they set target audience?"They chose OTAKU, because otaku spends much more money than high school girls. But they also desided, "We will never curry otaku's favor like bishoujo anime." They knew otaku were bored with harem anime like Love Hina and lolicon anime like Chobits. Otaku had a thirst for something new. So they made this anime in elegant shoujo style. They think otaku have no immunity to this kind of style, and maybe they are right.
Marimite Manga chose different marketing strategy. The publishing company chose early-teen girls. So, the depth, delicacy, sentiment of the original novel are adventurously arranged into simple, easy-to-follow, funny art and story. I don't like this arrangement, but I admit the manga is fun to read. ^^
What do anime fan girls or just general population think?
Fan girls are not so different from fan boys and the people in this forum. It's interesting how those who actually go to all girls high school comment on the REALITY of all girls high. We find that Marimite is totally fantasy.(^^;
If you want to know about REAL all girls high, try "Joshi Kousei" by Ooshima Towa. It's a hilarious gag manga. The mangaka really knows something with girls high. *yup*
here...a sad story of Sachiko...
quoted from her...
“"When I entered high school, what do you think Suguru-san said when he came to my high school entrance party?
'I can see myself in you, so if we got married, it would surely turn out well. We each could live as we pleased, let's stay out of each other's hair.'
When I asked 'What do you mean?'
he confessed 'You might not like this, but for sex partners, I only like men.'
So if I want to have children, I have to take a lover from outside the marriage. It looks like he would accept my children in the family, and they could inherit the Ogasawara group. He said since they'll be more or less connected by blood, he'll still love them.
What in the world is he thinking? He thinks I'm a fool."”
ganyan ang mood ko ngaung bakasyon..grabe...
chores...
games...
computer...internet...
..sachiko...
....beau....
college life....hindi ko na iniicp yan...