Re: Marimite
to | seiyuu@usagi.org
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from | "D L" <illusion@japan.com>
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subject | Re: Marimite
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date | Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:45:51 -0500
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<P>JASCII's site (<A href="http://www.jascii.net">www.jascii.net</A>)
summarizes the first ep pretty well:</P>
<P><EM>"A private Catholic girls school full of elegant flowers... a perfect
setting for shoujo drama revolving around the student council if I ever heard
one! </EM></P>
<P><EM>Marimite is based off of a very popular manga that is running
currently in the shoujo magazine Margaret - apparently the manga is based on
an older set of 12 novels by Oyuki Konno. Surprisingly enough, the series has
a large following of male fans as well - well, surprising until you realize
that most of them are fans of the yuri undertones running through the show!
Of course I'm not sure Japan could write a story about an all-girls school
WITHOUT said overtones, and I guess it's not particularly a bad thing... ^^
</EM>
<P><EM>So our introduction to the story comes in the form of Yumi, a freshman
at the school who is a fan of Sachiko, a second-year student who is in line
to succeed one of the three high places on the student council. When Yumi is
going to get Sachiko's permission to keep a photo taken of the two of them,
her life is suddenly changed by Sachiko selecting her to be her "petite
soeur," basically making her the student that Sachiko will personally guide,
and in line to succeed the student council! Or is it? Yumi actually turns
down the request, and after some maneuvering from the other members, it is
decided that Sachiko can trade her role to Yumi in the upcoming school play
(which she doesn't want because it means she has to play Cinderella opposite
a BOY) if she can convince Yumi to accept her as older sister. Sachiko's
determined, Yumi is cute and bewildered, and the whole thing is chock full of
drama goodness! </EM>
<P><EM>Yumi steals the show for me so far with her ribbons of cuteness, but
all of the characters really come across well, and have nicely-done voices.
The OP is an instrumental piece which goes well with the series, and the
accompanying images are very nice. The use of yellows and soft colors in the
series is really reminiscent of Hana Yori Dango, which is pretty nice and
unusual. So far I'm quite happy with the series and am eager to get to the
later episodes so I can see what makes the series so popular! ^_^ </EM>
<P><EM>More information about the background of Marimite can be found </EM><A
href="http://okazu.blogspot.com/"><EM>here</EM></A><EM>, in the December 30,
2003 entry. ^_^</EM> "</P>
<P>Personally, this show reminds me a little of Utena, except with a darker
color scheme and more coherent story. The movements of the girls are very
purposeful and can be read quite symbolically.</P>
<P><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: SakuyaMadoka@netscape.net
(Sakuya Madoka) <BR>Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:33:34 -0500 <BR>To:
seiyuu@usagi.org <BR>Subject: Re: Marimite <BR><BR>I would appreciate
somebody tell me what is the story line for <BR>Marimite/Maria-sama ga
miteru. <BR><BR><BR>Thank you in advance. <BR><BR><BR>"'CuSO4' Yung"
<CUSO4@CUSO4.COM>wrote: <BR><BR>> From: "Kishiji Bando"
<KSBANDO@YAHOO.COM><BR>Does anyone have a list of the cast in "Maria-sama ga
miteru"? <BR>I'm missing some of the seiyuu names... <BR><BR>Ref:
<BR>http://www.gokigenyou.com/ <BR>http://ts.sakura.ne.jp/~act/m/
<BR><BR>Fukuzawa Yumi : Ueda Kana <BR>Ogasawara Sachiko : Itou Miki
<BR>Mizuno Youko : Shinohara Emi <BR>Shimazu Yoshino : Ikezawa Haruna
<BR>Hasekura Rei : Itou Shizuka <BR>Torii Eriko : Nabatame Hitomi <BR>Toudou
Shimako : Nodo Mamiko <BR>Satou Sei : Tomoguchi Megumi <BR>Takeshima Tsutako
: Satou Rina <BR>Tsukiyama Minako : Kaida Yuuko <BR>Yamaguchi Mami : Saitou
Ch
iwa <BR>Katsura : Shitaya Noriko <BR>Yamamura-sensei : Ohhara Sayaka
<BR>Kashiwagi Suguru : Hiyama Nobuyuki <BR>Fukuzawa Yuuki : Ichiki Mitsuhiro
<BR><BR>-- <BR>'CuSO4' Yung <BR>cuso4@cuso4.org, cuso4@cuso4.com,
cuso4@manbow.com, cuso4@computer.org <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--
<BR>Fr:Sakuya Madoka <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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