Re: Marimite


to seiyuu@usagi.org
from "D L" <illusion@japan.com>
subject Re: Marimite
date Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:45:51 -0500
<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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