Mamotte! Lollipop

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Mamotte! Lollipop
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Cover of the first volume by Del Rey Manga
まもって！ロリポップ
(Mamotte! Roripoppu)
Genre Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Written by Michiyo Kikuta
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Tanoshimi (2007-2009)
Del Rey Manga (2007-2010)
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Nakayoshi
Original run October 3, 2002 – June 2005
Volumes 7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Noriyoshi Nakamura
Produced by Futoshi Nakabayashi
Reiko Takeshita
Shin Hieda
Written by Mitsutaka Hirota
Toshizo Nemoto
Yoshimi Narita
Yuka Yamada
Music by Kazuzo Hamano
Lantis
Studio Studio Comet
Sunshine Corporation
Marvelous Entertainment
SKY Perfect Well Think
Amuse Soft Entertainment
Network TV Setouchi, GBS, Chiba TV, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, KAB, Kids Station
Original run July 1, 2006 – September 23, 2006
Episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Manga
Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop!
Written by Michiyo Kikuta
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Nakayoshi
Original run July 3, 2006 – December 28, 2007
Volumes 6 (List of volumes)
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Mamotte! Lollipop (まもって！ロリポップ Mamotte! Roripoppu?, lit. "Protect! Lollipop") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Michiyo Kikuta (菊田みちよ Kikuta Michiyo?). It was serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005.

The story revolves around female protagonist Nina Yamada, a seventh grader who accidentally swallows the Crystal Pearl thinking it was candy. The pearl is the goal of a sorcery examination where the students must retrieve it to pass. But since Nina has swallowed the pearl, she is now the target. Fortunately for Nina, two of the examinees decide to protect her from the other students while they work on a potion to extract the pearl from Nina.

In 2006, Mamotte! Lollipop was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of Noriyoshi Nakamura (中村憲由 Nakamura Noriyoshi?). The anime series aired between July 1, 2006 and September 2006 in Japan on KAB. In 2009, FUNimation Entertainment dubbed the anime under the name Save Me! Lollipop.

Plot

Nina Yamada is a seventh grade student who dreams about a prince charming who will always protect her, no matter what. One day, Nina "accidentally" swallowed a Crystal Pearl that she assumed was candy that came with her cake. But the Crystal Pearl was the goal of a sorcery examination. Nina becomes the new target by many probationer sorcerers and goes on for half a year. During this whole mix up, she meets two wizard boys named Zero and Ichii and comes to a conclusion that they protect her until a potion is made to remove the Crystal Pearl from her. However, this potion will take about six months to complete. Despite how long it took Zero and Ichii decided to protect Nina. Even at school and at home, Zero and Ichii protect Nina where ever she goes.

Main characters

Nina Yamada (山田二菜 Yamada Nina?)
Voiced by: Yui Shoji (Japanese), Brittany Karbowski (English)
Nina is a seventh grade girl with an aggressive character, though she is also a caring, child-like, sweet teenager most of the time. She doesn't take insults very well. This is shown when she is often clashing with Zero, who usually calls her "stupid", "idiot", or "dork".
She is targeted by many sorcerer examinees as she accidentally swallowed the Crystal Pearl which they need in order to pass their professional wizard exam. Zero and Ichii are her guardians. Her hobbies include shopping, and to stretch or do sit-ups. Nina is extremely bad at all forms of housework, but she does not seem to realize this. She wishes to have a boyfriend who is kind, strong, and protective. However, she is caught in a love triangle with Zero and Ichii because they fit the type of boy she would like.
In the end she decides that she loves Zero. In one of the chapters in the manga, Nina and Zero kiss when Heart attacked them (causing a smoke screen) but Nina was unaware until Zero confessed to it at the end of Volume 5. In volume 6 Nina realizes that she does love him. In volume 7 of Mamotte! Lollipop, when she is 22 years old, she is depicted with shorter hair and comes for a summer break in the magic world.
Zero (ゼロ Zero?)
Voiced by: Miki Ōtani (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)
Zero has aqua blue hair and is the same age as Nina.
Zero has a very rude and cocky personality, often shown clashing with Nina. He owns little tolerance and is highly rebellious towards those who get in his in way. Zero is a particularly an impatient person and has an extremely short temper.
He is especially good at destruction magic and he is often shown making fun of Nina, therefore, always getting himself into arguments with her or most of the time getting a beating from Nina. But despite the way he treats Nina, it soon becomes clear that he is in love with her and truly wishes to protect her from any harm. Their relationship gradually becomes better throughout the series, and in the manga, he even admits his love to her. At the end of volume 7, when he is 23 years old, he proposes to her and she accepts.
Ichii (イチイ Ichī?)
Voiced by: Daisuke Nakamura (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)
Ichii is two years older than Nina and Zero. He is depicted as a kindhearted boy. Ichii is exceedingly polite and mature, thus making him a gentleman.
He had a rough past, but opened up more ever since that day he met Zero, approximately three years ago. He has a stepsister named Sarasa, whom he used be in love with until she married Zero's older brother, Jeff. His specialty is "defense magic". It was also shown on the side story on the last volume, that he married Rokka (a girl who was chasing Ichii in the start of the magical exam and thought Nina was trying to steal Ichii away from her).

Supporting characters

San Sherard (サン・シェラルド San Sherarudo?)
Voiced by: Momoko Saito (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
San is a sorcerer specialized in summoning magic. She is seen summoning a giant cat, flying fish, wild catfish, and many other creatures. San has long dark blue hair with bangs in the front along with dark blue eyes. She is usually shown with a pink hair band in her hair with two pink bows at both sides of her head and a purple dress with white frills and a little pink bow on her chest. She wears white stockings with black Mary Jane like shoes. She carries a gold colored staff with a gold and blue color wheel shaped top to summon her creatures with her magic.

San was very happy to have a friend and played games with Forte, dragging him around to get her food. She had a harsh past because of her magical powers where she was younger. Her mother was very ill, and many of her relatives blamed her, saying that she was "cursed" because of her magic powers to summon creatures. Forte had burst out with anger as he overheard their relatives talking about how San was cursed. He took San, holding her hand to go to the tree where he became friends with her and told her that he would always be their for her. San then burst out in tears crying on Forte's shoulder wanting her mother. San always tries to smile because her mother told her that if she kept smiling, then something good would happen.

Forte Sherard (フォルテ・シェラルド Forute Sherarudo?)
Voiced by: Noriko Namiki (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
Forte is San's partner and cousin. He is a good cook, and dislikes when San makes him cross-dress. After San’s mother passed, Forte met up with San at the funeral. He was angered when her relatives were gossiping about her. Forte ran off with San into the woods. There, he told her it was okay to cry in front of him, and to only smile when she was having fun. He said that he knew her heart, and that he would always be beside her.

Media

Manga

The pilot chapter of Mamotte! Lollipop first appear in the Weekly manga magazine Nakayoshi on October 2002. The series was then serialized in Nakayoshi beginning with the February 2003 edition (released on December 3, 2002) and concluded two years later in June 2005. The individual chapters where republished into seven volume collections by Nakayoshi's publisher Kodansha.

At the 2006 Comic-Con, Del Rey announced that it had acquired the rights to Mamotte! Lollipop.[1] Del Rey released the first volume on February 27, 2007.

Mamotte! Lollipop Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 1, 2003[2] ISBN 978-4-06-364026-7 February 27, 2007[3] ISBN 978-0-34-549623-2
  • POP 0: "Suddenly, Life Becomes Troublesome!?" (とつぜん、おさわがせライフ！？ Totsuzen, Osawagase Raifu!??) (October 3, 2002)
  • POP 1: "May We Join You!?" (おジャマしまーす！？ Ojamashimāsu!??) (December 28, 2002)
  • POP 2: "Ki, Ki-ki-ki, Kiss!?!?" (キ，キキキ，キスーッ！？！？ Ki, Ki-ki-ki, Kisū!?!??) (February 3, 2003)
  • POP 3: "Open-air Bath Sexy Legend!?" (露天風呂セクシー伝説！？ Rotenburo Sekushī Densetsu!??) (March 3, 2003)
  • POP 4: "The Midterm is a Big Panic!?" (中間試験は大パニック！？ Chūkanshiken wa Dai Panikku!??) (April 3, 2003)
  • Extra: "Medical Magical" (めでぃかるまじかる Medeikaru Majikaru?)
2 January 6, 2004[4] ISBN 978-4-06-364039-7 May 29, 2007[5] ISBN 978-0-34-549666-9
  • POP 5: "The Summer Event is Super Stimulating!?" (夏の行事は超シゲキ的！？ Natsu no gyōji wa Chō shigeki-teki!??) (June 3, 2003)
  • POP 6: "Love on the Beach is Wrtithing in Agony!?" (渚の恋は七転八倒！？ Nagisa no koi wa Shichitenhattō!??) (July 3, 2003)
  • POP 7: "Nina is Zero and, Zero is Nina!?" (ニナがゼロで、ゼロがニナ！？ Nina ga Zero de, Zero ga Nina!??) (August 3, 2003)
  • POP 8: "Zero and Ichii ~Meeting~" (ゼロ＆イチイ 〜出会い〜」 Zero to Ichī ~Deai~?) (September 3, 2003)
  • POP 9: "Zero and Ichii ~Bond~" (ゼロ＆イチイ 〜きずな〜 Zero to Ichī ~Kizuna~?) (October 3, 2003)
  • Extra: "Phantom-Thief Papillon" (怪盗パピヨン Kaitō Papiyon?)
3 April 30, 2004[6] ISBN 978-4-06-364048-9 August 28, 2007[7] ISBN 978-0-34-549667-6
  • POP 10: "Exciting Love Potion - Big Fever" (ほれ薬はドキドキ☆大フィーバー Hore-yaku wa Dokidoki - Dai Fībā?) (November 1, 2003)
  • POP 11: "Here Comes, the Fiancé!?" (婚約者、あらわる！？ Fianse, Arawaru!??) (November 29, 2003)
  • POP 12: "YEAH, Being an Animal is the Best!?" (気分は動物、最高ＹＥＡＨ！？ Kibun wa Dōbutsu, Saikō YEAH!??) (December 29, 2003)
  • POP 13: "Fire of a Girl in Love - Nina!?" (炎の恋娘・ニナ！？ Honō no Koi Musume - Nina!??) (February 3, 2004)
  • POP 14: "Heartbeat - A Maiden's First Kiss!?" (トキメキ♥乙女のファーストキッス！？ Tokimeki - Otome no Fāsuto Kissu!??) (March 3, 2004)
  • Extra: "San on July 17th" (７月１７日のサン Shichi-Gatsu Jūshichi-nichi no San?)
4 October 4, 2004[8] ISBN 978-4-06-364061-8 November 27, 2007[9] ISBN 978-0-34-549893-9
5 May 1, 2005[10] ISBN 978-4-06-364071-7 March 11, 2008[11] ISBN 978-0-34-549894-6
6 June 6, 2005[12] ISBN 978-4-06-364081-6 May 20, 2008[13] ISBN 978-0-34-549895-3
7 September 2, 2005[14] ISBN 978-4-06-364088-5 August 26, 2008[15] ISBN 978-0-34-549896-0
Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 September 19, 2006[16] ISBN 978-4-06-364121-9
  • POP 1: "Magic Exam, Again!?" (魔法試験、ふたたび！？ Mahō Shiken, futatabi!??)
  • POP 2: "In Love - Heart-Pounding Panic" (恋して♥ドキドキパニック Koishite - Dokidoki Panikku?)
2 March 20, 2007[17] ISBN 978-4-06-364140-0
3 July 6, 2007[18] ISBN 978-4-06-364153-0
4 October 5, 2007[19] ISBN 978-4-06-364164-6
5 February 6, 2008[20] ISBN 978-4-06-364176-9
6 April 28, 2008[21] ISBN 978-4-06-364184-4

Anime

File:Save Me! Lollipop.jpg
North American box set released by Funimation

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Main article: List of Save Me! Lollipop episodes

Mamotte! Lollipop was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series in 2006. Produced by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of Noriyoshi Nakamura (中村憲由 Nakamura Noriyoshi?), the anime series was first broadcast on TV Setouchi in Japan every Saturday from 26:00 to 26:30 between July 1, 2006 and September 23, 2006. The episodes were rebroadcast by Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun Television, and several other stations within a few days of the initial broadcast.[22]

On May 12, 2008, Funimation Entertainment announced that it acquired Mamotte! Lollipop.[23] Under the title Save Me! Lollipop, Funimation released the series as a single DVD box set on February 24, 2009.[24]

Reception

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