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Published by Fujinseikatsusha Original run August 1993 – May 1998 Directed by Takayoshi Suzuki Number of episodes 52 | 6.7/10 Magazine Petit Enfant Volumes 4 Final episode date 31 August 1996 Director Takayoshi Suzuki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Comedy, Parenting, School Network Mainichi Broadcasting System Similar Tonde Burin, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Okojo‑san, Little Women II: Jo's Boys, Katri - Girl of the Meadows |
Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (Japanese: ママはぽよぽよザウルスがお好き, Hepburn: Mama wa Poyopoyo-Zaurusu ga Osuki) is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Fujinseikatsusha child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime TV series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks (except for TV Yamaguchi) from September 2, 1995 through August 31, 1996. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo.
Contents
- Manga first release
- Manga second release
- Toilet training book
- Anime picture books
- Cast
- Staff
- Opening
- Ending
- References

The series follows the "adventures" of a young mother and father as they deal with the joys and challenges of raising small children. The "poyopoyo" in the title is an onomatopoeia for the young children "toddling" around (or walking unsteadily).

Manga, first release
Manga, second release
Toilet training book

This book was written by Eiichi Hoashi, a well-known child psychologist in Japan. Aonuma wrote the accompanying manga used to illustrate the various ideas and techniques presented in the book.
Anime picture books
Cast
In the manga, the names of the characters are the real names of the Aonuma family, but in the anime, they were given new names. Following are names used in the anime:
Other characters: