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Published by
  
Fujinseikatsusha

Original run
  
August 1993 – May 1998

Directed by
  
Takayoshi Suzuki

Number of episodes
  
52

Written by
  
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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

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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).

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Manga, first release

  • Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-00058-9
  • Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-00063-5
  • Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-00072-4
  • Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-00082-1
  • Manga, second release

  • Volume 1: ISBN 4-344-00422-1
  • Volume 2: ISBN 4-344-00443-4
  • Volume 3: ISBN 4-344-00461-2
  • Toilet training book

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    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.

  • The Battle to Get Two-year-old Ann Out of Diapers: Mama Poyo Special: Going to Undies in Four Steps, ISBN 4-574-00078-3
  • Anime picture books

  • Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-80037-2
  • Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-80038-0
  • Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-80039-9
  • Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-80040-2
  • Volume 5: ISBN
  • Volume 6: ISBN
  • Volume 7: ISBN
  • Volume 8: ISBN
  • Volume 9: ISBN 4-574-80045-3
  • Volume 10: ISBN 4-574-80046-1
  • Volume 11: ISBN 4-574-80078-X
  • Volume 12: ISBN 4-574-80079-8
  • 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:

  • Hyōga Poyota: Yuri Shiratori (5 years old, boy, in oldest class in pre-school)
  • Jura Poyota: Satomi Kōrogi (3 years old, girl, in youngest class in pre-school)
  • Miki Poyota: Rica Matsumoto (Mom, housewife and picture book author)
  • Gendai Poyota: Yūichi Nagashima (Dad, salaryman, called "Darling" by Miki)
  • Other characters:

  • Emi Kunitachi: Kumiko Nishihara
  • Reira Kunitachi: Hinako Kanamaru
  • Yū Kunitachi: Fujiko Takimoto
  • Employee B: Wakana Yamazaki
  • Staff

  • Original creator: Takako Aonuma
  • Director: Takayoshi Suzuki
  • Script: Mamiko Ikeda, Minori Ikeno, Tomoko Ishizuka
  • Producers: Hiroshi Nishikiori, Fūta Morita, Jōhei Matsuura, Shinya Hanai, Masahiro Hosoda, others
  • Character designs: Tatsuo Miura
  • Animation director: Tatsuo Miura, Hiroshi Oikawa, Shinichirō Kajiura, Hirokazu Ishino, others
  • Background artist: Gōichi Kudō
  • Art director: Satoshi Suzuki
  • Music: Kazunori Maruyama
  • Sound effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)
  • Audio production: San'onkyō
  • Production: MBS, Nippon Animation
  • Writing: Takako Aonuma, MBS, Nippon Animation
  • Opening

    Beeper Love
    Vocals: NowLyrics: UmedyComposer: Cake-KArrangement: Shige

    Ending

    Itsu no Ma ni ka Kimi o (いつのまにか君を) (acoustic version)
    Vocals: Masatoshi OnoLyrics: Masatoshi OnoComposer: TsukasaArrangement: Yoshio Tsuru
    Spicy Life (スパイシー・ライフ)
    Vocals: Rica MatsumotoLyrics: Rui SerizawaComposer: Kazuyoshi ShinaArrangement: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

    References

    Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus Wikipedia