Roses under Mary's care

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Roses under Mary's care ( Japanese マ リ ア 様 が み て る , Maria-sama ga Miteru (often abbreviated as Marimite ); literally, for example: The Holy Mary is watching ) is a light novel series by the Japanese author Oyuki Konno , which is also known as Anime and Manga has been implemented.

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Yumi goes to the lowest level of the Catholic Lillian girls' high school, at which it is common for older students to accept one of the younger ones than their sister ( soeur ; French for sister or Imōto ( 妹 ); Japanese for sister) and deal with them they care. Yumi admires the older Sachiko. This belongs to the exclusive circle of roses that make up the Yamayurikai ( 山 百合 会 ) student council . Yumi is adopted as a sister by Sachiko .

The rest of the story is mainly about the interpersonal relationships of the different girls. The focus is on the relationship between Sachiko and Yumi, but those of the other student council members among themselves are also highlighted.

Creation and publication

The series of novels has been published by Shūeisha- Verlag in Cobalt magazine since April 1998 and so far comprises 35 volumes. Reine Hibiki created the drawings for the novels . The series was preceded by a one-shot entitled Maria-sama ga Miteru in the same magazine in February 1997.

The light novel was published in German as Rosen under Maria's care at Tokyopop . Due to poor sales figures, the publication of the novels after 5 volumes was suspended until further notice.

Adaptations

Manga

Since October 2003 a manga version of the novels, drawn by Satoru Nagasawa , has been published in individual chapters, initially in Margaret , a Japanese manga magazine aimed at young girls , but now in its sister magazine The Margaret . The Shūeisha-Verlag brings out these individual chapters in anthologies, eight of which have appeared.

Tokyopop publishes the manga series in German in eight volumes of the manga series. Tong Li publishes the manga in Taiwan.

Anime

Television series
Original title Maria-sama ga Miteru
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
year 2004
length 25 minutes
Episodes 39 in 3 seasons
genre Shōjo-Ai
idea Oyuki Konno
music Mikiya Katakura
First broadcast January 7, 2004 on TV Tokyo
synchronization

A 13-part anime series based on the light novel was created in 2004 under the direction of Yukihiro Matsushita and produced by the animation studio Studio DEEN . The character design was created by Akira Matsushima and the artistic direction was held by Nobuto Sakamoto. The series aired from January 7, 2004 to March 31, 2004 by TV Tokyo in Japan. From July 4, 2004, a second season followed under the title Maria-sama ga Miteru - Haru (マ リ ア 様 が み て る ～ 春 ～) also with 13 episodes, it ran until September 26, 2004. Another anime series with 13 Episodes ran on AT-X in Japan on January 3, 2009 .

An original video animation of roses under Mary's care was released on DVD in the form of five 50-minute episodes from November 2006 to July 2007.

The series has been translated into English, Spanish, Russian, Tagalog and Chinese.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Yumi Fukuzawa Kana Ueda
Sachiko Ogasawara Miki Ito
Yōko Mizuno Emi Shinohara
Yoshino Shimazu Haruna Ikezawa
Eriko Torii Hitomi Nabatame

music

The music for the series was composed by Mikiya Katakura. The opening credits are Pastel Pure by Mikiya Katakura and Pastel Pure by Ali Project . The end credits were underlaid with Sonata Blue by Mikiya Katakura. For the 2009 series, Chizu Sanpo ( 地 図 散 歩 ) by kukui was used for the opening credits and Kumori Garasu no Mukō ( く も り ガ ラ ス の 向 こ う ) by Kaori Hikita for the credits.

Audio publications

Since 2004, Shueisha has released twelve radio play CDs, on which the roles are spoken by the same speakers as in the anime. In addition, the series' soundtrack was released on two CDs in 2004, and another three CDs followed in 2005.

Internet radio

Animate produced an internet radio show about Maria-sama ga Miteru , but the content did not follow the original. A first half-hour broadcast was published in December 2005, and regular publication began in March 2006. In November 2006, the 19th and initially last episode was posted on the website. This was followed by individual specials.

Motion picture

Directed by Kotaro Terauchi, a real-life film was released in Japanese cinemas on November 6, 2010.

Web links

Commons : Roses under Mary's care  - collection of images, videos and audio files