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The DVD box cover of the Popotan anime. It depicts the three sisters: Ai (left), Mai (right) and Mii (center).

Popotan is a 2003 Japanese anime television series based on the visual novel of the same name produced by the company, Petit Ferret.[1] The story follows three little girls, sisters Ai, Mai and Mii, and their maid, Mea, as they travel through time without aging, along with the mansion they live in. One of the sisters occasionally gathers crucial intelligence from conversations with dandelions—referred to as popotan—as they search for the mysterious figure of Shizuku. Popotan is a play on the Japanese word for "dandelions", tanpopo.[n 1] The anime, which features character designs by Haruka Sakurai based on the original concept by Akio Watanabe[2][3] under the alias of Poyoyon Rock,[4][5] was developed by Shaft, directed and storyboarded by Shinichiro Kimura, and written by Jukki Hanada.[3][5]

Twelve episodes were produced. They originally aired on TBS's satellite station BS-i from July 17, 2003 through October 2, 2003[6][7] and were also made available at the same time on the Bandai Channel.[8] From August 15, 2003 through August 17, 2003 the first episode of Popotan, "Secret House", was shown for free at Ishimaru Electronics in Japan.[9]

The anime was released on Japanese DVD by Bandai Visual in six discs of two episodes each. The set was released in staggered fashion between September 26, 2003 and February 25, 2004.[10][11] The discs also came with a promotional figurine of one of the girls.[12][13][14][15][16][17] At the same time Bandai released DVDs without the figurines at a lower cost.[10][18][19][11]Geneon USA licensed the DVDs for North American release. Between December 7, 2004[1][20] and March 26, 2005,[21] it produced three DVDs each with four episodes.[5][22][23] A final box set was released on August 14, 2007, shortly before Geneon USA's demise.[24][25] Unlike the Japanese DVD releases, the English ones had no promotional content.

The opening theme, "Popotan Hatake de Tsukamaete", was also released on the greatest hits compilation, Under17 Best Album 2 Moe Songu o Kiwameru zo (Under17 Best Album 2 萌えソングをきわめるゾ!!).[26]

Episode list

EP# Title Original airdate

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Notes

  1. ^ In the Japanese language, nouns do not have a different form for the plural; therefore, tanpopo can be translated as "dandelion" or "dandelions".

References

General

  • "Episode titles". Popotan (TV). Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  • Popotan: Complete Collection (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004–2005. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)

Specific

  1. ^ a b Beveridge, Chris (2004-11-16). "Popotan Vol. #1 (of 3)". Mania: Beyond Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. ^ "Popotan official website" (in Japanese). Bandai Visual. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  3. ^ a b "Popotan (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  4. ^ "Akio Watanabe". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  5. ^ a b c Popotan: Vanishing House (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Detailed drama data: Popotan". TV Drama Database. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  7. ^ "過去の仕事(全年齢向け）". テレビアニメ. Taiki Nishimura. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  8. ^ "Popotan" (in Japanese). Bandai Channel. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  9. ^ "Popotan TV Information". Event Information (in Japanese). Petit Ferret/Popo House. Archived from the original on 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2009-02-16. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2003-08-02 suggested (help)
  10. ^ a b "ぽぽたん (1) 通常版" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  11. ^ a b "ぽぽたん 6巻 通常版" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  12. ^ "ぽぽたん 1巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX ～あい～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  13. ^ "ぽぽたん 2巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX ～まい～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  14. ^ "ぽぽたん 3巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX ～みい～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  15. ^ "ぽぽたん 4巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX ～メアー～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  16. ^ "ぽぽたん 5巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX～小奈美～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  17. ^ "ぽぽたん 6巻 あなたにア・ゲ・ルBOX ～雫～ 初回生産限定" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  18. ^ "ぽぽたん (3) 通常版" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  19. ^ "ぽぽたん (5) 通常版" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  20. ^ "Popotan - Vanishing House (Vol. 1) [DVD]". Target.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  21. ^ "Popotan, Vol. 3: Decisions of the Heart [DVD]". Target.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  22. ^ Popotan: Enigma (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  23. ^ Popotan: Descions of the Heart (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  24. ^ Thomas, Mark. "Popotan Complete Collection". Anime/Manga Reviews. Mania. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  25. ^ "Geneon USA to Cancel DVD Sales, Distribution by Friday". News. Anime News Network. September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ Best of UNDER17 2 (Media notes). Japan: Lantis. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |mbid= ignored (help)


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