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The DVD box cover of the Popotan anime 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] It was developed by Shaft, directed and storyboarded by Shinichiro Kimura, and written by Jukki Hanada.[2][3] The characters were designed by Haruka Sakurai and originally created by Akio Watanabe,[2][4] under the alias of Poyoyon Rock.[3][5]

Twelve episodes were produced. They originally aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System'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] Between August 15, 2003 and 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] Each disc 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][11][18][19] Geneon USA licensed the DVDs for North American release. Between December 7, 2004[1][20] and March 26, 2005,[21] three DVDs were produced, each containing four episodes.[3][22][23] A final box set was released on August 14, 2007,[24][25] shortly before Geneon USA's demise.[26]

The Popotan anime has had one album and one extended play (EP) released. The album is the original soundtrack by Osamu Tezuka containing the television edited opening theme "Popotan Hatake de Tsukamaete" (ぽぽたん畑でつかまえて) by Under17 and the closing theme "Suki" by Funta.[27][28] A joint EP, Popotan e.p. (ぽぽたん e.p.), was released by Under17 and Funta which contained the unedited versions of both songs as well as a joint song, "Gem Stone", which has also been listed as a theme song for the anime.[29][30][31] The opening theme was also released on Under17's 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!!).[32]

Episode list

EP# Title[33] Original airdate[34]

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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
  • Popotan: Complete Collection (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004–2005. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  • "Detailed drama data: Popotan" (in Japanese). Furusaki Yasunari. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
Specific
  1. ^ a b Beveridge, Chris (2004-11-16). "Popotan Vol. #1 (of 3)". Mania: Beyond Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. ^ a b "Popotan (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  3. ^ a b c Popotan: Vanishing House (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Popotan official website" (in Japanese). Bandai Visual. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  5. ^ "Akio Watanabe". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  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. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  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); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  23. ^ Popotan: Decisions of the Heart (Media notes). Long Beach, California: Geneon. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |director= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |titleyear= ignored (help)
  24. ^ "Popotan: Bailey Box". Reviews. DVD Talk. 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  25. ^ Thomas, Mark. "Popotan Complete Collection". Anime/Manga Reviews. Mania. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  26. ^ "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)
  27. ^ "Popo Music CD" (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  28. ^ ぽぽたん オリジナルサウンドトラック POPO MUSIC: (Media notes). Japan: Lantis. 2003. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |mbid= ignored (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  29. ^ "Popotan e.p." (in Japanese). Getchu. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  30. ^ "Popotan TV Information". CD 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; 2003-04-23 suggested (help)
  31. ^ Popotan e.p. (Media notes). Japan: Lantis. 2003. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |mbid= ignored (help)
  32. ^ Best of UNDER17 2 (Media notes). Japan: Lantis. 2004. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |mbid= ignored (help)
  33. ^ "あらすじ(ぽぽたん：全12)話". ぽぽたん. Retrieved 2009-03-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publsiher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  34. ^ "各話紹介" (in Japanese). Petit Ferrett/Popo House. Retrieved 2009-02-25. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
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