Title: Chibi Maruko-chan

Type: TV series and one movie

Source: DVD

Planned: 1-142 (all) + movie (heh, like THAT will ever get done ^_^)

Completed: 104-111 (because I the Jan-Feb 1992 DVD first, thinking it was the start of the series.)

Notes: A project to please Tetris no Miko J Wait a second, this is HER project… what am I doing paying $40 per episode translaion?! ^_^

This is the famous series serialized in the more famous shoujo (girls) manga Ribon. This is the original 1990-1992 series + the theatrical movie. A new series started in 1995 but hasn’t been released yet. It is about a girl named Sakura (called “Maru-chan” because she has a round head and “maru” means “round.” “Chibi” means “little” [lit: child-body], “ko” is a suffix usually assigned to girls’ names donating “little” or “child” [ie, Himeko] and “chan” is the suffix address for girls – now you know the meaning of the title!) and her schoolmates and family. The animation is extremely simple, but the stories are told in a very clever and funny way. I must give my special thanks to my friend Rie Takamori for introducing me to this wonderful series, and Tetris no Miko for translating it (although not for free… yet… ^_^)