My Dear Marie

Cover of the English VHS release.

ぼくのマリー
(Boku no Marī)

Genre
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

Manga

Author
Sakura Takeuchi

Publisher
Shueisha

Demographic
Seinen

Magazine
Young Jump

Original run
1994 – 1997

Volumes
10

OVA

Director
Tomomi Mochizuki

Studio
Studio Pierrot

Episodes
3

Released
6 March 1996

My Dear Marie (ぼくのマリー, Boku no Marī?) is a series of manga comic books by Sakura Takeuchi and later a short lived anime series.

When the anime was originally released in English language, the English dubbed version was titled separately as Metal Angel Marie, but this name was discontinued for later releases.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Manga
• 3 Anime
  • 3.1 Episodes
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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Plot

The story follows Karigari Hiroshi, a mad scientist. In order to curb his loneliness he decides to build a gynoid to be his adopted sister. He bases her looks on Mari, the girl he secretly admires. This causes no end of problems when the robotic Marie accidentally meets the original.

Hiroshi is presented as shy, but with good qualities, and would seem to be a good match for Marie if only he had the confidence to pursue the relationship. As the robotic Marie wants Hiroshi to be happy, she tries to help him date Marie. However, she herself has feelings for Hiroshi, leading to an unusual love triangle.

Manga

My Dear Marie was originally published as part of Weekly Young Jump, but later had at least 10 manga books dedicated to it. These have not been translated to English.

Anime

The English language versions were released by ADV Films. Only three episodes of the anime were ever made.

Episodes

1. The Birth of Marie
2. The Appearance of Hibiki Kennou
3. Dreaming Android - this episode is a reference to the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

References

• Manga Max Magazine, Issue 14, January 2000

External links

• Official ADV Films release
• Boku no Marie
• My Dear Marie (anime) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia
• My Dear Marie (manga) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia

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