Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (御先祖様万々歳！) is a 1989 Japanese comedy drama science fiction OVA created, directed and written by Mamoru Oshii and produced by Studio Pierrot, made in commemoration of the studio's 10th anniversary.[1] A compilation film consisting of footage from the episodes entitled MAROKO (麿子), also directed by Oshii, was released in 1990.[2]

Plot

The story revolves around a small, normal family known as the Yomota family: A boy named Inumaru, his father Kinekuni and his mother Tamiko. One day, a beautiful girl with a yellow flower hat at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Despite Tamiko's strong refusal to acknowledge her as a Yomota, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.

The episodes are told in the form of a play.

Cast and characters

• Inumaru Yomota (四方田犬丸)
• A teenage boy who dreams of being with a beautiful girl. He immediately falls in love with Maroko when he meets her, despite her being his future granddaughter.
• Maroko Yomota (四方田麿子)
• Inumaru's granddaughter from the future. The other Yomota's have a hard time accepting this, to the point where Tamiko leaves Inumaru and Kinekuni.
• Kinekuni Yomota (四方田甲子国)
• Inumaru's lazy father. He tends to get on his son's nerves with his lazy attitude.
• Tamiko Yomota (四方田多美子) / Tamiko Hakkoda (八甲田多美子)
• Inumaru's grumpy mother. She always nags and is the first to object to believing that Mariko is from the future. She eventually decides to leave the household, as the news is too much for her to bear.
• Bunmei Miroto (室戸文明) / Inumaro Yomota (四方田犬麿)
• A man sent by the Agency of Time Administration to arrest Maroko for breaking one of the many laws of time travel. He is actually the son of Inumaru and Maroko.
• Bannai Tatara (多々良伴内)
• A man that Tamiko teamed up with in order to find out more about Mariko and save the Yomota family from destruction.
• Narration (ナレーション)
• The narrator who often talks about birds at the beginning of each episode.

Theme songs

• Opening
• 1) "Genzo-sama Banbanzai!" (御先祖様万々歳！)
• 2) *August 5, 1989 - December 17, 1989
• 3) *Lyricist: Yumi Kojima / Composer: Kenji Kawai / Arranger: Kenji Kawai / Singers: Yumi Kojima
• 4) *Episodes: 1-5
• Insert songs
• 1) "The Watchdog of Time" (時の番犬)
• 2) *November 10, 1989
• 3) *Lyricist: Yumi Kojima / Composer: Kenji Kawai / Arranger: Kenji Kawai / Singers: Tesshō Genda
• 4) *Episode: 4
• 5) "Detective Agencies do not Believe in Love" (興信所は愛を信じない)
• 6) *December 17, 1989
• 7) *Lyricist: Yumi Kojima / Composer: Kenji Kawai / Arranger: Kenji Kawai / Singers: Kōichi Yamadera, Machiko Washio
• 8) *Episode: 5
• 9) "Streetside Eating Song" (立ち食いの唄)
• 10) *January 25, 1990
• 11) *Lyricist: Yumi Kojima / Composer: Kenji Kawai / Arranger: Kenji Kawai / Singers: Toshio Furukawa
• 12) *Episode: 6

Episodes

Soundtrack

The Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack (御先祖様万々歳！オリジナル・サウンドトラック) CD was released on August 21, 1993.

DVD releases

External links

• OVA series
• at Studio Pierrot (archive)
• (anime OVA series)
• Film
• Maroko film website at Studio Pierrot