Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (ママはぽよぽよザウルスがお好き) is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Fujinseikatsusha child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime television series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks (except for TV Yamaguchi) from September 2, 1995, through August 31, 1996. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo.
The series follows the "adventures" of a young mother and father as they deal with the joys and challenges of raising small children. The "poyopoyo" in the title is an onomatopoeia for the young children "toddling" around (or walking unsteadily).
Plot
Books
Manga, first release
- Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-00058-9
- Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-00063-5
- Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-00072-4
- Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-00082-1
Manga, second release
- Volume 1: ISBN 4-344-00422-1
- Volume 2: ISBN 4-344-00443-4
- Volume 3: ISBN 4-344-00461-2
Toilet training book
This book was written by Eiichi Hoashi, a well-known child psychologist in Japan. Aonuma wrote the accompanying manga used to illustrate the various ideas and techniques presented in the book.
- The Battle to Get Two-year-old Ann Out of Diapers: Mama Poyo Special: Going to Undies in Four Steps, ISBN 4-574-00078-3
Anime picture books
- Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-80037-2
- Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-80038-0
- Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-80039-9
- Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-80040-2
- Volume 5: ISBN
- Volume 6: ISBN
- Volume 7: ISBN
- Volume 8: ISBN
- Volume 9: ISBN 4-574-80045-3
- Volume 10: ISBN 4-574-80046-1
- Volume 11: ISBN 4-574-80078-X
- Volume 12: ISBN 4-574-80079-8
Anime
Cast
In the manga, the names of the characters are the real names of the Aonuma family, but in the anime, they are given new names. The following are names used in the anime:
Other characters:
- Hyōga Poyota: Yuri Shiratori (5 years old, boy, in oldest class in pre-school)
- Jura Poyota: Satomi Kōrogi (3 years old, girl, in youngest class in pre-school)
- Miki Poyota: Rica Matsumoto (Mom, housewife and picture book author)
- Gendai Poyota: Yūichi Nagashima (Dad, salaryman, called "Darling" by Miki)
- Emi Kunitachi: Kumiko Nishihara
- Reira Kunitachi: Hinako Kanamaru
- Yū Kunitachi: Fujiko Takimoto
- Employee B: Wakana Yamazaki
Staff
- Original creator: Takako Aonuma
- Director: Takayoshi Suzuki
- Script: Mamiko Ikeda, Minori Ikeno, Tomoko Ishizuka
- Producers: Hiroshi Nishikiori, Fūta Morita, Jōhei Matsuura, Shinya Hanai, Masahiro Hosoda, others
- Character designs: Tatsuo Miura
- Animation director: Tatsuo Miura, Hiroshi Oikawa, Shinichirō Kajiura, Hirokazu Ishino, others
- Background artist: Gōichi Kudō
- Art director: Satoshi Suzuki
- Music: Kazunori Maruyama
- Sound effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)
- Audio production: San'onkyō
- Production: MBS, Nippon Animation
- Writing: Takako Aonuma, MBS, Nippon Animation
Theme songs
Opening
- Beeper Love
- Vocals: Now
- Lyrics: Umedy
- Composer: Cake-K
- Arrangement: Shige
Ending
- Itsu no Ma ni ka Kimi o (いつのまにか君を) (acoustic version)
- Vocals: Masatoshi Ono
- Lyrics: Masatoshi Ono
- Composer: Tsukasa
- Arrangement: Yoshio Tsuru
- Spicy Life (スパイシー・ライフ)
- Vocals: Rica Matsumoto
- Lyrics: Rui Serizawa
- Composer: Kazuyoshi Shina
- Arrangement: Tatsuya Nishiwaki
Opening
- Beeper Love
- Vocals: Now
- Lyrics: Umedy
- Composer: Cake-K
- Arrangement: Shige
Ending
- Itsu no Ma ni ka Kimi o (いつのまにか君を) (acoustic version)
- Vocals: Masatoshi Ono
- Lyrics: Masatoshi Ono
- Composer: Tsukasa
- Arrangement: Yoshio Tsuru
- Spicy Life (スパイシー・ライフ)
- Vocals: Rica Matsumoto
- Lyrics: Rui Serizawa
- Composer: Kazuyoshi Shina
- Arrangement: Tatsuya Nishiwaki