Rating: 
Summary: One of the Older Classics
Review: Marmalade Boy is one of those animes that preserve the ideas of simplicity within human relationships without the need for fantasy and magical elements, something that seems almost long forgotten. While these elements are used to keep the enjoyment of the anime high, Marmalade Boy is one of those shows that does not need any of that to keep the audience glued to the TV.A little bit about the story: Marmalade Boy spans 76 episodes and a short movie that acts as a prologue to the series. The protagonist of Marmalade Boy is Miki Koishikawa (making this a shoujo anime, an anime for girls - centered on relationships and emotions). Her thoughts that she had a normal life were now shattered as her parents return home from a vacation with plans to divorce and remarry with a couple, the Matsuuras, they had met. Miki makes it her goal to prevent this from happening, and all this happens while she has to deal with feelings for boys at school and for the Matsuura's son. Although Marmalade Boy centers around Miki, there are many other characters that have their own depth, personalities, and stories of love and the drama that comes with it. Tokyo Pop puts out a good release with this. The video and audio quality is very nice for an older show. Putting out releases in smaller box sets of 19 episodes each was a good idea. With this being a much longer series than most, this makes it easier for people to get and enjoy the series without having to wait for individual volumes. Final Note: I am extremely happy that Tokyo Pop has taken the effort to release a series that many feared would never be licensed. Along with this was Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers) in terms of older, but amazing series with great stories. With the present anime and looking into the future, it seems we are forgetting the simplicity of stories and of human relationships that can be evocated easily and beautifully without the need to complicate it with other factors.
Rating:
Summary: One of the Older Classics
Review: Marmalade Boy is one of those animes that preserve the ideas of simplicity within human relationships without the need for fantasy and magical elements, something that seems almost long forgotten. While these elements are used to keep the enjoyment of the anime high, Marmalade Boy is one of those shows that does not need any of that to keep the audience glued to the TV. A little bit about the story: Marmalade Boy spans 76 episodes and a short movie that acts as a prologue to the series. The protagonist of Marmalade Boy is Miki Koishikawa (making this a shoujo anime, an anime for girls - centered on relationships and emotions). Her thoughts that she had a normal life were now shattered as her parents return home from a vacation with plans to divorce and remarry with a couple, the Matsuuras, they had met. Miki makes it her goal to prevent this from happening, and all this happens while she has to deal with feelings for boys at school and for the Matsuura's son. Although Marmalade Boy centers around Miki, there are many other characters that have their own depth, personalities, and stories of love and the drama that comes with it. Tokyo Pop puts out a good release with this. The video and audio quality is very nice for an older show. Putting out releases in smaller box sets of 19 episodes each was a good idea. With this being a much longer series than most, this makes it easier for people to get and enjoy the series without having to wait for individual volumes. Final Note: I am extremely happy that Tokyo Pop has taken the effort to release a series that many feared would never be licensed. Along with this was Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers) in terms of older, but amazing series with great stories. With the present anime and looking into the future, it seems we are forgetting the simplicity of stories and of human relationships that can be evocated easily and beautifully without the need to complicate it with other factors.
Rating: 
Summary: The stone cold truth
Review: Okay here i go, buckle up.
I started watching marmalade boy when I was eight years old. I adored it. Completely hooked is an understatement. I taped every episode and even made addicts out of a couple of friends. I got all the manga (yes, it was published and aired in Spain a long time ago) and bought the soundtracks.
The reason for all of this?
An eight year old doesn't know any better.
You want a real review of marmalade boy, here it is:
Lets start off with the title shall we? Marmalade boy sounds quite appetizing does it not? Well the feeling ends after the credits have stopped rolling. Exchanging partners is the most normal thing in the world. If they can exchange with another married couple with a cute son included thats a bonus I guess. This anime should have been called `six people get it on'. Your mother gets it on with my farther, my mother gets it on with your farther. And us, since we love each other so much, should get it on as well. That's the animes premise. Well lets start on the characters, miki koishikawa (typical shoujo protagonist) and yuu matsura (another calcium kid). The sun and the moon. She speaks off the top of her head, he doesn't know how to open his mouth. She's kind, him...well, a bit of a pansy. She is quite courageous and tries to get things sorted, and he (a lot of poor me syndrome) prefers to suffer in silence...and kisses miki while she is sleeping (so she doesn't find out he like her, bla!). In a nutshell, they are complete opposites of each other. Come on, with a guy like this your libido goes to hell.
The plot?
Miki: should I stay with yuu? Or ginta? With keikun?...ohhhh I've got such problems!
We also have ginta suou, a hot head who always speaks his mind. And lets not forget the fountain of tears and mikis best friend, meiko akizuki. She's intelligent, comprehensive, is loaded and reminds you of a thoroughbred horse, as miwa satoshi would say. Ahh satoshi, promiscuous...err, no, not in the end. But I haven't finished with meiko yet. Quite a perfect girl...what is she doing having a secret relationship with her teacher? (Not that I find anything wrong with that) She could have the whole football team but no, she prefers a teacher. (There is no reason why a mature and intelligent girl prefers a cultured gentleman then a band of stupid boys whose only interests are video games and sports). This series deals with relationships between a teacher and a student 12 years his junior, guys that don't know if they are gay, incestuous relationships (miki and yuu still decide to be together even after they find out that they are brother and sister), parents the are more immature then there own children...
Whose fault is this?
Well its wataru yoshizumis', the creator of this pile of crap. But by the way that's not her real name, it's her pen name. Yes the poor girl would be accosted by rabid fans and angry mobs if she gave her real name away. Or perhaps she is just too ashamed to admit that she is the creator of this so-called masterpiece. This woman also has a passion for tennis. The problem is she sucks at it so she decided to become a mangaka(no comment), and so now she always finds ways to insert tennis games into her mangas. At least one of the main characters has to play tennis. This woman has some fierce resentment. She also seems to resent the character of satoshi miwa, who is the only one the end up with no partner. He probably ended up with some guy. We all know that he's a closet gay right? This woman is cruel.
So, can we blame wataru yoshizumi for this failure of this anime? Perhaps we should blame the viewers. Those hysterical pre pubescent girls that love yuu (my god they have bad taste).
The animation quality?
Walking sticks that talk and fall in love. It doesn't give a very good impression to the maturing youth of today, who believe that anorexia is the sign of beauty. To put it bluntly the animation quality is terrible, however it seems to improve in the last season.
Marmalade boy isn't a good anime (is it a good anything?). The drama plays out like a bad Latin-American soap opera. This...thing that I am reviewing shouldn't be branded with the title of an excellent shoujo and has no point in its favour.
The creator should...dissapear somewhere and do the world a favour of never coming back and creating any more crap.
The series is...suitable for little girls, whose brains are full of cherry blossom petals.
PS: This is a message to the two ladies above who have both called me an idiot for disliking marmalade boy. To E.Wilson, I will say first of all that I am a girl, secondly I have watched the show in its entirety multiple times and when I did watch it I didn't realise how dumb it was because I was 8 and lastly you sound like you would bash anyone whos opinion differs from your own. To MBstr215, who asks: `why did she watch it when she was eight years old?' The answer is that's how old I was when it came on TV you moron. I recorded it all. I am eighteen now and fancied watching it again for some good old nostalgia. I then realized how childish it was, and wrote this review. And I never said Miki was a loser; try reading my review properly before you bash you dimwit. E.Wilson is over 16, at least that much I have worked out. For her to get so stroppy over this seems quite immature. You really are in lala land. I will state again that this show is (and is aimed for as stated by its creator) 8 to 12 year old girls. I understand that everyone who reads my review will bash me because most people that come to Amazon to buy it probably have the whole series fan subbed already and are huge fans, so I'm sorry if my review offends you but hey we cant all think alike. The two stars I have given this product are for it lovely music. I still have 7 MB cds that cost a bomb of ebay and I wouldn't lose them for the world. They bring back memories of when I was a child who enjoyed the show and hoped to meet a yuu of her own someday.
Rating: 
Summary: Tokyo 90120
Review: That's what the creative people dubbing Marmalade Boy at TokyoPop are calling it anyway. Check it out at their webpage. I have seen all the "underground" fan-subtitled episodes for this series so I can already say that this is a good anime (but I have to hold back one star because I haven't seen the dub yet). I've seen TokyoPop's sneak peak for this and I have to say I am pleased with what I've heard and seen so far. The voice actor for Yuu in the dub is more his age; in the manga, vol. 6's (pg. 47-check it out) Free Talk, Wataru Yoshizumi admits that she thought that Ryutaro Okiayu (Yuu's voice actor) had a deep, sexy voice and maybe it was too sexy and mature for his character (even her boss thought that). I have heard his voice in the fan-subs and in some "character songs", and they are right--it is deep and sexy. The voice actor's voice for Yuu, from what I've heard in the sneak peak, seems to embody the youth, vibrancy, mischievousness, kindness, and gentleness that are part of Yuu's personality. I think even Wataru would approve of his voice. I love the voice for Miki. Perfect! If you are a romantic, like shojo (manga that deals with relationships and the human heart), or like soap operas (as my brother called this series when my sister and I were watching it), then I have no doubt that you will enjoy this series! The manga is just as wonderful. The art in it is beautiful and clean. I highly recommend it!
Rating:
Summary: A Great Anime
Review: The person who wrote "The Stone Cold Truth" is a complete and total idiot!!!! Marmalade boy rocks,and why did they read/watch it at 8 years old?This---I don't know....And what you said about Miki being a sorry-for-herself loser is not true,...She just has a difficult time holding in her feelings in the whirlwhind of romantic drama her,and her friends are going through.Another thing,Satoshi is straight,I mean he likes Meiko right? Yes,she could choose any guy she want's right?Maybe they were'nt mature enough....
The book and the amine rocks and is about Miki Koshikawa dealing with the divorce of her parents who switch spouses.Not only does she now have four parents,but a cute stepbrother as well,..As she gets to know Yuu,she forms a major crush on him.Even though he's nice,he has a bitter streak,a Marmalade Boy! Then Ginta,a former crush of Miki from junior high confesses his love for her,causing Miki to be in a difficult spot of her own while trying to help her best friend Meiko who is having a scandolous affair with their teacher Nachan.Then Miwa Satoshi shows up and causes much doubt between Miki and Yuu,.....Will they ever have a a relationship that will flourish,of will it crash and burn due to family and friend problems?????(I'd say more but I don't want to give away the the rest of the plot to the 8-part manga and anime series(even though there will be only 4 parts to it....)
Rating:
Summary: A great anime/soap opera
Review: This Anime rocks!!!!! I think that "Razor Queen" Is a complete and total idiot!!!! I understand that not ALL minds are the same,and that you were 8 when it came out,but that gives you NO right to attack other reviewers,they are just excersizing thier freedom of speech,and they didn't call you a "Moron,dimwit,or immature" like you referred E.Wilson,and MBstr215(mostly MBstr215) to,so I won't stoop down to your level and go on about how you wrote the same review twice,("The Stone Cold Truth,and "You sholdent even be considering this...),in which both are almost EXACTLY identical.
But to change the subject,Marmalade Boy is a amusing story (with a GREAT soundtrack),about the romantic and somewhat comical trama of Miki Koishikawa. The story starts out in Miki's kitchen when her immature parents break the ghastly news to her that they are divorcing,swaping spouses with another couple,and living under one roof. Miki now has four parents,and a really cute stepbrother Yuu. Even though he has a bit of a cold demeanor towards Miki, he also has a bit of sweetness in his personality ,"A Marmalade Boy-Perfect,isn't it?",As to quote Miki,on the morning after the kiss in the infirmary (That famous scene).As Miki begins to know Yuu,she forms a crush on him.
But as their love starts to blossom, they realize that they have many obsticals to hurdle.From Arimi,a former girlfriend of Yuu,who is still in love with him,and wants Yuu back,to Rokutanda,(Who in my opinion,doesn't really seem as much of a threat).And we can't forget Satoshi Miwa,the playboy student body president who everyone belived to have a affair with Yuu,and cause much doubt between Miki and Yuu as tears were shed,and secrets were heald concealed. Then you can't forget hotheaded Ginta,(Who I failed to mention earlier)whom of which was the object of Miki's affections in Jr.High and still loves Miki,even though she confessed her love for him 2 years ago ,and he rejected her,ever though he liked her then too... Then you have the whole crisis with Meiko and Namura-sensei (Nachan),which Miki then realizes which person is the one for her....
Even though I have read all 8 volumes of the manga,and seen all of season 1 and 2,I don't want to go on about the story because it would ruin the story for all those who are reading my review.I would also like to add that this is a wonderful anime/manga DVD full of hours of tears,laughter,bazarre love triangles,and cool behind-the-scenes looks at the Japanese-to-English dubbing done by Tokyopop.
Rating:
Summary: brady brunch gone wacko
Review: wow this is an awsome anime. if you liked the manga i think that you will enjoy the anime more. its about two families remarrying to each other and they each have a kid the same age, miki and yuu, who fall in love and hide it from their parents. the manga is really serious and dramatic sometimes, whereas the series is more lighthearted and funny. its VERY shoujo. its cute. the animation is typical '95 tv series type but its still pretty good. i gave it 4 stars because this is like REALLY expensive for a set. you can get the whole series subbed for this much at ddd.... yeah.... but this is still a much cooler cover than the ddd one so im still gonna buy this.
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