Popotan

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Popotan

ぽぽたん (Popotan)
Genre	Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Game: Popotan
Developer	Petit Ferret (ぷちフェレット)
Genre	Hentai
Rating	18+
Platform	PC
Released	13 December 2002
Game: Oshiete! Popotan
Developer	Success
Publisher	Well Made
Genre	Adventure
Rating	18+ CERO: 18
Platform	PS2
Released	11 March 2004
TV anime
Directed by	Shinichiro Kimura
Studio	Studio Shaft
Network	TBS's satellite station BS-i
Original run	17 July 2003 – 2 October 2003
No. of episodes	12

Popotan (ぽぽたん, Popotan^?) is a Japanese anime television series by Studio Shaft. It is also a PlayStation 2 game and hentai PC game (eroge). Popotan is created by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. The story revolves around three sisters — Ai (the oldest), Mai (a teenager), and Mii (the youngest) -- their maid, Mea (rendered by some as Mare), and a white ferret named Unagi, as they travel through time searching for a flower called "popotan". Their bodies and time-clocks are connected to a mansion, which they live in, and which also is the vehicle that allows them travel through time. Every time they 'travel', they go five years into the future.

While it is comedy and has a theme geared towards a younger age, there is periodic nudity in each episode in the anime and full nudity and intercourse in the PC game. The series has received acclaim for its surprisingly emotional storyline and strongly fleshed-out central characters. Twelve episodes of the anime were produced. The anime is licensed for DVD release in North America by Geneon Animation USA. The first DVD was released on 12/07/2004 and this third and final DVD was released on 4/26/2005.

"Popotan" is a nonsense word that is similar to the Japanese word for dandelion, "tanpopo". It is almost literally like saying "liondandy". It also uses the flipped "tan" to essentially call the dandelions by name; "-chan" is a suffix added to names, sometimes used as a fond diminutive, and a child's pronunciation often renders it to "-tan". Thus, "liondandy" becomes "Lion-chan".

1 Characters
2 Music
- 2.1 Albums
3 External links

[edit] Characters

Ai (あい, Ai^?), (Seiyū - Sayaka Ohara) (English - Nicole Oliver)

Mai (まい, Mai^?), (Seiyū - Masumi Asano) (English - Nicole Bouma)

Mii (みい, Mii^?), (Seiyū - Momoi Haruko) (English - Jocelyne Loewen)

Mea (メアー, Mea^?), (Seiyū - Mai Kadowaki) (English - Anna Cummer)

Unagi (うなぎ, Unagi^?), (Seiyū - Ayako Kawasumi) (English - Tabitha St. Germain)

Konami (小奈美, Konami^?), (Seiyū - Tomoko Kawakami)

Nono (のの, Nono^?), (Seiyū - Sakura Nogawa)

Daichi (大地, Daichi^?), (Seiyū - Yuki Kaida child, Kenichi Suzumura adult)

Keith (キース, Keith^?), (Seiyū - Yuuji Takada)

Shizuku (雫, Shizuku^?), (Seiyū - Rumi Shishido)

[edit] Music

Cover of Popotan e.p.

Opening Theme: "Popotan hatake de tsukamaete" by Under17
Ending Theme: "S-U-K-I" by Funta

[edit] Albums

Popo Music - Popotan Original Soundtrack by Osamu Tezuka
Popotan e.p. - a Maxi single featuring full versions of opening and ending themes, as well as "Gem Stone"--a bonus collaboration between Under17 and Funta
It's A Popo Time! - an album of character songs performed by the original cast