Saber Marionette
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| セイバーマリオネット (Saber Marionette) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction |
| OVA: Saber Marionette R | |
| Directed by | Koji Masunari |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Movic |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Released | May 21, 1995 |
| Manga: Saber Marionette Z | |
| Authored by | Satoru Akahori, Katsumi Hasegawa |
| Publisher | -NA- |
| Serialized in | AnimeV (Gakken) |
| Original run | May 1995 – Jan 1996 |
| No. of volumes | 8, incomplete |
| TV anime : Saber Marionette J | |
| Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Emotion, Hal Film Maker |
| Network |  TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 1, 1996 – March 25, 1997 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| OVA: Saber Marionette J Again | |
| Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Hal Film Maker |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Released | November 25, 1997 |
| TV anime : Saber Marionette J to X | |
| Directed by | Kiyoko Sayama |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Emotion, Hal Film Maker |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 6, 1998 – March 3, 1999 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
Saber Marionette (セイバーマリオネット Seibā Marionetto?) is a series of anime, manga and light novel created by Satoru Akahori. Beginning with a short story published in the October 1994 issue of Gekkan Dragon Magazine, twelve volumes of serialized light novels were produced. A long-running manga series illustrated by Yumisuke Kotoyoshi titled Saber Marionette Z and was later adapted into an anime series which first aired on TV Tokyo in October 1996.
In January 1995 a twelve episode audio drama series called SM Girls Saber Marionette R aired on the radio show Nowanchatte Say You. The audio drama concluded in April 1995 and the story was continued one month later with the release of the first episode of the Saber Marionette R OVA. Episode two was released in late July 1995, and in September 1995, the final episode was released.
In October 1995 the SM Girls Saber Marionette J audio drama series premiered on Nowanchatte Say You and ran until January 1996. In October 1996 the Saber Marionette J anime series aired. The series ran through March of 1997 with 25 episodes.
In October 1997, a sequel arrived on video, the Saber Marionette J Again OVA. In June 1998, the sixth and final episodes of the OVA were released. In October 1998, the Saber Marionette J to X TV series was first broadcast. The series ran for 26 episodes, concluding in March 1999.
The Saber Marionette R OVA is currently licensed by Media Blasters. The Saber Marionette J TV series, the Saber Marionette J Again OVA, and the Saber Marionette J to X TV series are currently licensed by Bandai Entertainment. The English language Saber Marionette J manga is currently licensed by TOKYOPOP. The American translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment.
The original novels, audio dramas, SMJ radio show, and the Saber Marionette Z manga are not licensed.
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[edit] Timeline
- Arrival of the colony ship Mesopotamia at the planet Terra 2
- 300 years after arrival
- 500 years after arrival
- SM Girls Saber Marionette R audio drama
- Saber Marionette R (OVA)
- SM Girls Saber Marionette R audio drama
- 800 years after arrival
- Saber Marionette Z (manga)
[edit] Saber Marionette J
Saber Marionette J (セイバーマリオネットJ Seiba Marionetto Jei?) is about Mamiya Otaru and his three marionettes, humanoid female robots; the young and free-spirited Lime; the small and reserved Cherry; and the outgoing and busty Bloodberry.
On a world with no women, the surviving men have reintroduced the female in the form of an android. Called Marionettes, they are built to serve men and are limited in their interactions with humans. That is until a poor boy named Otaru Mamiya encounters a Marionette named Lime. Lime is a Saber model with a special circuit that gives her emotions. When Otaru awakens two more Saber Marionettes, his life as an 'average' man quickly becomes as extraordinary as the lives of his eager, busty new friends.
Audio drama cast
- Narrated by: Shigeru Chiba
- Lime: Megumi Hayashibara
- Cherry: Yuri Shiratori
- Bloodberry: Akiko Hiramatsu
- Mamiya Otaru: Yuka Imai
- Hanagata: Takehito Koyasu
- Faust: Hikaru Midorikawa
- Luchs: Yuko Mizutani
- Panther: Kikuko Inoue
- Tiger: Urara Takano
- Muenchhausen: Kenyu Horiuchi
[edit] Saber Marionette J Again
Saber Marionette J Again is a 6-episode OVA that has event which take place after Saber Marionette J. In the story, Faust asks Otaru to receive the three Saber Dolls in his apartment, so that he can educate them as he did with Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry. At the same time, Lorelei is asked to repair Tiger's maiden circuit, which is broken.
Meanwhile, planet Terra II is beginning to experiencing a plasmatic crisis. The key to save the world lies within a new marionette, which will bear the name Marine. The mystery behind Marine lies in her maiden circuit, and is not unveiled until episode four. She matures faster than the other marionettes, and is stronger than Bloodberry and Panther combined.
[edit] Saber Marionette J to X
Saber Marionette J to X continues approximately a year after the conclusion of Saber Marionette J. Otaru and the girls continue to live routine lives, while Lorelei works on cloning project to create females. The first set of episodes reveal the growth of the girls and the people around them, including the Saber Dolls.
When Lorelei is kidnapped, Otaru attempts to free her, when he is confronted by Faust. It is revealed that it is a clone of Faust being manipulated by Doctor Hess.
The Second half of the series takes place in Xian, where the girls were abducted and their memories were erased. Lime went to work as a nurse, Cherry was working in the orphanage and Bloodberry in the circus. During this time Otaru and Hanagata are framed by a Hess and his associates for a terrorist act. Otaru manages to rescue the girls, but is severely hurt in the process. He begins to think that they would be better off without him so he sets off to return to Japoness.
The female protagonists begin to doubt their existences, especially their wishes to become real humans. In a dream, Doctor Hess said he could transform the girls into humans, giving Lime hope. Lime goes to Hess, while Cherry and Bloodberry attempt to stop her. Lime is shocked to discover that she has been tricked, and is about to become the power source for Hess' new ship, The NeoMesopotamia.
Hess reveals that he is over 400 years old, achieved by making himself a cyborg, eventually giving up flesh for metal except for his brain. He was on Terra 2 a century before the Mesapotamia incident on a scouting mission, on the ship The Frontier, to search for a habitable planet. He is seeking to return home to Earth for revenge, with a powerful new ship to get him there. He sees Terra 2's destruction as an event of little importance.
By their good fortune, Otaru, Faust and the Saber Dolls convince them about their existence and they escape from the ship, but in that moment the Neomesopotamia caused an earthquake in Terra 2. The marionettes follow Doctor Hess to the Vortex and save the planet but when they return, the ship explodes causing the destruction of the marionettes and their circuits. After that the planet was in calm the three marionettes were reborn as human girls and became Otaru's daughters.
Hanagata wrote a novel of Otaru and the girl's adventures. The Saber Dolls were free to do everything they wanted. Panther became Hanagata's editor, Luchs a happy reporter and Tiger was traveling to find out more about herself. Faust went to research the planet.
[edit] Saber Marionette R
Saber Marionette R takes place many years after the events in J to X. The three marionettes seem to have different appearances than Saber Marionette J (Like Lime looking more like a child and having shorter hair.).
[edit] R Plot Summary
Saber Marionette R takes place in a city-state named Romana which resembles medival Italy. All three marionettes Cherry, Lime and Bloodberry are now accompanying Junior, the heir to the throne. But, a criminal known as Face is freed from prison by his own three Marionettes called the sexadolls. they are Sexadoll Edge, Sexadool Brid and Kyanny. Face threatens the city of Romana by killing the king and forcing everyone to find Junoir and have him arrested. Cherry Lime and Bloodberry must destroy Face's sexadolls, protect Junior and have Romania become the peaceful and liberated city it used to be.
Audio Drama Cast
- Narrated by: Kenyu Horiuchi
- Lime: (Megumi Hayashibara)
- Cherry: (Yuri Shiratori)
- Bloodberry: (Akiko Hiramatsu)
- Junior: (Yuka Imai)
- Doctor Lizzetta: (Shigeru Chiba)
- Star Face: (Hikaru Midorikawa)
- Kyanny: (Yuko Mizutani)
- Brid: (Kikuko Inoue)
- Edge: (Urara Takano)
[edit] Saber Marionette Z
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Hitoshi Doi's Saber Marionette info page
- Hanami's Saber Marionette World
- Akahori Satoru at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Saber Marionette at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Seiyuu Info
