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Title (English) Mamotte Shugogetten

Title (Japanese) Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten

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Fantasy Novel

Notes A.K.A. "Save Me, Guardian Shaolin"
5 OVA series, Inspired by TV series (q.v.)
OAV 2, "Sentimental Seabreeze", Toei Animation, #MABT-7018, 30 minutes, 5,800 Yen.
OVA 5: Toei Animation/Movic, #MABT-7021.

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Synopsis Average boy gets lumbered with girl guardian who has magical powers.

Review I just watched the "Mamotte Shugogetten" OAV 2, "Sentimental Seabreeze", put out by Toei Animation, #MABT-7018, 30 minutes, 5,800 Yen. Like the first OAV in the series, OAV 2 is what I think of as a "shounen romance" rather than a Urusei Yatsura-style romantic comedy the way the MSG TV series was. This time the "gang" is off to the beach, with the girls trying to isolate Tasuke for themselves and the guys, likewise trying to isolate Shaoran for themselves. This episode is a "treat" for Shao fans - she gets to wander around in a lime green string bikini and the artists even give her a little "bounce", but not too much - this is first and foremost a romance, not a bedroom farce. The plot surrounds Shao's confusion after Tasuke withdraws his offer to give her his hand to step down from the bus. Shao can't understand why he gave his hand to everyone else and not her. So Shao figures that there must be something wrong with her hand, which leads to the "smiles" in the episode as Shao asks a number of people to take her hand ( girls included ). Of course, in the end Tasuke does hold Shao's hand, and they are sort of a "couple" once again, but there is nowhere near the "chemistry" that was between them in the TV series. Oh, BTW - Ruan gets to goof things up with her magic again. I still don't understand why the creators of the OAV series have decided to make the relationship between Tasuke and Shao so tentative - it wasn't that was in the TV series and despite what you might hear - neither is it so in the manga. I'm not sure who the audience is supposed to be for this style of "shounen audience", but they've drawn me in and continue to get my money. Oh yes, the animation is still extremely colorful, albeit somewhat static. And I still miss the wonderful background music from the TV series - there are a lot of quiet points in the OAV that could really use some of the BGMs from the show. What music there is in the OAV is tolerable, if unmemorable. Once again, the second OAV was enjoyable in a laid back way - just don't try it looking for slapstick comedy or action. (Dave Baranyi)
Here's yet another set of comments on the fifth and final episode in the "Mamotte Shugogetten" OAV series. This DVD is from Toei Animation/Movic, #MABT-7021. This episode continues immediately after the end of episode 4, at which point Tasuke and Shao were stuck in the woods in the middle of the night.
Well, I've been a contrarian about this OAV series from the beginning and the final episode did nothing to change my mind. I'm also amongst the minority of fans who actually enjoyed the "MSG" TV series. ( I've also read the manga and I don't find it as maudlin as the OAV series. ) The final OAV episode is 30 minutes of Tasuke and Shao agonizing in the dark over what to say to each other. Shao is feeling bad because she lied to Tasuke about having her magic ring with her - she wanted to be alone with him. Tasuke is being dumb and is wondering why Shao is acting like she is. While all this melodrama is going on, the CG and the rest of the animation looks really great and the background music is tolerable, but there are no really memorable pieces as there were in the TV score.
So, if you like very leisurely paced shounen romances with lots of agonizing over trivial matters by the main protagonists, this is probably a series for you. For me, while it wasn't a total waste of money, I would have felt better about it if I had watched it on a "KidsStation" broadcast than dishing out the cash over the past year. Oh well, live and learn.
I just watched the 7th "Mammotte Shugogetten" ( "MSG" ) OAV, R2 DVD, Toei Movic, MABT-7040, 30 minutes, 5800Y. This is the second of the second series of MSG OAV's. As with the first 5 OAV's, the next two are quite different from the TV series of a couple of years ago. The TV series was a "Urusei Yatsura"-style comedy while the OAV's have been quiet shounen romances.
The basic story of "MSG" is similar to "UY", "Tenchi" and "AMG" - Tasuke, a teenaged boy who is living alone, is given gifts from his archaeologist father that turn into ancient Chinese spirits, who look like beautiful young women. Shao, the quiet and pretty moon protector spirit is the heroine of the series and is attracted to Tasuke, and vice versa. Ruuan, the loud and sexy sun happiness spirit sees it her duty to make Tasuke happy, no matter how much he doesn't like it. Other various characters join the cast, including in the OAV's, Kiryuu, another spirit and several classmates. The TV series covered Tasuke and Shao developing a relationship, which cumulated in Tasuke vowing his love to get Shao back when she was returned to the spirit world ( al la MSG ).
The first OAV series, on the other hand, seemed to ignore the finale of the TV series and had a slow re-development of the relationship between Shao and Tasuke, with the other characters, particularly Ruuan, taking very minor rolls. The artwork in the first OAV series was very good, but the music was mediocre and the pacing glacial.
Never-the-less, I continued to purchase the subsequent OAV's and was pleasantly surprised when OAV 6 ( Toei Movic MABT 7039 ) took a slightly different twist. In that OAV the focus was on Shao learning a little more about being "human", as she was surprised that all of her friends came together to support her when Kenen, her dragon-mount, was injured while bringing a change of clothes to Tasuke. It was still a slight excuse for a plot, but at least it was different from the first OAV series.
Now in OAV 7 we've returned to the seemingly never-ending issue of Tasuke's feelings for Shao. Tasuke's big sister Nana shows up the week before Christmas and with the help of Shao's practical joker classmate Shouko, decides to set up Tasuke and Shao on Christmas Eve. Nana also primes Tasuke to make a decision by reminding him that Shao isn't human and that she might not react to Tasuke as a human girl would. At the same time, however, Nana and Shouko "coach" Shao into acting more like a "human" girl around Tasuke, which confuses Tasuke to no end.
Everything sort of comes to fruition, despite Nana and Shouko getting spotted by Shao and Tasuke, which results in a fight occurring in public between Tasuke and Nana. But even this doesn't ruin Shao's evening and she is pleased with the result of her "date" with Tasuke.
But at the end of the show, I had to face the obvious - nothing new had really happened in this episode. The animation was great, as I've come to expect from the MSG OAV's. This time the music was unobtrusive instead of cloying. There was a bit of humor. But it didn't really add anything to the overall development of the story line or the relationships. I also had a problem with the voice actors this time - to a good extent they didn't sound "right", and most of them sounded too old.
So I'm of two minds about buying any more of the series. In one sense, I've gone so far it would be a shame not to finish the damn thing, on the other hand, there are other more interesting series to watch out there. All-in-all, unless you are really into maudlin, slow-paced shounen romances, I can't really recommend the MSG OAV's. There are plenty of other, more imaginative series out there to follow. (Dave Baranyi)
Anyway, the new OAV series, 'Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten' was a serious, romantic beautiful animation. Remember this was made for the adolescent audience, which tends to be melancholic. I like Kouda Mariko's theme song. (CALCI)

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Episodes 5

Release Jap:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1998

Production Toei

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
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Title (English)	Mamotte Shugogetten
Title (Japanese)	Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	A.K.A. "Save Me, Guardian Shaolin" 5 OVA series, Inspired by TV series (q.v.) OAV 2, "Sentimental Seabreeze", Toei Animation, #MABT-7018, 30 minutes, 5,800 Yen. OVA 5: Toei Animation/Movic, #MABT-7021.
Classification	-
Synopsis	Average boy gets lumbered with girl guardian who has magical powers.
Review	I just watched the "Mamotte Shugogetten" OAV 2, "Sentimental Seabreeze", put out by Toei Animation, #MABT-7018, 30 minutes, 5,800 Yen. Like the first OAV in the series, OAV 2 is what I think of as a "shounen romance" rather than a Urusei Yatsura-style romantic comedy the way the MSG TV series was. This time the "gang" is off to the beach, with the girls trying to isolate Tasuke for themselves and the guys, likewise trying to isolate Shaoran for themselves. This episode is a "treat" for Shao fans - she gets to wander around in a lime green string bikini and the artists even give her a little "bounce", but not too much - this is first and foremost a romance, not a bedroom farce. The plot surrounds Shao's confusion after Tasuke withdraws his offer to give her his hand to step down from the bus. Shao can't understand why he gave his hand to everyone else and not her. So Shao figures that there must be something wrong with her hand, which leads to the "smiles" in the episode as Shao asks a number of people to take her hand ( girls included ). Of course, in the end Tasuke does hold Shao's hand, and they are sort of a "couple" once again, but there is nowhere near the "chemistry" that was between them in the TV series. Oh, BTW - Ruan gets to goof things up with her magic again. I still don't understand why the creators of the OAV series have decided to make the relationship between Tasuke and Shao so tentative - it wasn't that was in the TV series and despite what you might hear - neither is it so in the manga. I'm not sure who the audience is supposed to be for this style of "shounen audience", but they've drawn me in and continue to get my money. Oh yes, the animation is still extremely colorful, albeit somewhat static. And I still miss the wonderful background music from the TV series - there are a lot of quiet points in the OAV that could really use some of the BGMs from the show. What music there is in the OAV is tolerable, if unmemorable. Once again, the second OAV was enjoyable in a laid back way - just don't try it looking for slapstick comedy or action. (Dave Baranyi) Here's yet another set of comments on the fifth and final episode in the "Mamotte Shugogetten" OAV series. This DVD is from Toei Animation/Movic, #MABT-7021. This episode continues immediately after the end of episode 4, at which point Tasuke and Shao were stuck in the woods in the middle of the night. Well, I've been a contrarian about this OAV series from the beginning and the final episode did nothing to change my mind. I'm also amongst the minority of fans who actually enjoyed the "MSG" TV series. ( I've also read the manga and I don't find it as maudlin as the OAV series. ) The final OAV episode is 30 minutes of Tasuke and Shao agonizing in the dark over what to say to each other. Shao is feeling bad because she lied to Tasuke about having her magic ring with her - she wanted to be alone with him. Tasuke is being dumb and is wondering why Shao is acting like she is. While all this melodrama is going on, the CG and the rest of the animation looks really great and the background music is tolerable, but there are no really memorable pieces as there were in the TV score. So, if you like very leisurely paced shounen romances with lots of agonizing over trivial matters by the main protagonists, this is probably a series for you. For me, while it wasn't a total waste of money, I would have felt better about it if I had watched it on a "KidsStation" broadcast than dishing out the cash over the past year. Oh well, live and learn. I just watched the 7th "Mammotte Shugogetten" ( "MSG" ) OAV, R2 DVD, Toei Movic, MABT-7040, 30 minutes, 5800Y. This is the second of the second series of MSG OAV's. As with the first 5 OAV's, the next two are quite different from the TV series of a couple of years ago. The TV series was a "Urusei Yatsura"-style comedy while the OAV's have been quiet shounen romances. The basic story of "MSG" is similar to "UY", "Tenchi" and "AMG" - Tasuke, a teenaged boy who is living alone, is given gifts from his archaeologist father that turn into ancient Chinese spirits, who look like beautiful young women. Shao, the quiet and pretty moon protector spirit is the heroine of the series and is attracted to Tasuke, and vice versa. Ruuan, the loud and sexy sun happiness spirit sees it her duty to make Tasuke happy, no matter how much he doesn't like it. Other various characters join the cast, including in the OAV's, Kiryuu, another spirit and several classmates. The TV series covered Tasuke and Shao developing a relationship, which cumulated in Tasuke vowing his love to get Shao back when she was returned to the spirit world ( al la MSG ). The first OAV series, on the other hand, seemed to ignore the finale of the TV series and had a slow re-development of the relationship between Shao and Tasuke, with the other characters, particularly Ruuan, taking very minor rolls. The artwork in the first OAV series was very good, but the music was mediocre and the pacing glacial. Never-the-less, I continued to purchase the subsequent OAV's and was pleasantly surprised when OAV 6 ( Toei Movic MABT 7039 ) took a slightly different twist. In that OAV the focus was on Shao learning a little more about being "human", as she was surprised that all of her friends came together to support her when Kenen, her dragon-mount, was injured while bringing a change of clothes to Tasuke. It was still a slight excuse for a plot, but at least it was different from the first OAV series. Now in OAV 7 we've returned to the seemingly never-ending issue of Tasuke's feelings for Shao. Tasuke's big sister Nana shows up the week before Christmas and with the help of Shao's practical joker classmate Shouko, decides to set up Tasuke and Shao on Christmas Eve. Nana also primes Tasuke to make a decision by reminding him that Shao isn't human and that she might not react to Tasuke as a human girl would. At the same time, however, Nana and Shouko "coach" Shao into acting more like a "human" girl around Tasuke, which confuses Tasuke to no end. Everything sort of comes to fruition, despite Nana and Shouko getting spotted by Shao and Tasuke, which results in a fight occurring in public between Tasuke and Nana. But even this doesn't ruin Shao's evening and she is pleased with the result of her "date" with Tasuke. But at the end of the show, I had to face the obvious - nothing new had really happened in this episode. The animation was great, as I've come to expect from the MSG OAV's. This time the music was unobtrusive instead of cloying. There was a bit of humor. But it didn't really add anything to the overall development of the story line or the relationships. I also had a problem with the voice actors this time - to a good extent they didn't sound "right", and most of them sounded too old. So I'm of two minds about buying any more of the series. In one sense, I've gone so far it would be a shame not to finish the damn thing, on the other hand, there are other more interesting series to watch out there. All-in-all, unless you are really into maudlin, slow-paced shounen romances, I can't really recommend the MSG OAV's. There are plenty of other, more imaginative series out there to follow. (Dave Baranyi) Anyway, the new OAV series, 'Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten' was a serious, romantic beautiful animation. Remember this was made for the adolescent audience, which tends to be melancholic. I like Kouda Mariko's theme song. (CALCI)
Credits
Episodes	5
Release	Jap:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1998
Production	Toei
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.