Nina Yamada's greatest dream is to find someone that will protect her in the same way the princesses are in her storybooks. She soon desperately needs that protection: when she swallows a strange pink ball of what she believes to be hard candy, a huge number of people fall from the sky. The ball she swallowed is the Crystal Pearl, a symbolic trinket that magic users from another world fight over. The winner of the Crystal Pearl passes a magic exam that can grant them the prestigious title of professional wizards.
Zero and Ichii, two young men taking the exam together, quickly determine that the pearl is inside Nina and promise to protect her until the exam is over. With countless other examinees after the object, their task is daunting—but not as brutal as the embarrassment Nina faces when she arrives at school with two handsome boys at her heels.
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dreamfar
Mamotte! Lollipop is a fairly short 13 episode show. The main character is Nina, a 12 year old who, while eating a cake, mistakes the crystal pearl that lands on her bowl as candy and eats it, right before all the magical examinees come falling from the sky. The first two examinees she meets are Zero and Ichi, who, upon discovering that she accidentally swallowed the pearl, drag her off to find a way to get the pearl back. Unfortunately, there is no way for them to get the pearl out at the moment, so they have to wait until Christmas, the last day of theexam. Zero and Ichi then decide that they will protect Nina from the other examinees until they find a way to get the pearl out of her.
Story: 6
The plot is not completely awful, but it's not amazing either. Since the anime cut out parts from the manga, there was not a lot of character development, especially with relationships. The Nina and Zero pairing felt forced and cheesy at best, and Ichi was just left at the side. The ending was rushed and messy, which did not help.
Art: 5
the color choice is good, but the animation tends to be lacking. There are many occasions where the faces are proportioned poorly, and it's easy to tell that the show suffered from lazy animation techniques.
Sound: 5
the music is very typical for a shoujo, especially the opening and the ending themes. Voice actors are okay, but I did not enjoy listening to Nina whining and complaining.
Character: 6
The cast is thankfully varied, with each character having different reasons for why they decided to take the magical exam. However, some of them are quite annoying, and the characterization is limited, at best.
Enjoyment: 5
As someone who has read the manga, I expected a little more out of this show. It was a show whose entertainment tended to vary from episode to episode, with some being especially painful to watch and others not as much.
Overall: 6
If you are a diehard fan of shoujo, then this is probably a series you would try. Fortunately, this series is short, which means that if you don't like it but are watching it anyways, it won't take up too much of your time.
CelestialRevel
First of all, I only finished the series because I BOUGHT the DVD, because I read the first few volumes of the manga and liked it and thought the anime might be good, too. Wow. I was wrong. VERY wrong. The best thing about this anime is the opening song. Seriously. Although its only 13 episodes, it's so boring and uninteresting it seems to drag on and on and on. I had to force myself pretty hard to finish watching it - just so the money I spent wouldent go to waste. Story: 5. It's very ordinary. Nothing I havent seen before. Art: 3. Below-average. Sound: 7. LikeI said - the opening was the best part.
Character: 5. Characters are very typical, cliche.
Enjoyment: 2. Booooooooooooring.
bonioni
Save Me! Lollipop. I thought it was very good most of the time. But you couldn't see anything but mistakes. The characters were a little rough and I would of liked to see a little more action. I liked it because of the romance between the three characters and the ways of the story. I didn't like how the story was the same every episode. As someone already said its plain boring but it entertains you for awhile until you get bored of it. As said before its VERY short. 13 episodes or 26? I would choose 26. I mean come on. Seriously! You need more episodesto complete the series. That's not even enough for a season.
Trust me it's good but don't waste your money on it.
Bonioni
ej-san
The adventure begin with an extraordinary candy that Nina ate,, It was an ordinary day for Nina then suddenly the sorcerers came there were Zero, Ichii and many more sorcerers that Nina will meet, Zero and Ichii wil try their best to protect Nina, Then they lived happily ever after,, lol,, well I really didn't like the ending because it was not complete for me,, well I still like it, Watch this anime its so cool, not really one of my favorite but it's a good anime.
NekoHimeRikki
Mamotte Lollipop or Save Me Lollipop is one of those really good yet underrated anime that you wish people would give a try. I came across this series when I was at a local book store one day looking for a new Manga to read. I did some Research after I bought the Manga to see if there is also an Anime. I always look for something that looks like a very cute series. And sure enough this is what I was looking for. I definitely recommend this if you like a Shoujo Anime about a main female character whois surrounded by cute boys.
Story
The story is something I would be interested in but because this is a very common thing in anime for the main female character to be surrounded by boys and have them protect her, I highly doubt this would be the anime for you if you get bored of the same theme over and over again.
Art
I personally love the art style both in the anime and the Manga. Why? You ask? Well in my opinion, the art style to me looks very similar to the art styles in series like Full Moon O Sagashite, and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne. Which was created by my favorite mangaka Arina Tanemura. I know she didn't create this series but the art style looks like I could be so I am very biased about it.
Sound
I'm not a huge fan of the opening or ending. I usually skip it when I watch this anime on my DVD. I think the dubbed voice actors did a great job. Then again, I'm not a dub hater like most anime fans.
Character
I enjoy watching the characters. I can sorta relate to Nina the MC. She is your typical fairytale loving girl who dreams of having a prince charming of her own. Out of the boys I would pick Ichi because he is nicer then the other boy Zero who is kinda a hot head. Other crazy characters include a happy go lucky lolita girl name San, I pink haired 5 year old girl who can transform into a 21 year old name Rokka, a butler name Go, a blonde haired boy named Forte, and a talking seahorse who I forgot his name.
Enjoyment
Any Shoujo fan would like this but probably not love this. It has a lot of magic fighting scenes that you would probably see in a shounen Anime. It has SOME fan service but not much which I'm very happy with. It's got a lot of comedy, romance, magic, and occasional drama and sad scenes.
Overall
Even if your tired of seeing the same theme, I suggest at least giving it a chance. It's got something for almost everyone to enjoy.
Shadowlockheart
Well, I would say YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT!!!! But, after that read the manga because all of it is great!! I'm not going to spoil, SO, I recomend this series sinserily SLOERS P.S. Be sure to read the manga before Or after it dosent really matter!!!!
emojipiggie
Mamotte lollipop is an amazing anime, it isn't my very favorite, but when I'm thinking of an anime I want to watch, this is always the first to come to my mind . I love it soooo much. STORY - 10 - The story is simply amazing and is one of the more unique and amazing of the anime lot! A girl who swallows a pearl for a magic test, and two male wizards who promise to protect her from the rest of the wizards who are after her, what's better than that? XD ART - 9 - I thought the art was quite good, butI'm not one to ask I don't really care all that much.
SOUND - 10 - I loved the op, end, and the background music of this anime!!! It was all amazing.
CHARACTER - 9 - The characters were all very good, and funny, though none really stood out from magnificence.
ENJOYMENT- 10 - I enjoyed the whole darn thing! It had me laughing my butt off, and crying tears of joy. I just only wish they had more than 13 episodes... T^T
OVERALL - 10 - I loved this anime, like I said, and I really think this is an anime people should give a try. It is amazing.
turntechtier
I'm not going to bother telling you all what the story is about because there are two reviews before mine that already say the same things; not to mention the synopsis at the top of the page. Regardless, I'm breaking out the decent grammar for this one because usually I type like a third grader. I read this manga a few years ago and have several fond memories of it. I liked it a lot and found the story to be, while childish, pretty decent. However, this anime adaptation was atrocious. The art is really awful, (at some points the characters look like their shortsare pulled up to their arm pits, the characters are seen wearing the same clothes every day, attack sequences are recycled) the story is quite different from the manga, and several important characters are missing. Not to mention the fact that they completely missed the point of the manga and didn't even include the real ending, regardless of the fact that the manga was already completed at the time the anime was airing. I think the only thing I really liked about the adaptation was the dubbed version because of the choices for the voice actors. Nina was cast pretty well, even though she's seriously annoying. I think Brittany Karbowski does a great job of capturing her whiny nature. Eric Vale as Zero was a fairly good choice as well(considering that he's one of my favorites) but I thought he sounded a bit too old for the character (which is what tends to happen in English dubs). Michael Tatum as Ichi was probably my favorite, just because of how well he suited the character.
I really wish they would've included more ACTUAL romance in the anime like they did in the manga, such as kissing scenes. I'm assuming they didn't have a great budget with this anime, considering that it's definitely far from being popular(especially like 4 years ago) however even as a standalone, it isnt very good.
I got a bit of enjoyment out of the DVD when I purchased it, however now that I'm older, I find it embarrassing to watch and my enjoyment of it has lowered. I could definitely still read the manga, though. The series itself isnt terrible, its only the anime, in my opinion. I would get rid of the DVD however there isn't anyone who would buy it, and I also have it signed by the entire cast and the director, so...
Story: 4 - this is for the anime, not the manga. they excluded several important parts from the manga.
Art: 3 - the animation was really awful. characters use recycled attacks and battle sequences, wear the same clothes every episode, pants pulled up to armpits, ninas hair makes me cringe when it moves, etc.
Sound: 6 - the english voices were pretty decent (i never saw the japanese version so i cant say for that) and the opening and ending credits are very cutesy and they fit the theme of the series.
characters: 6 - this also goes for the manga. they're super cliched and lack originality. that being said, i did REALLY enjoy ichi's character for some reason. i suppose the big brother thing is endearing to me.
enjoyment: 3 - like i said, i got enjoyment out of this series when i was younger, but now that i'm 18, i find it embarrassing to watch again.
overall: 4 - not very good, in my opinion. is worth a read if you're willing to, however the anime is awful and the only reason you should watch it is if you're in the mood for a laugh.
ravenwritingdesk
I read the manga and it was one of my favorites, yeah, factor in the crummy translating and scanlations- they took pictures of the BOOKS and posted them, as though you could actually read something so blurry and small!- and the fact that towards the end the story veered off to have something to do with a guy named Joker and people named after card suits, it got a little confusing and was no longer true to the synopsis, which is one thing a lot of people hate. I had no doubt that the anime wouldn't have everything the manga did- it's too short, butI did NOT like the anime. Yes, it stayed true to what the manga started as, which I DID appreciate, but Nina was such a fricking twat I wanted to strangle her most of the time, and they cut out all of the romance parts! They barely developed anything close to romance between Nina, Zero, and Ichi. Yeah there was tension, but NO romance! And I swear that they changed the ending. I don't remember the pearl going all DOOM and doing what it did.
All in all, I didn't really like this anime adaption. If you're looking to watch something that sticks to one plot and one plot only, so that it doesn't solve one problem and move onto another, I suggest you watch this one. But I was severely disappointed that they cut out so much- including one element that was fairly big in the manga. When sticking to the original plot, this one gets top marks, but capturing the essence of the manga? Sorry, very low points there.
pinkreverie
Mamotte/Save Me! Lollipop is the kind of show that’s so bad it’s good. The story is absolutely ridiculous and full of plot holes. The entire PREMISE of the show makes no sense (can’t she just digest the Crystal Pearl and get rid of it that way?) and it gets even wilder from there. The animation is shitty even for a mid-2000s kids anime, and the characters too. We’ve got the immature middle school girl protagonist, the two boy best friends (the ‘edgy’ one with anime boy hair and a rude personality, and the calmer one with a dark backstory + earring), and a slew ofvillain pairs who get more and more bland as the show goes on. I’m pretty sure the soundtrack (excluding the OP and ED, which too are generic J-Pop tunes) is just stock music the studio found, because I can’t find it anywhere on the internet.
But something about this show has always stuck with me. I don't know if it's the shock of how it got made, nostalgia, or something else, but I keep coming back to it! Would I actually recommend this show? No. But if you want a really good show to laugh at with your friends, maybe check it out.
DarkConan1412
I thought this was hilarious when I was a child. I remember being on the floor it was so entertaining! Watching it today at 28, not so much. It was still fun and a couple moments had me laughing. There’s not a lot of animation either. Lots of stills and Nina is a bit much. The change in personality isn’t as entertaining from innocent and loving to extreme tsun beating up on Zero. Mostly, it’s just cartoony. I watched the whole series over a decade ago, but for this review, I only watched ep1. I usually don’t write reviews, but I thought I would thistime. This series will be super entertaining for a young audience, a decade ago, I would’ve scored this highly, but the series isn’t so much for an older audience so my score would be much lower now.
Caleb_Marvell
Save Me! Lollipop... I was watching the previews on my Ouran High School Host Club DVD Box Set one day, and the preview for this came on. I recognized Brittney Karbowski's voice, and since I am a huge fan of her, I had to watch it. That night I started it, finished it 6 hours later, and honestly I don't know what to think about it. It was probably one of the most interesting thing's I've watched over the summer, and by interesting, I mean strangest. The story is fairly simple. 2 magicians, Zero and Ichii, are from the magic world and they've entered a competitionto become full-fledged wizards, only the item they have to obtain is eaten by a girl named Nina, who wishes that the person she'd fall in love with would fight for her and defend her. The fighting and defending part actually came in right away because everyone else in the competition is after her now, so there's barely a moment of peace for her. Ending was a little strange, could remain open for a season 2, but I highly doubt it.
Artwork, everyone in the show looked like little kids, what can I say. I'm fairly certain all of them are at least like 13 or 14, but they look like 11 and 12 year olds, so it was kind of hard to remember, "Oh yeah, they're teenagers". That and the bright colors everywhere made it seem like something found on Cartoon Network. Just think Bakugan and Pokemon, you'll remember some of the colors from that show and know what I'm talking about.
Sound, ehh... the only actress that made it worth watching was Brittney Karbowski's voice. Not her BEST work, but still good. All the rest of the characters had awesome voice actors and actresses, but they didn't suit the character's personalities.
Characters... not much to say about them. They were fairly unoriginal. Their looks, hair styles, clothing, all of them I've seen before, but Nina's hair and Forte's outfit were the only thing's I've never seen anywhere else. Characters were lovable in some way, like San and Forte, they're a good team, and Nina and Zero make a good couple, I mean it's obvious they're both into eachother, so why not.
I enjoyed the show overall, got some good laughs, especially the spa episode, I was laughing so hard, and I felt bad for Zero like the entire episode. It could have been better if they changed a few things, but it was good. I hope this review helped.
FlamBam77
What can i say other than this is an anime that i absolutely hate and use my entire existence to dislike. The main character who swallowed the pearl was very bland and annoying throughout the whole series and was just selfish and if i didnt know any better she could of well been the villain. The other characters were meh and forgettable and had very few memorable traits. Whenever i mention this to my friends, i urge them to watch it just so i can show them how bad it is. Overall if you couldnt tell i dont recommend this anime and trust me you havebetter uses of your time.
kuusoup
I have not seen this show since middle school, and oh my god i had to write a review of his show. Okay so... I rewatched this anime so I could write this review. Ahem, Mamotte! Lollipop/Save Me Lollipop! is a fairly short 13 episode show. The show's main character is Nina, a 12-year-old girl who mistakenly eats a pink crystal pearl that is sought by a swarm of examinee sorcerers from another dimension. And two boys who dropped from the sky swear to keep her safe till the exam is done. That is the gist of all of it! So... This show iscringe, like 6th grader who wrote a fanfic level of cringe... And I ate this up as usual. It's so bad that it's good! I like shoujo and fantasy so this anime caught me hook, line, and sinker. The anime has a trickle of backstories throughout the episodes, but not much. The ending was not for me at all. It wasn't really enjoyable.
Anyway, this series would've been entertaining for young audiences a decade ago. I would've scored this higher since it has a special place in my heart, but when I rewatched it my scorer is lower now.
Luchixa
The story was pretty good and the examinees made the show enjoyable and funny but the main girl ,nina, was part of the reason i really didnt like it..she was a bit annoying when it came to the guys and her feelings toward them
RinSalamander
This is I believe the fourth anime I ever watched? I've seen it a few times since the initial viewing, and I swear it just gets worse and worse everytime you watch it. First of all, the sound is meh, the animation is pretty bad, and the story is mediocre at best and has been done much better in better shows. Honestly there isn't much to talk about other than characters. For one, I hate Nina. I don't care that she's 12, she's whiney, annoying, stupid, and never shuts up. She also gets herself into so much trouble constantly. She's also selfish and a bad role model. Allof this is a shame, because I actually think she has a cute design...
Zero is okay. In the english dub (the one I watched) he was voiced by one of my favorite voice actors Eric Vale, and he did a really nice job for what he was working with, but it is grading on your ears after a while.
Ichi is, forgettable. He's considered by many to be the most likeable character, but I hardly remember him and his backstory.
The cousins were cute and I did really like them.
That's kinda it...
I'd suggest this if you're really little, or if you wanna show this to some smaller kids, but I don't see many full grown adults getting enjoyment out of this. Watch Fruits Basket instead.
