Marmalade Boy

Marmalade Boy
Cover of the first volume of the original Japanese manga release
ママレード·ボーイ
(Mamarēdo Bōi)
GenreRomantic comedy
Manga
Written byWataru Yoshizumi
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintRibon Mascot Comics
MagazineRibon
DemographicShōjo
Original runMay 1992October 1995
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byAkinori Yabe
Produced by
  • Koichiro Fujita
  • Yasuo Kameyama
  • Hiromi Seki
Written byAya Matsui
Music byKeiichi Oku
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network
Original run March 13, 1994 (1994-03-13) September 3, 1995 (1995-09-03)
Episodes76
Anime film
Directed byAkinori Yabe
Produced by
  • Tan Takaiwa
  • Tomio Anzai
  • Tsutomu Tomari
Written byAya Matsui
Music byKeiichi Oku
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedMarch 4, 1995
Runtime26 minutes
Light novel
Written byYumi Kageyama
Illustrated byWataru Yoshizumi
Published byShueisha
MagazineCobalt Bunko
DemographicFemale
Original runJuly 1994March 1996
Volumes10
Video game
DeveloperBandai
PublisherBandai
GenreDating simulation
PlatformGame Boy, Super Famicom
ReleasedJanuary 27, 1995 (Game Boy)
April 21, 1995 (Super Famicom)
Manga
Marmalade Boy Little
Written byWataru Yoshizumi
Published byShueisha
MagazineCocohana
DemographicJosei
Original runMarch 28, 2013September 28, 2018
Volumes7
Live-action film
Directed by
Produced by
  • Hiroyoshi Koiwai
  • Hibiki Itō
  • Shinzō Matsuhashi
  • Naoaki Kitajima
  • Yuya Satoyoshi
Written by
Music byHiroko Sebu
StudioWarner Bros. Pictures
ReleasedApril 27, 2018
Runtime127 minutes

Marmalade Boy (Japanese: ママレード·ボーイ, Hepburn: Mamarēdo Bōi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode anime television series which aired on TV Asahi in 1994 to 1995. This was followed by a prequel theatrical anime movie in 1995. The series was also adapted as a 30-episode live-action television series that was broadcast in Taiwan in 2002. A live-action film adaptation was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 27, 2018.