Popolocrois (TV series)

Popolocrois
	First DVD cover
ポポロクロイス物語; (Poporokuroisu Monogatari)
Genre	Sword and sorcery
Anime television series
Popolocrois Monogatari
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo
Produced by	Noriko Kobayashi; Tomiyo Hiruta;
Written by	Koichi Mashimo; Kenji Horikawa; Akemi Omode; Aya Matsui; Hideki Mitsui;
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	Bee Train; Production I.G;
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 4, 1998 – March 28, 1999
Episodes	25
Anime television series
PoPoLoCrois
Directed by	Kazuhiro Ochi
Produced by	Norio Yamakawa; Tetsuya Watanabe; Hideaki Miyamoto
Written by	Reiko Yoshida
Music by	Kōichirō Kameyama
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
Episodes	26

Popolocrois Monogatari (Japanese: ポポロクロイス物語, Hepburn: Poporokuroisu Monogatari, "Popolocrois Story") is a Japanese anime television series, based on the manga series of the same name created by Yohsuke Tamori, which was adapted into the Japan-only PlayStation game PoPoLoCrois Monogatari in 1996. It received a full English language fan translation in 2022. The direct sequel PoPoLoCrois Monogatari II was released in 2000 and the 2006 PlayStation Portable game remixes both into one game.

There have been two different series. The first series is about the adventure after the defeat of the Ice Demon: a girl named "Hyuu" came to Popolocrois, and the second series is 15 years after Maira's defeat. The second anime series features brand new characters, along with some of the old ones.

The main character for the second series is Pinon, who is the son of Pietro and Narcia. The second series is based on the fourth PlayStation 2 game in Japan, PoPoLoCrois: Adventure of Beginnings (Japanese title: Popolocrois Hajimari no Bouken; official English Title: Popolocrois: A New Departure), and the fifth PlayStation 2 game Popolocrois: Law of the Moon Adventure (Japanese title: Popolocrois Tsuki no Okite no Bouken; official English title: Popolocrois: Enchanted Lunar Tale).

^ Oppliger, John (July 18, 2008). "Ask John: What Are the Best Sword & Sorcery Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2020. The 1998 Popolocrois Monogatari television series has regrettably never been officially released in America, and the show is widely ignored by the American fan community because it's perceived as a children's anime. But as a traditional fairy tale fantasy adventure, the original Popolocrois is charming, touching, and more intelligent than unaware viewers realize.

[1] Oppliger, John (July 18, 2008). "Ask John: What Are the Best Sword & Sorcery Anime?". AnimeNation. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2020. The 1998 Popolocrois Monogatari television series has regrettably never been officially released in America, and the show is widely ignored by the American fan community because it's perceived as a children's anime. But as a traditional fairy tale fantasy adventure, the original Popolocrois is charming, touching, and more intelligent than unaware viewers realize.

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