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Mama wa Shougaku Yonensei (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mama es 4 grado de la Escuela Primaria (Spanish)
Mama is a 4th Grader
Мама из четвертого класса (Russian)
أنا وأختي (Arabic)
ママは小学4年生 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Natsumi Mizuki is a 4th grader whose parents have gone to London. Her Aunt Izumi comes to live with her. Izumi is an aspiring manga writer who is trying to get her first big break, so she doesn't have time for a baby that appears out of thin air on Natsumi's first night alone. The baby's name is Mirai and her mother is *Natsumi*, but 15 years older. Somehow, Mirai had traveled back in time. Now the young Natsumi has to raise Mirai while trying to keep her 4th grade life from falling apart and keep Mirai-chan secret from everyone. She has the dubious help of Izumi and some baby-care gadgets from the future.
User Ratings: 22 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (raw:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 75 users, rank: #5714 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.727 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.2856, rank: #1190 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.696 (Very good−), rank: #1154 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.09 / seen some: 6.87 / won't finish: 8.01)
Bayesian estimate: 7.612 (Very good−), rank: #1039 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage: 1992-01-10 to 1992-12-25
Opening Theme:
"Ai o + one (Add one to Love)" by Yumi Masuda
Ending Theme:
"Kono Ai o Mirai e (This Love to the Future)" by Yumi Masuda
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Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shuji Iuchi
Script:
Hiroko Naka (11 episodes
eps 7, 11, 16-17, 21, 26, 32, 36, 39, 43, 48
)

Kenichi Araki (5 episodes
eps 30, 38, 41, 45, 50
)

Naoko Miyake (6 episodes
eps 24, 27, 35, 40, 46, 49
)

Osamu Nakamura (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 15, 20, 25
)

Riko Hinokuma (eps 10, 14)
Ryota Yamaguchi (ep 13)
Ryousuke Takahashi (ep 19)
Seiko Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 3, 12, 22, 29, 33, 44
)

Shigeru Horiguchi (ep 47)
Shuji Iuchi (7 episodes
eps 9, 12-13, 34, 44, 47, 51
)

Yumi Kageyama (9 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9, 18, 23, 28, 31, 37, 42
)

Storyboard:
Iku Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 22, 25, 31, 36
)

Kazuki Akane (9 episodes
eps 10, 15, 21, 26, 30, 35, 41, 46, 51
)

Kiyoshi Egami (ep 9)
Mitsuko Kase (11 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 13, 18, 24, 29, 34, 39, 45, 50
)

Motosuke Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 4, 14, 19, 37
)

Nana Harada (eps 32, 47)
Nobuhiro Kondō (10 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16-17, 23, 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Osamu Inoue (ep 44)
Shinichiro Watanabe (ep 42)
Shuji Iuchi (eps 1, 20, 27)
Yasunao Aoki (ep 2)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 40, 48
)

Episode Director:
Iku Suzuki (eps 25, 31, 36)
Kazuki Akane (10 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 21, 26, 30, 35, 41, 46, 51
)

Keitaro Motonaga (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19
)

Mitsuko Kase (10 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 24, 29, 34, 39, 45, 50
)

Nana Harada (9 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 20, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47
)

Naoki Hishikawa (ep 22)
Nobuhiro Kondō (10 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16-17, 23, 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Osamu Inoue (eps 40, 44)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (eps 6, 48)
Original story: Hajime Yatate
Character Design: Sachiko Kamimura
Art Director: Junichiro Nishikawa
Animation Director:
Akira Nakamura (eps 5, 10)
Atsushi Aono (9 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 21, 27, 32, 39, 45, 50
)

Chūji Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31
)

Kisaraka Yamada (9 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 29, 37, 41, 47
)

Nobuyoshi Nishimura (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20, 26
)

Ryōko Hata (4 episodes
eps 36, 40, 44, 49
)

Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Pro; eps 16, 22, 28)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Nakamura Pro; 4 episodes
eps 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Yuichi Endo (11 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17, 24, 30, 34-35, 42, 46, 51
)

Director of Photography: Kazunobu Okeda
Producer:
Eiji Sashida (Sunrise)
Shinichirō Maeda (Nippon TV)
Yuko Sagawa (ASATSU)

Color Coordination: Nobuko Mizuta
In-Between Animation:
Akihiro Saitō (Studio Dub)
Atsuko Inada (Anime R)
Ayumi Endo
Hiroshi Kobayashi (Studio Mark)
Hitomi Yamazaki (Anime R)
Junichi Hashimoto (St. Need)
Keiichi Ishida (St. Need)
Kenichi Umemoto (Nakamura Pro)
Kumiko Hirama (Radical Party)
Masako Terada (Radical Party)
Mihoko Yarimizu (St. Need)
Miwako Watanabe (Oh! Production)
Naoyuki Konno (Studio Mark; eps 12, 18, 23)
Rika Hashimoto (Studio Dub)
Satoshi Okutani (St. Need)
Shinyo Kondo (St. Need)
Taichi Takeya (Anime R)
Takashi Noto (Nakamura Pro)
Takayo Makinoda (Radical Party)
Takayuki Ishizuka (Nakamura Pro)
Tomoya Ishikawa (St. Need/Studio DEEN)
Toshiaki Tanaka (St. Need)
Yoshihiko Matsui (Nakamura Pro)
Yukie Takahashi (Radical Party)
Yukiko Ikeda (St. Need; Studio DEEN)
Yukiko Kawakami (St. Need; Studio DEEN)
Key Animation:
Akihide Saitō (Studio Takuranke; ep 39)
Akira Nakamura (Nakamura Pro; eps 5, 10)
Atsuki Katou (4 episodes
eps 16, 22, 28, 33
)

Atsuko Omori (6 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31, 36, 44
)

Emiko Momose (eps 14, 19)
Etsuko Tomita (ep 36)
Etsushi Mori (10 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17, 24, 30, 35, 42, 46, 51
)

Fumio Sasaki (4 episodes
eps 36, 40, 44, 48
)

Hidetoshi Namura (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 47
)

Hiroyoshi Iida (Nakamura Pro; eps 38, 43, 49)
Hiroyuki Terada (Anime R; 4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18
)

Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (6 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31, 36, 40
)

Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Pro; 6 episodes
eps 16, 22, 28, 33, 43, 49
)

Kazuhiro Sasaki (Anime R; 4 episodes
eps 27, 29, 32, 50
)

Kazumi Minahiro (Studio Takuranke; ep 39)
Keiichirō Okamoto (5 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31, 44
)

Ken Ōtsuka (Nakamura Pro; 5 episodes
eps 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Kenichi Takahashi (eps 23, 29)
Kimiko Yamauchi (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 15, 21, 27, 30, 35, 42, 47
)

Koji Sugiura (eps 45-46)
Makoto Furuta (eps 25, 31)
Manabu Fukazawa (Nakamura Pro; eps 5, 10, 38)
Masahiko Kaneda (Nakamura Pro; 6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Masahiro Sekino (ep 2)
Masakazu Kawazoe (Studio Mark; 8 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 29, 41, 47
)

Masami Nagata (Studio Mark; 4 episodes
eps 23, 29, 41, 47
)

Masashi Ishihama (Oh! Production; eps 15, 21)
Masato Kimura (eps 40, 44)
Mayumi Hirota (eps 15, 21)
Meiju Maeda (ep 19)
Michinori Chiba (Nakamura Pro; ep 28)
Miho Okiayu (Anime R; 7 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 27, 32, 39, 50
)

Miho Shimogasa (7 episodes
eps 4, 21, 27, 32, 39, 45, 50
)

Miki Ukai (6 episodes
eps 25, 31, 36, 40, 44, 48
)

Mizue Ogawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 27, 32, 39, 45
)

Nao Tajima (Nakamura Pro; 7 episodes
eps 16, 22, 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Naoko Yamamoto (ep 37)
Nobumasa Hayashi (Nakamura Pro; eps 38, 43, 49)
Osamu Satō (Studio Mark; 7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 29, 47
)

Shinobu Nishioka (5 episodes
eps 23, 29, 37, 42, 46
)

Shuichi Satou (Studio Mark; ep 41)
Shuji Nakanishi (7 episodes
eps 23, 29-30, 35, 42, 45, 50
)

Shūkō Murase (OP; 4 episodes
eps 24, 30, 45, 50
)

Sueko Kiguchi (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20, 26, 32
)

Susumu Yamaguchi (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20, 26, 32
)

Tadashi Hiramatsu (OP)
Takahiro Kimura (Anime R; 7 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 27, 32, 39, 50
)

Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 7, 12, 27, 32, 39, 50
)

Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Pro; 5 episodes
eps 16, 22, 28, 43, 49
)

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (柳沢哲也; eps 14, 19)
Tomoko Isomura (eps 1, 4, 9, 27)
Toshiyuki Kono (Anime R; eps 27, 32)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP)
Tsukasa Dokite (ep 15)
Yasuhiro Irie (eps 4, 9, 12)
Yoko Kojo (Nakamura Pro; 4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Yoshiaki Nagano (Studio Mark; ep 12)
Yoshie Sakai (Studio Mark; eps 4, 9)
Yoshio Usuda (Studio Core; eps 41, 46, 51)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (6 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31, 36, 40
)

Yuichi Endo (11 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17, 24, 30, 34-35, 42, 46, 51
)

Yūichi Nihei (ep 2)
Production Desk:
Mamiko Ito
Yuoko Yamaji
Sound Adjustment: Takaaki Uchiyama
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Theme Song Arrangement: Yasuo Higuchi (OP, ED)
Theme Song Composition: Yasuo Higuchi (OP, ED)
Theme Song Performance: Yumi Masuda (OP, ED)
Rihoko Yoshida as Mirai
Satomi Koorogi as Natsumi Mizuki

Kazue Ikura as Izumi Shimamura

Akemi Shinohara as Ryuuichi Fukazawa
Akiko Suzuki as Nao Inokuma
Aruno Tahara as Kouzaburou Mizuki
Chafūrin as Ookawa-sensei
Chika Sakamoto as Julietta
Chiyoko Kawashima as Ruriko Mizuki
Emi Shinohara as Natsumi Sugita (ep 22)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Giovanni Vittori
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Mirai's father
Hisako Kyouda as Midori Hanada
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Yokoshima
Ichirō Nagai as Mr. Eji
Ikue Ōtani as Ushio Arimori
Kappei Yamaguchi as Hideo Hanada
Miki Itō as Yurika
Naoki Makishima as Yuusuke Toto
Rei Sakuma as Nurse (ep 23)
Reiko Yamada as Tsuru Ono
Rihoko Yoshida as Sophia Vittori
Shino Kakinuma as Kiyoko Takashimaya
Shinobu Adachi as Kenta
Sumi Shimamoto as Sawako Yamaguchi
Takumi Yamazaki as Bobby
Tamao Hayashi as
Daihei Yamaguchi
Kenta's mother (ep 9)
Sari Yumeya
Tomoko Maruo as Tamae Mori
Urara Takano as Daisuke Yamaguchi
Wakana Yamazaki as Chigusa Takahashi (ep 39)
Yumi Touma as Minako Yamaguchi
Yuri Shiratori as Eriko Tachibana
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: Nakamura Production (6 episodes
eps 22, 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
Anime R (9 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 27, 32, 39, 45, 50
)

Nakamura Production (9 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 22, 28, 33, 38, 43, 49
)

Oh! Production (eps 15, 21)
Seoul Dub (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20, 26
)

Studio Dub (7 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 13, 20, 26, 32
)

Studio Koa (eps 41, 46, 51)
Studio Mark (9 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 29, 37, 41, 47
)

Studio Takuranke (ep 39)
Photography: Asahi Production
Production Assistance: Studio DEEN (eps 14, 19, 31)
Recording: APU Studio
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Daisuki (expired)
English cast
(none)
Arabic cast
Arabic staff
Translation: Maha Abed

Assistant Director: Laila Mansour
Montage: Samer Abu Hamad
OP Theme Song Performance: Anan Al-Khayat
Preparation: Safaa Al-Youssef
Production manager: Radwan Hijazi
Sound: Basel Sukkar
Supervision: Louay Ismail
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Samir Kusibati 
Theme Song Composition: Samir Kusibati
Theme Song Lyrics: Shafik Bitar
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Spacetoon
Distributor: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)
Dubbing:
Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria)
Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

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