My Dear Marie (Boku no Marie)

(OVA Series 1996 - 3 Episodes - Studio Pierrot)

3 reviews - 10.0 total score (Explanation of the rating system)
avg. score: (3.3)

3. Olmanek

We've got our male lead, who has an infatuation with a girl, he's having a bit of trouble getting her attention and making her fall for him, so of course he decides to make a robotic replication of her. Despite a pretty straightforward premise which doesn't appear to allow for much variation, too much dabbling in different area's saw this series have some high points and some desperately low ones. I wonder if series like this aren't the driving force behind the huge innovations in Humanoid-Robots; Mahoromatic, Hand Maid May, Steel Angel Kurumi, Chobits, To Heart, Saber Marionette J (Again,J-X,R), Yokohama Shopping Log. You may also have noticed my next point, this series isn't anything new, and doesn't reinvent the concept either, it is the rather mediocre version of it all, the type of thing you'd watch because you just want a nice mindless diversion from serious things, while not indulging in utter stupidity. Actually, the main flaw with the OAV, is that it is so short, the first 2 episodes give you only the tiniest introduction to the characters, and leave a lot of situations open, the final episode, diverts completely from the series and feels tacked on, probably the whim of the creator to actually put some of his insight into the series, whether it suited it or not. The point is, the series is good, and easy simple enjoyment, but it is disappointing, not such an unusual mix these days.

2. Tyrenol

There was a joke written in fanfiction form about guys who spend too much time playing "dating simulators;" that they're capable of self-reproduction (which is disgusting, by the way). My Dear Marie is a prime example of one man's drive to be with the girl of his dreams... By creating an android in her near-spitting image. And then you have your consequences.

My favorite part of this short series has to be the inclusion of the Ryuji Yamazaki protegee, Hibiki. She's such a bad-*** that one might wonder why she's in a series about an android and the geek who created her. Our question gets answered, however, when Hibiki starts to reveal her secret...

1. Dreamer

Being a lonely college student and a science freak, Hiroshi Karigari created an android, which he named Marie, modeled after his crush Marie. He created her to be his companion in his loneliness like the real life Marie to whom he cannot confess. Marie -the android-, however, later becomes like his sister. Some nudity and jokes aside, this is pure innocent and light hearted enough. It falls in the comedy department. For me it's reason enough that that Marie Karigari is voiced by Yoko Miyamura (Eva's Asuka) to get the show. Just watch it subtitled.