Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | |
All episode VHS covers
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御先祖様万々歳! | |
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Genre | comedy, drama, psychological, science fiction |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
Produced by | Hiroshi Umezaki |
Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Studio Pierrot |
Released | August 5, 1989 – January 25, 1990 |
Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 6 |
Anime film | |
MAROKO | |
Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
Produced by | Hiroshi Umezaki |
Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Studio Pierrot |
Released | March 31, 1990 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack | |
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Compilation album by Kenji Kawai | |
Released | August 21, 1993 |
Recorded | 1989-1990 |
Genre | soundtrack |
Length | 48:56 |
Label | EMOTION |
Producer | Kenji Kawai, Tesshō Genda, Kōichi Yamadera, Machiko Washio, Toshio Furukawa |
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (御先祖様万々歳!?, lit. "Long Long Live the Ancestors!") is a 1989 Japanese comedy drama science fiction OVA directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Pierrot. A compilation film consisting of footage from the episodes entitled MAROKO (麿子? MAROKO), also directed by Oshii, was released in 1990.
The story revolves around the a small, normal family known as the Yomota family: A boy named Inumaru, his father Kinekuni and his mother Tamiko. One day, a beautiful girl with a yellow flower hat at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Despite Tamiko's strong refusal to acknowledge her as a Yomota, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.
The episodes are told in the form of a play.
The Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack (御先祖様万々歳!オリジナル・サウンドトラック? Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Orijinaru Saundotorakku, lit. "Long Long Live the Ancestors! Original Soundtrack") CD was released on August 21, 1993.