Marchen Awakens Romance
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North American cover of MÄR volume 1 featuring Ginta Toramizu, Babbo, and Dorothy.
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メル (Meru) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, comedy, action-adventure, romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nobuyuki Anzai |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | May 2003 – July 2006 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaharu Okuwaki (eps 1–53) Keiichiro Kawaguchi (eps 54–102) |
| Produced by | Takeshi Sasamura Shunji Aoki Shin'ichi Iwata Naohiko Furuichi |
| Written by | Junki Takegami |
| Music by | Daisuke Ikeda |
| Studio | SynergySP |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 3, 2005 – March 25, 2007 |
| Episodes | 102 |
| Game | |
| MÄR: Demon of Kaldea | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Genre | Touch ÄRM role-playing video game |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | March 30, 2006 |
| Game | |
| MÄR: Klavier of oblivion | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Genre | Touch ÄRM RPG |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | September 7, 2006 |
| Manga | |
| MÄR Omega | |
| Written by | Nobuyuki Anzai |
| Illustrated by | Kōichirō Hoshino |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | 2006 – 2007 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Märchen Awakens Romance, officially abbreviated as MÄR (メル Meru?), is a manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. The anime television series based on the series is titled MÄR Heaven (メルヘヴン Meru Hevun?) and was originally broadcast in Japan on the TXN station.
MÄR is characterized by fairy tale motifs running throughout the series with Märchen being itself the German word for "fairy tale". VIZ Media has acquired the North American rights to both the MÄR manga and anime and aired a dubbed version of the series, first on Toonami Jetstream, an online service from Cartoon Network, and then on the network itself, as part of the Toonami programming block. In June, Canadian youth network YTV broadcast MÄR on its Bionix programming block.
A sequel to MÄR, entitled MÄR Omega, was announced in September 2006. However, it was illustrated by Kōichiro Hoshino instead of Nobuyuki Anzai.
Ginta Toramizu is a 14-year-old junior high student from Tokyo who is portrayed as a typical video game geek and underachieving student who is a fan of fairy tales. One day and without warning, he finds himself summoned to the mysterious world of MÄR-Heaven which he has only seen before in his dreams and in his mother's books. In this fairy tale world, Ginta's physical weakness is replaced with superior physical strength, incredible stamina and endurance, and being able to see without his glasses.
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