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Marchen Awakens Romance

MÄR
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North American cover of MÄR volume 1 featuring Ginta Toramizu, Babbo, and Dorothy.
メル
(Meru)
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 2003July 2006
Volumes 15 (List of volumes)
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, 2005March 25, 2007
Episodes 102 (List of episodes)
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 20062007
Volumes 4
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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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