Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! explained

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
Ja Kanji:御先祖様万々歳!
Type:ova
Director:Mamoru Oshii
Producer:Hiroshi Umezaki
Music:Kenji Kawai
Studio:Studio Pierrot
First:August 5, 1989
Last:January 25, 1990
Runtime:30 minutes per episode
Episodes:6
Episode List:
  1. Episodes
Type:film
MAROKO
Director:Mamoru Oshii
Producer:Hiroshi Umezaki
Music:Kenji Kawai
Studio:Studio Pierrot
Released:March 31, 1990
Runtime:90 minutes

is a 1989 Japanese comedy drama science fiction OVA written and directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Pierrot.[1] A compilation film consisting of footage from the episodes entitled, also directed by Oshii, was released in 1990.[2]

Plot

The story revolves around 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.

Cast and characters

A teenage boy who dreams of being with a beautiful girl. He immediately falls in love with Maroko when he meets her, despite her being his future granddaughter.
  • Inumaru's granddaughter from the future. The other Yomota's have a hard time accepting this, to the point where Tamiko leaves Inumaru and Kinekuni.
  • Inumaru's lazy father. He tends to get on his son's nerves with his lazy attitude.
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  • Inumaru's grumpy mother. She always nags and is the first to object to believing that Mariko is from the future. She eventually decides to leave the household, as the news is too much for her to bear.
    /
  • A man sent by the Agency of Time Administration to arrest Maroko for breaking one of the many laws of time travel. He is actually the son of Inumaru and Maroko.
    A man that Tamiko teamed up with in order to find out more about Mariko and save the Yomota family from destruction.
  • The narrator who often talks about birds at the beginning of each episode.
  • Theme songs

        • August 5, 1989 - December 17, 1989
        • November 10, 1989
        • December 17, 1989
        • January 25, 1990

    Episodes

    TitleRelease date[3]

    Soundtrack

    Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack
    Type:compilation
    Artist:Kenji Kawai
    Released:August 21, 1993[4]
    Recorded:1989–1990
    Genre:soundtrack
    Length:48:56
    Label:EMOTION
    Producer:Kenji Kawai, Tesshō Genda, Kōichi Yamadera, Machiko Washio, Toshio Furukawa

    The CD was released on August 21, 1993.

    DVD releases

    DVD Name Content Release Date
    御先祖様万々歳!コンプリートボックス
    MAROKO 麿子
    御先祖様万々歳!VOL.1
    御先祖様万々歳!VOL.2
    御先祖様万々歳!VOL.3

    External links

    OVA series
    Film

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=88660. ja:御先祖様万々歳!(1989~1990). 2014-12-13. allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
    2. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=151038. ja:MAROKO 麿子(1990). 2014-12-13. allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
    3. Web site: studioぴえろ 作品年表(OVA) . 2015-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091214192604/http://pierrot.jp/title/list_ova.html . December 14, 2009 .
    4. Web site: Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack. VGMdb. 2014-12-13.