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My Dear Marie (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Boku no Marie (Japanese) 
Metal Angel Marie 
ぼくのマリー (Japanese) 
Genres: comedy , romance , science fiction 
Themes: fanservice , robot girl 
Plot Summary: Hiroshi Karigari is a college student who has secretly built an android modeled after a tennis club member he is in love with named Marie. Introduced as Hiroshi's sister, Marie Karigari is a sentient robot who feels a deep affection for her creator. Both have a hard time trying to conceal her true identity in order to keep their current peaceful lifestyle. 
User Ratings: 208 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 17 votes (dub:9, sub:8)
 Very good: 52 votes (dub:26, sub:25, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 56 votes (sub:34, dub:22)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:25, dub:12)
 So-so: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:6, ?:1)
 Not really good: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:5)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 356 users, rank: #2734 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.707 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7828, rank: #5244 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 6.663 (Good−), rank: #5304 (of 10238) (seen all: 6.73 / seen some: 5.55 / won't finish: 3.07)
Bayesian estimate: 6.711 (Good−), rank: #4731 (of 7689)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 3 
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 1996-03-06
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Endless Party" by Yuko Miyamura with Mitsuo Iwata 
Ending Theme:
"Hello, Strange Days" by Yuko Miyamura 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Cosplay Complex / My Dear Marie [Double Pack] (DVD) 2008-07-01
    My Dear Marie (DVD) 2004-09-28 (from $16.19)
VHS
    Metal Angel Marie (Dub.VHS) 1999-09-14
    My Dear Marie (Sub.VHS) 1998-11-11 (from $13.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki 
Script: Go Sakamoto 
Storyboard: Tomomi Mochizuki 
Music: Hisaaki Hogari 
Original creator: Sakura Takeuchi 
Character Design: Hiroto Tanaka 
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko 
Animation Director: Hiroto Tanaka 
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima 
Director of Photography: Masahide Okino 
Executive producer:
Wakō Higuchi (Victor Entertainment) 
Yūji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot) 
Producer:
Michiyuki Honma (Studio Pierrot) 
Yuko Sakurai (Victor Entertainment) 

Assistant Director: Atsushi Yano 
Assistant Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera 
Background Art:
Hirofumi Shiraishi (eps 1-3) 
Kazuko Katsui (eps 1-3) 
Masumi Nishikawa (eps 1-3) 
Noriko Kaneko (eps 1-3) 
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (eps 1-3) 
Yasunari Usuda (eps 1-3) 
Yuka Kawashima (eps 1-3) 
Yuka Okamoto (eps 1-3) 
Color Coordination: Miyoko Ichinose 
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Nakamura (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Kaori Miyagawa (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Kenji Yamamoto (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Midori Nagaoka (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Miyao Suzuki (Dragon Production; ep 3) 
Takayuki Shimura (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Tomoko Takei (Dragon Production; eps 1, 3) 
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakamura (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Hideki Kakita (eps 2-3) 
Hideko Okimoto (ep 1) 
Hidetsugu Itō (ep 3) 
Hiroki Takagi (eps 1-3) 
Hiroshi Motoyama (ep 2)  (ep 2) 
Junko Isaka (ep 2) 
Kaori Higuchi (eps 1-2) 
Kaori Miyagawa (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Keiko Shimizu (ep 3) 
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 3) 
Kenji Yamamoto (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Masao Ōkubo (eps 1, 3) 
Megumi Mitsumoto (ep 1) 
Midori Nagaoka (ep 2) 
Minako Shiba (ep 3) 
Miyao Suzuki (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Munenori Nawa (eps 2-3) 
Nobutake Ito (eps 2-3) 
Nobutoshi Ogura (eps 2-3) 
Noriko Morishima (eps 2-3) 
Saburō Masutani (ep 2) 
Shinya Takahashi (eps 1-2) 
Takashi Sasaki (ep 1) 
Takayuki Shimura (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 1) 
Tomoko Takei (Dragon Production; ep 2) 
Tōru Takahashi (ep 2) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (ep 3) 
Music Director: Yuko Sakurai 
Photography:
Juri Harima 
Kazuya Hoshi 
Kōji Yamakoshi 
Miki Kameda 
Takamitsu Sera 
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka 
Recording Adjustment: Fujio Yamada (Techno Sound) 
Sound Effects:
Daisuke Jinbo (ep 2) 
Eiko Morikawa (ep 1) 
Kenji Koyama (ep 3) 
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda 
Theme Song Performance: Yūko Miyamura (ED) 
Mitsuo Iwata as Hiroshi Karigari 
Yūko Miyamura as Marie Karigari 

Nobutoshi Hayashi as Tanaka 
Rica Matsumoto as Hibiki 
Yōko Asada as Mari 

Chinami Nishimura as Yuri 
Fujiko Takimoto as Woman on TV (ep 1) 
Jun Kisaichi as Delivery Man (ep 1) 
Kōichi Tōchika as Club Member (ep 1) 
Takashi Nagasako as Man on TV (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Director: Gary Dehan 
Script:
Gary Dehan 
Lowell B. Bartholomee 
Art Director: Laura Attwell 
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts 
Masako Arakawa 
Executive producer: John Ledford 

Creative Director:
David Del Rio (DVD) 
J. Michael Stovall (DVD) 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Logo Design: Hiroko Fukumori 
Packaging Design:
Hiroko Fukumori (VHS) 
Mark Nasso (DVD) 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Lisa J. Miller 
Recording engineer: Charles Campbell 
Sound Design: Paul Killam 
Joseph Anthony as Hiroshi 
Lauren Worsham as Robot Marie 

Dara Aylor as Hibiki Kennou 
Greg Dorchak as Tanaka 
Shawn Sides as Human Marie 

Charles Campbell as Giant Rabbit 
Ellie McBride as
Monica 
TV Voice 
Gary Dehan as John 
Harry Soapman as Teddy Bear 
Kathryn Feller as
Kandy 
Tennis Ball Marie 
Lowell B. Bartholomee as
Big Bad Wolf 
TV Voice 

Charles Campbell 
Gary Dehan 
Kathryn Feller 
Lowell B. Bartholomee 
Robert S. Fisher 
English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network 
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
ADV Films  (Expired) 
Recording Studio: Monster Island 

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