Talk:Chibi Maruko-chan

Real name
Added information from the Japanese Wikipedia page, which says Sakura Momoko's real name is Miki Miura. Link to page Scribelrus 05:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

-Chan
The definition for the suffix -chan is incorrect. It does not describe a cute child; it is simply a suffix added on to the names of people that are dear to one and younger or the same age, e.g. not needing a more respectful suffix. I'm going to change this now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.180.6 (talk) 00:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 11:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Current Television series
Is this article out of date? At this moment as I write this, a maruko tv show is on fuji television called まるまるちびまる子ちゃん http://www.fujitv.co.jp/marumaruko/index2.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015283/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hydenobuyuki (talk • contribs) 10:44, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Either that or the wrong date was used in the article when talking about a 2006 television series. --Hydenobuyuki (talk) 10:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Intent of series
Currently the article says the manga was "created to appeal to the childhood memories of young women". This is not my understanding. The manga was published in Ribon, which is aimed at "young girls roughly 9-13 years old". The author started writing the series in her late teens. The intent was initially to write "essay manga" (to use the author's term), semi-fictional emotional stories with a hint of nostalgia and often some kind of message, but the initial audience was intended to be the Ribon readership of junior-high girls. Later on it was picked up more widely. This information comes from the autobiographical strips in the comics, e.g. 夢の音色 in book four. --Mujokan (talk) 09:09, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I added a paragraph with a bit of the history of the series, and removed the bit about it being aimed at young women. (As I said, it was initially aimed at children.) This information comes from the original comics themselves. --Mujokan (talk) 09:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Black lines
This article seems to give the impression that the black lines appearing on the face is a trait exclusive to Maruko; an earlier edit said that female fans of the series will imitate that by using their hands, giving the misleading impression that it it is a trait exclusive to the female characters. Neither is true, as black lines will appear on the face of and wind will appear over the head of any character male or female, just about. In fact, if you look at percentage of screen time, the character with black lines appearing the most is probably the male character Sueo Maruo, who is the male class president; these are often present, even when he seems happy, I think to make apparent his power-hungry, obsessive, and somewhat abnormal moods and behavior and the fact that he seems like he was originally meant to be a sort of anti-Maruko. I am wondering how the article should be rewritten in this case. Cornince (talk) 15:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I have moved this information to a "Themes" section. Cornince (talk) 09:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

United States release of My Favorite Song?
I've not been able to find any source on the US release of this movie. My understanding is that Chibi Maruko Chan has never been released in any form in the United States. Cornince (talk) 10:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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