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Popotan (TV)

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Alternative title:
Po-Po-Tan
ぽぽたん (Japanese)
Themes: ecchi, fanservice
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, and their housekeeper android Mea inhabit in a mysterious house that transports them through time and space. Following leads obtained from dandelions (or "popotan"), the sisters attempt to locate a certain someone believed to hold the answers to their questions. Their peculiar method of transport, however, does not come without its own set of painful drawbacks...
User Ratings: 429 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:3)
 Excellent: 51 votes (sub:38, dub:9, Spa.sub:3, raw:1)
 Very good: 100 votes (sub:78, dub:21, raw:1)
 Good: 107 votes (sub:81, dub:24, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 67 votes (sub:50, dub:16, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:24, dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:16, dub:2)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:23, dub:3, ?:1)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, Spa.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 765 users, rank: #783
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.632 (Good-.36), std. dev.: 2.0185, rank: #2323
Weighted mean: 6.512 (Good-.48), rank: #2291 (seen all: 6.73 / seen some: 5.59 / won't finish: 3.82)
Bayesian estimate: 6.537 (Good-.46), rank: #2035
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2003-07-17 to 2003-10-02
Releases: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Popotan hatake de tsukamaete" by UNDER17
#1: "Popotan Batake de Tsukamaete" by Under17 (eps 1-12)
Ending Theme:
"S-U-K-I" by Funta
#1: "S-U-K-I" by Funta (eps 1-11)
#2: "Gemstone" by Under17+Funta (ep 12)
Trivia: We have 4
Comment:
Based on the PC game Popotan
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Related reviews:
    Popotan DVD 2

Related releases:
    Popotan - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-08-14
    Popotan - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-10-27 (from $21.99)
    Popotan - Vanishing House (DVD 1) 2004-12-07 (from $5.00)
    Popotan - Enigma (DVD 2) 2005-02-22 (from $5.00)
    Popotan - Decisions of the Heart (DVD 3) 2005-04-26 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shinichiro Kimura

Script: Jukki Hanada

Storyboard: Shinichiro Kimura

Music: Osamu Tezuka

Character Design: Rondo Mizukami

Art director:
Rondo Mizukami
Satoshi Kuwahara
Yoshiaki Ito

Character Conceptual Design: Poyoyon Rock

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Tsuguo Ozawa

Producer:
Kozue Kaneniwa
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Satoshi Kawano
Tetsuo Gensho

Animation: Haruka Sakurai

Color design: Hiroshi Hibino

Composite: Chie Nakamura

Design: Haruka Sakurai

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Music producer: Yoshiyuki Inoue

Series Story Editor: Jukki Hanada

Theme Song Performance:
Funta (ED)
Halko Momoi (OP)
Masaya Koike (OP)

 

Halko Momoi as Mii

Masumi Asano as Mai

Sayaka Ohara as Ai

Ayako Kawasumi as Unagi

Mai Kadowaki as Meah

Rumi Shishido as Shizuku

Yuuji Takada as Keith

Ai Nonaka as Yumi (ep 2)

Akira Kosaka as Clerk (ep 12)

Chiwa Saito as Magical Girl Lilo-chan (ep 3)

Eri Mizuhara as Student D (ep 9)

Eriko Nakamura as Boy student (ep 1)

Fumi Morisawa as Nurse 1 (ep 3)

Hideyuki Hori as Miyuki's Dad (ep 3)

Hiroki Shimowada as Younger brother (ep 10)

Hisayo Mochizuki as Ghost Girl (ep 4)

Kanako Hattori as Boy student (ep 1)

Katsuhiro Harasawa as Customer A (ep 7)

Katsuya Shiga as Shopkeep A (ep 5)

Ken Takeuchi as Young Man (ep 5)

Kenichi Suzumura as Adult Daichi (ep 7)

Kousuke Toriumi as Older Brother (ep 10)

Kôzô Shioya as Guard (ep 6)

Mai Nakahara as
Asuka (eps 1, 7, 12)
Asuka's daughter (ep 7)

Mariko Suzuki as Girl B (ep 6)

Mikako Takahashi as Miyuki (ep 3)

Miwa Sugihara as
Boy student (ep 1)
Girl A (ep 6)
Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Shopkeep B (ep 5)
Student A (ep 9)
Teacher (ep 2)

Noriko Shitaya as Girl A (ep 1)

Rina Satou as
Nurse 2 (ep 3)
Student B (ep 9)

Risa Hayamizu as Girl B (ep 1)

Ryou Hirohashi as Chiyo (ep 2)

Sakura Nogawa as Nono (eps 8, 12)

Sawa Ishige as Student C (ep 9)

Shinji Kawada as Customer B (ep 7)

Susumu Chiba as MC (ep 5)

Takeshi Koyama as Tractor guy (ep 1)

Tarou Masuoka as Customer C (ep 7)

Tomoko Kawakami as
Konami (eps 2, 9, 12)
Mai (Konami's Daughter, Ep 9,12)

Tomomichi Nishimura as Grandpa (eps 8, 12)

Yasuhiko Kawazu as Doctor (ep 3)

Yoshizato Mizuhara as Cellphone Voice (ep 9)

Yui Itsuki as Girl (ep 3)

Yuki Kaida as
Chris (ep 12)
Young Daichi (eps 1, 7, 12)

Yurika Ochiai as Male student (ep 1)

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
BS-i

Original Creator: Petit Ferret

Production Studio: SHAFT

English staff 
English cast 

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer: Kevin Chu

Adaption: Robin Sutherland

Dialogue Editing:
Chris Cleator
Cisco McLaren

Production Coordination: Dennis Hrehoriac

Re-Recording Mixing: Jan Deny

Recording engineer: Ryan Olszewski

Subtitle Coordinator: Warren Opheim

Subtitling: Kevin McKeown

Video Post-Production:
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey

Voice Direction: Rob Bakewell (1-12)

 

Jocelyne Loewen as Mii

Nicole Bouma as Mai (1-12)

Nicole Oliver as Ai (1-12)

Anna Cummer as Mea

Brian Drummond as Keith

Kirby Morrow as Adult Daichi (ep 7)

Tabitha St. Germain as Unagi

Alexandra Carter as
Clerk A
School Girl A
shopgirl

Andrew Toth as
Candy Vendor
Customer
Pagent Scout

Brenna O'Brien as
Miyuki
Nono

Chantal Strand as Girl

Colin Murdock as Man at Beach

French Tickner as Grandpa

Kelly Sheridan as
Asuka
Helpfull Classmate
Phone Message

Maggie Blue O'Hara as
Daughter
Mai's Friend

Matthew Erickson as Elder Brother

Michael Dobson as
Guardman
Otaku

Nicole Leroux as
Classmate
Mai's Friend
Mother

Nicole Oliver as Candy Vendor

Peter New as
Doctor
Tractor Guy

Rebecca Shoichet as
Nurse
School Girl B

Reece Thompson as
Boy
Daichi

Sharon Alexander as Teacher

Tabitha St. Germain as
Clerk B
Konami
Magical Girl Lilo

Ted Cole as Ojisan

Vanessa Morley as Classmate

English companies 

ADR Production: The Ocean Group

Distributor: ADV Films

DVD Authoring: DIVITEK

DVD Menu Design: Koyo Graphic International, Inc.

Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Semtai Filmworks

Recording Studio: Westwood Studios

 
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