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Maria Watches Over Us (TV)

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©OYUKI KONNO/SHUEISHA • YAMAYURIKAI

Alternative title:
Ang Birheng Maria ay Pumapatnubay sa Iyo (Tagalog)
La Vierge Marie Vous Regarde (French)
María nos mira (Spanish)
Maria-sama ga Miteru (Japanese)
MariMite (Japanese)
マリア様がみてる (Japanese)
瑪莉亞的凝望 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: LGBTQ, shoujo-ai, yuri
Plot Summary: Yumi is a first year student at the Lillian School for Girls, an exclusive all-girls Catholic school. The school has a tradition that older girls take a younger girl as their little sister or "soeur" in order to instruct and look out for them. Though Yumi admires Sachiko, a reserved second year student who is a member of the student council, she has no hopes of being chosen as her soeur. When an innocent encounter leads Sachiko to impulsively ask Yumi to be her soeur, Yumi is suddenly brought into the inner circle of the Roses, who are the members of the student council. With Sachiko at her side, Yumi begins to unravel and understand the relationships between the Roses and their soeurs and figure out her own feelings for Sachiko.
User Ratings: 2033 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 636 votes (sub:604, dub:27, raw:1, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 674 votes (sub:659, dub:8, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 325 votes (sub:301, dub:14, others:10
8 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Good: 198 votes (sub:187, raw:3, ?:3, dub:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 88 votes (sub:73, dub:9, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:38, dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:18)
 Weak: 32 votes (sub:29, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Awful: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 2899 users, rank: #375 (of 9777)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.525 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.6772, rank: #164 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 8.430 (Very good+), rank: #190 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.63 / seen some: 6.04 / won't finish: 3.74)
Bayesian estimate: 8.424 (Very good+), rank: #87 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2004-01-07 to 2004-03-31
2006-01-28 (Philippines)
Opening Theme:
"Pastel Pure" by Mikiya Katakura
Ending Theme:
"Sonata Blue" by Mikiya Katakura
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 6
Review:
Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 DVD (Aug 23, 2008)
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North American Stream List: March 19-25 (Mar 25, 2012)
North American Stream List: February 20-26 (Feb 26, 2012)
North American Stream List: Feb. 13-19 (Feb 19, 2012)
North American Stream List: February 6-12 (Feb 12, 2012)
North American Stream List: Jan. 30-Feb. 5 (Feb 5, 2012)
North American Stream List: January 23-29 (Jan 29, 2012)
North American Stream List: January 16-23 (Jan 22, 2012)
North American Stream List: January 9-15 (Jan 15, 2012)
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English-Subbed Maria Watches Over Us Trailer Streamed (May 16, 2008)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-03-24 (from $48.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Season 1 (Sub.DVD) 2008-07-29 (from $22.04)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Season 1 [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2012-09-04 (from $27.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yukihiro Matsushita
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Scenario:
Chiaki Manabe (eps 6, 9)
Genki Yoshimura (eps 4-5)
Natsuko Takahashi (eps 12-13)
Reiko Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 10-11
)
Storyboard:
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 6)
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 3, 9, 11)
Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 2)
Takaaki Ishiyama (ep 8)
Takeshi Kagetsu (ep 12)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 10)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 4)
Toshiya Niidome (ep 7)
Yukihiro Matsushita (eps 1, 5, 13)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (eps 6, 10)
Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 2)
Makoto Sokuza (eps 5, 9, 13)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 3, 7, 11)
Takeshi Kagetsu (ep 12)
Tomoko Hiramuki (eps 4, 8)
Yukihiro Matsushita (ep 1)
Music: Mikiya Katakura
Original story: Oyuki Konno (novel series)
Original Character Design: Reine Hibiki
Character Design: Akira Matsushima
Art Director: Nobuto Sakamoto
Animation Director:
Akira Matsushima (eps 1, 13)
Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 3, 7, 11)
Minoru Mihara (ep 12)
Miyako Tsuji (eps 5, 10)
Takako Shimizu (ep 6)
Tateru Namikaze (ep 4)
Yukie Sakō (ep 8)
Yukiko Akiyama (eps 2, 9)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Masayuki Kawaguchi
Producer:
Kouta Sugiyama
Shinichi Ikeda

Color setting: Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Ending Animation: Atsuko Nakajima
Key Animation:
Ayako Suzuki (eps 2, 9)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP; ep 11)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Hiroya Nishimura
Mitsuteru Shibata
Script Supervision: Oyuki Konno
Sound Production:
Satoki Iida (Dax International)
Tetsu Hirata (Dax International)
Theme Song Arrangement: Yoshihisa Hirano (OP/ED)
Theme Song Composition: Mikiya Katakura (OP/ED)
Kana Ueda as Yumi Fukuzawa
Miki Itō as Sachiko Ogasawara

Emi Shinohara as Youko Mizuno
Haruna Ikezawa as Yoshino Shimazu
Hitomi Nabatame as Eriko Torii
Mamiko Noto as Shimako Toudou
Megumi Toyoguchi as Sei Satou
Rina Satō as Tsutako Takeshima
Shizuka Itō as Rei Hasekura

Ai Matayoshi as Kindergartner (ep 9)
Akari Higuchi as Sasaki (ep 10)
Akeno Watanabe as Miyuki Oyamada (ep 4)
Akiko Nakagawa as Shiori Kubo (eps 10-11)
Asami Waragai as Student (eps 1, 7)
Chiwa Saitō as Mami Yamaguchi
Hitomi Kato as Classmate
Kiyotaka Furushima as Shop assistant (ep 10)
Megumi Kojima as Classmate (ep 2)
Michi Imase as Chairman (ep 6)
Mikako Takahashi as Chisato Tanuma (eps 8, 12-13)
Minami Takayama as Former Rosa Gigantea (ep 11)
Misato Eguchi as Student (ep 1)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Yuuki Fukuzawa
Mitsuyo Kondo as Student (ep 7)
Miyoko Asō as Academy Principal (ep 11)
Natsuko Kuwatani as Tomoko (ep 9)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Suguru Kashiwagi
Noriko Shitaya as Katsura
Rino as Shizuka Kanina
Sawa Ishige as Clerk (ep 12)
Sayaka Ōhara as Yamamura-sensei
Tetsu Hirata as Referee (ep 5)
Tomoko Miyadera as Seiko Kasuga (eps 10-11)
Yuki Masuda as Mifuyu Uzawa (eps 8-9)
Yūko Kaida as Minako Tsukiyama
Japanese companies
Animation: Studio DEEN
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Music Production: Lantis
Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Production:
d-rights
Geneon Universal Entertainment
Rondo Robe
TV Tokyo
English cast
English staff
Translation:
Feng Xiong
Shoko Oono
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield (Maiden Japan release)
Shawne Kleckner
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan release)
Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer: David Olsen
Design: Greg Hillsman
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Maiden Japan release)
Janice Williams (Maiden Japan release)
Joey Goubeaud (Maiden Japan release)
Son Phan Le (Maiden Japan release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Maiden Japan release)
E.W. Rector, III (Maiden Japan release)
Luke La Padula (Maiden Japan release)
Mariana Valverde (Maiden Japan release)
Ned Gayle (Maiden Japan release)
Ryan Anthony (Maiden Japan release)
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (Maiden Japan release)
Supervising Translator: Javier Lopez (Maiden Japan release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan release)
Website Design: Eric Hansel
Candice Moore as Sachiko Ogasawara (Animax dub)
Sarah Hauser as Yumi Fukuzawa (Animax dub)

Candice Moore as
Former Rosa gigantea (Animax dub)
Rei Hasekura (Animax dub)
Yoshino Shimazu (Animax dub)
Emily Woo Zeller as
Shimako Toudou (Animax dub)
Tsutako Takeshima (Animax dub)
Sarah Hauser as Eriko Torii (Animax dub)

Candice Moore as
Seiko Kasuga (Animax dub)
Yuuki Fukuzawa (Animax dub)
David Lee Mckinney as Suguru Kashiwagi (Animax dub)
Sarah Hauser as Tomoko (Animax dub)
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Screen Inserts: Susana Damas (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Yumi Fukuzawa (Spain dub)
Claudia Contreras as Sachiko Ogasawara (Latin American dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Sachiko Ogasawara (Spain dub)
Pamela Mendoza as Yumi Fukuzawa (Latin American dub)

Adriana Nuñez as Sei Satō (Latin American dub)
Adriana Olmedo as Tsutako Takeshima (Latin American dub)
Carmen Calvell as Rei Hasekura (Spain dub)
Circe Luna as Yōko Mizuno (Latin American dub)
Cristina Hernandez as Eriko Torii (Latin American dub)
Esperança Domènech as Sei Satou (Spain dub)
Isabel Muntané as Yoshino Shimazu (Spain dub)
Luz Menchaca as Rei Hasekura (Latin American dub)
Pilar Mora as Shimako Toudou (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Eriko Torii (Spain dub)
Romina Marroquín as Shimako Tōdō (Latin American dub)
Sofia Garcia as Tsutako Takeshima (Spain dub)
Stefanie Izquierdo as Yoshino Shimazu (Latin American dub)
Susana Damas as Youko Mizuno (Spain dub)

Anette Ugalde as Minako Tsukiyama (Latin American dub)
Ariadna Giménez as Minako Tsukiyama (Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Yuuki Fukuzawa (Spain dub)
Danann Huicochea as Shizuka Kanina (Latin American dub)
Daniel Albiac as Suguru Kashiwagi (Spain dub)
Esperança Domènech as Seiko Kasuga (Spain dub; eps 10-11)
Isabel Valls as Mifuyu Uzawa (Spain dub; eps 8-9)
Mar Nicolas as
Chisato Tanuma (Spain dub; eps 8, 12-13)
Mami Yamaguchi (Spain dub)
Sei Satou (Spain dub; child)
Pilar Morales as Shiori Kubo (Spain dub; eps 10-11)
Sofia Garcia as Shizuka Kanina (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Miki Fukuzawa (Spain dub)
Vanessa Olea as Chisato Tanuma (Latin American dub)

Ariadna Giménez (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales (Spain dub)
Susana Damas (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Jonu Media (Spain)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
HIDIVE (Latin America)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Latin America)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: Mega-Anime
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Sherwin Revestir as Yumi Fukuzawa
Yvette Tagura as Sachiko Ogasawara

Katherine Masilungan as Youko Mizuno

Margo Borgona as Eriko Torii
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Dubbing: ABS-CBN
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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