Mama wa Shougaku 4-nensei

Mama is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil / ママは小学４年生 / Mama is a 4th Grader / Mama wa Shougaku Yonensei

Genres: Award Winning, Childcare, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Themes: Childcare
Studios: Sunrise
Rating: 7.33 / 10
Rank: #2735
Popularity: #7620
Users Listed: 7,918
Users Scored: 3,047
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 02/17/2024
Aired: January 10, 1992 – December 25, 1992 (Winter)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: PG
Episodes: 51
Broadcast: Friday at 17:00 (JST)

Synopsis:

The series follows fourth-grader Natsumi Mizuki as her life is unexpectedly upended by the arrival of Mirai, a baby who seemingly materialized on her doorstep. Mirai, bearing Natsumi’s name and possessing an impossible history, is revealed to be a time traveler from fifteen years in the future. Natsumi finds herself navigating the challenges of childhood while secretly caring for this temporal anomaly, aided by her ambitious aunt Izumi and peculiar technological aids from the future. The story explores themes of family, responsibility, and the delicate balance between ordinary life and extraordinary circumstances. It presents a slice-of-life narrative grounded in everyday experiences, framed by the fantastical premise of time displacement and the complex bond forming between two versions of the same person.

Episodes:

Episode 1: The baby fell from the sky! (Aired: 01/10/1992)

Characters:

Mirai (Main) - Voice Actors: Yoshida, Rihoko
Mizuki, Natsumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Koorogi, Satomi, Lee, Hyeon Jin
Shimamura, Izumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Ikura, Kazue
Abuno, Maru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Numata, Yusuke
Arimori, Ushio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootani, Ikue
Bobby (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamazaki, Takumi
Fukazawa, Ryuuichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinohara, Akemi
Hanada, Hideo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei
Hanada, Midori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kyouda, Hisako
Inokuma, Nao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Akiko
Kenta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Adachi, Shinobu
Kenta's mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashi, Tamao
Kid of Kamisaka (Supporting)
Leader (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kishino, Kazuhiko
Mizuki, Kinuyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Reiko
Mizuki, Kouzaburou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tahara, Aruno, Bando, Naoki
Mizuki, Ruriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawashima, Chiyoko
Mori, Tamae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiko
Mr. Eji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagai, Ichiro
Nurse Sakurai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakuma, Rei
Ogin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hori, Junko
Ookawa, Hiroshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chafurin
Stray dog (Supporting)
Sugita, Natsumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinohara, Emi
Tachibana, Eriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiratori, Yuri
Takahashi, Chigusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamazaki, Wakana
Takashimaka, Kiyoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kakinuma, Shino
Toku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taguchi, Takashi
Vittori, Sophia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshida, Rihoko
Vittori, Julietta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Chika
Vittori, Mario (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanemaru, Junichi
Vittori, Giovanni (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kakegawa, Hirohiko
Yamaguchi, Natsumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koorogi, Satomi
Yamaguchi, Daisuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takano, Urara, Shibamoto, Hiroyuki
Yamaguchi, Daihei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashi, Tamao
Yamaguchi, Sawako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimamoto, Sumi
Yumeya, Sari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashi, Tamao
Yurika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Miki

Staff:

Iuchi, Shuji (Director, Script, Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi (Sound Director)
Urakami, Yasuo (Sound Director)
Harada, Nana (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hishikawa, Naoki (Episode Director)
Inoue, Osamu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kase, Mitsuko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Araki, Kenichi (Script)
Egami, Kiyoshi (Storyboard)
Takahashi, Motosuke (Storyboard)
Watanabe, Shinichirou (Storyboard)
Yatate, Hajime (Storyboard)
Aono, Atsushi (Animation Director)
Fukazawa, Manabu (Key Animation)
Iida, Hiroyoshi (Key Animation)
Ishihama, Masashi (Key Animation)
Kamimura, Sachiko (Character Design)
Kawazoe, Masakazu (Key Animation)
Murase, Shukou (Key Animation)
Nakamori, Ito (Original Creator)
Nakamura, Akira (Animation Director)
Namura, Hidetoshi (Key Animation)
Nishimura, Nobuyoshi (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Noto, Takashi (In-Between Animation)
Senju, Akira (Music)
Shimogasa, Miho (Key Animation)
Shinbo, Takurou (Animation Director)
Wanibuchi, Kazuhiko (Key Animation)
Yamaguchi, Ryota (Screenplay)

Reviews:

User Setsushi-chan (Score: 9/10):
Spoiler free review. This is the most amazing anime i've ever seen, the storyline is just AWESOME! I liked it so much because i love anime/manga that have time travel, they are very interesting and fun to watch. Though they do tend to get a bit confusing... Anyway, i recommend this anime for all ages, because it's great and not for a certain age. I don't know much Japanese, but i watched the raw version and understood a bit. Sadly there isn't any English subs :( I think there is in Spanish, Arabic and a bunch of others. Dunno why there isn't one for English.. The Manga is kind of differentthan the anime, just a warning.nnLast but not least, even though this is an old anime, it will always be my favorite. It's so cute!nThank you for reading this!
User Rocksas (Score: 8/10):
Mama Wa Shougaku 4 Nensei is an anime that's very rare to come by in today's anime. The anime of today are drastically different than the past and that's true, especially the slice of life genre since MWS4N is exactly that. MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD The anime stars the duo Natsumi and Izumi: Natsumi is the 4th grader mother of the baby Mirai, and Izumi is Natsumi's young adult aunt who aspires to become a famous Shounen mangaka. These two are forced to raise baby Mirai after a time slip that caused Mirai's teleportation to their time. Izumi and Natsumi are then forced to raise Mirai until theycan find a way to bring Mirai back to her time. Natsumi throughout the course of the anime learns to mature more rapidly than children her age, since she has to raise her own child, keep that a secret, AND attend school full time. Izumi as well finally learns to confront her responsibility as an adult, and look after both Natsumi and Mirai as a guest in her own sister's house. This anime's beauty comes from its art style that perfectly represents the 90s, and from its colorful characters who make the episodes enjoyable. At the end of each episode, the characters develop tremendously as they learn from their mistakes, with Mirai playing the greatest role in all of this, being the trouble maker that she is. Mirai has a great resemblance to her grand aunt Izumi as well as taking her love for mischief from her (SPOILER) father Daisuke. nDaisuke is revealed around episode 13-14 to be Natsumi's father(although none of the characters actually realize that), he as well starts to show his fatherly instincts and learns to love and care for Mirai and her mother. At the end of the anime he and Natsumi start to share mutual respect after years of bickering and childish jokes. nMWS4N is now available in full english subs at nyaa(can't link you to it), so give it a try!n(NOTE: I watched the arabic subbed version of MWS4N, fully available on YouTube)
User Radwa90 (Score: 8/10):
this show was cute and I enjoyed it. I love the vibe of anime's 90 styles the atmosphere of the anime was cosy, mirari was so cute and adorable. but I wish they were focusing on the relationship between daisuki and natsumi i thought they were growing up romantically, I wanted to see more scenes when they were together but overall was good.I loved the character development of some characters like her aunt, nhonestly, nshe was annoying me at the first but I understood her feelings and situation, she was forced to raise a kid when she was trying to focusing on her work

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