Marie & Gali

Marie & Gali
マリー＆ガリー (Marī & Garī)
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Izumi Todo
Anime television series
Directed by	Yukio Kaizawa Kōhei Kureta
Produced by	Hiromasa Kondo
Written by	Takashi Yamada
Music by	Yuji Yoshino
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	NHK Educational TV
Original run	March 31, 2009 – March 23, 2010
Episodes	40
Anime television series
Marie & Gali ver.2.0
Directed by	Yukio Kaizawa Kōhei Kureta
Produced by	Hiromasa Kondo
Written by	Takashi Yamada
Music by	Yuji Yoshino
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	NHK Educational TV
Original run	March 30, 2010 – March 22, 2011
Episodes	30
Video game
Marie & Gali: Let's Science
Developer	DORASU
Genre	Puzzle
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	April 15, 2010

Marie & Gali (マリー＆ガリー) is a Japanese anime created by Izumi Todo.^[1] It aired on NHK from March 30, 2009, until March 22, 2011,^[2] for a total of 70 episodes of five minutes each. It was the first anime (in over three decades) produced by Toei Animation to be broadcast on the NHK-E educational channel since 1978's Captain Future. A sequel, Marie & Gali ver.2.0 aired from March 30, 2010, until March 22, 2011.^[3]

Plot

The anime follows Marika, a student who loves the gothic lolita aesthetic, but falls asleep as soon as someone starts talking about science. One day, after a nap on the train, she discovers that her stuffed animal, Pet, is able to move and ends up in the strange city of Galihabara. Here, Marika meets the astronomer Galileo and other famous scientists, and with a bit of their help, starts to appreciate science little by little.

Episodes

Season 1

The theme of the first season is Galihabara! (ガリハバラ！), sung by Swing Mates K (スウィング・メイツK), while that of the second season is Kagakuru! Miracle! (カガクル！ミラクル！, Kagakuru! Mirakuru!), Sung by Chiba Chiemi and Inoue Marina (VAs of Marika and Norika).

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
0	"Pilot episode"	Rie Matsumoto	Takashi Yamada	November 8, 2008 (2008-11-08)
1	"Marika in a strange city"	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	July 3, 2009 (2009-31-03)
2	"The mysterious city of Galihabara"	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	April 7, 2009 (2009-04-07)
3	"Love and apple's universal charm!"	Kohei Kureta	Mio Inoue	April 14, 2009 (2009-04-14)
4	"The secret of ramen and interference"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	April 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
5	"Electromagnetic force! Sing! Love coil"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)
6	"We found an Oden shop"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Mio Inoue	May 5, 2009 (2009-05-05)
7	"Create It, Destroy It! Da Vinci's Great Inventions"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	May 12, 2009 (2009-05-12)
8	"Welcome to the Radium hot springs"	Kohei Kureta	Takashi Yamada	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
9	"The secret of the rainbow is Do Re Mi Fa So?"	Aya Komaki	Mio Inoue	May 26, 2009 (2009-05-26)
10	"Space is a big Kaleidoscope?"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	June 9, 2009 (2009-06-09)
11	"Marika finally wakes up"	Aya Komaki	Takashi Yamada	June 16, 2009 (2009-06-16)
12	"Beware of heat"	Kohei Kureta	Mio Inoue	June 23, 2009 (2009-06-23)
13	"Rub it, scrub it, ignite it"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Yoichi Takahashi	June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
14	"Galihabara Storm Fear"	Aya Komaki	Yumi Nakamura	July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)
15	"This is FM Galihabara"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14)
16	"Hertz's endless noodle training"	Aya Komaki	Yoichi Takahashi	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
17	"Catch the Robo-pet!"	Kohei Kureta	Mio Inoue	August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)
18	"Why does the Whimsical Bridge disappear?"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Yumi Nakamura	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
19	"Hello is a wonderful word"	Kohei Kureta	Takashi Yamada	September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
20	"Travelling through space by train"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Yoichi Takahashi	September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)
21	"Pet's close call"	Aya Komaki	Yumi Nakamura	September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)
22	"A great invention? The Edison toaster"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
23	"Galiba pharmacy?"	Aya Komaki	Yumi Nakamura	October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
24	"Turtle rescue project"	Kohei Kureta	Takashi Yamada	October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)
25	"Birthday All Alone"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Yoichi Takahashi	October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20)
26	TBA	Aya Komaki	Mio Inoue	November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)
27	"Why does lightning occur?"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	November 10, 2009 (2009-11-10)
28	"Galiba-Style Kick the Can!?"	Aya Komaki	Yumi Nakamura	November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17)
29	"Colourful! Robot battle"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	December 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)
30	"Marika helps out"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Mio Inoue	December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08)
31	"Gali is a nice person?"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15)
32	"Pie even though it's pizza"	Directed by : Kohei Kureta Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudō	Yumi Nakamura	December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22)
33	"Ophiuchus woman"	Aya Komaki	Mio Inoue	January 5, 2010 (2010-01-05)
34	"Fear! Invitation from Bruno"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)
35	"Shock! Shock! I hate you"	Aya Komaki	Yumi Nakamura	January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19)
36	"Chitty Chitty! Galiba Car Racing"	Kohei Kureta	Yoichi Takahashi	February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)
37	"The moon is falling!"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Mio Inoue	February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)
38	"Galileo gets arrested!?"	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16)
39	"And yet, the Earth is still moving!"	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16)
40	"This is the last round"	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	March 23, 2010 (2010-03-23)

Ver 2.0

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	(Japanese: 帰ってきたマリカ)	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
2	(Japanese: どうして丸いのシャボン玉)	Yukio Kaizawa	Takashi Yamada	April 6, 2010 (2010-04-06)
3	(Japanese: どうしてさかさま？鏡の秘密)	Masako Orimoto	Mio Inoue	April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)
4	(Japanese: ふっくらパンを焼こう！)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki	Yoichi Takahashi	April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)
5	(Japanese: けんかの仲裁マリカはせっけん？)	Masako Orimoto	Isao Murayama	April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27)
6	(Japanese: マリカとノリカのイビキバスターズ！)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudo	Unknown	May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)
7	(Japanese: マリカは名ゴルファー！？)	Yukio Kaizawa	Yoichi Takahashi	May 18, 2010 (2010-05-18)
8	(Japanese: マイクロマシンで体内探検！)	Aya Komaki	Yoichi Takahashi	May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
9	(Japanese: ガリバ式！？リンゴちゃんダイエット！)	Yukio Kaizawa	Mutsumi Ito	June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)
10	(Japanese: 一億年生きたクマ)	Aya Komaki	Jin Tanaka	June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
11	(Japanese: 失われた時を求めて)	Yutaka Tsuchida	Yoichi Takahashi	June 15, 2010 (2010-06-15)
12	(Japanese: 白夜の夢の物語)	Kohei Kureta	Takashi Yamada	July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06)
13	(Japanese: ガリバの海賊！隠された宝をねらえ)	Kohei Kureta	Mutsumi Ito	July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)
14	(Japanese: 灼熱のガリバを冷やせ！)	Yukio Kaizawa	Mio Inoue	August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03)
15	(Japanese: 誕生！ガリバ未来館)	Yukio Kaizawa	Mio Inoue	August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)
16	(Japanese: 熱いハートを伝えたい！)	Aya Komaki	Mutsumi Ito	August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)
17	(Japanese: ガリバ遊園地へようこそ)	Directed by : Aya Komaki Storyboarded by : Masatoshi Chioka	Mutsumi Ito	September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)
18	(Japanese: 科学探偵！ロリロリシスターズ)	Yukio Kaizawa	Jin Tanaka	October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05)
19	(Japanese: 怪盗ガリバの挑戦状)	Yutaka Tsuchida	Jin Tanaka	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)
20	(Japanese: 怪盗ガリバの最後)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Masako Orimoto	Jin Tanaka	October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19)
21	(Japanese: 星の形のひみつ)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki	Isao Murayama	November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
22	(Japanese: 挑戦！サイエンスクッキング)	Yutaka Tsuchida	Mio Inoue	November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09)
23	(Japanese: 大空にはばたけ！)	Kohei Kureta	Isao Murayama	November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)
24	(Japanese: 天空の冒険者たち)	Yukio Kaizawa	Isao Murayama	December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)
25	(Japanese: 出動！ロリロリ消防隊)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Masako Orimoto	Yoichi Takahashi	January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04)
26	(Japanese: ペット･クマ進化論)	Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudo	Jin Tanaka	January 11, 2011 (2011-01-11)
27	(Japanese: 大人気！ロリロリDJシスターズ)	Yutaka Tsuchida	Takashi Yamada	February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)
28	(Japanese: 大噴火！ノリカの怒りをしずめろ！)	Kohei Kureta	Isao Murayama	March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)
29	(Japanese: 宇宙への挑戦者)	Yukio Kaizawa	Mio Inoue	March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
30	(Japanese: みんなで宇宙旅行)	Kohei Kureta	Takashi Yamada	March 22, 2011 (2011-03-22)

Characters

Marika (マリカ, Marika)

Voiced by: Chiemi Chiba^[4][1]

Marie is a young student who dresses in gothic lolita style. She does not like science, but once she arrives in Galihabara, she begins to appreciate it day by day. She was born on December 12th.

Pet (ペット, Petto)

The hand-sewn plush by Marika. When Marie arrives in Galihabara, Pet begins to move, but cannot speak due to Pet lacking a mouth. Despite having a bow on his head, he is a boy.

Norika (ノリカ, Norika)

Voiced by: Marina Inoue^[1]

Appears in the second season and is an elementary school girl who dresses in Sweet Lolita style. She hates science and is very childish.

Kuma (クマ, Kuma)

Appears in the second season and is the plush of Norika. She is a female, and, when she gets angry, becomes gigantic.

Galileo (ガリレオ, Garireo)

Voiced by: Chō^[1]

Nicknamed "Gali", he is a supporter of Copernican theory and the heliocentric system. He works at the observatory and was born on February 15th.

Madame Curie (キュリー夫人, Kyurī fujin)

Voiced by: Masako Nozawa^[1]

A beautiful and intelligent lady, runs a bar and a pension in Galihabara.

Newton (ニュートン, Nyūton)

Voiced by: Tomoyasu Sakata^[1]

A tall, handsome man selling apples. His beauty makes him narcissistic and he attracts many women. He hates insects.

Hertz (ヘルツ, Herutsu)

Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi^[1]

He is a robust man who has a ramen shop.

Fleming (フレミング, Furemingu)

Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi^[1]

During the day he works part-time at Edison's appliance store, while at night he is a DJ.

Archimedes (アルキメデス, Arukimedesu)

Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura^[1]

He runs the "Syracuse" wind temple in the Greek quarter. When he finds something, he has a habit of screaming "Eureka!"

Da Vinci (ダ・ヴィンチ, Da Vinchi)

Voiced by: Tanonaka Isamu^[5] and Takeshi Aono (Marie & Gali ver2.0)

He is a grandfather with a beard and rival of Galileo.

Darwin (ダーウィン, Dāuin)

Voiced by: Yoshinori Fujita^[1]

Developer of the theory of evolution, he is a robot.

Edison (エジソン, Ejison)

Voiced by: Yukiko Tamako^[1]

He obtained several patents at a young age and is a stingy man, owner of the Galihabara electronics store. He is in love with Norika.

Gagarin (ガガーリン, Gagārin)

Voiced by: Takeshi Aono^[1]

He appears in the second season and is an astronaut.

Media

Video games

A video game, Marie & Gali: Let's Science (マリー＆ガリーのLet'sさいえんす) was developed by DORASU for the Nintendo DS and released in Japan on April 15, 2010.^[6]

References

1. "スタッフ＆キャスト | マリー＆ガリー ver.2.0 ： 東映アニメーション TOEI ANIMATION". www.toei-anim.co.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
2. "新キャラクターを井上麻里奈が担当！ アニメ『マリー＆ガリー Ver.2.0』スタート！" (in Japanese). March 17, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
3. "Marie & Gali Gets New Ver. 2.0 TV Anime Green-Lit". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
4. "マリー＆ガリー". mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
5. "「目玉おやじ」役41年、田の中勇さん死去 - 芸能ニュース". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-17.
6. "マリー＆ガリーのLet'sさいえんす". www.dorasu.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.

External links

• Official Marie & Gali website at Toei Animation (in Japanese)
• Marie&Gali (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia