Maburaho

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ISBN 4-8291-1387-1
Maburaho
Maburaho light novel cover vol 1.png
Cover of the first light novel (Kindle version)
まぶらほ
Genre Fantasy, harem
October 2001 (2001-10)
2"The Volume of (Being a) Human"
"Ningen no Maki" (にんげんの巻)		 ISBN   4-8291-1397-9 December 2001 (2001-12)
3"The Volume of (Being a) Spirit – Part 1 (Top)"
"Yūrei no Maki – Ue" (ゆうれいの巻·うえ)		 ISBN   4-8291-1419-3 March 2002 (2002-03)
4"The Volume of (Being a) Spirit – Part 2 (Middle)"
"Yūrei no Maki – Naka" (ゆうれいの巻·なか)		 ISBN   4-8291-1448-7 July 2002 (2002-07)
5"The Volume of Maids"
"Meido no Maki" (メイドの巻)		 ISBN   4-8291-1470-3 October 2002 (2002-10)
6"The Volume of (Being a) Spirit – Part 3 (Bottom)"
"Yūrei no Maki – Shita" (ゆうれいの巻·した)		 ISBN   4-8291-1507-6 March 2003 (2003-03)
7"Urge Overkill"
"Āji Ōvākiru" (アージ·オーヴァーキル)		 ISBN   4-8291-1528-9 June 2003 (2003-06)
8"The Volume of Revival – Part 1 (East)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Higashi" (ふっかつの巻·ひがし)		 ISBN   4-8291-1555-6 September 2003 (2003-09)
9"The Volume of Revival – Part 2 (South East)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Tōnan" (ふっかつの巻·とうなん)		 ISBN   4-8291-1575-0 December 2003 (2003-12)
10"The Volume of Revival – Part 3 (South)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Minami" (ふっかつの巻·みなみ)		 ISBN   4-8291-1597-1 March 2004 (2004-03)
11"The Volume of Revival – Part 4 (South West)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Nansei" (ふっかつの巻·なんせい)		 ISBN   4-8291-1623-4 June 2004 (2004-06)
12"The Volume of (having) More Maids"
"Motto Meido no Maki" (もっとメイドの巻)		 ISBN   4-8291-1650-1 September 2004 (2004-09)
13"The Volume of Revival – Part 5 (West)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Nishi" (ふっかつの巻·にし)		 ISBN   4-8291-1685-4 January 2005 (2005-01)
14"The Volume of Revival – Part 6 (North West)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Seihoku" (ふっかつの巻·せいほく)		 ISBN   4-8291-1697-8 March 2005 (2005-03)
15"The Volume of Revival – Part 7 (North)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Kita" (ふっかつの巻·きた)		 ISBN   4-8291-1755-9 September 2005 (2005-09)
16"Desolation Angels"
"Desoreishon Enjerusu" (デソレイション·エンジェルス)		 ISBN   4-8291-1727-3 November 2005 (2005-11)
17"The Volume of Revival – Part 8 (North East)"
"Fukkatsu no Maki – Hokutō" (ふっかつの巻·ほくとう)		 ISBN   4-8291-1808-3 March 2006 (2006-03)
18"The Volume of (having) More and More Maids"
"Motto Motto Meido no Maki" (もっともっとメイドの巻)		 ISBN   4-8291-1835-0 June 2006 (2006-06)
19"Strange Phenomenon" (ストレンジ・フェノメノン) ISBN   4-8291-1861-X October 2006 (2006-10)
20"Jonan no Maki - ichi" (じょなんの巻・いち) ISBN   4-8291-1894-6 January 2007 (2007-01)
21"Sarani Meido no Maki" (さらにメイドの巻) ISBN   4-8291-1912-8 June 2007 (2007-06)
22"Jonan no Maki - ni" (じょなんの巻・に) ISBN   4-8291-1963-2 September 2007 (2007-09)
23"Kibishi no Maki" (凜の巻) ISBN   4-8291-3255-8 January 2008 (2008-01)
24"Jonan no Maki - san" (じょなんの巻・さん) ISBN   4-8291-3280-9 April 2008 (2008-04)
25"Matamata Meido no Maki" (またまたメイドの巻) ISBN   4-8291-3323-6 October 2008 (2008-10)
26"Jonan no Maki - yon" (じょなんの巻・よん) ISBN   4-8291-3378-3 February 2009 (2009-02)
27"Jonan no Maki - go" (じょなんの巻・ご) ISBN   4-8291-3436-4 August 2009 (2009-08)
28"Jonan no Maki - roku" (じょなんの巻・ろく) ISBN   4-8291-3504-2 March 2010 (2010-03)
29"Jonan no Maki - nana" (じょなんの巻・なな) ISBN   4-8291-3568-9 September 2010 (2010-09)
30"Jonan no Maki - hachi" (じょなんの巻・はち) ISBN   4-8291-3615-4 February 2011 (2011-02)

Anime

In 2003, an anime series was produced by J.C.Staff and was broadcast on the Japanese network, WOWOW. Consisting of 24 episodes, the series first aired on October 14, 2003 with the episode "They Came..." and concluded on April 6, 2004 with the episode "It Was Over...".

On March 8, 2004, ADV Films announced that it had acquired the license to the animated series. [2] The first DVD volume, also available with an artbox, was released on April 19, 2005 and concluded nearly a year later with volume 7. ADV Films later released a Thinpack of the entire series on April 3, 2007.

Theme music

Opening
  1. Magic of Love (恋のマホウ, Koi no Mahō) by Ichiko
Ending
  1. We'd Get There Someday by Ichiko (ep. 1–23)
  2. We'd Get There Someday by Hitomi Nabatame, Yuki Matsuoka, and Yuka Inokuchi (ep. 24)

Reception

The English language release of Maburaho was met with mediocre reviews. Many critics comment that Maburaho was a typical "by the book" harem comedy that added little originality to the genre. [7] "Maburaho feels like more of an unfinished prototype for the harem genre than an actual anime series", states Anime News Network critic, Carlo Santos. "The plot is there, but it lacks any defining elements besides the general theme of magic; the characters are there, but they don't have any particular traits apart from being, well, the one loser guy and the cookie-cutter hot girls chasing after him." Santos goes on to state. [8] Chris Beveridge, critic for AnimeOnDVD, comments, "Maburaho has some cute quirks to it, very nice character designs and it's a show that actually took a risk midway through the series by changing the nature of the lead character." However Beveridge goes on to say, "While it has these good points, it didn't capitalize on them and instead worked hard towards keeping with a mediocre series of events and scripts. ... It's a by the book piece with some flashes of creativity." [9]

Jason Thompson gave the manga series a half-of-one-star review in his Manga: The Complete Guide , saying "The characters and situations are stock, the girls are identical except for their hair, and the fanservice is tame." [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maburaho" (in Japanese). Maburaho Official Site. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2006.
  2. 1 2 "ADV Acquires Maburaho". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "New ADV Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 9, 2006.
  4. ↑ "They Came...". Maburaho. Episode 1. October 14, 2003.
  5. 1 2 3 Staff writer (October 2005). "Maburaho: Looking Back". Newtype USA. 4 (10): 40–41. ISSN   1541-4817.
  6. ↑ Staff writer (January 2006). "Maburaho: Bring Back My Baby". Newtype USA . 5 (1): 34–35. ISSN   1541-4817.
  7. ↑ "Maburaho". Meta Anime Review Project. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2006. (A collection of review links)
  8. ↑ Santos, Carlo. "Review: Maburaho DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  9. ↑ Beveridge, Chris. "Review: Maburaho Vol. #7 (of 7)". AnimeOnDVD. Archived from the original on March 25, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide . New York: Ballantine Books & Del Rey Books. p. 197. ISBN   978-0-345-48590-8
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