Underplayed Gems

Mama is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil (1992)

Mama is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil poster
Original title
ママは小学４年生
Directed by
Shūji Iuchi
Genre
science fiction anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 51 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A baby from the future travels back in time to 1992 and ends up with her mother when she was a fourth grader. The young girl must care for her own future daughter while dealing with a reluctant aunt.

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What happens

Mama is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil (Japanese: ママは小学4年生, Hepburn: Mama wa Shōgaku Yonensei; "Mama is a 4th Grader") is a Japanese anime television series directed by Shuji Iuchi and produced by Sunrise, Nippon Television and Asatsu. The 51-episode series was first aired from January 10, 1992, through December 25, 1992. In 1993, Mama Is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil won the 24th Seiun Award in the Best Media category, and was ranked at number fifth in the 15th Anime Grand Prix award for Best Anime category. This is a series about time travel. A baby mysteriously time travels from the year 2007 to the year 1992, where it is left in the care of Natsumi Mizuki, a past version of the baby's mother. Natsumi has to take care of her daughter, despite only being a 4th grader. Natsumi's own caretaker, her aunt Izumi Shimamura, is less than enthusiastic about the situation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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