MÄR

Märchen Awakens Romance, officially abbreviated as MÄR, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai, serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2003 to July 2006, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. The story follows 14-year-old junior high student Ginta Toramizu who is transported into a fantasy-based world known as MÄR-Heaven. As Ginta ventures in the world of MÄR-Heaven, he encounters allies and antagonists.

This article is about the Japanese comic book. For other topics, see MAR (disambiguation).

MÄR
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ginta Toramizu (center), Babbo (bottom), and Dorothy (back)
Genre
Manga
Written byNobuyuki Anzai
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 7, 2003 – July 5, 2006
Volumes15
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Takeshi Sasamura
  • Shunji Aoki
  • Shin'ichi Iwata
  • Naohiko Furuichi
Written byJunki Takegami
Music byDaisuke Ikeda
StudioSynergySP
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 3, 2005 – March 25, 2007
Episodes102
Manga
MÄR Omega
Written byNobuyuki Anzai
Illustrated byKōichirō Hoshino
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 30, 2006 – June 13, 2007
Volumes4

A 102-episode anime television series adaptation titled MÄR Heaven was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2005 to March 2007.

In North America, Viz Media has licensed both the MÄR manga and anime for an English-language release. The manga was published between July 2005 and June 2007. The anime aired first in July 2006 on Toonami Jetstream, an online service from Cartoon Network, and then on the network itself, as part of the Toonami programming block in December 2006.

A manga sequel, MÄR Omega, written by Anzai and illustrated by Kōichirō Hoshino, was published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 2006 to June 2007, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.

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