Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus

Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Fujinseikatsusha child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime television series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks from September 2, 1995, through August 31, 1996. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo.
The series follows the "adventures" of a young mother and father as they deal with the joys and challenges of raising small children. The "poyopoyo" in the title is an onomatopoeia for the young children "toddling" around.

Books

Manga, first release

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Manga, second release

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Toilet training book

This book was written by Eiichi Hoashi, a well-known child psychologist in Japan. Aonuma wrote the accompanying manga used to illustrate the various ideas and techniques presented in the book.

The Battle to Get Two-year-old Ann Out of Diapers: Mama Poyo Special: Going to Undies in Four Steps,

Anime picture books

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Anime

Cast

In the manga, the names of the characters are the real names of the Aonuma family, but in the anime, they are given new names. The following are names used in the anime:

Hyōga Poyota: Yuri Shiratori
Jura Poyota: Satomi Kōrogi
Miki Poyota: Rica Matsumoto
Gendai Poyota: Yūichi Nagashima

Other characters:

Emi Kunitachi: Kumiko Nishihara
Reira Kunitachi: Hinako Kanamaru
Yū Kunitachi: Fujiko Takimoto
Employee B: Wakana Yamazaki

Staff

Original creator: Takako Aonuma
Director: Takayoshi Suzuki
Script: Mamiko Ikeda, Minori Ikeno, Tomoko Ishizuka
Producers: Hiroshi Nishikiori, Fūta Morita, Jōhei Matsuura, Shinya Hanai, Masahiro Hosoda, others
Character designs: Tatsuo Miura
Animation director: Tatsuo Miura, Hiroshi Oikawa, Shinichirō Kajiura, Hirokazu Ishino, others
Background artist: Gōichi Kudō
Art director: Satoshi Suzuki
Music: Kazunori Maruyama
Sound effects: Mitsuru Kageyama
Audio production: San'onkyō
Production: MBS, Nippon Animation
Writing: Takako Aonuma, MBS, Nippon Animation