Mamotte! Lollipop
Mamotte! Lollipop is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Michiyo Kikuta. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Nakayoshi between 2002 and 2005.
The story revolves around female protagonist Nina Yamada, a seventh grader who accidentally swallows the Crystal Pearl thinking it was candy. The pearl is the goal of a sorcery examination where the students must retrieve it to pass. But since Nina has swallowed the pearl, she is now the target. Two of the examinees decide to protect her from the other students while they work on a potion to extract the pearl from Nina.
In 2006, Mamotte! Lollipop was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of Noriyoshi Nakamura. The anime series aired between July 1 and September 2006 on KAB. In 2009, Funimation dubbed the anime under the name Save Me! Lollipop.
Plot
Nina Yamada is a seventh grade student who dreams about a prince charming who will always protect her, no matter what. One day, Nina accidentally swallowed a Crystal Pearl that she assumed was candy that came with her cake. But the Crystal Pearl was the goal of a sorcery examination. Nina becomes the new target of many probationer sorcerers and goes on for half a year. During this whole mix up, she meets two wizard boys named Zero and Ichii and comes to the conclusion that they protect her until a potion is made to remove the Crystal Pearl from her. However, this potion will take about six months to complete. Despite how long it took Zero and Ichii decided to protect Nina. Even at school and at home, Zero and Ichii protect Nina wherever she goes. Despite Nina finding it annoying that the two follow her around everywhere, it is for her own good.Characters
Supporting
;Nanase Akatsuki;Rokka Wan
;Go
;Yakumo Ishi
;Riru
;Ruby
;Will
;Salia Sherard
;Aquamarine
;Forte Sherard
;Hatsuka
;Youka
;Kuku
;Toto
;Zura
;Sarasa
;Tomi
;Jeff
;Gomez
Media
Manga
The pilot chapter of Mamotte! Lollipop first appear in the weekly manga magazine Nakayoshi in October 2002. The series was then serialized in Nakayoshi beginning with the February 2003 edition and concluded two years later in June 2005. The individual chapters where republished into seven volume collections by Nakayoshis publisher Kodansha.At the 2006 Comic-Con, Del Rey announced that it had acquired the rights to Mamotte! Lollipop. Del Rey released the first volume on February 27, 2007.
;Mamotte! Lollipop Volumes
;Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop Volumes
Anime
Mamotte! Lollipop was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series in 2006. Produced by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of Noriyoshi Nakamura, the anime series was first broadcast on TV Setouchi every Saturday from 26:00 to 26:30 between July 1 and September 23, 2006. The episodes were rebroadcast by Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun Television, and several other stations within a few days of the initial broadcast.On May 12, 2008, Funimation announced that it acquired Mamotte! Lollipop. Under the title Save Me! Lollipop, Funimation released the series as a single DVD box set on February 24, 2009.