# Marie & Gali

Marie & Gali (マリー＆ガリー) is a Japanese anime created by Izumi Todo. It aired on NHK from March 30, 2009, until March 22, 2011, for a total of 70 episodes of five minutes each. It was the first anime (in over three decades) produced by Toei Animation to be broadcast on the NHK-E educational channel since 1978's Captain Future. A sequel, Marie & Gali ver.2.0 aired from March 30, 2010, until March 22, 2011.

## Plot

The anime follows Marika, a student who loves the gothic lolita aesthetic, but falls asleep as soon as someone starts talking about science. One day, after a nap on the train, she discovers that her stuffed animal, Pet, is able to move and ends up in the strange city of Galihabara. Here, Marika meets the astronomer Galileo and other famous scientists, and with a bit of their help, starts to appreciate science little by little.

## Episodes
### Season 1

The theme of the first season is Galihabara! (ガリハバラ！), sung by Swing Mates K (スウィング・メイツK), while that of the second season is Kagakuru! Miracle! (カガクル！ミラクル！, Kagakuru! Mirakuru!), Sung by Chiba Chiemi and Inoue Marina (VAs of Marika and Norika).
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 0 | "Pilot episode" | Rie Matsumoto | Takashi Yamada | November 8, 2008 (2008-11-8) |
| 1 | "Marika in a strange city" | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | March 31, 2009 (2009-3-31) |
| 2 | "The mysterious city of Galihabara" | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | April 7, 2009 (2009-4-7) |
| 3 | "Love and apple's universal charm!" | Kohei Kureta | Mio Inoue | April 14, 2009 (2009-4-14) |
| 4 | "The secret of ramen and interference" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | April 21, 2009 (2009-4-21) |
| 5 | "Electromagnetic force! Sing! Love coil" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | April 28, 2009 (2009-4-28) |
| 6 | "We found an Oden shop" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Mio Inoue | May 5, 2009 (2009-5-5) |
| 7 | "Create It, Destroy It! Da Vinci's Great Inventions" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | May 12, 2009 (2009-5-12) |
| 8 | "Welcome to the Radium hot springs" | Kohei Kureta | Takashi Yamada | May 19, 2009 (2009-5-19) |
| 9 | "The secret of the rainbow is Do Re Mi Fa So?" | Aya Komaki | Mio Inoue | May 26, 2009 (2009-5-26) |
| 10 | "Space is a big Kaleidoscope?" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | June 9, 2009 (2009-6-9) |
| 11 | "Marika finally wakes up" | Aya Komaki | Takashi Yamada | June 16, 2009 (2009-6-16) |
| 12 | "Beware of heat" | Kohei Kureta | Mio Inoue | June 23, 2009 (2009-6-23) |
| 13 | "Rub it, scrub it, ignite it" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoichi Takahashi | June 30, 2009 (2009-6-30) |
| 14 | "Galihabara Storm Fear" | Aya Komaki | Yumi Nakamura | July 7, 2009 (2009-7-7) |
| 15 | "This is FM Galihabara" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | July 14, 2009 (2009-7-14) |
| 16 | "Hertz's endless noodle training" | Aya Komaki | Yoichi Takahashi | July 21, 2009 (2009-7-21) |
| 17 | "Catch the Robo-pet!" | Kohei Kureta | Mio Inoue | August 11, 2009 (2009-8-11) |
| 18 | "Why does the Whimsical Bridge disappear?" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yumi Nakamura | August 25, 2009 (2009-8-25) |
| 19 | "Hello is a wonderful word" | Kohei Kureta | Takashi Yamada | September 1, 2009 (2009-9-1) |
| 20 | "Travelling through space by train" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoichi Takahashi | September 8, 2009 (2009-9-8) |
| 21 | "Pet's close call" | Aya Komaki | Yumi Nakamura | September 15, 2009 (2009-9-15) |
| 22 | "A great invention? The Edison toaster" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | September 22, 2009 (2009-9-22) |
| 23 | "Galiba pharmacy?" | Aya Komaki | Yumi Nakamura | October 6, 2009 (2009-10-6) |
| 24 | "Turtle rescue project" | Kohei Kureta | Takashi Yamada | October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13) |
| 25 | "Birthday All Alone" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoichi Takahashi | October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20) |
| 26 | TBA | Aya Komaki | Mio Inoue | November 3, 2009 (2009-11-3) |
| 27 | "Why does lightning occur?" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | November 10, 2009 (2009-11-10) |
| 28 | "Galiba-Style Kick the Can!?" | Aya Komaki | Yumi Nakamura | November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17) |
| 29 | "Colourful! Robot battle" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | December 1, 2009 (2009-12-1) |
| 30 | "Marika helps out" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Mio Inoue | December 8, 2009 (2009-12-8) |
| 31 | "Gali is a nice person?" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | December 15, 2009 (2009-12-15) |
| 32 | "Pie even though it's pizza" | Directed by : Kohei Kureta Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudō | Yumi Nakamura | December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22) |
| 33 | "Ophiuchus woman" | Aya Komaki | Mio Inoue | January 5, 2010 (2010-1-5) |
| 34 | "Fear! Invitation from Bruno" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | January 12, 2010 (2010-1-12) |
| 35 | "Shock! Shock! I hate you" | Aya Komaki | Yumi Nakamura | January 19, 2010 (2010-1-19) |
| 36 | "Chitty Chitty! Galiba Car Racing" | Kohei Kureta | Yoichi Takahashi | February 2, 2010 (2010-2-2) |
| 37 | "The moon is falling!" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Mio Inoue | February 9, 2010 (2010-2-9) |
| 38 | "Galileo gets arrested!?" | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | February 16, 2010 (2010-2-16) |
| 39 | "And yet, the Earth is still moving!" | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | March 16, 2010 (2010-3-16) |
| 40 | "This is the last round" | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | March 23, 2010 (2010-3-23) |

### Ver 2.0

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | (Japanese: 帰ってきたマリカ) | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30) |
| 2 | (Japanese: どうして丸いのシャボン玉) | Yukio Kaizawa | Takashi Yamada | April 6, 2010 (2010-04-06) |
| 3 | (Japanese: どうしてさかさま？鏡の秘密) | Masako Orimoto | Mio Inoue | April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13) |
| 4 | (Japanese: ふっくらパンを焼こう！) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki | Yoichi Takahashi | April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20) |
| 5 | (Japanese: けんかの仲裁マリカはせっけん？) | Masako Orimoto | Isao Murayama | April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27) |
| 6 | (Japanese: マリカとノリカのイビキバスターズ！) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudo | Unknown | May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04) |
| 7 | (Japanese: マリカは名ゴルファー！？) | Yukio Kaizawa | Yoichi Takahashi | May 18, 2010 (2010-05-18) |
| 8 | (Japanese: マイクロマシンで体内探検！) | Aya Komaki | Yoichi Takahashi | May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25) |
| 9 | (Japanese: ガリバ式！？リンゴちゃんダイエット！) | Yukio Kaizawa | Mutsumi Ito | June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01) |
| 10 | (Japanese: 一億年生きたクマ) | Aya Komaki | Jin Tanaka | June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) |
| 11 | (Japanese: 失われた時を求めて) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoichi Takahashi | June 15, 2010 (2010-06-15) |
| 12 | (Japanese: 白夜の夢の物語) | Kohei Kureta | Takashi Yamada | July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06) |
| 13 | (Japanese: ガリバの海賊！隠された宝をねらえ) | Kohei Kureta | Mutsumi Ito | July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27) |
| 14 | (Japanese: 灼熱のガリバを冷やせ！) | Yukio Kaizawa | Mio Inoue | August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03) |
| 15 | (Japanese: 誕生！ガリバ未来館) | Yukio Kaizawa | Mio Inoue | August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24) |
| 16 | (Japanese: 熱いハートを伝えたい！) | Aya Komaki | Mutsumi Ito | August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31) |
| 17 | (Japanese: ガリバ遊園地へようこそ) | Directed by : Aya Komaki Storyboarded by : Masatoshi Chioka | Mutsumi Ito | September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07) |
| 18 | (Japanese: 科学探偵！ロリロリシスターズ) | Yukio Kaizawa | Jin Tanaka | October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) |
| 19 | (Japanese: 怪盗ガリバの挑戦状) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Jin Tanaka | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) |
| 20 | (Japanese: 怪盗ガリバの最後) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Masako Orimoto | Jin Tanaka | October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19) |
| 21 | (Japanese: 星の形のひみつ) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki | Isao Murayama | November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02) |
| 22 | (Japanese: 挑戦！サイエンスクッキング) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Mio Inoue | November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09) |
| 23 | (Japanese: 大空にはばたけ！) | Kohei Kureta | Isao Murayama | November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) |
| 24 | (Japanese: 天空の冒険者たち) | Yukio Kaizawa | Isao Murayama | December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07) |
| 25 | (Japanese: 出動！ロリロリ消防隊) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Masako Orimoto | Yoichi Takahashi | January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04) |
| 26 | (Japanese: ペット･クマ進化論) | Directed by : Hideki Hiroshima Storyboarded by : Hiroyuki Kakudo | Jin Tanaka | January 11, 2011 (2011-01-11) |
| 27 | (Japanese: 大人気！ロリロリDJシスターズ) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Takashi Yamada | February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01) |
| 28 | (Japanese: 大噴火！ノリカの怒りをしずめろ！) | Kohei Kureta | Isao Murayama | March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01) |
| 29 | (Japanese: 宇宙への挑戦者) | Yukio Kaizawa | Mio Inoue | March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08) |
| 30 | (Japanese: みんなで宇宙旅行) | Kohei Kureta | Takashi Yamada | March 22, 2011 (2011-03-22) |

## Characters
### Marika (マリカ, Marika)

    Voiced by: Chiemi Chiba
    Marie is a young student who dresses in gothic lolita style. She does not like science, but once she arrives in Galihabara, she begins to appreciate it day by day. She was born on December 12th.

### Pet (ペット, Petto)

    The hand-sewn plush by Marika. When Marie arrives in Galihabara, Pet begins to move, but cannot speak due to Pet lacking a mouth. Despite having a bow on his head, he is a boy.

### Norika (ノリカ, Norika)

    Voiced by: Marina Inoue
    Appears in the second season and is an elementary school girl who dresses in Sweet Lolita style. She hates science and is very childish.

### Kuma (クマ, Kuma)

    Appears in the second season and is the plush of Norika. She is a female, and, when she gets angry, becomes gigantic.

### Galileo (ガリレオ, Garireo)

    Voiced by: Chō
    Nicknamed "Gali", he is a supporter of Copernican theory and the heliocentric system. He works at the observatory and was born on February 15th.

### Madame Curie (キュリー夫人, Kyurī fujin)

    Voiced by: Masako Nozawa
    A beautiful and intelligent lady, runs a bar and a pension in Galihabara.

### Newton (ニュートン, Nyūton)

    Voiced by: Tomoyasu Sakata
    A tall, handsome man selling apples. His beauty makes him narcissistic and he attracts many women. He hates insects.

### Hertz (ヘルツ, Herutsu)

    Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi
    He is a robust man who has a ramen shop.

### Fleming (フレミング, Furemingu)

    Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi
    During the day he works part-time at Edison's appliance store, while at night he is a DJ.

### Archimedes (アルキメデス, Arukimedesu)

    Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura
    He runs the "Syracuse" wind temple in the Greek quarter. When he finds something, he has a habit of screaming "Eureka!"

### Da Vinci (ダ・ヴィンチ, Da Vinchi)

    Voiced by: Tanonaka Isamu and Takeshi Aono (Marie & Gali ver2.0)
    He is a grandfather with a beard and rival of Galileo.

### Darwin (ダーウィン, Dāuin)

    Voiced by: Yoshinori Fujita
    Developer of the theory of evolution, he is a robot.

### Edison (エジソン, Ejison)

    Voiced by: Yukiko Tamako
    He obtained several patents at a young age and is a stingy man, owner of the Galihabara electronics store. He is in love with Norika.

### Gagarin (ガガーリン, Gagārin)

    Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
    He appears in the second season and is an astronaut.

## Media
### Video games

A video game, Marie & Gali: Let's Science (マリー＆ガリーのLet'sさいえんす) was developed by DORASU for the Nintendo DS and released in Japan on April 15, 2010.