MÄR (MÄR, Meru?), an acronym for Märchen Awakens Romance, is a manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. The television anime based on the series is titled MÄR Heaven (MÄR -メルヘヴン-, MÄR -Meru Hevun-?) and was originally broadcast in Japan on the TXN station.
MÄR is characterised by fairy tale motifs running throughout the series, Märchen being itself the German word for "fairy tale". VIZ Media has acquired the North American rights to both the MÄR manga and anime and aired a dubbed version of the series, first on Toonami Jetstream, an online service from Cartoon Network, and then on the network itself, as part of the Toonami programming block. In June, Canadian youth network YTV broadcast MÄR.
A sequel to MÄR, entitled MÄR Omega, was announced in September 2006. However, it is not being written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai, but by Kōichiro Hoshino.
Ginta Toramizu is a 14-year old junior high student who is portrayed as a typical video game geek and underachieving student. One day and without warning, he finds himself summoned to the mysterious world of MÄR-Heaven, which he has only seen before in his dreams and in his mother's books. In this fairy tale world, Ginta's physical weakness is replaced with superior physical strength as well as incredible stamina and endurance.
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Filtered follows Randy, an uninvolved recent divorcée, as he journeys on a quest for a cigarette. A cigarette that he needs in order to complete one task: mow the lawn or be evicted. Randy will meet a variety of characters along the way that throw their own, unique, wrench into Randy's long road to getting a smoke.
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The day of reckoning has begun. And the souls of mankind rest in the hands of Sierra, an atheist, junkie college girl, and Father Stone, a hunky young Catholic priest who must protect her from Satan's army of evil knights. It appears that the good guys will lose in the impending Armageddon unless some misplaced biblical relics find their way back into the hands of the church. Throughout their battle with evil, Stone and Sierra must deny their rising feelings for each other, as giving into them would jeopardize their responsibility to mankind.
The end of the world is here. In Satan's corner, an army of medieval knights; in God's corner, a hunky young priest and a heroin addict, agnostic college girl.
The end of the world is here. In Satan's corner, an inhuman army of medieval knights; in God's corner, a hunky Spanish Catholic priest and a heroin-addicted American co-ed.
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The father and sons triumvirate play three oppressed Filipinos during the Spanish regime-a cowardly farmer (Lito), a mentally challenged man (Mark), and a hunchback bellringer (Maynard). Because of their sufferings, they were blessed with powers to help their fellowmen.
Keywords: altar-boy, boy-scouts, children, church, clown, deal-with-the-devil, farmer, girl-scouts, hero, horse
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A lost and found department somewhere in a middle-sized town. Eddie, a trainee clerk, is learning his job under the supervision of Hervé, his superior. He soon finds out that his work is repetitive but can occasionally get fascinating. Like on the day a stolen red leather handbag lands in the office and its content is spread over his desk. Fascinated by the object, his only aim from this moment is to trace and find the lady who owns it and to show her how much he ... wants her.
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Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless Christian, wants to remove all traces of non-Christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to Christianity.
Keywords: 10th-century, christianity, dark-ages, king, missionary, pagan, religion, sword-and-shield, sword-fight, viking
Askur: By the legacy of almighty Thor, we shall see the enemy in Valhalla!::Thorgeir: It is true. But are our men ready for war?::Dane Stewarsson: Hurn! Ecks sittee!::Askur: War! To War!
Marchen Awakens Romance Ending 1
Here's Ending 1 from MAR, requested by x13spiral13x . Enjoy. Song: I Just Wanna Hold You Tight.