Mamotte! Lollipop

Nina Yamada's greatest dream is to find someone that will protect her in the same way the princesses are in her storybooks. She soon desperately needs that protection: when she swallows a strange pink ball of what she believes to be hard candy, a huge number of people fall from the sky. The ball she swallowed is the Crystal Pearl, a symbolic trinket that magic users from another world fight over. The winner of the Crystal Pearl passes a magic exam that can grant them the prestigious title of professional wizards.

Zero and Ichii, two young men taking the exam together, quickly determine that the pearl is inside Nina and promise to protect her until the exam is over. With countless other examinees after the object, their task is daunting—but not as brutal as the embarrassment Nina faces when she arrives at school with two handsome boys at her heels.

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Zero Main

Ootani, Miki Japanese

Yamada, Nina Main

Shouji, Yui Japanese

Ichii Main

Nakamura, Daisuke Japanese

Sherard, Forte Supporting

Namiki, Noriko Japanese

Sherard, San Supporting

Saitou, Momoko Japanese

Akatsuki, Nanase Supporting

Miyoshi, Rie Japanese

Rill Supporting

Wan, Rokka Supporting

Nogawa, Sakura Japanese

Zura Supporting

Kobayashi, Akiko Japanese

Kuku Supporting

Suzuki, Masami Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hieda, Susumu Producer

Nakamura, Noriyuki Director

Hamano, Kazuzou Sound Director

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Apr 13, 2025

kuusoup

Recommended

I have not seen this show since middle school, and oh my god i had to write a review of his show. Okay so... I rewatched this anime so I could write this review. Ahem, Mamotte! Lollipop/Save Me Lollipop! is a fairly short 13 episode show. The show's main character is Nina, a 12-year-old girl who mistakenly eats a pink crystal pearl that is sought by a swarm of examinee sorcerers from another dimension. And two boys who dropped from the sky swear to keep her safe till the exam is done. That is the gist of all of it!

So... This show is ... cringe, like 6th grader who wrote a fanfic level of cringe... And I ate this up as usual. It's so bad that it's good! I like shoujo and fantasy so this anime caught me hook, line, and sinker. The anime has a trickle of backstories throughout the episodes, but not much. The ending was not for me at all. It wasn't really enjoyable.

Anyway, this series would've been entertaining for young audiences a decade ago. I would've scored this higher since it has a special place in my heart, but when I rewatched it my scorer is lower now.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 23, 2022

pinkreverie

Mixed Feelings

Mamotte/Save Me! Lollipop is the kind of show that’s so bad it’s good.
The story is absolutely ridiculous and full of plot holes. The entire PREMISE of the show makes no sense (can’t she just digest the Crystal Pearl and get rid of it that way?) and it gets even wilder from there. The animation is shitty even for a mid-2000s kids anime, and the characters too. We’ve got the immature middle school girl protagonist, the two boy best friends (the ‘edgy’ one with anime boy hair and a rude personality, and the calmer one with a dark backstory + earring), and a slew of ... villain pairs who get more and more bland as the show goes on. I’m pretty sure the soundtrack (excluding the OP and ED, which too are generic J-Pop tunes) is just stock music the studio found, because I can’t find it anywhere on the internet.
But something about this show has always stuck with me. I don't know if it's the shock of how it got made, nostalgia, or something else, but I keep coming back to it! Would I actually recommend this show? No. But if you want a really good show to laugh at with your friends, maybe check it out.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 29, 2019

FlamBam77

Not Recommended

What can i say other than this is an anime that i absolutely hate and use my entire existence to dislike.

The main character who swallowed the pearl was very bland and annoying throughout the whole series and was just selfish and if i didnt know any better she could of well been the villain. The other characters were meh and forgettable and had very few memorable traits.

Whenever i mention this to my friends, i urge them to watch it just so i can show them how bad it is. Overall if you couldnt tell i dont recommend this anime and trust me you have ... better uses of your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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