When Ginta, an average 14-year-old boy, is suddenly transported through a mysterious portal into a fairy tale realm, he must discover whether the World of MÄR is real, or mearly a creation of his overactive imagination. In MÄR, Ginta has super human strength and discovers Babbo - a talking magical weapon knows as an ARM. Together, Ginta and Babbo embark on a quest to save the World of MÄR from total domination by the evil chess pieces, discovering friends and allies along the way.

MÄR was created by Nobuyuki Anzai, and initially joined the Toonami ranks as one of the launch titles for Tooanmi's online broadcast block - Toonami Jetstream. The series joined the On-Air block on December 23rd, 2006 at 10.5pm. MÄR's addition to the on-air Toonami block suggests that the series was popular amongst viewers of it's run on Jetstream, and was a nice surprise to fans despite the odd timeslot.

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.:Episode Guide

1: Open! Door to Another World! 2: Babbo: The Legendary ÄRM! 3: Jack's Battle Shovel in Action! 4: Lost and Found Babbo! 5: Alviss, The Mysterious Young Man! 6: Snow, The Young Girl Inside The Ice! 7: Awaken! Meet the Other Ed! 8: Phantom, The Undead Knight! 9: The Training Gate- Merilo and Bumoru 10: The Second Great War Begins 11: Babbo: Version 2! 12: Nanashi, Chief of Luberia! 13: Nanashi Vs. Orco at the Underground Lake! 14: Babbo Version Three: Gargoyle 15: John Peach, The Seventh Team Member? 16: The War Games Commence! 17: First Battle: Alviss Vs. Leno! 18: First Battle: Part 2, Jack Vs. Pano! 19: Captain Ginta and Gargoyle Vs. Garon! 20: Back to the Training Gate! Learn How To Really Fight! 21: The Deseret Field and the Fighting Princess! 22: Nanashi Vs. Loco and the Straw Doll 23: Dorothy: A Witch To Be Feared! 24: Phantom's Hidden Joy!

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.:Misc.

• Nobuyuki Anzai, the creator of MÄR, is also well-known for his popular series Flame of Recca, which first appeared in 1995 in the prestigious Japanese magazine Shonen Sunday. He is also the author of R Princess.



• Was along the ranks with Megas XLR, Samurai Jack, Prince of Tennis, Naruto, and Hikaru no Go! as launch titles for Toonami: Jetstream



• The full title is: Märchen Awakens Romance



• Nanashi in Japanese can also mean 'the one without a name'



• Viz Media aquired the rights to the MÄR TV show in January of 2006

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