Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus

Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (ママはぽよぽよザウルスがお好き) is a yonkoma manga series by Takako Aonuma which ran in the Japanese child-raising magazine Petit Enfant. The manga was adapted to a 52-episode anime TV series which ran on the MBS and TBS networks (except for TV Yamaguchi) from September 2, 1995 through August 31, 1996. It was rebroadcast from 2001 to 2002 on Tokyo Metropolitan Television. The series is sometimes called Mama Poyo.

The series follows the "adventures" of a young mother and father as they deal with the joys and challenges of raising small children. The "poyopoyo" in the title is an onomatopoeia for the young children "toddling" around (or walking unsteadily).

Manga, first release

 * Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-00058-9
 * Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-00063-5
 * Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-00072-4
 * Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-00082-1

Manga, second release

 * Volume 1: ISBN 4-344-00422-1
 * Volume 2: ISBN 4-344-00443-4
 * Volume 3: ISBN 4-344-00461-2
 * Volume 4: ISBN 4-344-00479-5

Toilet training book
This book was written by Eiichi Hoashi, a well-known child psychologist in Japan. Aonuma wrote the accompanying manga used to illustrate the various ideas and techniques presented in the book.
 * The Battle to Get Two-year-old Ann Out of Diapers: Mama Poyo Special: Going to Undies in Four Steps, ISBN 4-574-00078-3

Anime picture books

 * Volume 1: ISBN 4-574-80037-2
 * Volume 2: ISBN 4-574-80038-0
 * Volume 3: ISBN 4-574-80039-9
 * Volume 4: ISBN 4-574-80040-2
 * Volume 5: ISBN
 * Volume 6: ISBN
 * Volume 7: ISBN
 * Volume 8: ISBN
 * Volume 9: ISBN 4-574-80045-3
 * Volume 10: ISBN 4-574-80046-1
 * Volume 11: ISBN 4-574-80078-X
 * Volume 12: ISBN 4-574-80079-8

Cast
In the manga, the names of the characters are the real names of the Aonuma family, but in the anime, they were given new names. Following are names used in the anime:
 * Hyōga Poyota: Yuri Shiratori (5 years old, boy, in oldest class in pre-school)
 * Jura Poyota: Satomi Kōrogi (3 years old, girl, in youngest class in pre-school)
 * Mirai Poyota: Rica Matsumoto (Mom, housewife and picture book author)
 * Gendai Poyota: Yūichi Nagashima (Dad, salaryman, called "Darling" by Mirai)

Other characters:
 * Emi Kunitachi: Kumiko Nishihara
 * Reira Kunitachi: Hinako Kanamaru
 * Yū Kunitachi: Fujiko Takimoto
 * Employee B: Wakana Yamazaki

Staff

 * Original creator: Takako Aonuma
 * Director: Takayoshi Suzuki
 * Script: Mamiko Ikeda, Minori Ikeno, Tomoko Ishizuka
 * Producers: Hiroshi Nishikiori, Fūta Morita, Jōhei Matsuura, Shinya Hanai, Masahiro Hosoda, others
 * Character designs: Tatsuo Miura
 * Animation director: Tatsuo Miura, Hiroshi Oikawa, Shinichirō Kajiura, Hirokazu Ishino, others
 * Background artist: Gōichi Kudō
 * Art director: Satoshi Suzuki
 * Music: Kazunori Maruyama
 * Sound effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)
 * Audio production: San'onkyō
 * Production: MBS, Nippon Animation
 * Writing: Takako Aonuma, MBS, Nippon Animation

Opening

 * Beeper Love
 * Vocals: Now
 * Lyrics: Umedy
 * Composer: Cake-K
 * Arrangement: Shige

Ending

 * Itsu no Ma ni ka Kimi o (いつのまにか君を) (acoustic version)
 * Vocals: Masatoshi Ono
 * Lyrics: Masatoshi Ono
 * Composer: Tsukasa
 * Arrangement: Yoshio Tsuru


 * Spicy Life (スパイシー・ライフ)
 * Vocals: Rica Matsumoto
 * Lyrics: Rui Serizawa
 * Composer: Kazuyoshi Shina
 * Arrangement: Tatsuya Nishiwaki