Team MÄR

Team MÄR are the main protagonists in the popular manga and anime series MÄR: Marchen Awakens Romance by Nobuyuki Anzai.

Ginta Toramizu

(虎水ギンタ "Toramizu Ginta")
anime voices|Motoko Kumai|Spike Spencer The main character of the series. A fun-loving, care-free boy who uses Babbo as his ÄRM. Being originally from another world (Earth) he was originally weak and nerdy (a stereotypical otaku) until he arrived in MÄR-Heaven, where he gained superior physical ability (and clear vision without his glasses), and his path happened to coincide with that of the ÄRM of legend Babbo.

Babbo

(バッボ, "Babbo")
anime voices|Banjou Ginga|Michael McConnohie

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The only known ÄRM in MÄR-Heaven with a human soul - which is actually the magic kingdom Caldia's former Elder's, and therefore the only one able to talk without being activated. The Team's emblem can be seen upon looking at Babbo at a downward angle.

now

(スノウ, "Sunou")
anime voices|Ai Shimizu|Michelle Ruff

Snow who was on the run from her step mother with her servant and good friend Ed. People were told by the queen to kill her. Much later they find an abandoned castle. As they explore it Snow decided to seal herself away in ice. Ed tried to convince her to not seal herself, but Snow reminded him about the fact of the people after her and told him to run. Snow then told him to come back later with a Fire ÄRM to free her when he is strong enough. When Ed returned with Ginta, Babbo, and Jack they met up with Dorothy then after saying farewell Dorothy told the Chess to come out and she killed them as a favor for Ginta. That's when Alviss and Bell arive. When Ginta and friends arrive to Snow they see the enemies a man and a little girl. A fight starts with Ginta and the man. Later Ed becomes Aran who then gives the Fire ÄRM to Ginta telling him to save Snow while continues the fight in his place. Behind a pillar is Alviss and Bell watching the fight. When Ginta melts Snow from the ice Snow falls and on accident they kiss. Making it Ginta's, Snow's, and their first kiss. This when Snow first appeared on MÄR.

Snow is the princess and only heir to Lestava and is the counter part of Koyuki. Lestava is the capital of MÄR Heaven. Snow has a VERY BIG crush on Ginta, so she is easily jealous of the times when Dorothy rubs on Ginta, kisses him all over the face, or jumps on him. Anytime Snow gets jealous you can see giant flames cover her, so Ed usually panics right about now. You mainly see Snow wearing a pink ribbon, a pink with white jacket, a pink two strapped tanktop (that you don't see very often), deep red shorts, pink leg warmers, and pink tennis shoes. At first look Snow seems like a helpless 14 year old princess, but her true self is an incredibly strong, loud, easily annoyed, scary, and completely strange girl. Do to her appearance many people misjudge her and go easy on her to find themselves beaten to a bloody pulp. Only her good friends seem to know of her true personality. Snow uses Ice ÄRM to fight and protect.

• Healing Angel (Holy ÄRM) - This ÄRM takes a lot of Magical Power out of the user, but it can heal any wound.

• Ice Sword (Ice Nature ÄRM) - A sword made of ice that united to Snow's hand also it is very sharp making it perfect for hand to hand combat.

• Ice Earth (Ice Nature ÄRM) - This is the ÄRM that Snow used to seal herself and it can create blocks of ice to throw at enemies.

• Yuki-Chan (Ice Gaurdian ÄRM) - This is Snow's first Gaurdian ÄRM and friend that she can use for many different uses like to protect her, to multiply, and to drop heavily on people.

• Undine (Water Gaurdian ÄRM) - Snow's second Gaurdian. Undine has a calm and kind personality. She follows the users comands. She knows what to do in the worst conditions. With her water element she can do many fearful things.

Jack

(ジャック, "Jakku")
anime voices|Daisuke Sakaguchi|Bryce Papenbrook The one who meets Ginta early in his adventure and after the boy helps him beat the Rugelu Brothers, a pair of werewolves that were terrorizing Jack's home to claim the farm's vegetables, he and Ginta becomes best friends. Loud-mouthed and clumsy, Jack is the weakest of Team MÄR (though he is still on par with a knight), however not by any means the least resolute, if not the most: he never misses a chance on training to get stronger, first not to be a burden to others, and second, to avenge the death of his father Jake - a former soldier of the Cross Guard - who died in the first War Game at the hand of one Zodiac Knight, Weasel. He also has a hopeless crush on every cute girl he can lay his eyes on, especially Snow and Dorothy, despite how cruelly they treat him. Eventually, his luck with females changes as he gains former Rook Pano as his girlfriend. In the end of the anime, Jack lives with his mom, Pano, and the two vegetarian werewolves that now work for him. A user of plant/earth-type ÄRMs:(he closely resembles Monta (Eyeshield 21) from Eyeshield 21)

* Battle Scoop/Battle Shovel: Also called the Earth Scoop, a Weapon ÄRM that Jack's Dad left for him that can also be used as a weapon. The ÄRM's typically horrendously weak, it is afterward upgraded by Dorothy with magic stones.
** Earth Wave: Using the power of the magic stones, Jack's Battle Shovel sends out a small earthquake towards his opponent.
** Earth Beans: Jack scatters several small beans on the ground and uses his Battle Shovel to make them instantly grow into giant vines to snare his enemies.
** Magic Mushrooms/Funky Fungi: Jack spreads spores onto his enemy that quickly sprout into mushrooms. These mushrooms then emit hallucinogens into his enemy, causing them to see illusions.The hallucinations, depending on the person, will differ. If the person is optimistic then the hallucinations won't be as bad for someone with a pessimistic personality.
** Beans Shield: Jack uses his Battle Shovel to instantly grow a giant, hollow bean that he can then hide inside to avoid attacks.
** Beans Shield Version 2: This was first shown in his fight with Vidar, Jack uses one half of the Beans Shield as a portable shield to defend with.
* Mehitos: From beneath the ground, this cephalotus Guardian bursts forth to Jack's summon and, under his commands, consumes all adversaries.
* Poof(Will 'o Wisp Fire): Using a ruby-engraved ring Guardian ÄRM as a medium, Jack calls to his side a flame-haired cheery midget donning Arabian clothes and when the order for destruction is issued, it will practically reduce everything to ashes with its flame.

Dorothy

(ドロシー, "Doroshii")
anime voices|Saki Nakajima|Wendee Lee

A beautiful princess of Caldia that's also a witch of immeasurable power, and the younger sister of Diana, Queen of Chess Pieces (the former princess of Caldia). She is the Aunt of Snow and thus, she bears the responsibility to put a permanent rest to Diana's actions in accordance to the laws of their birthplace, the magic kingdom Caldia. She is first to appear walking up to Ginta. Since she saw the great strength of Ginta, she asked him to help her get ÄRM. When he refused, she offered up a Weapon ÄRM that was completely useless. Ginta agreed not knowing a thing about the ÄRM, so they enter the cave of where the ÄRM is sealed. Later, when they arrive at the ÄRM's location they have to face a powerful Guardian ÄRM, Brikkin. As Dorothy fights it with her Guardian ÄRM Flying Leo, Ginta gets the ÄRM who calls himself Babbo, then Flying Leo breaks, and so with Babbo he beats the Guardian Brikkin. Later they argue over Babbo to the point when Dorothy tried and failed to pick up Babbo because it was to heavy thus Ginta got Babbo. Disappointed she flew away on the Weapon ÄRM Zephiroth's Broom.

Dorothy has an interest in stealing any uncommon ÄRMs she comes across (which is also her other duty on Kaldea's behalf), heaping up into a wide variety for her collection, but she seems to prefer Guardian ÄRMs and Wind-themed ÄRMs in battle. Dorothy's moods can vary from the sweet, kind-hearted girl to the pitiless, cruel fighter who could kill her enemies without any second thought. She also has a notably large crush on Ginta, leading her to smother him with attention, much to Princess Snow's dismay.

Alan

(アラン, "Aran")
anime voices|Juurouta Kosugi|Lex Lang A hardened (smoking) warrior, the powerful human who participated in the previous MÄR-Heaven War against the Chess Piece, known as the 2nd man, Danna's partner in the Cross Guard. His power level is said to be equivalent to a Knight in the method of power ranking used by the Chess Pieces, and once fought to a draw with the Knight's second in command, the one ranked directly under the No.1 Knight Phantom, Halloween. However, because of a curse set by Halloween's Darkness ÄRM, Igneil, in the same fight, Alan was sealed inside the court guardian and custodian dog of princess Snow, Edward. In order to change back into Alan, Ed has to sleep three times, often forcibly knocking himself out, which is too risky and inconvenient for most situations. If Alan sleeps once, he becomes Ed again. After the visit from Phantom and his Zodiac Knights, Alan and Ed are split apart into two beings by Ginta, using Babbo's Alice transformation. Ironically, due to his time inside Edward, Alan has developed a fear of cats. In the end of the anime, Alan lives with Chaton, Babbo, and the baby Loco. His ÄRMs include:

* ÄRM of Flame: a flame Nature ÄRM, this is the natural counter to Snow's ÄRM and is able to conjure fire in any form. This is what he uses to light his cigars.
* Shadowman: A Nature ÄRM that can create a being out of a persons shadow, this copy has the same magical powers and skills as the person it is based on.
* Training Gate: A Dimension ÄRM that Alan used to train Ginta, Snow, Jack. and Dorothy. It puts people at the user's will inside this gate, where time slows to 1/60th of its outside time and with many challenges programmed within it, the dimension serves good training ground. The drawback to using this ÄRM is that Alan cannot go inside the Gate himself and he cannot move while he uses it.
* Air Hammer: A set of rings and bangles Dimension ÄRM and Alan's most frequently used weapon. It uses an attack called "Air Freeze" that creates blasts of air shaped into concussive blasts and compensates for Alan's lack of ranged attacks.
* Flying Carpet: (Ed's) A Dimension ÄRM used for transportation.
* Merilo: A pendant Guardian ÄRM in the form of a polite, slender girl with a cat tail and ears, used to help people the Training Gate train, and to navigate for them. She's referred to as 'the cute one'. Although she does have cat attributes, Alan doesn't fear her because she is an ÄRM
* Bumolu: A Guardian ÄRM in the form of a rude, fat woman with a bear tail and ears, used to help people the Training Gate train, and to navigate for them. She's referred to as 'the ugly one.'
* Saint Anger: A pair of bracelet Guardian ÄRM which summons two giant armour hands with titanic powers.

Alviss

(アルヴィス, "Aruvisu")
anime voices|Souichirou Hoshi|Yuri Lowenthal

The cold figure of MÄR, Alviss is the one who brought Ginta into MÄR-Heaven. He joined the Cross Guard in the 1st War Game and grew fond of their leader, Danna, with whom he shared the very same goal for which they put their lives at risk, to fight the Chess and protect MÄR-Heaven. This pure courage, however, got Alviss further than he could ever have expected even in his wildest dream, Phantom also chose him as one who would reside in the dreary future of MÄR-Heaven, in the form of a Zombie-tattooed undead.

Nanashi

(ナナシ, "Nanashi")
anime voices|Masaya Onosaka|Liam O'Brien
Nanashi was found by Galian in the middle of nowhere, lying alone and nearly dead due to a nasty wound in his stomach. After he was revived by him and taken to the bandit Guild of Luberia, it turned out he had no memory of his past or even his name, and thus Galian named him Nanashi (nameless). Galian would later betray Nanashi, joining the Chess Pieces and leaving him in charge of Luberia after erasing his memory of him. Nanashi's main goal is to track down the Chess Piece responsible for wiping out Luberia (Peta) and avenge his slain allies. Though through all his seriousness in killing Peta and avenging his comrades, Nanashi still has time for flirting.he also has a girl friend Bell. It's also implied that Nanashi is from earth, because Babbo says he has the same scent as Ginta.

Trivia

* The witch Dorothy is a direct derivation from Dorothy Gale of "The Wizard of Oz". Most of her Guardian ÄRMs are plays on characters from the series: Her favourite ÄRM she calls "Toto" referring to Dorothy's dog Toto. Flying Leo is the Cowardly Lion, Rock Giant Golem as the Tinman, Crucified Scarecrow is the Scarecrow, and Crazy Quilt is Patchwork Girl from The Patchwork Girl of Oz of the same author. Also, in place of the "Wicked Witch of the West", the one whom Dorothy must kill is her witch sister, Diana, while the one commanding the act instead of Oz is Caldea's Grand Elder.
* The princess Snow is a derivation from princess Snow White of the fairytale "Snow White".
* Jack the peasant boy is designed after Jack the farmer from the tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk".
* The name of Alviss is derived from Alvíss, a dwarf in Norse mythology who was tricked by Thor into petrifying himself, ironically caused by his profound wisdom which successfully answered all of Thor's questions.
* The name of the magic kingdom Caldea, is very possibly derived from Chaldea, a Hellenistic designation for a country situated in southern Babylonia recorded in ancient scripts, whose scholars were found to be extraordinarily versed in all forms of incantation, sorcery, witchcraft and magicals arts, beside being masters in writing and reading.
* In episode 1 of the series "Hayate the Combat Butler" a picture of Dorothy can be seen on a telephone pole that Hayate is behind while being told the various ways he can pay back his parents' debt (at time 10:19)
* In episode 5 of the series "Hayate the Combat Butler" Ginta and Dorothy make a special guest appearance for an applause at Hayate's magnificent save of a falling octopus truck.
* In the English version, when Snow is training with Ginta in the Training Dimension, Ginta makes a comment about all the Guardians he's seen were "lions and golems and stuff." to which Snow responds "Oh my!". This is reference to a song in "The Wizard of Oz" called "lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!"
* It is heavily implied that Nanashi is the Joker from the Flame of Recca series.
* The top head of Alviss' ÄRM 13 Totem Pole bears a strong resemblance to the head of tokusatsu/anime Super Robot "Red Baron", hinting a very possible homage.