Wandaba Style

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Wacky Science Fiction Series Wandaba Style


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ja_name = 妄想科学シリーズ ワンダバスタイル
ja_name_trans = Mōsō Kagaku Series Wandaba Style
genre = Adventure, Comedy, Science fictionInfobox animanga/Anime
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director = Nobuhiro Takamoto
studio = Wonderfarm
network = Kids Station
first = 5 April 2003
last = 21 June 2003
episodes = 12

Nihongo|"Wacky Science Fiction Series Wandaba Style"|妄想科学シリーズ ワンダバスタイル|Mōsō Kagaku Series Wandaba Style, shortened to "Wandaba Style" in the English language release, is a twelve part anime series. The story is about a pop idol band named "Mix Juice" who need any kind of gig to make their name famous. At the same time, a young boy genius plans on taking a trip to the moon without using fossil fuels to pollute Earth's atmosphere. Thanks to some clever managing, the girls of Mix Juice and the scientist plan on making their first concert on the moon by any means necessary. The television series was released in English by ADV Films and 3 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD.

Main characters

All the female leads are named after flowers in the Japanese language. "Sakura" means 'cherry blossom', "Himawari" means 'sunflower', "Ayame" means 'iris', "Yuri" means 'lily', and "Kiku" means 'chrysanthemum'.

The Mix Juice girls also have seasons within their last names. "Haru" means 'spring', "Natsu" means 'summer', "Aki" means 'autumn' and "Fuyu" means 'winter'.

Sakura Haruno (春野桜 "Haruno Sakura") - Sakura is a nursery music singer who's spoiled by her success. She's the smart-aleck kid of "Mix Juice" who usually gets in trouble due to her mouthing off. Like most children her age, Sakura has a severe and intense fear of the dark. Sakura has blond hair in pigtails and hazel eyes. She weighs 48 kg and is 155 cm tall. Her measurements are 75-58-71. Anime voices|Rika Morinaga|Luci Christian

Himawari Natsuwa (夏輪向日葵 "Natsuwa Himawari") - Himawari is an enka balladeer and speaks in traditional Japanese fashion as well as modern Japanese. She works part-time at a construction site where she's the focus of a lot of construction workers. Himawari has black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. She weighs 48 kg and is 158 cm tall. Her measurements are 84-58-77. Anime voices|Mai Nakahara|Monica Rial

Ayame Akimo (秋茂菖蒲 "Akimo Ayame") - Ayame is the soft-spoken member of Mix Juice and also the most eccentric. She claims that there are fairies in the world and that only she can see them. Ayame is a modern folk singer reminiscent of the Woodstock era. Ayame has blue hair and blue eyes. She weighs 46 kg and is 160 cm tall. Her measurements are 78-57-76. She wears glasses as well. Anime voices|Chiwa Saito|Nancy Novotny

Yuri Fuyude (冬出百合 "Fuyude Yuri") - Yuri is a rocker rebel singer who swings to the beat of her own drum. She constantly gets fired from her jobs due to her stubborn pride as a musician trying to go against new idol singers performing at places she works in. Although Yuri acts tough, she has severe acrophobia, or fear of heights. Yuri has long brown hair and blue eyes. She weighs 52 kg and is 163 cm tall. Her measurements are 83-56-84. Anime voices|Kana Ueda|Kira Vincent-Davis

Dr. Susumu Tsukumo (九十九科学 "Tsukumo Susumu") - Dr. Tsukumo is a young brown haired boy who wears a lab coat with the number 99 on the back. His theory was that man never landed on the moon and plans on doing it without using fossil fuels for a rocket. Dr. Tsukumo creates custom rockets called "Wandaba Mark #" for experimentation. Whenever Tsukumo measures something, he uses the outdated Japanese metric system like shaku, sun, ri and koku. Anime voices|Kouki Miyata|Tiffany Grant

Kiku No. 8 (キク8号 "Kiku Hachi-gō") - Kiku No. 8 is Dr. Tsukumo's android lab assistant and a human satellite. Kiku's body is constructed of a solar-powered metal that recharges her. Sakura faults Tsukumo for this design accusing him of being a pervert. Kiku has short pink hair and a faceless expression. During the end of some episodes of "Wandaba Style", she introduces "Kiku's Countdown Corner" to count how many days before the deadline of reaching the moon. Anime voices|Ai Shimizu|Hilary Haag

Michael Hanagata (マイケル花形 "Maikeru Hanagata") - Mix Juice's shady and sleazy manager, Michael is a skinny man with a blonde afro, big sunglasses and an even bigger mouth. He dreamed of managing the best band in the world that would make him millions. Michael often finds himself launched into orbit by some of Tsukumo's experiments. Every time he says his name, he gets interrupted. Anime voices|Susumu Chiba|Jason Douglas

Ichirin - Dr. Tsukumo's robot unicycle and lab assistant that looks after him like a big brother. Tsukumo was an only child. Ichirin helps out with Tsukumo's experiments and to keep track of the progress. Ichirin's voice is more cultured like a butler's.

Tsukumo's parents - Dr. Tsukumo's parents are both scientists named Hikaru and Furuko. Hikaru was experimenting with an earlier rocket to try to reach the moon and was never heard from again. It turns out in Tsukumo fashion, it fell back to Earth and was living in Canada at the time. Furuko is a vicious, wicked and selfish mother to the doctor during his youth and has become his mortal enemy. Near the end of "Wandaba Style", Fukuro finally reconciled with her son and put this long-standing rivalry to rest. She joined Hikaru in the limousine and Dr. Tsukumo resumed his experiments.

External links

* [http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/wandaba/ Official site]
* [http://www.advfilms.com ADV Films]
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* [http://www.mirai.ne.jp/~gotop/ Peeping P!]