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Diedrupo · 2004-01-23, 00:16

Ok I love the show and everything, but is it really set in 1902? Maybe the original novels were set in 1902, but the manga has to be set later, cause of a lot of things (notably one of the girls has a pixie hair cut, one of the girls has a freakin' color camera, the school has a newspaper club, etc.)

Does anyone know for sure, or are there any articles or author notes that state the anachronisms are deliberate?

FubaredByAnime · 2004-01-23, 00:29

Considering that ep 2 begins with a scene showing a modern day house and then Yumi's room with a computer, I don't think this anime takes place anytime before 1990.

So it's definitely in the modern age.

Diedrupo · 2004-01-23, 03:02

really? I didn't even notice the computer or that scene.

Archaic · 2004-01-23, 03:10

Just where was it ever stated that the novels/manga/anime were set in 1902 anyway? I hadn't heard of this before.

Kay Hearts · 2004-01-23, 04:43

yep, also the camera had electronic functions and when Yumi is having breakfast in ep 2 you can see a ver modern-day fridge ^^

pkgirl163 · 2004-03-29, 07:54

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Originally Posted by Archaic

Just where was it ever stated that the novels/manga/anime were set in 1902 anyway? I hadn't heard of this before.

That is actually the year that Lillian was founded. Maybe someone read that and got confused? I think people might have originally assumed that it took place in the past because it has a kind of old-fashioned shoujo feel to it. I've also heard that if Lillian bears any resemblance to "real" Japanese all-girl schools, it is to ones in the past rather than ones in the present. Maybe that's part of it too?

Göönk · 2004-03-29, 12:13

that explains why there is no purple hairs in that anime

laurore31 · 2004-03-29, 12:24

I think you confuse with the creation of the school

the school was created in 1901. (source : official site)

2004-01-23, 00:16	Link #1
Diedrupo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003	Maria-sama ga Miteru setting question Ok I love the show and everything, but is it really set in 1902? Maybe the original novels were set in 1902, but the manga has to be set later, cause of a lot of things (notably one of the girls has a pixie hair cut, one of the girls has a freakin' color camera, the school has a newspaper club, etc.) Does anyone know for sure, or are there any articles or author notes that state the anachronisms are deliberate?

2004-01-23, 00:29	Link #2
FubaredByAnime Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fairfax, VA, USA	Considering that ep 2 begins with a scene showing a modern day house and then Yumi's room with a computer, I don't think this anime takes place anytime before 1990. So it's definitely in the modern age.

2004-01-23, 03:02	Link #3
Diedrupo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003	really? I didn't even notice the computer or that scene.

2004-01-23, 03:10	Link #4
Archaic 昔 Join Date: Jan 2004	Just where was it ever stated that the novels/manga/anime were set in 1902 anyway? I hadn't heard of this before.

2004-01-23, 04:43	Link #5
Kay Hearts Cute ahiru ^v^ quack Join Date: Nov 2003	yep, also the camera had electronic functions and when Yumi is having breakfast in ep 2 you can see a ver modern-day fridge ^^

2004-03-29, 12:13	Link #7
Göönk Macross fan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: France	that explains why there is no purple hairs in that anime

2004-03-29, 12:24	Link #8
laurore31 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: France	I think you confuse with the creation of the school the school was created in 1901. (source : official site)