Saber Marionette J: Saber Marionette J
Episode Guide
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Enter Lime! - The Planet of Men
Oct 1, 1996 · 25 min
Three hundred years ago, six men crash-landed on Terra II after their ship blew up. Through genetic engineering, men raise clones instead of children. Unable to clone women, societ
Marionette Girl: The Troublemaker
Oct 8, 1996 · 25 min
Otaru struggles with Lime's unique personality, which his neighbors decry as a defective marionette. Meanwhile, Baikou and Tamasaburou of the Japoness imperial guard are after thie
Big Trouble in Castle Japoness
Oct 15, 1996 · 25 min
Otaru, Lime, and Hanagata take a tour of the shogun's museum in the Japoness castle. When Lime accidentally breaks a national treasure, the trio are chased throughout the castle. T
Cherry Panic! The Great Romance Scheme!
Oct 22, 1996 · 25 min
Cherry loves Otaru deeply, but Lime constantly gets in the way of her affection. Determined to get him alone, she arranges for some local thugs to abduct her and send a random note
Challenge form Faust
Oct 29, 1996 · 25 min
Shogun Ieyasu explains to Otaru, Lime, and Cherry why the two marionettes are different from others: the contain a special maiden circuit that gives them emotions. Before he can ex
Passionate Unwelcoming! Flying Love Attack!
Nov 5, 1996 · 25 min
Like Lime and Cherry, Bloodberry is completely enamoured with Otaru, but espite her advances and marriage proposal, he is uninterested. When a dazed and confused Otaru mumbles he w
Getting Rich Quick Is A Sour Joy
Nov 12, 1996 · 25 min
With three marionettes to feed, Otaru finds that his financial means have rapidly dwindled to one remaining coin, enough for one day's supply of rice. Otaru sends Lime to get the r
Love Prophesy - Battle Royale
Nov 19, 1996 · 25 min
While Otaru and the marionettes are working at a haunted house, thieving marionette collectors out to steal Cherry wind up taking Lime instead. Hanagata, wishing to declare his own
If We All Go To Gartlant Together, It Won't Be So Scary
Nov 26, 1996 · 25 min
Faust succeeds in defeating Petersburg, one of the six cities on Terra II, and his sights are set on Japoness. Otaru, carried away by thoughts of being a hero, agrees to the shogun
Infiltration of the Dark Empire
Dec 3, 1996 · 25 min
Otaru, his marionettes, and Hanagata have finally arrived in Gartland and are dismayed by the sight of ruined buildings and people starving in an oppressive police state. Their att
Maiden Circuits Win the Day?!
Dec 10, 1996 · 25 min
Surrounded by the saberdolls, Otaru and the others look defeated when the child they met earlier leads them to a secret hiding place. Gartlant's citizens are just as eager to defea
My First Kiss Tasted Like Plasma
Dec 17, 1996 · 25 min
Although it allowed their mission to succeed, Otaru's marionettes are upset and sulking after he kissed Luchs. They come upon an abandoned hot springs resort and see it as a way of
Otaru's Big Debut! Time For You To Shine
Dec 24, 1996 · 25 min
After saving it from Gartland, Japoness gives everyone a hero's welcome. Otaru gets swept up in his newfound celebrity status and begins to live a life of fame and fortune, all whi
Welcome The New Year! The Otaru Cup Marionette Contest
Jan 7, 1997 · 25 min
In order to finally decide which of them most deserves Otaru, Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry enter a contest to decide the best marionette on Terra II. In spite of their paper-thin d
Revival of the Female?! The Mystery of Lorelei
Jan 14, 1997 · 25 min
Shogun Ieyasu summons Otaru, Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry to the pioneer museum where Lime first awakened. There he explains how the maiden circuits work, allowing them to grow and
What's a "Living Thing"?
Jan 21, 1997 · 25 min
Lime adopts a squirrel as a pet, but Otaru warns it is a big responsibility. When it gets sick, Lime and the others come to terms with the heavy concepts of life and death, and tha
Gentleness, Heartbreak, and Femininity
Jan 28, 1997 · 25 min
Faust gives the saberdolls one last chance to wreak havoc on Japoness before casting them out forever. They slip in to kill the shogun while a huge, black machine distracts everyon
Castle, Transform!! Rise, Japonessguar!
Feb 4, 1997 · 25 min
A gigantic bomb hangs over Japoness and the saberdolls are at the borders. Otaru springs into action but Lime, devastated by Shogun Ieyasu's death, refuses to leave his side. Even
Tiger: To the End of Love, and Beyond!
Feb 11, 1997 · 25 min
With the shogun dead, and no living heir, Bloodberry muses on who will run Japoness now. The shogun and his chamberlain, whose minds were uploaded to Tamasaburo and Baikou, continu
Love Unending, Hearts Distant
Feb 18, 1997 · 25 min
When a distraught Lime flees in horror at Tiger's death, she is found by Souemon Obiichi who tells her he knows of a way to be rid of the heartache. Otaru and others discover Lime
The Big Barbecue Party of Darkness and Light
Feb 25, 1997 · 25 min
In order to celebrate Lime's recovery, everyone in the Kasahari Apartments are going to have a big barbecue. Having forgotten to bring plates, old man Gennai sends Otaru to a nearb
Soaring Emotion
Mar 4, 1997 · 25 min
Faust's latest creation, the chimera-like Saber Beast Leopard, is dispatched to take the maiden circuits once and for all. Otaru and the others are summoned to a meeting with Terra
Faust: Warped Sincerity
Mar 11, 1997 · 25 min
The Earth colony ship, the Mesopotamia, was designed by Lorelei to be a thinking and feeling machine. Before she could perfect the ship's emotions, it too fell in love with her, co
The Maiden's Voyage
Mar 18, 1997 · 25 min
Faust and Ieyasu explain to Otaru that the only way to stop the Mesopotamia is for the three maiden circuits to act as a replacement for Lorelei. However, the only way of reaching
You'll Always Be There
Mar 25, 1997 · 25 min
As the Marionettes, aboard JaponesGar, approach the Mesopotamia and missiles begin to explode all around them, Luche feels the Mesopotamia's feelings - love for Lorelei, anger at t