| Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | |
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All episode VHS covers
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| 御先祖様万々歳! | |
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| Genre | comedy, drama, psychological, science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Umezaki |
| Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Released | August 5, 1989 – January 25, 1990 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime film | |
| MAROKO | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Umezaki |
| Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Released | March 31, 1990 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack | |
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| Compilation album by Kenji Kawai | |
| Released | August 21, 1993 |
| Recorded | 1989-1990 |
| Genre | soundtrack |
| Length | 48:56 |
| Label | EMOTION |
| Producer | Kenji Kawai, Tesshō Genda, Kōichi Yamadera, Machiko Washio, Toshio Furukawa |
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (御先祖様万々歳!?, lit. "Long Long Live the Ancestors!") is a 1989 Japanese comedy drama science fiction OVA directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Pierrot. A compilation film consisting of footage from the episodes entitled MAROKO (麿子? MAROKO), also directed by Oshii, was released in 1990.
The story revolves around the a small, normal family known as the Yomota family: A boy named Inumaru, his father Kinekuni and his mother Tamiko. One day, a beautiful girl with a yellow flower hat at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Despite Tamiko's strong refusal to acknowledge her as a Yomota, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.
The episodes are told in the form of a play.
The Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Original Soundtrack (御先祖様万々歳!オリジナル・サウンドトラック? Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! Orijinaru Saundotorakku, lit. "Long Long Live the Ancestors! Original Soundtrack") CD was released on August 21, 1993.