Mamotte! Lollipop

Mamotte! Lollipop
Cover of the first volume by Del Rey Manga
まもって！ロリポップ (Mamotte! Roripoppu)
Genre	Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Michiyo Kikuta
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	UK Tanoshimi (2007-2009) US Del Rey Manga (2007-2010)
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Original run	October 3, 2002 – June 2005
Volumes	7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Noriyoshi Nakamura
Produced by	Futoshi Nakabayashi Reiko Takeshita Shin Hieda
Written by	Mitsutaka Hirota Toshizo Nemoto Yoshimi Narita Yuka Yamada
Music by	Kazuzo Hamano Lantis
Studio	Studio Comet Sunshine Corporation Marvelous Entertainment SKY Perfect Well Think Amuse Soft Entertainment
Licensed by	NA Funimation Entertainment (2009-present)
Original network	TV Setouchi, GBS, Chiba TV, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, KAB, Kids Station
Original run	July 1, 2006 – September 23, 2006
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Manga
Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop!
Written by	Michiyo Kikuta
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Original run	July 3, 2006 – December 28, 2007
Volumes	6 (List of volumes)

Mamotte! Lollipop (まもって！ロリポップ, Mamotte! Roripoppu^?, lit. "Protect! Lollipop") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Michiyo Kikuta (菊田みちよ, Kikuta Michiyo^?). It was serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005.

The story revolves around female protagonist Nina Yamada, a seventh grader who accidentally swallows the Crystal Pearl thinking it was candy. The pearl is the goal of a sorcery examination where the students must retrieve it to pass. But since Nina has swallowed the pearl, she is now the target. Fortunately for Nina, two of the examinees decide to protect her from the other students while they work on a potion to extract the pearl from Nina.

In 2006, Mamotte! Lollipop was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of Noriyoshi Nakamura (中村憲由, Nakamura Noriyoshi^?). The anime series aired between July 1, 2006 and September 2006 in Japan on KAB. In 2009, FUNimation Entertainment dubbed the anime under the name Save Me! Lollipop.