MÄR, which stands for "Märchen Awakens Romance", is a popular manga series created by mangaka Nobuyuki Anzai. The television anime based on the series is titled MÄR -MÄR Heaven- (MÄR -メルヘヴン-, Meru -Meru Hevun-) and was originally broadcast in Japan on the TXN station. MÄR is characterized by fairy tale motifs running throughout the series, Märchen being itself the German word for "fairy tale". VIZ Media has acquired the North American rights to both the MÄR manga and anime and aired a dubbed version of the series, first on Toonami Jetstream, an online service from Cartoon Network, and then on the network itself, as part of the Toonami programming block.
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The story follows Ginta Toramizu,
a hyper and easily excitable boy who has always dreamed of a fantasy
world, and has been transported to one, the world of MÄR-Heaven, by an
extremely powerful Dimension ÄRM known as "Gate Keeper Clown." It was
used in desperation by the world of MÄR-Heaven, which is in a period of
oppression and instability caused by the mysterious reappearance of the
Chess Piece Army. The "Gate Keeper Clown" goes as far as to pluck the
surprised and shocked Ginta out of his classroom during a fairly typical
day of school, where, being a dreamer, he is constantly heckled by his
classmates for his lack of physical prowess, except for his childhood
friend Koyuki who encourages him to tell her about the dreams.
Upon appearing in MÄR-Heaven, his physical weakness is replaced
with physical strength as well as incredible stamina and endurance. The
explanation given was that the gravity was lower in MÄR-Heaven, thereby
bestowing relative strength and endurance on Ginta. However, no
explanation was given for his improved eyesight. Ginta, who on Earth was
a typical video game geek and underachieving student with a drunkard
chain-smoking writer for a mother, finds his wildest dreams come true by
discovering a world beyond his own where he can be someone else.
Ginta quickly meets the mysterious witch Dorothy, who introduces him to the powerful magical items called "ÄRMs"(pronounced air-um).
Dorothy plans to obtain the mysterious ÄRM Babbo, and brings
Ginta along. Babbo is extremely special for an ÄRM: he can be shaped
into different forms with the use of imagination and possesses a will of
his own. However, he has lost all this memory, and considering himself a
"gentleman". After saving Dorothy from Babbo's guardian, Ginta becomes
the new owner of Babbo, though at first they do not get along.
He continues on a journey of discovery, reveling in this new
world, but also finds that he misses the real world. Eventually Ginta
forms resolves to find a way to reach home while enjoying as much of
MÄR-Heaven as he can along the way. However, it is not long before Ginta
finds out that the world of MÄR-Heaven is not as peaceful as it seems,
as he is attacked by thieves wishing to steal Babbo (who is wanted by
the Chess Pieces Army). He soon meets Alviss, the person who brought him
to MÄR-Heaven using the Gate Keeper Clown, and acknowledges the
upcoming war with the Chess Piece Army. The army aims to destroy the
peace of MÄR-Heaven.
Many more secrets and characters come to light, especially that
of the epic MÄR-Heaven War six years ago, in which a mysterious man
called Danna (lit. 'Boss' in Japanese, and in the Toonami Jetstream
Anime) from Ginta's world defeated the champion knight of the Chess
Piece Army, Phantom (the former owner of Babbo), ending the first
MÄR-Heaven War. However, he gave his life in the process. As time
passes, the story reveals that Phantom has been resurrected and wants to
start another reign of terror over the world, with the help of the evil
queen of Lestava.
Most of the series is borrowed from fairy tales, or marchen.
Coincidentally, Ginta's mother writes marchen (but as stated in the
first episode, that doesn't mean she believes in them).

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