Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei
| Mama wa Shōgaku Yonensei | |
Cover of the first DVD box | |
| ママは小学４年生 | |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Hajime Yatate |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shuji Iuchi |
| Produced by | Shinichirō Maeda (NTV) Yūko Sagawa (Asatsu) Eiji Sashida (Sunrise) |
| Music by | Akira Senju Hayato Kanbayashi Michiaki Katō |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | NNS (NTV) |
| Original run | January 10, 1992 – December 25, 1992 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ito Nakamori |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Original run | August 1993 – October 1993 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Mama wa Shōgaku Yonensei (Japanese: ママは小学4年生; "Mama is a 4th Grader") is a Japanese anime television series directed by Shuji Iuchi and produced by Sunrise, Nippon Television and Asatsu. The 51-episode series was first aired from January 10, 1992, through December 25, 1992.
In 1993, Mama wa Shōgaku Yonensei won the 24th Seiun Award in the Best Media category, and was ranked at number fifth in the 15th Anime Grand Prix award for Best Anime category.
This is a series about time travel. A baby mysteriously time travels from the year 2007 to the year 1992, where it is left in the care of Natsumi Mizuki, a past version of the baby's mother. Natsumi has to take care of her daughter, despite only being a 4th grader. Natsumi's own caretaker, her aunt Izumi Shimamura, is less than enthusiastic about the situation.