Trouble Chocolate
Encyclopedia
is a comedy
anime
produced by AIC
in 1999 and is licensed in the United States by Viz Media
. The series features Cacao, a student at Micro-Grand Academy studying magic. One day, while his magic class teacher, Ghana, is performing a spell to summon a tree spirit, Cacao finds and eats some chocolate, which turns out to be 200 year old magical chocolate. After eating the chocolate he becomes drunk and causes a wreck. During this, he interferes with Ghana's spell, letting the spirit, Hinano, escape. She inhabits the body of a marionette, who then moves in with Cacao.
Subsequent episodes of Trouble Chocolate have little connected storyline. Rather, the show is a parody
of other anime. For example, two other characters, Murakata and Deborah, are constantly shown professing their love to each other, set to absurdly explosive special effects and backdrops, as is common (to a lesser extent) in many anime.
The dub
bed dialogue in Trouble Chocolate (written by professional comedy writer Pamela Ribon
and recorded by The Ocean Group
) often bears little or no resemblance to the original script (as heard in Japanese
and seen in the subtitles), as opposed to the normal convention of translating the words as directly as the change in lip-sync will allow.
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
produced by AIC
AIC (company)
, often abbreviated as AIC, is a Japanese anime studio with headquarters in Nerima, Tokyo.The company was founded on July 15, 1982. In addition to producing anime for domestic consumption in Japan, AIC has provided animation assistance on other animated series such as Inspector Gadget...
in 1999 and is licensed in the United States by Viz Media
VIZ Media
VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...
. The series features Cacao, a student at Micro-Grand Academy studying magic. One day, while his magic class teacher, Ghana, is performing a spell to summon a tree spirit, Cacao finds and eats some chocolate, which turns out to be 200 year old magical chocolate. After eating the chocolate he becomes drunk and causes a wreck. During this, he interferes with Ghana's spell, letting the spirit, Hinano, escape. She inhabits the body of a marionette, who then moves in with Cacao.
Subsequent episodes of Trouble Chocolate have little connected storyline. Rather, the show is a parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of other anime. For example, two other characters, Murakata and Deborah, are constantly shown professing their love to each other, set to absurdly explosive special effects and backdrops, as is common (to a lesser extent) in many anime.
The dub
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
bed dialogue in Trouble Chocolate (written by professional comedy writer Pamela Ribon
Pamela Ribon
Pamela Ribon is an American author, screenwriter and actress.Also known as Pamie, Pop Culture Princess and Wonder Killer, she runs the website...
and recorded by The Ocean Group
The Ocean Group
Ocean Productions Inc. is a voice-recording production company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There services include localizing foreign animation into English, as well as translation, script writing, original music scores, sound FX and video production.Their most prolific clients...
) often bears little or no resemblance to the original script (as heard in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
and seen in the subtitles), as opposed to the normal convention of translating the words as directly as the change in lip-sync will allow.
Music
- Opening theme: C.H.O.C.O. - Sakura TangeSakura TangeSakura Tange is an idol, seiyū and singer who was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan. She is best known for providing the voice of Sakura Kinomoto in the anime series Cardcaptor Sakura....
and Kyoko HikamiKyoko Hikamiis a Japanese voice actress who was born in Kobe. She is part of the voice actress trio Furil which also consists of Wedding Peach voice castmates Yūko Miyamura and Yukana Nogami.-Notable voice roles:*Sudou in Atashinchi... - Ending theme (episodes 1-12): Ne, Nande... - Yoshizawa Rie
- Ending theme (episodes 13-20): Anata ni Aitakute ~Missing You~ (Millennium Dance version) - Sakura Tange and Kyoko Hikami
Cast
Some names (in parenthesis) were changed in the English version.| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Hinano | Sakura Tange Sakura Tange Sakura Tange is an idol, seiyū and singer who was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan. She is best known for providing the voice of Sakura Kinomoto in the anime series Cardcaptor Sakura.... |
Nicole Oliver Nicole Oliver -Education:She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University, and additional training from the British American Drama Academy in Oxford and London.-Career:... |
| Cacao | Tomoki Yanagi | Richard Ian Cox Richard Ian Cox Richard Ian Cox is a Welsh-Canadian voice actor and online radio host best known for his voice acting for English language dubs of anime. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's teenaged traveler and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the... |
| Deborah | Kyoko Hikami Kyoko Hikami is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Kobe. She is part of the voice actress trio Furil which also consists of Wedding Peach voice castmates Yūko Miyamura and Yukana Nogami.-Notable voice roles:*Sudou in Atashinchi... |
Venus Terzo Venus Terzo Venus Terzo is a Canadian actress best noted for her role as Detective Angela Kosmo in Da Vinci's Inquest and its spinoff, Da Vinci's City Hall. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in that same role... |
| Murakata | Hiromichi Kogami | Ted Cole Ted Cole - Anime Roles :* Beyblade - Lee, Spencer, Kane, Coach Barthez* Dokkoida!? - Pierre the Slave* Death Note - Reiji Namikawa, Yukito Shiraba, John McEnroe/Larry Conners, Jack Neylon/Kal Snydar* Dragon Ball - Yamcha... |
| Truffle | Yasuyuki Kase Yasuyuki Kase ' is a Japanese voice actor who works for Ōsawa Office.-Notable voice roles:*Air Gear *Bleach *Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo *Code Geass... |
Michael Adamthwaite Michael Adamthwaite Michael David Adamthwaite is a Canadian voice actor. He is credited with providing the voice for many characters in various anime series... |
| Almond | Ikue Ōtani Ikue Otani is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, most famous as the voice of Pikachu in the Pokémon anime series and products and the voice of Tony Tony Chopper in the manga and anime series One Piece. She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion... |
Saffron Henderson Saffron Henderson Saffron Henderson is a Canadian voice actress and singer and the daughter of Bill Henderson of Chilliwack fame. She has voiced various characters from anime series... |
| Ghana (Ganache) | Tomohiro Tsuboi Tomohiro Tsuboi is a male Japanese voice actor. He is part of 81 Produce, previously Mausu Promotion.-TV animation:*Buso Renkin *D.Grayman *Fortune Arterial *Gakuen Heaven... |
Michael Dobson |
| Big Bang | Hidenari Ugaki Hidenari Ugaki is a Japanese seiyū from Tokyo. He is currently attached to 81 Produce. He is best known for his roles in Mobile Fighter G Gundam , the TV Tokyo edition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the 2005 Doraemon series .-Television animation:*Class of 3000 *Digimon Adventure... |
Brian Dobson Brian Dobson Brian Dobson is the third of three brothers, the others being Paul and Michael, who are well known for their talent as voice actors.- Anime Roles :*.hack//Roots - AI Harald... |
| Papaya | Shigeru Nakahara Shigeru Nakahara is a veteran seiyū . He works at Vi-Vo .-Notable voice roles:*Another Century's Episode 2 , *Arion *Aura Battler Dunbine *Biker Mice from Mars... |
Ron Halder Ron Halder - Biography :He has performed extensively in theatres across Canada from Victoria, BC to St. John's, Newfoundland. He has played key roles as Malcolm Lowry in the Vancouver Playhouse production of Goodnight Disgrace, James Tyrone Jr. in the Neptune Theatre production of Moon for the Misbegotten and... |
| Master | Hiroshi Ōtake | Don Brown |
| Matcha (Green Tea Matcha refers to finely-milled green tea, most popular in Japan. The cultural activity called the Japanese tea ceremony centers on the preparation, serving, and drinking of matcha. In modern times, matcha has also come to be used to flavour and dye foods such as mochi and soba noodles, green tea ice cream... ) |
Yuko Sasamoto Yuko Sasamoto is a Japanese voice actress.-Anime:*Chrono Crusade - Shader*Disgaea - Flonne*Elemental Gelade - Rerea*Fushigiboshi no Futagohime - Nacchi*Gate Keepers - Ayako Isagai*Hamtaro - Mimi... |
Saffron Henderson |
| Azuki (Red Bean) | Yumi Amikake | Kelly Sheridan Kelly Sheridan Kelly Sheridan is a Canadian voice actress based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Sheridan has voiced various roles in anime and other animated cartoons, such as Barbie in the computer generated Barbie film series since 2001... |
| Wheat | Yumiko Watanabe | Jocelyne Loewen Jocelyne Loewen Jocelyne Loewen is a Canadian voice actress working with Ocean Productions, known for her roles in the English dubs of anime series, mostly that of "spunky" young girls.... |
| Sardine | Takako Honda Takako Honda is a Japanese voice actress. She is the dubbing voice actress for Halle Berry.-Roles:*Bleach *Cobra the Animation * Cyborg 009 - Child Joe Shimamura *D.Gray-man... Jun Fukushima Hiroyuki Yoko'o |
Andrew Francis Andrew Francis Andrew Francis is an actor and voice artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows including Poltergeist, Dark Angel, Twilight Zone, The L Word, Smallville and Kyle XY... |
| Mint | Yui Horie Yui Horie is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL... |
Janyse Jaud Janyse Jaud Janyse Aldis Jaud is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer/songwriter. She is of Icelandic-French descent.... |
Episode list
- First Trouble
- Science Club Depart!
- Transfer Student is Mega-Rich
- MG School's Hungry Panic
- The Ultimate Love Love Couple
- Would you like Maccha & Azuki?
- The 34th School Contest
- The Sorcerer is the Target
- Horror of the Bath Steam Doll Case
- Run, Hikyaku-kun!
- Magical Love Love War
- Dictator Girl Mint
- Debora vs. Mecha-Debora
- Encounter with the Monster Fish
- The Mysterious Pencil-kun
- Explosion! Bomb Baa-san of Love
- Mini Mini Adventure
- Hinano, Obsessed with the Club!
- Hinano Gets Confessed To!
- Hinano, That's All I Need