Chibi Maruko-chan: The Fantastic Notebook

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Xue Xiaolu directs. Produced in China, Japan. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 4 years ago.
• 2International production across 2 countries: China, Japan.
• 3Part of the "Chibi Maruko-chan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

The technical file

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Status

Released

Original language

ZH

Part of

Chibi Maruko-chan Collection

The simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls Maruko, and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974.

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  Chibi Maruko-chan

  1990
• 
  Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song

  1992
• 
  Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy

  2015
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  Chibi Maruko-chan: The Fantastic Notebook

  2022 · this one

Also by

Xue Xiaolu

• 
  Ocean Heaven

  2010 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Embrace Again

  2021 · ★ 7.4
• 
  The Dark Romance

  2026 · ★ 6.8
• 
  The Whistleblower

  2019 · ★ 6.7
• 
  My People, My Country

  2019 · ★ 6.5
• 
  Finding Mr. Right

  2013 · ★ 6.5

Production companies

Who made it

• GU

  Guangdong Sublime Media

  CN

• SA

  Sakura Production

Key crew

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2022-02-01

Also known as

International titles

• Yingtao Xiao Wanzi: Qihuan BijiCN
• Chibi Maruko-chan: Kigen HikkiJP