Iguana Girl

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Drama

1996

1 Season

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Episode Guide

April 15, 1996 - June 24, 1996Season 1 of Iguana Girl has 11 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: A Cursed Birth

Apr 15, 199646 min

The birth of Yuriko's first daughter, Rika, should have been a joyous occasion, but it wasn't. When Yuriko looks at Rika, all she sees is an iguana. Not long after, Yuriko gives birth to another girl, Mami. When Yuriko looks at Mami, she sees a human, so she ends up loving just Mami. Rika develops a quiet, inconspicuous personality. One day Rika coincidentally hears Yuriko screaming, "That girl is an iguana from Galapagos!" When Rika looks in the mirror, her reflection is that of an iguana. Nine years pass, Rika is 17 years old; Mami 15, and they both attend the same high school...

Series info

Iguana Girl is a manga by Moto Hagio published in Petit Flower. It was adapted into a television drama in 1996. It is about a young girl, Rika, whose mother views her as being ugly, and favours her other daughter, Mami. Rika thinks of herself as ugly and as an iguana, but after her mother's death, realises that her mother was also an ugly iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story". Hagio saw an iguana in a documentary on television and identified with it, feeling it was "lamenting its failure to become a human, just like me".

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Ratings

IMDB: 7.9TMDB: 6.0

Original Language

Japanese

Creator

Moto Hagio

Release Date

April 15, 1996

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