AniWorthAgatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Introduction
Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detective, and sets out for London to become assistant to none other than Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective who resides there. She finally wins the reluctant approval of her father, and embarks on an exciting life of mystery and suspense—his only demand being that she occasionally spend some time with her great-aunt, Jane Marple, in the small village of St. Mary Mead.
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Audience reviews
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MoKurosaki
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple is a purely mystery-themed anime made by OLM Studios in 2005. It is an anime adaptation of some of the Agatha Christie books and short stories, making it a treat for mystery lovers and folks who enjoyed the Agatha Christie novels.
The anime retains the personalities of the core detectives, with Poirot being very methodical and dramatic and Marple being very laid-back, gentle, and extremely sharp on the cases she gets introduced to. The anime also has added characters in the form of Maybelle, who is the niece of Marple and Poirot's assistant, and her pet duck, Oliver. The new additions are a welcome sight, as Maybelle serves as a link between Poirot and Marple and is able to highlight both characters' mystery-solving approaches and perso…
Read at the sourceGarlandReese
"Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple" is a decent effort to bring the two mainstays of Agatha Christie's books, Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, to life using the form of Anime. However, it is also a kids show. The connecting and central character of this show, Maybelle West, is a young wannabe sleuth who, along with her pet duck Oliver, go around assisting the two titular detectives in solving their mysteries.
The show's strong points are also where they lucked out, Agatha Christie's mysteries and characters are just as enjoyable in Anime form as anywhere else. Poirot is the eccentric dandy who relies upon "the little grey cells" to solve his cases while the down to earth Ms. Marple is the country woman who uses "human nature" to resolve the mysteries that come her way. Each ar…
Read at the sourceunclesnapple
"No mystery is unsolvable. Truth smiles upon me!"
I feel it very necessary to say, I have not yet read anything written by Agatha Christie. I have no doubt that the original books were superior to this adaptation, and I can tell just from watching the show that the stories had an excellent source material. The main question for Christie fans will probably be, "How much adaptation decay is there?" I cannot answer this, only talk about how I felt as someone who was experiencing everything in this show as fresh and new.
In part to provide a common link between Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, the lead detectives of our story, and also in part to give children a character with which to relate, we are introduced to Maybelle West, a 16-year old girl who is learning how to become a detective. Ma…
Read at the sourceIsambard
In 1841, when Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and introduced readers to the detective C. Auguste Dupin he helped create a genre of fiction that has endured and thrived in the decades since, and I’m glad he did. I do love detective stories. It’s the reason I watch Law & Order reruns every night as well as being part of the reason I’ve watched over 200 episodes of Detective Conan to date. The thrill of the hunt for the killer, the match of wits and intellect between detective, murderer, and perhaps even reader are hallmarks of a good detective story. Among my favorite writers in the genre is Agatha Christie and consequently one of my favorite detectives is her charming Belgian dandy Hercule Poirot. Having read Poirot novels and seen the superb Granada television series…
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