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Release Year1996
Runtime1 Season
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresSci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Votes3
Director—
WritersYoshikazu Okada
TypeWeb Series
Rating6.3 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsIguana Girl
About Iguana Girl
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".
Directed by —, Iguana Girl leans on a strong ensemble — Miho Kanno, Naomi Kawashima, Yoshinori Okada — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about sci-fi & fantasy titles of 1996.
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