Iguana Girl(1996)
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
First Air Date: 1996-04-15
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 11
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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Season 1
Episodes: 11E01
A Cursed Birth
Air Date: 1996-04-15
The birth of Yuriko's first daughter, Rika, should have been a joyous occasion, but it wasn't. When Yuriko looks at R...
E02
I Want to Die
Air Date: 1996-04-22
Rika drops the form that says which college she wants to attend. Kaori picks it up by accident, and sees that Rika is...
E03
A Night at the High Plains, My First...
Air Date: 1996-04-29
Yuriko is dead-set against Rika continuing on to college, but with some persuasion eventually allows it. An elated Ri...
E04
Mom's Secret
Air Date: 1996-05-06
In biology class, Rika passes out from the shock of seeing a slide of an iguana. Worried, Noboru decides to visit Rik...
E05
My Birthday... The Present Mom Threw Away
Air Date: 1996-05-13
Rika's birthday is approaching. Nobuko asks Rika what her birthday wish is, and Rika replies that she wants to go to ...
E06
Ripples - Mom Hired a Private Tutor
Air Date: 1996-05-20
After Mami finds out she's in danger of failing a course, her mother enlists a private tutor to help her study. Since...
E07
A Mother's Confession... I Want to Kill You!
Air Date: 1996-05-27
At the amusement park, Noboru tells Rika, "To be honest, I don't like the person you've become. I want you to go back...
E08
A Friend for Eternity, Death, and Another Mother
Air Date: 1996-06-03
Yuriko tells Rika that a long time ago she had wanted to kill Rika, and herself. Shocked, Rika runs from the house. N...
E09
A Right to Happiness
Air Date: 1996-06-10
Rika is convinced Nobuko's death is her fault, and shuts herself up in her room. A worried Mami tries to get Rika to ...
E10
Sad Family Trip
Air Date: 1996-06-17
Rika has decided she will become happy, and against Yuriko's protests, moves into her own apartment. She also starts ...
E11
Mom! Mom... Mom!
Air Date: 1996-06-24
Prepared to die, Rika asks Yuriko for one last favor, but Yuriko refuses. It seems as if Yuriko would rather die than...
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