Majokko Tickle
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| Majokko Tickle | |||
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| Manga | |||
| Author | Go Nagai | ||
| TV anime | |||
| Studio | Toei, Nippon Sunrise | ||
| Network | TV Asahi | ||
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| Original run | March 6, 1978 – January 29, 1979 | ||
| Episodes | 45 | ||
Majokko Tickle (魔女っ子チックル Majokko Chikkuru?), also known as Magical Girl Tickle or Magical Girl Chickle, is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier (and more popular) Cutie Honey, Majokko Tickle is closer to the more traditional mold of magical girl anime such as Sally, the Witch, and is probably more suitable for young children than most of Nagai's other works.
The television anime, produced by Toei (not the Animation Studio, the main office) with animation assistance from Nippon Sunrise from episode 16 on, consisted of 45 episodes and was aired across Japan on TV Asahi from March 6, 1978, to January 29, 1979. Go Nagai also wrote the lyrics to the opening theme song.
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[edit] Story
Tiko, a shy Japanese schoolgirl, receives a book as a gift from her father on her eleventh birthday. When Tiko opens the book, she releases Tickle, a mischievous fairy who was imprisoned inside the book for playing pranks on people. Using her magic, Tickle passes herself off as Tiko's twin sister. Tickle uses her powers to solve everyday problems and, of course, to continue playing tricks on people (particularly Tiko's annoying kid sister, Hina).
Like other magical girls, Tickle has a special phrase she uses to cast a spell; hers is: "Maharu Tamara Furanpa."
[edit] Distribution
Perhaps because it is aimed at a substantially younger demographic than Go Nagai's other creations, Majokko Tickle is one of Nagai's most obscure works. Nevertheless, the series was dubbed into other languages and broadcast in several other countries, including Italy (Lilli, un guaio tira l'altro), France (Magique Tickle, drole de fee), Turkey, and Poland (Magiczne Igraszki). In Italy, the opening theme song was an instrumental version of the original Japanese theme by Mitsuko Horie, and the Polish version (aired on Polonia 1) retains the original Japanese vocal themes, but an entirely different song was used in the French version. Both the Italian and French dub have completely new music and SFX, possibly because Toei didn't have the original materials. A Spanish dub, titled Cosquillas Mágicas, was also shown in Spain on the Antena 3 network.
The series has been released by Toei Video in Japan in two-disc DVD sets.
[edit] Anime staff
(Source: Anime News Network; Anime Memorial, The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy)
- Original creator: Go Nagai
- Series director: Takashi Kuoka
- Direction: Atsushi Takagi, Tôru Sakata, Takashi Hisaoka, Tôru Sakata, Yûji Uchida, Kenji Nakano, Fumio Tashiro
- Script: Mitsuru Majima, Tatsuo Tamura, Yoshimi Shinozaki, Sukehiro Tomita, Hirohisa Soda, Akiyoshi Sakai, Naoko Miyake, Masaki Tsuji, Kunihiko Yuyama, Kôzô Takagaki, Yû Yamamoto, Toyohiro Andô, Tomoko Konparu
- Storyboard: Hideo Yamada, Atsushi Takagi, Shûji Iuchi, Hiroshi Ashibe, Katsutoshi Sasaki, Kunihiko Yuyama, Watake Na
- Character designs: Hiroshi Takahisa, Osamu Motohara
- Animation directors: Takeshi Tamazawa, Yûji Uchida, Kanji Hara, Masuo Ani, Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Otojirô Katô
- Backgrounds: Shin Kato
- Music: Takeo Watanabe
- Theme song lyrics: Go Nagai
- Theme song performance: Mitsuko Horie (OP- Majokko Tickle, ED- Tickle and Tiko's Cha-cha-cha)
- Production: Neomedia/Nippon Sunrise for Toei Company Ltd.
- Cast:
- Rihoko Yoshida (Tickle)
- Yōko Asagami (Tiko)
- Haruko Kitahama (Haruko, Mama)
- Toyoko Komazawa (Hina)
- Hiroshi Ohtake (Donta)
- Hiroshi Masuoka (Takakura-sensei)
- Akira Kamiya (Kinsaburo)
- Isamu Tanonaka (Ako)
- Keiko Yamamoto (Fuu-chan)
- Sachiko Chijimatsu (Pochi)
- Tōru Furuya (Akira)
[edit] External links
- Majokko Tickle at Anime News Network
- Overview and review of the series
- Magique Tickle overview and review, in French
