Himitsu no Akko-chan
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| Himitsu no Akko-chan | |
Cover of the DVD box of the 1969 anime series.
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| ひみつのアッコちゃん | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Magical girl, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fujio Akatsuka |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Original run | July 1962 – September 1965 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Ikeda |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | 6 January 1969 – 26 October 1970 |
| Episodes | 94 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | October 9, 1988 – December 24, 1989 |
| Episodes | 61 |
| Anime film | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 18, 1989 |
| Anime film | |
| Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 15, 1989 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 5, 1998 – February 28, 1999 |
| Episodes | 44 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Kawamura |
| Released | September 1, 2012 |
Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん The Secret of Akko-chan?) is a pioneering magical girl manga and anime[1] that ran in Japan during the 1960s.
The manga was drawn and written by Fujio Akatsuka, and was published in Ribon from 1962 to 1965. It predates the Mahōtsukai Sunny (whose name became Sally in the Mahōtsukai Sally anime) manga, printed in 1966. However, that title is the first magical girl anime as Himitsu no Akko-chan was not broadcast until 1969.
The original anime ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated by Toei Animation and broadcast by TV Asahi (then known as NET). It has been remade twice, in 1988 (61 episodes, featuring Mitsuko Horie in the role of Akko-chan and singing the opening and ending themes) and in 1998 (44 episodes). Four movies were produced. "Circus Da Ga Yattekita" in 1969, "Namida no Kaiten Receive" in 1970 and "Himitsu no Akko-chan Movie" and "Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri" both were released in 1989. It also adapted into a live action film released in September 1, 2012.[2]
Contents
Plot
Atsuko "Akko-chan" Kagami (known variously as "Stilly," "Caroline," or "Julie" in Western versions of the anime) is a childlike, boasty elementary school girl who has an affinity for mirrors. One day, her favorite mirror which was given to Akko by her mother (or in some versions, by her father, as a present from India) is broken, and she prefers to bury it in her yard rather than throw it to the trash can. In her dreams, she is contacted by a spirit (or in some cases the Queen of the Mirror Kingdom) who is touched that the little girl would treat the mirror so respectfully and not simply throw it away. Akko-chan is then given the gift of a magical mirror and taught enchantments, "tekumaku mayakon, tekumaku mayakon" and "lamipus lamipus lu lu lu lu lu," that will allow her to transform into anything she wishes.[3]
Cast
1969
- Akko - Yoshiko Ōta
- Moko - Sumiko Shirakawa
- Taisho - Hiroshi Ōtake
- Shosho - Sachiko Chijimatsu
- Kankichi - Akiko Tsuboi
- Gammo - Junko Hori→ Mariko Takigawa
- Chikako - Hiroko Maruyama
- Goma - Kōko Kagawa→ Junko Hori
- Papa - Ichirō Murakoshi
- Mama - Reiko Senō
- Sato-sensei - Osamu Ichikawa
- Moriyama-sensei - Naoko Takahashi→ Kōko Kagawa
- Narration - Shun Yashiro
1988
- Akko - Mitsuko Horie
- Moko - Kazuko Sugiyama
- Taisho - Yoku Shioya
- Shosho - Katsue Miwa
- Kankichi - Noriko Uemura
- Gammo - Noriko Tsukase→ Yūko Mita (took over role due to Tsukase's death partway through production)
- Chikako - Keiko Yamamoto
- Goma - Noriko Tsukase→ Chie Satō
- Papa - Banjō Ginga
- Mama - Yoshiko Ōta
- Sato-sensei - Masaharu Satō
- Moriyama-sensei - Kyōko Irokawa
- Shippona - Naoko Watanabe
- Dora - Masaharu Satō
- Mirror Queen - Eiko Masuyama
- Kio - Shigeru Nakahara
- Gentaro - Kazumi Tanaka
1998
- Akko - Wakana Yamazaki
- Moko - Kikumi Umeda
- Taisho - Takuma Suzuki
- Shosho - Satomi Kōrogi
- Kankichi - Harumi Ikoma
- Gammo - Junko Takeuchi
- Chikako - Keiko Yamamoto
- Goma - Yasuhiro Takato
- Papa - Ken Yamaguchi
- Mama - Miina Tominaga
- Sato-sensei - Hiroki Takahashi
- Moriyama-sensei - Ai Nagano
- Shippona - Ai Nagano
- Mirror Queen - Mitsuko Horie
2012
- Akko - Haruka Ayase
- Masaki Okada
Foreign distribution
Largely unknown in the English-speaking world, Himitsu no Akko-chan enjoyed a good deal of success when it was exported to the European market in the 1980s. In fact, all three Akko-chan series have been screened on TV in Italy.
- Lo specchio magico (Italian, first series)
- Caroline (French, second series; pronounced "Cah-ro-LEHN")
- Los secretos de Julie (Spanish language version shown in Latin America, second series)
- El Secreto de Akko (Spanish version shown in Spain, third series)
- Un mondo di magia (Italian, second series)
- Stilly e lo specchio magico (Italian, third series) - In series three, as in series one, "Stilly" is the Italian name for Akko-chan.
- Czarodziejskie zwierciadełko (Polish, first series)
References
External links
- Toei Animation's Himitsu no Akko-chan page (Japanese)
- Himitsu no Akko-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Manga series
- 1962 manga
- 1969 anime television series
- 1988 anime television series
- Anime and manga article with malformed first and last infobox parameters
- 1998 anime television series
- Japanese films
- Comedy anime and manga
- Fujio Akatsuka
- Fuji Television shows
- Magical girl anime and manga
- Manga adapted into films
- Romance anime and manga
- Shōjo manga
- TV Asahi shows
- Shapeshifting in fiction
- Toei Animation
