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Title (English) Minky Momo (series 1)

Title (Japanese) Mahou no Princess Minky Momo

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Fantasy Novel

Notes English name: Magical Princess Minky Momo. So far as I can discover, this is an anime-original, as no details of a pre-existing manga are to be found.
There is also a movie and at least two OVAs.
Some of the first series, and the movie, were released in the US a long time ago, dubbed, with the name changed to "Princess Gigi".

Classification shoujo

Synopsis Minky is a small girl, with distintively big red hair, who has the ability to transform into a young woman in the course of her adventures. She is from the magical kingdom of Fenalinasa, but lives with surrogate parents on Earth. (GC)
Once upon a time, but in a time that was perhaps not so long ago, there lived a girl. Thus started every chapter of this strange and wonderful tale.
There were actually two different Minky Momo TV shows, separated by about a decade (as well as a movie and two OAVs). The girl in the second series was (in a twist only the Minky Momo writers could have thought up) named after the first girl. Both look similar - big, pink hair, near identical outfit. But you'll notice the first Momo has hair a different shade of pink, and she wears a star instead of a heart in her hair band.
Both shows start out the same. The girls are princesses of magical lands beyond Earth. They are sent to Earth to restore Dreams to mankind (or something of the sort). They brainwash a couple (both couples, incidentally, look exactly the same) into thinking that they are their daughters. At first glance, the shows appear silly. The Momos bring "stackable" pets with them - a dog, a monkey and a bird (readers who are familiar with Japanese nursery rhymes should be having a lightbulb go on over their heads at this point). They elaborately transform themselves into adults of different talents using silly sounding spells ("Pipiruma pipiruma pipirinpa.."). They use VERY cute speech patterns ("Joubu joubu daijoubu?"). But then, after a while, you find the writers have had their tongues firmly lodged in cheek, and a very strange outlook on the world. The plot situations are decidedly off-kilter. You've heard of a bull in a china shop, how about a tank? Or have you heard about the time when Santa Claus saved the world from nuclear destruction? Or of a love triangle between snow sculptures?
Behind it all, however, is an underlying sadness. Things don't go according to plan, and the plot takes a VERY strange turn about halfway through the first series, which you will undoubtedly hear about if you hang around anime fans for any length of time. Both shows come to sad, if bittersweet, ends.
(Iskandar Taib)

Review A classic magical-girl anime. In the episode I taped, she is in an American cowboy scenario, and gets the better of a gang of desperadoes who arrive to shoot up the town. For a series which is supposed to be for little girls, it's surprisingly violent, and having seen the Minky Momo movie there is no reason to suppose this episode is not typical. No bloodletting, however. Minky's expressions are a delight and alone make it worth watching. Minky with gun
Where else would you find a show, ostensibly aimed at young girls, which features frequent gunplay, bombs and missiles, even nuclear weapons? A parody of Dr. Strangelove, even? The writers, supposedly, had been writing science fiction for boys, and had no experience doing a girls' show, and Minky Momo was the result. (Iskandar Taib)

Credits Writer: Shudo Takeshi
Series Dir: Kunihiko Yuyama
Chara des: Hitoshi Watanabe

Episodes 63

Release

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1982 March 18 - 1983 May 26

Production Ashi Production

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Minky Momo (series 1)
Title (Japanese)	Mahou no Princess Minky Momo
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	English name: Magical Princess Minky Momo. So far as I can discover, this is an anime-original, as no details of a pre-existing manga are to be found. There is also a movie and at least two OVAs. Some of the first series, and the movie, were released in the US a long time ago, dubbed, with the name changed to "Princess Gigi".
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	Minky is a small girl, with distintively big red hair, who has the ability to transform into a young woman in the course of her adventures. She is from the magical kingdom of Fenalinasa, but lives with surrogate parents on Earth. (GC) Once upon a time, but in a time that was perhaps not so long ago, there lived a girl. Thus started every chapter of this strange and wonderful tale. There were actually two different Minky Momo TV shows, separated by about a decade (as well as a movie and two OAVs). The girl in the second series was (in a twist only the Minky Momo writers could have thought up) named after the first girl. Both look similar - big, pink hair, near identical outfit. But you'll notice the first Momo has hair a different shade of pink, and she wears a star instead of a heart in her hair band. Both shows start out the same. The girls are princesses of magical lands beyond Earth. They are sent to Earth to restore Dreams to mankind (or something of the sort). They brainwash a couple (both couples, incidentally, look exactly the same) into thinking that they are their daughters. At first glance, the shows appear silly. The Momos bring "stackable" pets with them - a dog, a monkey and a bird (readers who are familiar with Japanese nursery rhymes should be having a lightbulb go on over their heads at this point). They elaborately transform themselves into adults of different talents using silly sounding spells ("Pipiruma pipiruma pipirinpa.."). They use VERY cute speech patterns ("Joubu joubu daijoubu?"). But then, after a while, you find the writers have had their tongues firmly lodged in cheek, and a very strange outlook on the world. The plot situations are decidedly off-kilter. You've heard of a bull in a china shop, how about a tank? Or have you heard about the time when Santa Claus saved the world from nuclear destruction? Or of a love triangle between snow sculptures? Behind it all, however, is an underlying sadness. Things don't go according to plan, and the plot takes a VERY strange turn about halfway through the first series, which you will undoubtedly hear about if you hang around anime fans for any length of time. Both shows come to sad, if bittersweet, ends. (Iskandar Taib)
Review	A classic magical-girl anime. In the episode I taped, she is in an American cowboy scenario, and gets the better of a gang of desperadoes who arrive to shoot up the town. For a series which is supposed to be for little girls, it's surprisingly violent, and having seen the Minky Momo movie there is no reason to suppose this episode is not typical. No bloodletting, however. Minky's expressions are a delight and alone make it worth watching. Minky with gun Where else would you find a show, ostensibly aimed at young girls, which features frequent gunplay, bombs and missiles, even nuclear weapons? A parody of Dr. Strangelove, even? The writers, supposedly, had been writing science fiction for boys, and had no experience doing a girls' show, and Minky Momo was the result. (Iskandar Taib)
Credits	Writer: Shudo Takeshi Series Dir: Kunihiko Yuyama Chara des: Hitoshi Watanabe
Episodes	63
Release
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1982 March 18 - 1983 May 26
Production	Ashi Production
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.