Ojamajo Doremi

Ojamajo Doremi
Ojamajo Doremi's musical theme is reflected in its logo
おジャ魔女どれみ (Ojamajo Doremi, roughly: Bothersome Witch Doremi)
Genre	Magical girl
TV anime
Director	Junichi Sato Takuya Igarashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensor	4Kids Entertainment (Series 1 Only)
Network	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Original run	February 7, 1999 – January 30, 2000
Episodes	51 (List of episodes)
TV anime
Ojamajo Doremi #
Director	Shigeyasu Yamauchi Takuya Igarashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Original run	February 6, 2000 – January 28, 2001
Episodes	49 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Ojamajo Doremi #: The Movie
Director	Takuya Igarashi
Writer	Midori Kuriyama
Composer	Keiichi Oku
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 8, 2000
Runtime	30 minutes
Manga
Author	Izumi Todo
Illustrator	Shizue Takanashi
Publisher	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Original run	October 2000 – December 2000
Volumes	3
TV anime
Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi
Director	Takuya Igarashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Original run	February 4, 2001 – January 27, 2002
Episodes	50 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi ~Secret of the Frog Stone~
Director	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Writer	Midori Kuriyama
Composer	Keiichi Oku
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 14, 2001
Runtime	30 minutes
Manga
Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi
Author	Izumi Todo
Illustrator	Shizue Takanashi
Publisher	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Published	December 2001
Volumes	1
TV anime
Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAAN!
Director	Takuya Igarashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Original run	February 3, 2002 – January 26, 2003
Episodes	51 (List of episodes)
TV anime
Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho
Director	Junichi Sato
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	SkyPerfect TV PPV
Original run	June 26, 2004 – December 11, 2004
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
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Ojamajo Doremi (おジャ魔女どれみ, Ojamajo Doremi^?) is a magical girl anime metaseries consisting of four regular TV anime series, one 13-episode sidestory, two anime films, and a manga series. The various series were aired from 1999-2003, with companion movies to the second and third seasons. A thirteen episode sidestory TV series was aired in 2004. A manga adaptation, written by Izumi Todo and illustrated by Shizue Takanashi, was published by Kodansha. The show is about elementary school children that transform into witch apprentices.

Story

The anime series focuses on two main problems the main character, Doremi, is trying to solve. The first is the heroines' efforts to become skilled in the art of magic, and secondly the friendships and relationships between them in the human world. In the Majo-kai, the world of witches, they focus on fighting fear to spiteful witches and hostile wizards, as well as completing tests. In the human world however, they use their magical talents to help those in need. Being trainees in magic, their powers often do not immediately provide a solution to their problems. In the end, the primary moral of these stories is not about power, but about kindness and compassion.

Media

In Japan, Ojamajo Doremi has aired on each of the ANN TV stations (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, Japan), TV Asahi, Nagoya TV (Metele), and others) and Broadcasting System of San-in Inc.. Ojamajo Doremi is produced by Toei Animation and ABC.

In North America, 4Kids Entertainment has licensed the show under the title Magical DoReMi, which aired on 4Kids TV for the 2005-2006 broadcasting season.^[1] The anime is heavily edited, dubbed and localized with its English dub opening taking scenes from the original Japanese opening and ending as well as some American episodes and with its Japanese culture and origins removed along with Japanese writing edited to English and the text edits of erasing Japanese text or replacing it with symbols done. New episodes have been posted every Tuesday on the website from 2007-2008. Episode 30 of Series 1 was never dubbed and released.

There are other Ojamajo Doremi dubs around the world, including Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the Philippines.^[2]

CD Media

Manga

Kodansha published six volumes of manga which span several story arcs. They were drawn by Shizue Takanashi and ran in Nakayoshi from 1999 to early 2003.

1st Story Arc

1. ISBN 4-06-334349-9
2. ISBN 4-06-334350-2
3. ISBN 4-06-334366-9

2nd Story Arc

1. ISBN 4-06-334502-5

Ojamajo Kids

During the run of Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAN, Toei hosted live events with performances by select actresses who portrayed the girls, titled "Ojamajo Kids." These girls were selected via auditions.

• Kasumi Suzuki - Doremi Harukaze
• Tsugumi Shinohara - Hana Makihatayama
• Miiya Tanaka - Hazuki Fujiwara
• Chiharu Watanabe - Aiko Senoo
• Makoto Takeda - Onpu Segawa
• Nami Miyahara - Momoko Asuka

References

External links

• Official Toei Animation Ojamajo Doremi anime website (Japanese)
• Official Toei Animation Ojamajo Doremi Sharp anime website(Japanese)
• Official Toei Animation Motto! Ojamajo Doremi anime website(Japanese)
• Official Toei Animation Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan anime website(Japanese)
• Official Toei Animation Ojamajo Doremi Naisho anime website(Japanese)
• Official 4Kids TV Magical DoReMi anime website