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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 |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | July 1962 – September 1965 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Ikeda |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | 6 January 1969 – 26 October 1970 |
| Episodes | 94 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | October 9, 1988 – December 24, 1989 |
| Episodes | 61 |
| Anime film | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18) |
| Anime film | |
| Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 15, 1989 (1989-07-15) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 5, 1998 – February 28, 1999 |
| Episodes | 44 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Kawamura |
| Released | September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01) |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん, lit. "The Secrets of Akko-chan"[1]) is an early magical girl manga series[2] written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka. The story centers around an elementary school girl who is gifted a magic mirror that allows her to transform into anything she chooses, and the misadventures that follow. It was published in Shueisha's monthly Ribon magazine from 1962 to 1965. While Akko-chan predates the Sally the Witch manga, the Sally anime adaptation predates Akko-chan's.
The first Himitsu no Akko-chan anime adaptation ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated by Toei Animation and broadcast by TV Asahi (formerly 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).
Two movies were produced. Himitsu no Akko-chan Movie and Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri both released in 1989. It was adapted into a live-action film released on September 1, 2012.[3]
An adaptation of the series ran as a web manga, ひみつのアッコちゃん μ (Himitsu no Akko-Chan μ, pronounced "myu"), written by Hiroshi Izawa, and drawn by Futago Kamikita.[4]
Atsuko Kagami is a childlike, arrogant 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 in 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 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.[5]
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