Miracle Girls
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| Miracle Girls | |
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| ミラクル★ガールズ (Mirakuru★Gāruzu) |
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| Genre | Magical girl |
| Manga: Miracle Girls | |
| Authored by | Nami Akimoto |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Serialized in | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | 1991-07-06 – 1994-08-06 |
| No. of volumes | 9 |
| TV anime : Miracle Girls | |
| Directed by | Hiroko Tokita, Takashi Anno |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | 8 January 1993 – 24 December 1993 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
Miracle Girls (ミラクル★ガールズ Mirakuru★Gāruzu?) is a manga by Nami Akimoto. It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. TOKYOPOP have licensed the manga for English released.
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[edit] Plot summary
Identical twins Toni and Mika share a secret: they are Espers. They can communicate with each other telepathically, and can even teleport when they hold hands. They try to keep this a secret, but using their abilities too much begins to gather attention from various people. They are also trying to deal with their relationships with boys Chris and Jackson, who gradually learn more about the girls as their relationships grow.
[edit] Characters
- Toni (松永ともみ Matsunaga Tomomi?)
- Seiyū: Nariko Fujieda
- Twin sister of Mika, Toni is tomboyish and the more athletic of the two. Originally she attends an all-girls school, but transfers to Mika's school after she falls in love with Jackson. Able to communicate telepathically with Mika, and Jackson to a more limited extent. She is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.
- Mika (松永みかげ Matsunaga Mikage?)
- Seiyū: Noriko Nagai
- Twin sister of Toni, Mika is effeminite and the more intellectual of the two, though she often blows up the chemistry room in her experiments. She is in love with Chris. Able to communicate telepathically with Toni, she is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.
- Jackson Neil (野田侑也 Noda Yūya?)
- Seiyū: Kappei Yamaguchi
- Member of the track team, Jackson develops a romantic relationship with Toni soon after meeting her, but has a bad relationship with Mika, who hates him intensely.
- Chris Kubrick (倉茂秀明 Kurashige Hideaki?)
- Seiyū: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Member of the chemistry club and the track team, Chris is Mika's romantic interest.
- Mr K/Mr Kageura (影浦進一郎 Kageura Shin'ichiro?)
- Seiyū: Ken Yamaguchi
- A science teacher, Mr Kageura is convinced that paranormal abilities exist in the world, and is focused on proving his theories. He has suspicions of Mika and Toni possessing ESP, and will do anything to expose them.
- (山岸耕平 Yamagishi Kouhei?)
- Seiyū: Nobuo Tobita
- (大乗寺ルミ子 Daijouji Rumiko?)
- Seiyū: Rei Sakuma
- Emma Winston (エマ・ウィンストン Ema Uinsuton?)
- Seiyū: Okimoto Fumiyo and Touma Yumi
- The lost princess of Diamas, Emma is constantly on the run from would-be killers.
- Marie Milgraine Diamas (マリエ Marī?)
- Seiyū: Wakana Yamazaki
- Princess of Diamas, and twin sister of Emma, Marie is trying to have her sister killed off so she can have sole control of the Kingdom.
- Mr X (ミスターX Misutā X?)
- Seiyū: Norio Wakamoto
- A famous paranormal researcher, Mr X seeks to control paranormal abilities through science.
- Mason Templar (高村マサキ Takamura Masaki?)
- Seiyū: Ryo Horikawa
- A member of an organisation of espers, Mason seeks to bring Mika and Toni across to their organisation.
- (更科理沙 Sarashina Risa?)
- Seiyū: Miki Narahashi
[edit] Production
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[edit] Impact and influence
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[edit] Internationalization
The Miracle Girls manga is licensed for English release by TOKYOPOP, who released the series from 2000-10-17 until 2003-05-13.[1] It was licened by Editions Star Comics for Italian released, where it was serialised in Amici.[2] The manga has been released in Spanish by Norma Editorial as Gemelas Milagrosas from December 2004 to June 2006.[3]
The anime was dubbed into Italian by DENEB Film where it was broadcast on Canale 5 from March 1996 and on Italia 1. It was dubbed in Tagalog and broadcast by ABS-CBN, and is also available in Spanish.[4]
[edit] Reception
While there have been some objections to the way TOKYOPOP localised the manga,[5], there are less objections to the source material itself. The art style has been praised, particularly for the detailed an expressive eyes, and the story "light-hearted and fun to read".[6]
The anime has not been so highly reviewed, with much of the development from the manga being removed, and the animation being sub-par. "Miracle Girls will only entertain the young girl audience that its writers are so obviously pandering to, and even then, I imagine that a lot of them would be bored by this."[7]
[edit] Video Games
A video game adaption based on Miracle Girls was released for the Super Famicom( Super Nintendo) by Takara on October 22,1993.
The Miracle Girls game was an action platformer similar to Capcom's Little Nemo for the Nes; you can choose to play as either Mikage or Tomomi and use candies as your weapons to stun enemies and use them as platforms, and when you beat a level, you challenge the area boss to a mini-game.
This game has been fantranslated into English by a Video Game fantranslating group called RPGOne. Mikage and Tomomi's Japanese voices have also been fandubbed in the Fan-Translated version by RPGOne.
[edit] References
- ^ Miracle Girls. TOKYOPOP. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Miracle Girls (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ (Spanish)Gemelas Milagrosas. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Miracle Girls (TV). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Rasmussen, David (2004-12-19). Miracle Girls. Anime Boredom. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Arnold, Adam (January 2002). Miracle Girls Vol.3. Animefringe. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- ^ Ross, Carlos. Miracle Girls. THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
[edit] External links
- Miracle Girls at TOKYOPOP.
