Oz no Mahōtsukai

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Oz no Mahōtsukai

オズの魔法使い (The Wizard of Oz)
Genre	Fantasy, Kodomo
TV anime
Directed by	Naisho Tonogawa
Studio	Panmedia
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 6, 1986 – September 28, 1987
No. of episodes	52

Oz no Mahōtsukai (オズの魔法使い, Oz no Mahōtsukai^?) is an anime adaption of The Wizard of Oz which ran on the Japanese network TV Tokyo from October 6, 1986–September 28, 1987. It consists of 52 episodes, which explain other parts of the Oz stories, including the events that happened after Dorothy left Oz.

The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan, including the United States, where an English-dubbed version produced by Canada's Cinar Films aired on HBO in the late 1980s. Interestingly, this English version attempted to completely occlude the show's Japanese origins, going so far as to remove all Japanese names and studios from the credits and to credit key aspects of the animation to Westerners.

Some famous names were involved in both the Japanese and English versions of this series. Shuichi Seki, who worked on many of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater TV series, served as character designer, and the English version was narrated by Canadian actress Margot Kidder.

1 Music
2 Cast
- 2.1 Main Characters
- 2.2 Villains
3 Episodes
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Music

Japan

Opening Theme: "Fanshii Gaaru [ファンシーガール]"(Fancy Girl) Satoko Yamano)
Ending Theme: "Mahō no Crayon [魔法のクレヨン]"(Crayon of Magic)Kumiko Ōsugi and Ema Ōsugi)

U.S.

Theme Song: "Searching For A Dream" (US dubbed; used for both the opening and ending, although the opening version is longer)

[edit] Cast

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The characters include Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, as well as the evil witch Mombi and a little boy named Tip, who is actually really a princess named Ozma. Narrated by Margot Kidder (American) ^[1]

[edit] Main Characters

Dorothy Gale: Sumi Shimamoto (Japanese) / Morgan Hallet (American)
Scarecrow: Takuzō Kamiyama (Japanese) / Richard Dumont (American)
Tin Man: Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese) / George Morris (American)
Cowardly Lion: Ichirō Nagai (Japanese) / Neil Shee (American)
Tik-Tok: A.J. Henderson (American)
Jack Pumpkinhead: Kazuyo Aoki (Japanese)
Princess Ozma: Masako Nozawa (Japanese) / Steven Bednarski (American)

[edit] Villains

Wicked Witch of the West: Naoko Kouda (Japanese)
Mombi: Chie Kitagawa (Japanese) / Kathleen Fee (American)

[edit] Episodes

1. Dorothy and the Tornado
2. Yellow Road
3. Departure to Hope
4. The Difficult Road
5. Black Flower
6. Emerald Palace
7. Witch of the West
8. Winky's Battle
9. Witch's Castle
10. After the Shoes
11. Monbi and Chip
12. New King
13. Identity of the Great King of Oz
14. Left Behind
15. To the South
16. Witch Glinda's Castle
17. Glinda
18. Kansas
19. Back to Oz
20. Chip Is a Father
21. General Ginger
22. Scarecrow King Runs Away
23. The Woodcutter's a King
24. Monbi's Magic
25. Join Strength
26. Gump

27. Seeking Help
28. Back to Emerald
29. Monbi the Witch?
30. Chip's Secret
31. Dorothy and Tick-Tock
32. Castle Langdia
33. Desert Journey
34. Hen of the Desert
35. Edge of Oz
36. Gnome of the Underworld
37. The king's Problem
38. The king's Favorite Thing
39. Scary Room
40. In Search of the light
41. Back to the Surface
42. The Gnome's Counterattack
43. Secret of Emerald
44. Land of Chokkinpet
45. Harvest in Oz
46. Spring of Forgetfulness
47. Bakekubi Goes on a Rampage
48. Guff Becomes a Good Person
49. Coronation
50. Victory of the Gnome King
51. Dorothy Keeps Fighting
52. Back to Kansas