Someday's Dreamers

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Someday's Dreamers
魔法遣いに大切なこと (Things that are precious to a mage)
Genre	Fantasy, Drama
Manga
Authored by	Norie Yamada and Kumichi Yoshizuki
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten Génération Comics Planet Manga Norma Editorial Tokyopop
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	2
TV anime
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Studio	J.C.STAFF
Network	TV Asahi
Original run	9 January 2003 – 27 March 2003
No. of episodes	12

Someday's Dreamers (魔法遣いに大切なこと, Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto^?, lit. "Things that are precious to a mage") is a manga written by Norie Yamada (山田典枝, Yamada Norie^?) and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. The story is set in present day Tokyo, except that mages exist in the world.

The protagonist is 18 year old Yume Kikuchi (菊池ユメ, Kikuchi Yume^?), a 2nd year senior high school student from Tono in Iwate prefecture. In order to train as a magic user, she travels to Tokyo during her summer break to apprentice under the charming Masami Oyamada (小山田雅美, Oyamada Masami^?). The story tells of her trials and tribulations as she works toward her eventual graduation as a full-fledged magic user licensed by the Bureau of Magic.

A 12 episode anime series was produced by J.C.STAFF in 2003. Directed by Masami Shimoda (下田正美, Shimoda Masami^?), it loosely follows the storyline of the manga. However, in the anime Yume is seventeen and the character designs differ from the manga as well.

On 7 March 2006, Tokyopop released the Somedays Dreamer manga to the U.S.A. The Tokyopop website says that there are three volumes for the series, with a spinoff on the way.