Cheeky Angel
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| Tenshi na Konamaiki (天使な小生意気) |
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| Genre | romance, comedy |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Hiroyuki Nishimori |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan Viz Media |
| Serialized in | Shonen Sunday |
| Original run | 1999 – 2003 |
| No. of volumes | 20 |
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| Directed by | Masaharu Okuwaki |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Network | TV Tokyo QTV |
| Original run | 4 June 2002 – 29 March 2003 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
Cheeky Angel (天使な小生意気 Tenshi na Konamaiki) is a comedy romance manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It focuses on the adventures of a 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy with a secret: she used to be male. Originally a serial in Shonen Sunday, the format extended to a 20-volume serialised graphic novel and a 50-episode anime series.
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[edit] Plot
When nine, Megumi was a macho little boy who rescued a sorcerer from a gang of other children. In return, he receives a magic book that will grant him one wish. Megumi wishes to become the manliest man among men. Pierrot, the jester-like genie in the book, appears to grant the wish, but turns out to be a trickster: Megumi becomes female instead, Pierrot claiming to have misheard the wish as "woman among women". It would cost 10 years of Megumi's life to reverse it, and she throws the book into a river. Little did she know that after being transformed into a woman, Megumi Amatsuka's quest is about to begin.
[edit] Main Characters
As Megumi Amatsuka grew up from her horrendous experience of the past, the only one that remembers and knows of the event is herself, and Miki Hanakain. While physically an attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting ability, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers comprising the very stubborn punk Genzo Soga (who has become Megumi's biggest admirer), "average" Ichiro Fujiki (a boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird at his previous school), the hentai (perverted) and yet good-hearted nerd Tasuke Yasuda (whose nose bleeds when he gets too excited), and later the samurai Hitomonji Kobayashi, arguably the most decent man in the pack. Miki Hanakain is not specifically a member of this club, but she is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. Later in the series, a few episodes feature another recurring character, spoiled brat Keiko Tanaka, Megumi's rival.
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening
- Grand Blue - Aiko Kitahara (episodes 1-26)
- Sun rise train - Aiko Kitahara (episodes 27-50)
- Ending
- Whenever I think of you - U-Ka Saegusa in db [decibel]
- It's for you - U-Ka Saegusa in db (episodes 15-26)
- Tears go by - U-Ka Saegusa in db (eps 27-37)
- Secret and Lies - U-Ka Saegusa in db (eps 38-49)
- Grand Blue - Aiko Kitahara (ep 50)
[edit] Japanese Voice Actors
Megumi Amatsuka: Megumi Hayashibara
Ichiro Fujiki: Issei Tanaka
Miki Hanakain: Makiko Ohmoto
Naoko Matsui: Naoko Matsui
Hitomonji Kobayashi: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Genzou Soga: Wataru Takagi
Tasuke Yasuda: Yuji Ueda
Megumi's father: Banjou Ginga
Chisato Nakajima as
- female student (ep 8)
- girl (ep 2,4-5,12)
- Noriko
- OL (ep 7)
- Ako
- Aku gaki (Ep 1)
- Female student (Ep 8)
- Girl (Eps 2,4-5,11-12)
- Kana
- Kyashi
- Naomi
- Shop worker (Ep 7)
Megumi Urawa as
- Amatsuka Tsubasa (Megumi's mother)
- female student (ep 8)
- Fujiki Jirou
- girl (ep 2,12)
- housewife (ep 6)
Kobayashi Ichimonji: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Gakusan Takao: Shoutarou Morikubo
Chie: Tomoe Sakuragawa as Chie
[edit] Japanese Staff
Director: Masaharu Okuwaki
Music: Daisuke Ikeda
Original creator: Hiroyuki Nishimori
Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
Art director: Junichi Higashi
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Nishiyama
Animation producer: Tetsu Kojima
Chief Production Administrator: Keiichi Ishiyama
Editing: Akimitsu Okada
Executive producers:
- Shinichiro Tsuzuki
- Shunzo Kato
Literary Assistant: Youko Iizawa
Planning:
- Fumio Ueda
- Keisuke Iwata (TV Tokyo)
Producers:
- Masahito Yoshioka
- Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Scenario Producer: Junichi Iioka
Sound director: Yasuo Uragami
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Performers:
- Aiko Kitahara
- Yuuka Saegusa and band U-ka Saegusa in db
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Production: TMS Entertainment
[edit] Broadcasters & World airing information
In Japan on TV Tokyo
In the Philippines on Qtv Channel 11 (February 2006)
[edit] External links
- Animefringe feature
- IMDB Entry
- Episode Titles (in English and Japanese)
- Official Tenshi na Konamaiki Website (Japanese)
