Dai Mahou Touge

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Dai Mahou Touge

大魔法峠
Genre	Comedy, Magical girl, Shōnen
OVA
Directed by	Tsutomu Mizushima
Studio	Studio Barcelona
No. of episodes	8
Released	3 March 2006 19 June 2006 25 October 2006
Runtime	12 minutes
Manga: Dai Mahou Touge
Authored by	Hideki Ohwada
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten Kurokawa
Serialized in	Ace MomoGumi
Original run	27 November 2002 – 2002
No. of volumes	1

Dai Mahou Touge (大魔法峠, Dai Mahou Touge^? lit. Great Magical Gap) is the title of a Japanese comedy manga and OVA. The story revolves around a young girl named Tanaka Punie who is princess of Magical Land. In order for her to become queen, however, she must become a transfer student in a Japanese high school. Due to her potential to become the next ruler, she has many enemies that wish to assassinate her. This proves difficult to them because Punie is both skilled at martial arts and possesses magic powers which she uses to quickly defeat her enemies. The series is a parody of magical princess animes, and often uses the juxtaposition of cute characters with brutal violence for humor.

1 Main Characters
2 Supporting Characters
3 OVA Episodes
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Main Characters

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Tanaka Punie (Seiyū - Rina Satou)

The protagonist of the story, she has come to Japan in order to prove herself worthy of becoming the queen. She is the princess of Magical Land and, as a result, has many enemies who she defeats with her submission maneuvers and magic powers. Punie may seem young and innocent, but when threatened (and she feels threatened very easily) she becomes violent and aggressive. On the outside she is a cute and carefree girl, on the inside she is a ruthless evil witch, who does not even refrain from killing people, unicorns and vegetables. Her incantation is 'Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All'.

Paya-Tan (Seiyū - Chiwa Saito and Jouji Nakata)

Punie's "mascot" and constant companion, Paya-Tan is a dog-like animal with a unicorn's horn that is personified as having two distinct personalities and faces. While assisting Punie he acts cute with a high voice and silly talk, but when they first met he acted harshly towards her and responded to her attempts to make him her mascot with violence. He may still wish to betray her, despite helping her on various occasions. When not with Punie, he may reveal his more adult face and deeper voice - and smoke a cigarette. In the past he also served as an army colonel.

Koku Tetsuko (Seiyū - Noriko Shitaya)

Tetsuko is a classmate of Punie and also her best friend. She is often confused about what is happening and easily becomes upset. Her name is a pun on "Railway Child" (tetsu = iron; rail is assumed; ko = child), and she identifies with trains, which appear in montages.

Anego (Seiyū - Ayako Kawasumi)

Another classmate, Anego is one of Punie's rivals. She is the leader of a girl gang that are trying to maintain a position of power at the school while causing general mayhem. She later befriends both Punie and Tetsuko. Because of a crush she has on a boy in her class, she also exhibits the qualities of a tsundere character.

[edit] Supporting Characters

Esmeralda (Seiyū - Mami Koyama)

Punie's Mother and queen of Magical Land. She was responsible for the coup which eliminated the previous rulers and gave herself political power.

Punie's Father (Seiyū - Nobuo Tobita)

He is the submissive one in the relationship and is deeply concerned for his daughter's well-being.

Pyun (Seiyū - Ayaka Saito) and Potaru (Seiyū - Kana Hanazawa)

Punie's little sisters who sneak to Japan in order to assassinate her. They possess the "Ring of Immoral", a magical heirloom which they use in order to summon a spirit to destroy Punie.

Elise von Barbaroque (Seiyū - Mamiko Noto)

The daughter of the previous king of Magical Land. She seeks revenge against Punie for Esmeralda's actions.

[edit] OVA Episodes

#	Title

01	"The Miracle Rod Brings Terror to the School Festival?! The Episode Where Magical Princess Punie Arrives!"
At the school festival, Punie uses her powers to stop Anego and her gang from disrupting Tetsuko's curry booth.
02	"The Crazy and Cute Mascot! The Episode Where Paya-Tan Arrives!"
Paya-tan comes to Japan to be by Punie's side. Punie has a flashback to her visit to the Mascot Village when she had to duel with Paya-tan.
03	"Holy Crap, Decisive Battle of Breakfast?! If you don't pray you'll be killed, Cuckoo-san!"
Elise von Barbaroque comes to exact her revenge against Punie, only to be defeated by Punie's superior fighting skills.
04	"Aw, so cute! Did you know there's a 1/120 chance of giving birth to twins?"
Pyun and Potaru show up to assassinate their elder sister, but despite help from a kami they are unable to defeat her.
05	"So only test scores measure the worth of a human being? There's no way I'm worth 0 points. Really."
Punie-chan and her classmates take a midterm test, but are forced to resort to extreme measures in order to cheat due to a sadistic substitute teacher.
06	"You had swept your bangs back for the first time when I saw you under the apple tree. The flower-comb in your hair, I thought you were a flower, too."
Anego goes on a date with Yamada to an amusement park, only to have Punie and Tetsuko intervene to the point of ruining Anego's chances for romance.
07	"What does my involvement mean if it be only tepid?"
08	"It can't always be like it is now, becoming an adult is kinda scary."

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

The name of Punie's magic wand, Lyrical Tokarev, comes from Fedor Tokarev, a Soviet deputy and weapons designer
Tetsuko's name sounds like the Japanese for "rail girl", a point which is often played upon.
In episode 6 of the OVA, the driving scene is a parody of the racing scenes found in the Initial D series.
During the opening sequence, Punie dances beside several famous buildings in Japan, which are set on fire, presumably by Punie.