Magical Project S

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Magical Project S

魔法少女プリティサミ～ (Mahō Shōjo Pretty Samy TV)
Genre	Comedy, Magical Girl
TV anime
Directed by	Katsuhito Akiyama
Studio	AIC Pioneer LDC SoftX / MediaNet Mannensha
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	4 October 1996 – 28 March 1997
No. of episodes	26

Magical Project S, known in Japan as Magical Girl Pretty Samy TV (魔法少女プリティサミ～, Mahō Shōjo Pretty Samy^?), is a 26-episode anime series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC. It is based on the Pretty Sammy character and the OAV series.

The series was released in the United States in 1998, only in a subtitled format.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Characters
2 Music
3 Episode list
4 External links

[edit] Characters

[edit] Major characters

[edit] Minor cameos

[edit] Other characters

Ginji Kawai (河合銀次, Kawai Ginji^?): Ginji is Sasami's father in the TV series and seemingly a man of endless talents and abilities. He's an affable man in general, and his love for his wife and daughter is unmatched. Ginji drives Sasami around to places on his motorcycle, even to school. He makes many suave remarks, telling Sasami "good night" in the morning just because he likes the sound of it. Misao finds him a fun person to be around and is a little envious of Sasami getting to be so close with her family.

Although Ginji never catches on to his daughter's identity for most of the series, he often ends up getting involved with helping Pretty Sammy from time to time. Though Ginji has no magical powers, his skills and even his charm often prove useful in many tough situations. In the past, he seems to have been a member of the SWAT team and even has NASA certification for operating a rocket. Sometimes his talents are helpful in combination with Washu's scientific genius, and the two greet each other with "Catherine" and "Johnny" respectively. He also has "Dandy Power", which he used in his fight against the Team Sexy Mrs.

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao

Honoka Kawai (河合ほのか, Kawai Honoka^?): Honoka is Sasami's mother in the TV series and like Ginji has a cheeful and overly-nice personality. Her job is running the CD Vision store which is connected to Sasami's houses. However, Honoka sometimes neglects her job to go play video games, which causes CD sales to plummet. At one point, Sasami's parents expect Pretty Sammy to come by and help the store by putting on a show, which made Sasami very nervous.

Voiced by: Rie Iwatsubo

Konoha Haida (灰田このは, Haida Konoha^?): Haida is a mean girl in Sasami's class. She has a crush on Hiroto, constantly doting over him and trying to get his affection in a variety of ways. Hiroto just seems to be annoyed with her, though. Konoha also has a dislike of Misao and sometimes says hurtful things to her. In the first episode, she says her goal in life is to conquer the world with her cousin (who clearly resembles Katsuhiko Jinnai from El Hazard).

In one episode when Sasami loses her baton, Konoha comes across it and is able to transform into the magical girl, Funky Connie (ファンキーコニー Fankī Konī^?). The magical baton asks Connie to fight for justice, but she ends up being a failure at it. Instead, Connie ignores all the problems around her and uses it selfishly to get Hiroto to love her. She ends up being extremely disappointed when she finds that the magic can cause Hiroto to love her as Connie but not as Konoha and gives up the baton. Funky Connie's only other appearances are in an episode of the Bonus Theatre where she battles with Love-Me Emmy and a short appearance in the Pretty Sammy Movie trailer.

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami

Eimi Date (伊達映美, Date Eimi^?): Eimi is a girl who is class rep in Sasami's class. She seems to know the school rules by heart and tries to make sure everyone abides by them. Even in the oddest of situations, and outside of school, she chides people that they are going against "school rules". In the first episode she admits to having dreams of becoming an actress but her voice is shrill, and her singing is later shown to be downright terrible. The class has to keep her quiet when they sing a song together or otherwise she single-handedly ruins it, such as during the School Festival, they first had to tie and gag Eimi during the rehearsal, and then cover Eimi's mouth during the performance.

When Romio arrives on the scene to help Ramia after Pixy Misa's defeat, she takes control of Eimi and causes her to transform into her own champion magical girl, Love-Me Emmy (ラブミィエイミー Rabu mii Eimī^?). The monsters she calls are named Lovely Monsters, and she also chides people for breaking school rules like her normal counterpart. She tends to make up rules at her convenience, though, and when she sings her songs (as terrible as her usual self) they are also filled with strange contradictory lyrics. She is nonetheless very powerful and Sammy has to get some help from Oryo (disguised as Cool Red) in order to beat her. Eimi turns to normal again but is unable to transform out of her costume, stuck as a magical girl for the remainder of the series.

Voiced by: Hisoka Moriya

Hiroto Majima (真嶋広人, Majima Hiroto^?): Hiroto is an athletic boy in Sasami's class. Along with his friend Kenji, he is one of the first civilians to see Pretty Sammy in action, and they spread the word around school about the big news about the magical girl. Konoha is infatuated with him, but Hiroto does not care for it. When she is Connie, Konoha mentions that she had fallen for him when he chased away a bear with his soccer ball in 2nd grade, something that Hiroto doesn't remember happening.

Much to Konoha's dismay, Hiroto has a slight crush on Misao. He provided some help for Misao at academic endeavors, such as getting her ready to jump over the vaulting horse when she was afraid and also covered for her during the dodge ball battle between Mihoshi and Kiyone's classes. Hiroto is quick to notice Misao's change in confidence later in the series. When it is revealed to him that Misao is really Pixy Misa, he is shocked and also a bit frustrated over not being able to help. Konoha chides him over the fact he got so worked up over a girl who might not like him back.

Voiced by: Taiki Matsuno

Kenji Oyamada (小山田健二, Oyamada Kenji^?): Kenji is another boy in Sasami's class and a friend of Hiroto. He has squinty eyes and tends to be a comic relief character throughout the series, inserting some kind of joke into the situation. Kenji has an obsession with photographs and often likes to take pictures, particularly of girls in skirts and swimsuits.

Voiced by: Daisuke Ishikawa

Shigeki Amano (天野茂樹, Amano Shigeki^?): Shigeki is Misao's father. In the TV series he is shown as a pianist that is traveling the world.

Shigeki later came back to visit his family and Misao was happy to be able to see her dad. However when Rumiya had Misao forcibly transform into Pixy Misa for the final time, Shigeki found out that the area that Pixy Misa's giant rose which was causing people to go berserk is where his wife and daughter are. Worried for their safety, Shigeki ran into the city and covered his face to avoid breathing in the rose's pollen. When Misao saw him and Kotoe looking for her, it caused her powers as Pixy Misa to weaken and the transformation immediately canceled out. However, Shigeki had to leave before Misao had a chance to see him. But he was able to complete an uncompleted composition that he left for Misao, which also happened to be named Misao.

However, when Misao was going to be performing the song on a piano for her class's performance in the School Festival, Sasami wanted Shigeki to attend so he could watch Misao perform. As Pretty Sammy, she asked Washu for help and Washu used her connections to locate Shigeki. Sasami tried to master Pretty Teleport to teleport to him. When that didn't work, Sasami was able to teleport a letter instead. After being able to see her father after the festival, Misao told him that she wanted to be a pianist just like him.

Voiced by: Takehiro Murozono

Kotoe Amano (天野琴恵, Amano Kotoe^?): Kotoe is Misao's mother and Shigeki's estranged wife.

After Shigeki abandoned his family, Kotoe was left in charge of taking care of Misao. Although she seems to be a very busy business woman that is hardly around, she does deeply care about her daughter and works hard to support her.

Voiced by: Miki Itou

[edit] Minor characters

Main article: List of Pretty Sammy minor characters

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Music

Opening and Ending 3 (episode 26): Yume Mireba Yume Mo Yume Ja Nai [A Dream's Not a Dream if You Dream It] (performed by Chisa Yokoyama and Etsuko Kozakura)
Ending 1 (episodes 1-13): Persona (performed by Kumi Akiyama)
Ending 2 (episodes 14-25): Chôshi ni Notte Orimashita [I Got Carried Away] (performed by The Rhythm Kings)
Insert Song 1 (episode 3): Mahô Shôjo Pixy Misa Shôka [Magical Girl Pixy Misa's Song] (performed by Rumi Kasahara)
Insert Song 2 (episode 5): Pretty Coquettish Bomber (performed by Chisa Yokoyama)

[edit] Episode list

DVD cover for Magical Project S

The English titles are listed first, and the Japanese titles are listed in parentheses.

First Contact (SAMÎ daichi ni satsu! [Sammy Stands on Solid Ground!])
The Crash Course (SAMÎ jigoku dokkun [Sammy's Hellish Crash Course])
Test! Test! Test! (hyaku-ten totsute SUKIYAKI! [100 Points Means Sukiyaki!])
Jump Over the Top! (ano hako o tobe [Skip Over That Box!])
Debut! The Star Sammy (konseiki saigo no AIDORU DEBYÛ [The Last Idol Debut of the Century])
Dodge Ball Battle! (yatsu BÔRU o motaruna! [Don't Let Those Guys Get the Ball!])
Talent for Trouble (tensai no sainô)
Mid Summer Santa (manatsu no SANTA)
The Island of Love-love Monsters (RABU RABU MONSUTÂ no shima)
East vs. West
The Lost Baton (BATON sôshitsu)
The Blue Sky Rangers (kokoro wa istumo aozora sentai [The Heart is Always With the Blue Sky Rangers])
All I Want is You (KIMI ga hoshî [I Want You])
The Fellow Called Boss (banchô to yobareta otoko [The Man Who Was Called "School Gang Leader"])
Baby Sammy (akachan SAMÎ de BABÛ [Baby Sammy, Goo Goo!])
The Team, "Lovely Madams" (senretsu! hitozumatai [Vividness! The Married Women Squad])
Farewell, The Team, "Lovely Madams"! (naku na MISA! saraba hitozumatai [Cry, Misa! Farewell, Married Women Squad])
You are the Sunshine Girl (KIMI wa kôkiatsu shôjo [You're a High-pressure Girl])
The Magic Fades Away (bara no hanabira ga maochita toki, shizuka ni mahô wa kieru [When the Rose Petal Falls, the Magic Will Vanish])
Friends (tomodachi - mitsume au hitomi, tsuna ga reta te - [Friends - Eye to Eye, Hand in Hand])
I'm Glad to Have the Mystic Force (mahô ga atte yokatta [I'm Glad to be Magical])
The Third Magical Girl is Coming! (mahô shôjo kyôshû [Magical Girl Assault])
Goddess of Destruction (hagai no megami)
The Moon Must Be Hell! (tsuki wa jigoku da! [The Moon is Hell!])
New Technology (NT {NYÛ TEKUNOROJÎ} [NT {New Technology}])
Magical Victory (yattane, taishô! koi mo mahô mo SAMÎ ni omakase [At Last, the Grand Victory! Leave the Love and Magic to Sammy])