Mirmo!

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Mirmo!

わがまま☆フェアリーミルモでポン!
(Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon)

Genre

Comedy,romance

Manga

Authored by

Hiromu Shinozuka

Publisher

Shogakukan

Other publishers:
Tong Li Jade Dynasty Chuang Yi (English) PlayPress Daiwon C&A Holdings VIZ Media Bongkoch Publishing Carlsen Comics

Serialized in

Ciao

Original run

2001 – 2006

No. of volumes

TV anime

Directed by

Kenichi Kasai

Studio

Shogakukan

Network

TV Tokyo

Other networks:
SBS Cartoon Network HERO, ABS-CBN, Cartoon Network TV3,TV9 Italia 1 Warner Bros. Television MCOT,True Vision Ch 51

Original run

6 April 2002 – 27 September 2005

No. of episodes

172

Mirmo! (Mirmo Zibang!) is an anime series known in Japan as Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon (わがまま☆フェアリーミルモでポン! Wagamama Fearī Mirumo de Pon!) based on Hiromu Shinozuka's manga in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. The manga is published in English by Chuang Yi in Singapore and in Korean by Daiwon C&A Holdings and in Malay in Malaysia. In Japan, the series is aired on TV Tokyo; in North America, the series is licensed by VIZ Media and ShoPro Entertainment (the series has yet to be picked up for North American broadcast, however). It is also to licensed in Korea by Daiwon C&A Holdings and aired on SBS (Korea). In the Philippines, it is aired on HERO, ABS-CBN (HERO's Mother Network) and Cartoon Network. In Taiwan, it is aired on Cartoon Network during the Miguzi time. In Brazil, it is aired on Cartoon Network quite early in the morning during weekdays.

1 Japanese popularity
2 Story
3 Characters
4 Media
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Japanese popularity

Mirmo first achieved enormous popularity in Japan in 2001 when it was launched as a serialized comic in Shogakukan's leading girls' manga Ciao. Mirmo was then launched as an animated series on TV Tokyo in April 2002 to September 2005. It has since achieved massive success in Japan, winning Kodansha's 27th annual "Children's Group" manga award, as well as TV Tokyo's award for top-rated new program in 2003.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Story

The main character, Katie Minami (Kaede Minami in the Japanese versions), is a cheerful and energetic eighth grader. Katie is shy around her male classmates, so it is difficult for her to date.

One day, on her way home from school, Katie walks into a mysterious shop and buys a blue cocoa mug. When she arrives at home, she casually peeks into the bottom of the mug and discovers an engraved note which says, "If you read this message aloud while pouring hot cocoa into the mug, a love fairy ("muglox") will appear and grant your every wish." The skeptical but curious Katie follows the directions and announces her wish to date Dylan Yuki (Setsu Yuuki in the Japanese versions), the class heartthrob. A love fairy named Mirmo (Mirumo) appears. At first she was afraid of him but later understood that he was a muglox. Katie soon finds out that Mirmo prefers eating chocolate and creating mischief over helping Katie.

Mirmo, it seems, is prince of the muglox world. Horrified at the prospect of having to marry Rima (Rirumu), his princess bride-to-be, Mirmo has escaped the muglox world. Hot on his heels, however, are Rima, Yatcht (Yashichi) the bounty hunter, Morumo (mirmo's brother), and a cast of hundreds of muglox ranging from good to bad to nutty. The muglox see to it that school life for Katie and her friends is never the same.

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of Mirmo! characters

The series stars Mirmo (Mirumo or ミルモ in the original Japanese), a fairy, and Katie Minami (Kaede Minami in the original Japanese).

Characters in the series include Katie's human friend, Mirmo, a Muglox (or "love" fairy). Instead of granting Katie's wishes as the Muglox has been assigned, the Muglox continues to eat several chocolate food items and is constantly running away from Rima (Rirumu), a female Muglox owned by Dylan Yuki (Setsu Yuuki), a boy with whom Katie is infatuated. Mirmo's archrival Muglox, Yatcht (Yashichi), owned by Azumi Hidaka, is a girl who is jealous of Katie. Mirmo also has a brother, Murumo (Murumo), who belongs to Kyle Matsutake (Kaoru Matsutake), a boy who eventually falls in love with Katie. The muglox use musical instruments as their magical tools.