Ojamajo Doremi (series)

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Ojamajo Doremi's musical theme is also reflected in its logo
Ojamajo Doremi's musical theme is also reflected in its logo

Ojamajo Doremi (おジャ魔女どれみ Ojamajo Doremi?) is a magical girl anime series. There are four television series, two movies and a thirteen episode OVA in the metaseries. A manga adaptation was published by Kodansha written by Izumi Todo and illustrated by Shizue Takanashi.

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[edit] Story

The series anime focuses on two main themes. The first is the heroines' efforts to become skilled in the art of magic, and secondly the friendships and relationships between them in the human world. In Majo-kai, the world of witches, they focus on fighting enemies, the Queen's fearful predecessor, or hostile wizards. In the human world however, they use their magical talents to help those in need. Being trainees in magic, their powers often do not immediately provide a solution to their problems. In the end, the primary moral of these stories is not about power, but about kindness and compassion.

[edit] Series

There are four story arcs to Ojamajo Doremi.

Ojamajo Doremi: When the witches are discovered by their families and friends at the MAHO-Dou, Onpu uses the forbidden magic to erase everyone's memories. Although she claims that she is still protected from the magic charm, it disintegrates and Onpu's punishment is a 100-year sleep. Doremi, Hazuki, and Aiko are desperate to wake her, and Jou-sama claims that they can do Magical Stage, but regardless of whether Onpu chan wakes up or not, they must give up their powers. They agree to do so, and with Poppu chan's help, Onpu awakens. But now all five witches must give up their powers, in Onpu's case because she used too much forbidden magic.

Ojamajo Doremi Sharp: The Former Queen places a curse on Hana-chan that makes her terribly sick. Nothing can help her, and so the witches learn that they must find a flower that will help Hana-chan. The catch is that the Former Queen is blocking the way to the flower, so they must defeat her to get through. One by one, Aiko, Onpu, and Hazuki use their crystals at full power, but are beaten and fall into a 1,000-year sleep. Doremi also attempts, and she finally breaks through and get the flower, but she falls asleep too. When Hana-chan sees that they're all asleep, she cries out "MOMMY!", and the four girls are all awaken. However, they must all give up their powers, AGAIN, and they can't take care of Hana-chan anymore.

Niash! Ojamajo Doremi: With the help of the new Ojamajo Momoko they wake up the Ancient Queen. The Ancient Queen is angry and sad with humans after having lost all her sons and daughters and her husband, but Doremi convinces her that inside her heart she still has beautiful memories of them. Ancient Queen Majo Tourbillon remembers the happy times she spent with her family and the Cursed Wood retreats.

Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAN: When it's time for the girls to finally become witches, they are faced with a hard choice. If they accept, then their lifespand will expand greatly and therefore they cannot live in the same time scale with their family, friends, etc. anymore. After a month thinking, Doremi answers for everyone that they all choose not to become witches, which of course means that they cannot see Hana-chan anymore and they must give up their powers one and final time.

[edit] Media

In Japan, Ojamajo Doremi has aired on each of the ANN TV stations (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, Japan), TV Asahi, Nagoya TV (Metele), and others) and Broadcasting System of San-in Inc.. Ojamajo Doremi is produced by Toei Animation and ABC.

In North America, 4Kids Entertainment has licensed the show under the title Magical DoReMi, which aired on 4Kids TV for the 2005-2006 broadcasting season. New episodes are posted every Tuesday on the website.

If there was a dub in the United Kingdom and Ireland, they would either have the 4kids dub, or their own dub. Some people think that the producers are deciding if the UK should have its own dub, or the 4kids dub.

There are othe Ojamajo Doremi dubs around the world, including Mexico, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hong Kong, etc.

[edit] CD Media

See also: Ojamajo Doremi discography

[edit] Manga

Kodansha published six volumes of manga which span several story arcs. They were drawn by Shizue Takanashi and ran in Nakayoshi from 1999 to early 2003.

1st Story Arc

  1. ISBN 4-06-334349-9
  2. ISBN 4-06-334350-2
  3. ISBN 4-06-334366-9

2nd Story Arc

  1. ISBN 4-06-334502-5

[edit] Ojamajo Kids

During the run of Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAN, Toei hosted live events with performances by select actresses who portrayed the girls, titled "Ojamajo Kids." These girls were selected via auditions.

  • Kasumi Suzuki - Doremi Harukaze
  • Tsuzumi Shinohara - Hana
  • Miiya Tanaka - Hazuki Fujiwara
  • Chiharu Watanabe - Aiko Senoo
  • Makoto Takeda - Onpu Segawa
  • Chisato Maeda - Momoko Asuka

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