Yadamon
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| Yadamon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Anime, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
| Created by | Suezen (Iida Fumio) |
| Developed by | Avaco Creative Studios |
| Directed by | Masuji Harada Takashi Yui |
| Voices of | Mika Kanai Rie Iwatsubo Rin Mizuhara Issei Futamata Mami Suzuki Youko Kawanami Yuuko Minaguchi Kaneto Shiozawa Masahiro Anzai Ryuuji Saikachi Kyouko Minami Yasunori Matsumoto Noriko Oka |
| Country of origin |  Japan |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 170 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| First shown in | Nippon Housou Kyoukai (NHK) |
| Original run | 24 August 1992 – 16 July 1993 |
Yadamon or Yadamon: Magical Dreamer[1] is a 10-minute anime created by Suezen that originally run between 24 August 1992 to 16 July 1993. The series was broadcast every weekday. In the 21-week first run, 110 episodes aired. A second series, with 60 episodes, aired in 1993 on NHK's Educational Channel[2]. It stars Yadamon a young and novice witch who flies by turning her hair into butterfly wings, rides a magical vacuum and has a talking manatee for a mentor[3].
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[edit] Plot
After causing havoc in the Witch Forest, the queen, Yadamon's mother, banishes her to human world. She does this not only to teach Yadamon a lesson, but alsoi because she has a secret passion for human magazines and books. While at the human world, the queen keeps a close watch at Yadamon which becomes a problem cause she falls asleep almost anywhere.
The human world has gone extremely hi-tech. Also, a lot of animals has become extinct. Yadamon finds herself in the island named Island, where genetically re-created species are being made. In the island she meets Jean and his parents Eddie and Maria.
Yadamon meets many misadventures in the human world due to her curiosity which causes a lot of trouble to the humans and her guardian fairy, Timon, who has the ability to stop time[4].
As Yadamon learns to adapt to human world and use her powers a new threat is brewing. Kira, the evil witch who was sealed inside a volcano by the queen and the great witch Beril, has escaped. She is out for revenge and has set her eyes to the humans and Yadamon.
[edit] Cast
- Mika Kanai as Yadamon
- Rie Iwatsubo as Taimon
- Rin Mizuhara as Jean
- Issei Futamata as Eddie
- Mami Suzuki as Maria
- Youko Kawanami as Queen
- Yuuko Minaguchi as Kira
- Kaneto Shiozawa as Enrico/Fairy King
- Masahiro Anzai as Butch
- Ryuuji Saikachi as William
- Kyouko Minami as Hanna/Miiru
- Yasunori Matsumoto as Shinui
- Noriko Oka as Berial
