| Powerpuff Girls Z | |
Cover of the first DVD volume featuring Kaoru, Momoko, Mojo Jojo, and Miyako |
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| 出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ (Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, Magical girl |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Megumu Ishiguro |
| Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | Ocean Productions |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | Cartoon Network Boomerang Cartoon Network India Cartoon Network |
| Original run | July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shiho Komiyuno |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Original run | July 2006 – June 2007 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Powerpuff Girls Z, known in Japan as Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (出ましたっ!パワパフガールズZ Demashita! Pawapafu Gāruzu Zetto, roughly They're Here! Powerpuff Girls Z) or PPGZ for short, is a magical girl anime series based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The anime is co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated by Toei Animation, featuring character design by Miho Shimogasa (of Sailor Moon fame). As production occurred in Japan, Craig McCracken, the original creator of The Powerpuff Girls, was not directly involved with the project.
The 52-episode series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007. It also aired on AT-X[1] and on Cartoon Network in Japan.[2] An English-dubbed version produced by Ocean Group aired by Cartoon Network Philippines on their Boomerang channel in 2008, though has not yet been released in The United States. A manga of the same name ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine between July 2006 and June 2007.
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The series takes place in New Townsville (Tokyo City in Japanese). In order to stop an ecological disaster, Professor Utonium's son, Ken Kitazawa, uses Chemical Z, a new form of the Professor's original substance, Chemical X, to destroy a giant glacier. However, the impact of Chemical Z causes several black and white rays of light to appear in the skies above New Townsville. Three ordinary girls, Momoko (Blossom), Miyako (Bubbles), and Kaoru (Buttercup), are engulfed in white lights and become Hyper Blossom, Rolling Bubbles, and Powered Buttercup, respectively. However, the numerous black lights cause others to turn to the side of evil, so the Powerpuff Girls Z must use their ultra super powers to protect New Townsville from villains such as Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins and Him.
Unlike the original Powerpuff Girls, in which the main girls are sisters created by Professor Utonium who attend kindergarten, the main characters are unrelated 13-year-old girls who are given the ability to transform into the Powerpuff Girls Z.
The anime series, produced by Aniplex and Cartoon Network Japan and animated by Toei Animation, aired on TV Tokyo between August 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. An English-language version produced by Ocean Productions was later broadcast in the Philippines on Boomerang, though has yet to be aired in the United States or the United Kingdom.
| Powerpuff Girls Z: Original Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Taichi Master and Hiroshi Nakamura | |
| Released | June 27, 2007 |
| Genre | Anime |
| Length | 67:51 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Label | Sony Aniplex |
Powerpuff Girls Z: Original Soundtrack is the licenced soundtrack to the anime series Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z. It was released by Sony and Aniplex on June 27, 2007 in Japan only.
This includes TV size versions of most of the series theme songs, the series score by composers Taichi Master and Hiroshi Nakamura presented in the form of a party mix, and character songs by PPGZ's seiyus. The album's booklet features concept art for all the characters.
Tracks 1-6 are TV sized versions of the opening and ending themes of the anime. Tracks 7-25 are a continuous party mix of the show's music composed by Taichi Master and Hiroshi Nakamura. Tracks 26-29 are character songs performed by the seiyū of the main characters.
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Shiho Komiyuno, was published in Shueisha's Ribon magazine between July 2006 and June 2007.
A video game entitled Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z: The Game for the Nintendo DS by Namco was launched on June 12, 2007.[3] It has board-game style gameplay similar to Mario Party and features Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup competing with Mojo Jojo to get to the centre of the board, competing in minigames along the way.
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