Himitsu no Akko-chan

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Himitsu no Akko-chan
Cover of the DVD box of the 1969 anime series.
ひみつのアッコちゃん
GenreComedy, Magical girl, Romance
Manga
Written byFujio Akatsuka
Published byShueisha
MagazineRibon
DemographicShōjo
Original runJuly 1962 – September 1965
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Ikeda
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run 6 January 1969 – 26 October 1970
Episodes94
Anime television series
Directed byHiroki Shibata
StudioToei Animation
Original networkFuji TV
Original run October 9, 1988 – December 24, 1989
Episodes61
Anime film
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedMarch 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)
Anime film
Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJuly 15, 1989 (1989-07-15)
Anime television series
Directed byHiroki Shibata
StudioToei Animation
Original networkFuji TV
Original run April 5, 1998 – February 28, 1999
Episodes44
Live-action film
Directed byYasuhiro Kawamura
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)
Runtime120 minutes

Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん, The Secrets of Akko-chan[1]) is a popular pioneering magical girl manga and anime[2] that ran in Japan during the 1960s.

The manga was drawn and written by Fujio Akatsuka, and was published in Ribon from 1962 to 1965. It predates the Mahōtsukai Sunny (whose name became Sally in the Mahōtsukai Sally anime) manga, printed in 1966. However, that title is the first magical girl anime as Himitsu no Akko-chan was not broadcast until 1969.

The original anime ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated by Toei Animation and broadcast by TV Asahi (then known as NET). It has been remade twice, in 1988 (61 episodes, featuring Mitsuko Horie in the role of Akko-chan and singing the opening and ending themes) and in 1998 (44 episodes).

Four movies were produced. Circus Da Ga Yattekita in 1969, Namida no Kaiten Receive in 1970, and Himitsu no Akko-chan Movie and Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri both released in 1989. It was adapted into a live action film released in September 1, 2012.[3]

Plot

Atsuko Kagami is a childlike, arrogant elementary school girl who has an affinity for mirrors. One day, her favorite mirror which was given to Akko by her mother (or in some versions, by her father, as a present from India) is broken, and she prefers to bury it in her yard rather than throw it to the trash can.

In her dreams, she is contacted by a spirit (or in some cases the Queen of the Mirror Kingdom) who is touched that the girl would treat the mirror so respectfully and not simply throw it away. Akko-chan is then given the gift of a magical mirror and taught enchantments, "tekumaku mayakon, tekumaku mayakon" and "lamipus lamipus lu lu lu lu lu," that will allow her to transform into anything she wishes.[4]

Heroine's name

Atsuko Kagami is often called Akko-chan for short. 鏡アツ子, from the name 加賀美あつ子 but with the family-name part 加賀美, "Kagami", replaced by 鏡. In Japanese, kagami means mirror. She is known as "Stilly," "Caroline," or "Julie" in Western versions of the anime.

Cast

1969

1988

1998

2012

Foreign distribution

The only media in the franchise to be officially translated into English is the 1980s run of the manga, translated as Akko-Chan's Got a Secret![5] Otherwise largely unknown in the English-speaking world, Himitsu no Akko-chan enjoyed a good deal of success when it was exported to the European market in the 1980s. All three Akko-chan series have been screened on TV in Italy.

  • Lo specchio magico (Italian, first series)
  • Caroline (French, second series; pronounced "Cah-ro-LEHN"[citation needed])
  • Los secretos de Julie (Spanish language version shown in Latin America, first series)
  • El Secreto de Akko (Spanish version shown in Spain, third series)
  • Un mondo di magia (Italian, second series)
  • Stilly e lo specchio magico (Italian, third series): In series three, as in series one, "Stilly" is the Italian name for Akko-chan.
  • Czarodziejskie zwierciadełko (Polish, first series)

References

  1. ^ "Toei Animation TV Series". Toei Animation. January 24, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey. p. 8. ISBN 0345485904.
  3. ^ "Haruka Ayase Stars in 1st Live-Action Himitsu no Akko-chan Film". Anime News Network. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Himitsu no Akko-chan". Fujio Productions. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Akko-Chan's Got a Secret!: Fujio Akatsuka, translated by Carla Valentine". Toei Animation. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

External links

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