![]() The program was adopted from the manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, the creator of Gigantor he acknowledged the American TV program Bewitched as his inspiration. She uses her magic to become Sally Yumeno, the daughter of a Tokyo family. Sally has such a good time that she decides to stay on Earth. When they are captured by two comic-relief burglars, Sally and Cub, another magical inhabitant from Astoria disguised as her little brother, play magical tricks to defeat them. When she does transport herself there (an unnamed but obvious Tokyo), she meets two elementary school girls, Sumire-chan and Yo-chan, and uses her magic to become friends with them. Sally, the young Princess of Astoria, the Witch World, longs to visit the Human World. ![]() The most recent variant is the school for young witches in the magical world, where all of the classmates have magical powers. ![]() Sometimes the girl was a normal human who controlled a magic object, but had to use it while avoiding being discovered by her parents or other adults. ![]() The average girl grew older, from about 9 or 10 to about 14 or 15. The girl would usually have one or two magical animal companions.Īs time went on, this formula developed many variants. When using her magic, there would be a “transformation scene” involving a magical phrase and some form of magic wand, often disguised as a locket, which would be one of the series’ main merchandising tie-ins. Although she was a preadolescent, she would have adventures without any adult supervisor. Their original formula was that a young girl from a magic dimension would come to Earth and use her magic to appear to be a normal 8- to 12-year-old girl. However, there have been enough magical little witch series to fill this column alone. Two famous examples of the shojo-heroine genre are The Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena and two more of the just-plain shojo are Candy Candy and His and Her Circumstances. The two established two of the three main forms of anime for girls the magical little witch genre, and the shojo-heroine genre. This was almost immediately followed by Princess Knight in April 1967. The first anime intended for girls was Sally the Witch in December 1966. The first TV animation was for adults (Otogi Manga Calender, 1962) and men and boys (Astro Boy, Hermit Village, 1963). The first Japanese animation was theatrical, and meant for all audiences. ![]()
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