| Genre: | Magical girl |
| Director: | Yugo Serikawa Hiroshi Ikeda (2 episodes), etc. |
| Music: | Hiroshi Tsutui |
| Company: | Toei Animation NET |
| Network: | ANN (NET) |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Episodes: | 39 |
(shortly known as Chappy) is an anime series that debuted in TV Asahi (formerly known as NET, or Nihon Educational Television) in 1972. It is the fifth magical girl anime in history (the sixth if one counts Osamu Tezuka's Marvelous Melmo), and the fifth produced by the Toei Animation studio. While the show was fairly popular, it was not as popular as Toei's earlier magical-girl series, and is relatively obscure compared to its predecessors.
In addition to its success in Japan, Chappy has been dubbed into Italian, French and Spanish and broadcast on TV in Italy and various Latin American nations such as Mexico, Peru, Chile and Guatemala. The French dub, made in the early 1990s by AB Productions, was never aired, possibly due to lukewarm reception for earlier majokko series of the same vintage (such as Mahou no Mako-chan and Majokko Megu-chan) on French television.
A manga adaptation of the story was drawn by Hideo Azuma, who later created his own magical girl series, Nanako SOS, in 1983.
Chappy, along with other Toei's magical girls such as Akko-chan, Sally, Cutie Honey, Megu-chan, Lunlun, and Lalabel, is a playable character in the 1999 Sony PlayStation game .
The series was released in a box set in Japan on DVD by ICF Co., Ltd. in December 2005.
Chappy's story is much like Sally's of Sally the Witch. Chappy, becoming sick of the old customs of her people, left the Land of Magic for the human world. Soon her family sees how much she has in the other realm that they decide to join her in new home.[1] Chappy is known for being the first witch to use a wand (actually a magical baton, given to her by her grandfather). Her special chant is "Abura Mahariku Maharita Kabura". Chappy's closest human friends are tomboy Michiko and girly-girl Shizuko, much like her predecessor Sally's friends Yotchan and Sumire.
In a nod to the ecological concerns of the early 1970s, the series featured one noteworthy episode late in the show's run, written by Shukei Nagasaka, which dealt with issues such as pollution and use of natural resources. The show is also notable for featuring several Disney references, including a reference to the 1959 film Sleeping Beauty in one episode, and for the panda mascot character, Don-chan, introduced to cash in on a panda mini-craze in 1972 in Japan (which also informed Hayao Miyazaki's Panda! Go Panda!).
| No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Magical Family is Here |
| 2 | My Friend is a Monster |
| 3 | What is, Daddy? |
| 4 | Comparing the Nature of Man |
| 5 | Don-chan's Sister |
| 6 | Reclaim Mommy |
| 7 | 500m to Glory |
| 8 | Cannot Return to the Magical World |
| 9 | The Targeted Baton |
| 10 | Phantom D51 |
| 11 | Three Wishes |
| 12 | Compare the Wishes of Grandma |
| 13 | Daddy's Diary |
| 14 | Ghost Disturbance in the Hostel |
| 15 | My Favorite Principal for the Day |
| 16 | Girl from the Magical Hill |
| 17 | Thank you, Daddy |
| 18 | Adventure on the Isolated Island |
| 19 | Baby-napper |
| 20 | Hello, Phoenix |
| 21 | Homerun Leader |
| 22 | The Dolphin Paradise |
| 23 | The Festival |
| 24 | The Demon that Run Away |
| 25 | Don's Rainbow |
| 26 | The Bicycle that Flies into the Sky |
| 27 | Don Flood |
| 28 | Independence! Waste Park |
| 29 | Prince of the Animals |
| 30 | Please Wait, Otamgetter! |
| 31 | The Distinguished Granny |
| 32 | Yearning of Kyoto |
| 33 | Apple Village, Apple Apple Showdown |
| 34 | Come Out for the Sword Fight |
| 35 | Money and Friendship |
| 36 | Jump! The Ultra Revolution |
| 37 | Farewell, Yukinko |
| 38 | Thinking of Christmas |
| 39 | Where Are You Going, Chappy? |
| Japanese title | English title | Artist | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahō Tsukai Chappy | Chappy the Witch | Shingazu Suri | Opening theme | |
| Don-chan no Uta | Don-chan's Song[2] | Kousei Tomita | Ending theme | |
| Mahou no Warutsu | Magical Waltz | Kumiko Onoki | Insert song (final episode) |
Theme is written by Keiko Osonoe and music composed by Hiroshi Tsutsui.[3]