The appeal and reviews of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!: A masterpiece anime that delves deeply into the world of magic

The appeal and evaluation of "Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!"

"Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!" is a TV anime series that aired on ABC from February 3, 2002 to January 26, 2003, with a total of 51 episodes broadcast for 30 minutes every week. This work is an original anime work produced by Toei Animation based on the original work by Todo Izumi. As the fourth installment of the "Ojamajo Doremi" series, it continues to be loved by many fans.

story

The story of "Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!" begins with Doremi and her friends waiting for word from the witch world after promising to become witches. However, there is still no word even as the new semester begins, and when they go to school, a cute blonde-haired girl is waiting for them. The girl introduces herself as Hana-chan, and confesses that she has used her magic to turn her into a sixth grader, just like Doremi and her friends. She then reveals that she used her magic too much and broke the crystal ball, which represents a witch's destiny, and is no longer a witch. With Hana-chan, who has no knowledge of the common sense of the human world, as a new addition to the Doremi family, it will be interesting to see how their school life unfolds.

cast

The voice actors for the main characters are as follows: Harukaze Doremi is played by Chiba Chiemi, Fujiwara Hazuki is played by Akitani Tomoko, Senoo Aiko is played by Matsuoka Yuki, Segawa Onpu is played by Shishido Rumi, Asuka Momoko is played by Miyahara Eimi, Hana-chan is played by Otani Ikue, Majorica is played by Nagasawa Nanako, Lala is played by Takamura Megumi, Oyajide is played by Kanemitsu Nobuaki, Baba is played by Park Rumi, and many other unique characters are featured in the story. In addition, many other characters such as Harukaze Pop is played by Ishige Sawa, Wholesale Witch Della is played by Sakurai Chihiro, and the Queen of the Witch World is played by ???

Main Staff

Many staff members were involved in the production of this work. The key animators are Matsuda Chiori, Kuwahara Mikine, Aoyama Mitsuru, Hayama Junichi, Takamura Kaoru, Ishizaki Hisao, Hata Yoshiko, Sato Masamasa, Yamamuro Tsuyako, Yoshikawa Miki, Nishii Terumi, Kubota Chika, Baba Mitsuko, Hori Takeshi, Aikawa Mariko, Koyama Kazuhiro, Ueda Akemi, Tomita Yoshikazu, Abiru Akitsugu, Mizumura Takeyuki, Namatame Yasuhiro, Kono Hiroyuki, Kojima Akira, Nagashima Hideki, Sano Yoko, and Fujii Takahiro. Participants include: Ryuji Iwata, Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa, Ninji Takahashi, Kenichi Nagasawa, Haruhiko Noda, Toshie Kawamura, Tomoya Hiratsuka, Miho Azuma, Satoru Koshiishi, Kenji Yonomi, Kohei Yanagida, Yoko Sano, Takamasa Shimizu, Sawako Hirabayashi, Hiromasa Yasunori, Haruhiko Noda, Tamami Yamada, Toshie Kawamura, Daisuke Yamauchi, Michio Sato, Yoshihiko Magoe, Koichi Yanagida, Nobutaka Ito, Hideaki Tsukioka, etc. In addition, experts from various fields such as animation, background, digital coloring, color specification, special effects, digital photography, editing, recording, sound effects, music selection, recording, recording studio, online editing, assistant director, production coordinator, art coordinator, acting administration, assistant producer, art, animation director, and direction worked together to create the work.

Main Characters

After discovering that Majorica is a witch, Doremi Harukaze becomes a witch frog and begins training to return her to her original form. She is curious, clumsy, meddlesome and easily scared, but her occasional acts of kindness touch people's hearts. When she advances to the fifth grade, she is placed in a different class from the other four Ojamajo girls, but she becomes friends with Momoko, an apprentice witch who returned from overseas, in the same class. After school, she makes sweets at MAHO-do.

Haruka is Doremi's mother. She wanted to be a professional pianist, but gave up after injuring her hand and became a full-time housewife. She watches over Doremi and her friends with kindness and sometimes strictness. Keisuke is Doremi's father. His hobby is fishing, so he works as a writer for a fishing magazine. Whenever he has free time, he goes fishing. Pop is Doremi's younger sister, who is a little precocious and cheeky, but she grew up watching Doremi's clumsy behavior, so she is very reliable despite being the younger sister. After witnessing Doremi and her friends' magic, she was appointed as an apprentice witch, and in the previous series, she was able to skip a grade thanks to Hana's crying. This year, she is in the first grade at Misora ​​Elementary School with Doremi.

Senoo Aiko is Doremi's friend and also an apprentice witch. She grew up in Osaka, is good at sports, and is a lively girl with a big sister personality. After her parents divorced, she lives with her father, a taxi driver. She has a firm sense of reality, typical of Naniwa girls, and does all the housework by herself. In order to not give in to the harsh environment, she behaves cheerfully in front of others, but sometimes she has a dreamy side. She hopes that her divorced parents will get along again. Atsuko is Aiko's mother and works at an elderly care center. Senoo Koji is a taxi driver by profession, divorced from Aiko's mother, moved from Osaka, and currently lives with Aiko.

Hazuki Fujiwara is Doremi's friend since kindergarten, and is also an apprentice witch. She has excellent grades and is usually calm, but perhaps because she was raised as a rich girl, she also has a gentle and absent-minded side. Her unique sense may have been exacerbated by her association with Doremi and her friends. Because her parents were too caring, she is unable to express herself well. The wish she would like to make come true with magic is to be able to say "no" to her mother when she "no" to something. Hazuki's mother is an interior coordinator, and she buys a lot of clothes for Hazuki. Hazuki's father is a famous film director, and although he is strict at work, he is kind to his daughter Hazuki. The old woman is disciplined and well-mannered, and has never missed a day of cleaning the Fujiwara mansion, and is strangely powerful.

Due to her father's work as an architect and her mother's work as a photographer, Momoko Asuka went to America just before entering elementary school, where she met the elderly Major Monroe and became an apprentice witch. As a child who returned from overseas, she entered Misora ​​Elementary School, and at Maho-do, she teaches her specialty, making sweets, with the other four Ojamajo. Onpu Segawa became an apprentice witch under Majorca, the rival witch of Majorica, and acted separately from Doremi and her friends, but they overcame a crisis together and became true friends. As a very popular entertainer, she is a hard worker who does not cut corners in anything, including school, work, and Maho-do. She is still an individualist, but perhaps influenced by Doremi and her friends, she sometimes shows a gentle side. Onpu's mother used to be in the same entertainment industry as Onpu, and was an idol called "Yumeno Kurara," but she quit her entertainment activities due to an accident on stage, and now she entrusts her dream to Onpu. Onpu's father is a driver for a sleeper express train, and he rarely comes home. Due to Onpu's busy schedule with her entertainment activities, the two of them don't get to see each other very often, but her father cares deeply for her.

subtitle

The subtitles for each episode are as follows:

• [Episode 51] Thank you! Until we meet again 2003/01/26 broadcast
• [Episode 50] Goodbye, Ojamajo Broadcast on 19/01/2003
• [Episode 49] Friends Forever and Forever 2003/01/12
• [Episode 48] Aiko's Happiest Day Broadcast on January 5, 2003
• [Episode 47] Even if we're far apart Broadcast on 2002/12/29
• [Episode 46] Farewell, Witch Frog's Curse Broadcast on 2002/12/22
• [Episode 45] Thorns of Sorrow, Disappear! Broadcast on 15 December 2002
• [Episode 44] We Must Hurry! The Last Clue Broadcast on 2002/12/08
• [Episode 43] First-class exam! Tamaki in dire straits!! Broadcast on 12/01/2002
• [Episode 42] Make your own decision!? Hazuki's path Broadcast on 2002/11/24
• [Episode 41] Will Pop become a witch first? Broadcast on 17 November 2002
• [Episode 40] Doremi and the Witch Who Quit Being a Witch Broadcast on 10/11/2002
• [Episode 39] With all my heart! The white rose of happiness Broadcast on 2002/10/27
• [Episode 38] Finally remarriage!? Aiko's decision Broadcast on 20/10/2002
• [Episode 37] Annihilated!? The Sleeping Wizards Broadcast on 13/10/2002
• [Episode 36] Bicycle Anywhere 2002/10/06 broadcast
• [Episode 35] Is the Level 4 exam a slow and steady one? Broadcast on 2002/09/29
• [Episode 34] Forever with Baba 2002/09/22
• [Episode 33] The Lost Music Note Broadcast on 2002/09/15
• [Episode 32] Even good kids have worries. Broadcast on 2002/09/08
• [Episode 31] Pao-chan is a demon elephant!? Broadcast on 2002/09/01
• [Episode 30] A Suspicious Shadow!? A Thrill in the Witch World Broadcast on 2002/08/25
• [Episode 29] Don't let go! Holding hands 2002/08/18 broadcast
• [Episode 28] Can't Beat the Grannies?! Broadcast on 2002/08/11
• [Episode 27] White Elephant, Nice to meet you! Broadcast on 2002/08/04
• [Episode 26] Camping and curry are hot!? Broadcast on 2002/07/26
• [Episode 25] Will it make you smile? The mysterious glass Broadcast on 2002/07/21
• [Episode 24] Love and Justice! We are Majorangers! Broadcast on 2002/07/14
• [Episode 23] I'm done with Tanabata! Broadcast on 2002/07/07
• [Episode 22] Don't go, Kimitaka!! Broadcast on 2002/06/30
• [Episode 21] I love you! Oyajide Broadcast on 2002/06/23
• [Episode 20] Momoko's Dream Search 2002/06/16 Broadcast
• [Episode 19] Dad can't be honest!? Broadcast on 2002/06/09
• [Episode 18] The fate of love is woof woof woof 2002/06/02 broadcast
• [Episode 17] Protect the Secret Base! Broadcast on 2002/05/26
• [Episode 16] How to Make a Rainbow that Never Disappears Broadcast on 2002/05/19
• Episode 15: My Mother Doesn't Understand Me (Broadcast on May 12, 2002)
• [Episode 14] Carelessness is the enemy! Level 7 Exam Broadcast on 2002/05/05
• [Episode 13] Mutsumi announces retirement! Broadcast on 2002/04/28
• [Episode 12] Kyoto! Never-ending Night Broadcast on 2002/04/21
• [Episode 11] Nara! A Fateful Reunion Broadcast on 2002/04/14
• [Episode 10] School trip!! Being a squad leader is tough. Broadcast on 2002/04/07
• [Episode 9] Hazuki's Twinkle Star Broadcast on 2002/03/31
• [Episode 8] Hana-chan's Secret Revealed!? Broadcast on 2002/03/24
• [Episode 7] Open! The Door to the Heart 2002/03/17 Broadcast
• [Episode 6] The Mysterious Class Library Duo!? Broadcast on 2002/03/10
• [Episode 5] Onpu's True Face Broadcast on 2002/03/03
• [Episode 4] MAHO-do is going bankrupt!? Broadcast on 2002/02/24
• [Episode 3] I can't lose to Hana-chan! Broadcast on 2002/02/17
• [Episode 2] Hana-chan becomes a 6th grader! Broadcast on 2002/02/10
• [Episode 1] Doremi is surprised! New Ojamajo Broadcast on 2002/02/03

Theme songs and music

The opening theme is "DANCE! Ojamajo", with lyrics by Mori Chiyoko, music by Kosugi Yasuo, arrangement by Yamanaka Noriaki, and sung by MAHO-do (Marvelous Entertainment). The ending themes are "Watashi no Tsubasa" and "Ojamajo Ondo de Happippi!!", with the former written by Hikawa Sakura, music by Sato Yasuno, arrangement by Shinoda Kazuo, and sung by Nakaji Masami, and the latter written by Takerai An, music by Kosugi Yasuo, arrangement by Ueda Masu, and sung by MAHO-do. The insert song is from "Ojamajo Dokkaan! CD Club" (Marvelous Entertainment).

Evaluation and Appeal

The appeal of "Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!" lies in the characters' growth throughout the series and the story's portrayal of friendship and familial love. In particular, the appearance of Hana-chan adds new developments, depicting new challenges and growth for Doremi and her friends. Additionally, each character's personality and background are explored in depth, evoking empathy from viewers. Furthermore, there are many visually enjoyable elements, such as scenes using magic and baking sweets, making the series beloved by a wide range of people, from children to adults.

The series has been highly praised for many aspects, including the development of the story, the appeal of the characters, and the quality of the music and visuals. In particular, being able to watch how Doremi and her friends grow throughout the series is a big attraction for fans. Additionally, episodes depicting friendship and familial love leave many viewers with moving, memorable scenes.

Recommendation

"Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!" is recommended for those who like magical girl anime and stories that depict friendship and family love. It is also recommended for those who want to follow the characters' growth throughout the series and those looking for a visually enjoyable anime. It is especially good for watching with the family, as it is a work that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. Furthermore, by watching the other works in the series, you can gain a deeper understanding of Doremi and her friends' growth and the overall picture of the story.

This work continues to be loved by many fans, and its charm has not faded even now, inspiring many viewers. Please watch "Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan!" and enjoy the adventures and growth of Doremi and her friends.