The appeal and reviews of "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!": A story of a magical world and friendship

Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! - A story of love and magic

Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! is a TV anime series that aired on TV Tokyo from 2002 to 2003. The series is based on the manga of the same name by Shinozuka Hiromu, which was serialized in the girls' magazine Ciao from the September 2001 issue to the January 2006 issue. The anime series consisted of 78 episodes and aired every Saturday morning from 8:30 to 9:00. Animation was handled by Studio Hibari, and production was handled by TV Tokyo and Shogakukan Shueisha Productions. Copyright belongs to Shinozuka Hiromu, Shogakukan, and ShoPro.

story

The main character, Minami Kaede, is a very ordinary girl in her second year of junior high school. She has a crush on Yuki-kun, a boy in her class, but she can't seem to be proactive about it. One day, she buys a mysterious mug at a fancy shop that is said to make love come true. When she pours cocoa into the mug and makes a wish, a very cute and cheeky love fairy named Mirumo appears from the mug!

Mirumo is a fairy who was summoned to help Kaede's love come true, but contrary to his adorable appearance, he has a rebellious personality. He is also the first prince of Mirumo Village, and will live with Kaede. Mirumo's magic item is maracas, which he can use to cast various spells.

The story begins with Mirumo and Kaede's first meeting, and follows Mirumo's interactions with his friends and rivals, and the course of Kaede's love. The story is made more exciting by a cast of unique characters, including Mirumo's fiancee, Rirumu, Mirumo's eternal rival, Yashichi, and Kaede's love rival, Hidaka Yasuzumi.

Commentary

"Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" gained popularity as a fantasy anime for girls. The original manga was published in Ciao and received support from many readers. In order to maximize the appeal of the original work, the anime was carefully designed with careful attention to character design and story development.

The anime is a long-running series with 78 episodes, each with a different story. It not only contains romantic elements, but also various themes such as friendship, growth, and family love, making it enjoyable for a wide range of people from children to adults. The subtitles of each episode are also unique, designed to attract the interest of viewers.

cast

The voice actors for the main characters are as follows:

• Mirumo: Etsuko Kozakura
• Minami Kaede: Mai Nakahara
• Lilum: Mayuko Omimura
• Yuki Setsu: Yasutoshi Tokumoto
• Yashichi: Yukiji
• Yasumi Hidaka: Hitomi
• Murmo: Rie Kugimiya
• Shochiku Fragrance: Soichiro Hoshi

These voice actors left a deep impression on the audience with their performances that made the most of the individuality of each character. Etsuko Kozakura's voice for Mirumo was particularly endearing and captured the hearts of the audience. Mai Nakahara's voice for Kaede also expressed her purity and kindness.

Main Staff

The following main staff members are involved in the production of the anime:

• Series Composition: Rikichi Tsuchiya
• Character design: Masayuki Otochi
• Art director: Satoshi Matsudaira
• Color design: Masami Nagano
• Director of photography: Nobuyuki Watanabe
• Edited by: Seiji Morita
• Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
• Music: Hitoyoshinobita
• Animation producer: Seiji Mitsunobu
• Producers: Tomoko Gushima, Naohiko Furuichi
• Supervisors: Masakazu Kubo, Katsumi Ota

These staff members demonstrated their high level of skill and sensitivity in their respective fields of expertise, which improved the quality of the anime. In particular, Masayuki Otochi's character designs faithfully reproduced the images of the original work while bringing out the anime's unique charm. In addition, Hitoyoshinobita's music played an important role in enhancing the atmosphere of the story.

Main Characters

The details of the main characters are as follows:

• Mirumo is a love fairy who was summoned to make Kaede's love come true. Contrary to his cute appearance, he has a rebellious personality. He is the first prince of Mirumo Village. He lives with Kaede. His magic item is the maracas.
• Minami Kaede is a very ordinary girl in her second year of junior high school. She has a bright and honest personality, but is passive when it comes to romance. She has a crush on Yuki-kun, who is in the same class as her.
• Yuki Setsu is an all-around athlete and an excellent student with excellent grades. She falls into the traps of Lilm, who wants to be by Mirumo's side, and summons her.
• A fairy who came to the human world in pursuit of Mirumo, Lilum 's fiance. She uses magic to change the appearance of objects and people's hearts, but she is actually not good at magic. She is strong and becomes violent when angry. She lives with Yuki-kun. Her magic item is a tambourine.
• Hidaka Yasumi is a beautiful and strong-willed transfer student. She is a rival for love with Kaede over Yuki-kun. Wanting to get rid of the nuisance that is Kaede, she summons Yashichi.
• Yashichi Mirumo 's eternal rival. He came to the human world to defeat Mirumo. He has a very perverted personality. He lives with Yasuzumi. His magic item is the triangle.
• Shochiku Kaori is a beautiful young man with a wealthy personality and is like an idol. He also lives with Murmo. He falls in love with Kaede at first sight after seeing her kindness.
• Murmo Mirumo 's younger brother. He has a very cute appearance and mannerisms that make him very charming, but he also has a rather sinister side. He lives with Shochiku-kun.

Each of these characters has a different personality, enriching the story. In particular, the relationship between Mirumo and Rirumu, and the love story between Kaede and Yuki-kun captured the hearts of viewers. Yashichi's lewd personality and Murmo's dark side were also enjoyed as humorous elements.

subtitle

The subtitles for each episode are as follows:

• Episode 1: The fairy Mirumo has arrived! (2002/04/06)
• Episode 2: From Rerum with love!? (2002/04/13)
• Episode 3: Ninja Yashichi arrives! (2002/04/20)
• Episode 4: Kaede's Magical Diet (2002/04/27)
• Episode 5: Mini-Mini Kaede's Great Adventure (2002/05/04)
• Episode 6: Love Stolen? (2002/05/11)
• Episode 7: Love, Repaired by Y (2002/05/18)
• Episode 8: Mirumo vs. Murumo (2002/05/25)
• Episode 9: Super Rich Boy Shochiku-kun (2002/06/01)
• Episode 10: The Four-Sided Battle of Love (2002/06/08)
• Episode 11: Dad's coming, come back now! (2002/06/15)
• Episode 12: Lilum and Mog-chan... (2002/06/22)
• Episode 13: A Very Difficult Day (2002/06/29)
• Episode 14: Mirumo Fails!? (2002/07/06)
• Episode 15: Bad! The Warumo Gang (2002/07/13)
• Episode 16: Kaede goes to Mirumo Village... (2002/07/20)
• Episode 17: The Gaia Tribe's Gift (2002/07/27)
• Episode 18: It's summer! It's the sea! It's Shochiku! (2002/08/03)
• Episode 19: Fireworks, Magic, and Grandpa (2002/08/10)
• Episode 20: Mirumo is addicted (2002/08/17)
• Episode 21: Caught in a Haunted House!? (2002/08/24)
• Episode 22: Yashichi's First Love (2002/08/31)
• Episode 23: Relm's Fairy Fortune Telling (2002/09/07)
• Episode 24: Mushiba Murumo Mushiba (2002/09/14)
• Episode 25: Even worse! The Warumo Gang (2002/09/21)
• Episode 26: Save Mirumo Village! (2002/09/28)
• Episode 27: Let's go to fairy school (2002/10/05)
• Episode 28: Go for it, Double Sports Day (2002/10/12)
• Episode 29: Relm's Important Day (2002/10/19)
• Episode 30: Mirumo is a member of the Warumo Gang!? (2002/10/26)
• Episode 31: I'm Going to Kill You! (2002/11/02)
• Episode 32: Murmo's rival, Pappy, is bossy (2002/11/09)
• Episode 33: Goodbye, Yasuzumi (2002/11/16)
• Episode 34: Mumotaro's Demon Slaying (2002/11/23)
• Episode 35: Movie Star? Yuki-kun (2002/11/30)
• Episode 36: Catch Mirumo! (2002/12/07)
• Episode 37: Mirumo vs. Mecha Mirumo (2002/12/14)
• Episode 38: Leave it to us! (2002/12/21)
• Episode 39: What's so cute?! (2002/12/28)
• Episode 40: A Little Incident on a Snowy Mountain (2003/01/04)
• Episode 41: Fairy Sugoroku Tournament (2003/01/11)
• Episode 42: Mikan and the Kotatsu (2003/01/18)
• Episode 43: Quinta again! (2003/01/25)
• Episode 44: Go Fairies! (2003/02/01)
• Episode 45: Love Panic with Chocolate? (2003/02/08)
• Episode 46: News Three Girls Y (2003/02/15)
• Episode 47: Is that so? (2003/02/22)
• Episode 48: Fairy Doodle Notebook (2003/03/01)
• Episode 49: The moving Shochiku fight! Deshu (2003/03/08)
• Episode 50: Defeat the Old Mirumo! (2003/03/15)
• Episode 51: The Stuck Fairy World (2003/03/22)
• Episode 52: Move! Mirumo Village (2003/03/29)
• Episode 53: I broke my maracas!? (2003/04/05)
• Episode 54: The Mysterious Transfer Student, Saori (2003/04/12)
• Episode 55: Hidaka-san's younger brother? (2003/04/19)
• Episode 56: Sweets Story (2003/04/26)
• Episode 57: A Flower Named Relum (2003/05/03)
• Episode 58: Mirumo and Murumo's Brothers' Ship (2003/05/10)
• Episode 59: The Warumo Gang is finally disbanded!? (2003/05/17)
• Episode 60: Murmo is ours! (2003/05/24)
• Episode 61: Dangerous Recital (2003/05/31)
• Episode 62: Quinta and Ponta (2003/06/07)
• Episode 63: Madam, it's mold! (2003/06/14)
• Episode 64: Amazing Magic (Part 1) (2003/06/21)
• Episode 65: Amazing Magic (Part 2) (2003/06/28)
• Episode 66: Which is which and which is which? (2003/07/05)
• Episode 67: The Slender Fairy (2003/07/12)
• Episode 68: Super Lady Momo-chan (2003/07/19)
• Episode 69: Precious Friends (2003/07/26)
• Episode 70: Animals Galore (2003/08/02)
• Episode 71: Excuse Me (2003/08/09)
• Episode 72: The Dormouse Has Arrived (2003/08/16)
• Episode 73: Honestly, what do you think? (2003/08/23)
• Episode 74: Young Master Quest: The Mystery of the Thin Sword (2003/08/30)
• Episode 75: Protect the Secret Base! (2003/09/06)
• Episode 76: Let's Go! TV Station (2003/09/13)
• Episode 77: When Daaku Resurrects (2003/09/20)
• Episode 78: Golden Mirumo!? (2003/09/27)

These subtitles succinctly express the content of each episode, and are designed to draw the viewer's interest. In particular, episodes featuring characters such as Mirumo, Rirumu, and Yashichi made a strong impression on viewers. There were also many episodes that depicted themes such as love, friendship, and growth, which deeply moved viewers.

Related Titles

"Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" has the following related works:

• Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!
• Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! Wandaho
• Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! Charming

These related works expand the worldview of the original work and depict new adventures for Mirumo and Relum. In particular, "Goruden" unfolds a new story in Mirumo's village, while "Wandahou" depicts a new encounter between Mirumo and Kaede. Additionally, "Chaaming" depicts an episode in which the relationship between Mirumo and Relum deepens further. These related works have also been highly praised by fans of the original work.

Theme songs and music

The theme songs and music for "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" are as follows.

Opening Theme

• OP1
  • Period: April - October 2002 / Episode 1 - 28
  • Song Name: Pretty Cake Magic
  • Lyricist: Mitsuko Shiramine
  • Composer: Watanabe Cher
  • Arrangement: Watanabe Cher
  • Sung by: Kaede+Cheek Fairy
• OP2
  • Period: October 2002 - March 2003 / 29 episodes - 52 episodes
  • Song title: Scrimp!
  • Lyrics: Becky, YUKAKO
  • Composer: Atsushi Onozawa, Natsumi Hirai
  • Arrangement: Atsushi Onozawa, Natsumi Hirai
  • Sung by: Becky
• OP3
  • Period: April - September 2003 / Episodes 53 - 78
  • Song name: Happy Lucky ~Onegai Mirumo~
  • Lyricist: Shoko Omori
  • Composer: Masakazu Uehata
  • Arrangement: Watanabe Cher
  • Sung by: Kaede-chan

Ending Theme

• ED1
  • Period: April - October 2002 / Episode 1 - 28
  • Song name: Mirmo's Waltz
  • Lyricist: Mitsuko Shiramine
  • Composer: Watanabe Cher
  • Arrangement: Watanabe Cher
  • Sung by: Kaede
• ED2
  • Period: October 2002 - March 2003 / 29 episodes - 52 episodes
  • Song Name: Sarara
  • Lyrics: Becky, YUKAKO
  • Composer: Atsushi Onozawa
  • Arrangement: Atsushi Onozawa, Natsumi Hirai
  • Sung by: Becky
• ED3
  • Period: April - June 2003 / Episodes 53 - 65
  • Song name: Asunaro no Uta
  • Lyricist: Kaoru Kondo
  • Composer: Kaoru Kondo
  • Arrangement: Kaoru Kondo, Koichiro Tokinori
  • Vocals: Kaoru Kondo
• ED4
  • Period: July - September 2003 / Episodes 66, 70, 76, 78
  • Song title: PRECIOUS MOMENT
  • Lyricist: Chisa Tanabe
  • Composer: Chisa Tanabe
  • Arrangement: Watanabe Cher
  • Sung by: Kaede & Mirumo (Mai Nakahara & Etsuko Kozakura)
• ED5
  • Period: July - September 2003 / Episodes 67, 71, 74
  • Song Name: Precious Friend
  • Lyricist: Uran
  • Composer: Kaoru Okubo
  • Arrangement: Kaoru Okubo
  • Sung by: Yuki & Lilum (Yasutoshi Tokumoto and Mayuko Omimura)
• ED6
  • Period: July - September 2003 / Episodes 68, 72, 75
  • Song title: "I'm sorry" is a magic word!
  • Lyricist: Takeshi Yokoyama
  • Composer: Watanabe Cher
  • Arrangement: Watanabe Cher
  • Vocals: Yasuzumi & Yashichi (Hitomi & Yukiji)
• ED7
  • Period: July - September 2003 / Episodes 69, 73, 77
  • Song title: Special Smile!
  • Lyricist: Uran
  • Composer: Kaoru Okubo
  • Arrangement: Kaoru Okubo
  • Sung by: Shochiku & Murmo (Soichiro Hoshi and Rie Kugimiya)

These theme songs and music played an important role in enhancing the atmosphere of the story. In particular, the opening theme song "Pretty Cake Magic" gained popularity as a song that expressed Mirumo's cuteness and the magical worldview. The ending theme song "PRECIOUS MOMENT" also captured the hearts of viewers as a moving song that depicts the bond between Kaede and Mirumo. These songs are highly regarded as elements that further enhance the appeal of the anime.

Ratings and Recommendations

"Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" was highly praised as a fantasy anime for girls. In particular, the individuality of characters such as Mirumo and Rirumu, and episodes depicting themes such as love, friendship, and growth deeply touched viewers. In addition, the subtitles, theme songs, and music for each episode were also designed to attract the interest of viewers.

This anime can be enjoyed by a wide range of people, from children to adults. It is especially recommended for those who are interested in themes such as love, friendship, and growth. It is also recommended for those who are attracted to the personalities of characters such as Mirumo and Rirumu, and the magical worldview. It is also recommended for those who want to enjoy the subtitles, theme songs, and music of each episode.

"Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" has been praised for bringing out the best in the original work while adding its own unique appeal to the anime. In particular, the individual personalities of characters such as Mirumo and Rirumu, as well as episodes depicting themes such as love, friendship, and growth, deeply moved viewers. Additionally, the subtitles, theme songs, and music for each episode are also designed to draw the interest of viewers. Combining these elements, "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon!" has been highly praised as a fantasy anime for girls.