Magical Emi, the Magic Star[1] (魔法のスターマジカルエミ) is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Magical Emi also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume and Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X OVAs.
Plot
Mai Kazuki is from a family of magicians. Her grandparents are leaders of a troupe, Magic Carat, and their daughter — Mai's mother — debuted under them. Naturally, Mai wants to become a magician herself, just like her hero, the fabulous legend Emily Howell, but because she is still a young girl, she is very clumsy and unsure.
One day, while helping her grandfather move things, Mai sees a strange light enter an odd, heart-shaped mirror and turn into a mirror fairy named Topo. He takes over the body of her favorite stuffed toy, a flying squirrel doll, and explains that he must give magic to the one who can see him. He gives her a bracelet with the symbols of the 4 card suits (spade, club, diamond and heart) which produces a magic wand. By waving the wand, Mai becomes Magical Emi, a teenage magician. She stars in her grandparents' shows, and uses magic to help solve problems, but at the end of the day, she wants to become a magician all by herself.
Characters
Nakamori family
- Jouji Yanami as Yosuke Nakamori
- Mine Atsuko as Haruko Nakamori
Troupe Magic Carat
- Yū Mizushima as Sho Yuki
- Maya Okamoto as Yukiko Hirota
- Sukekiyo Kameyama as Akira Matsuo
- Kameyama Sukekiyo as Susumi Siozawa
- Naoki Tatsuta as Topo
Kazuki family
- Aoki Nana as Yoko Kazuki
- Rokuro Naya as Junichi Kazuki
- Yoko Obata as Mai Kazuki/Magical Emi
- Yūko Mita as Misaki Kazuki
Koganei family
- Daisuke Gouri as Shigeru Koganei
- Kazue Ikura as Musashi Koganei
- Shigeru Chiba as Madoka Kokubunji
Others
- Shinya Ohtaki as Akira
Music
Original songs
By Yoko Obata
- 1) Mysterious Color Happiness (不思議色ハピネス) (OP)
- 2) * It also frequently appears in the play as a song sung by Emi and Hideaki Tokunaga.
- 3) Dreaming Only Of You (あなただけDreaming) (ED)
- 4) Tropical Mermaid (南国人魚姫)
- 5) * It appears as Emi's new song from episode 32.
Anime
The 38-episode anime series, directed by Takashi Anno and produced by Studio Pierrot, aired from June 7, 1985, to February 28, 1986. The opening theme song is "Fushigi-Iro Happiness" and the ending theme song is "Anata Dake Dreaming", both by Yōko Obata.[2]
External links
References
- Magical Emi, the Magic Star. Studio Pierrot. Retrieved on February 10, 2009.^
- Anime Sols Streams 1st 3 Magical Star Magical Emi Episodes 24 May 2024^
- Pierrot Co., Ltd. "Mahou no Star Magical Emi" Episode Data Table retrieved June 27, 2012^