Marvelous Melmo (TV)
Alternative title:
Fushigi na Melmo (Japanese)
I bon bon magici di Lilly (Italian)
ふしぎなメルモ (Japanese)
Age rating:
Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary:
After nine year-old Melmo loses her mother in a car accident, she is left to care for her two younger brothers, a task far beyond her age or means. However, in the midst of her grieving, Melmo is visited by the ghost of her deceased mother who gives her a bottle of miraculous candy, capable of transforming her into either an adult (blue candy) or an infant (red candy). A combination of the two can reduce her to a fetus and then change her into any animal she imagines. Drawing on a seemingly inexhaustable supply, Melmo uses her candies to solve the various problems thrown her way, aided by her younger brother Toto (who accidentally morphs into a frog in episode 7) and her cantankerous mentor, Dr Nosehairs.
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Vintage:
1971-10-03 to 1972-03-26
Official website:
ＴＯＫＹＯ ＭＸ ＊ふしぎなメルモ リニューアル (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 3 times:
2005-09-23 TV Asahi Top 100 Anime Part 2
Comment:
A "renewal" version with touched-up animation and a completely different cast was broadcasted by WOWOW and Tokyo MX TV in 1998 and 2006, respectively.
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Chief Director: Tsunehito Nagaki Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino Episode Director: Music: Seichiro Uno Original creator: Osamu Tezuka Art: Producer: Norio Suzuki Background Art: Camera: Masaaki Sugaya Editing: Eiko Nishida Finishing: Michiko Ikeda Production Chief: Jun Shimozaki Sound: Susumu Aketagawa | Reiko Mutoh as Merumo Eiko Masuyama as dog mother (ep 9) Haruko Kitahama as Mama Junko Hori as Naname (ep 5) Kazuko Sawada as Touch Kazuko Sugiyama as Naname (ep 8, 13) Kei Tomiyama as Kôichi Kitamura as Waregarasu Masako Nozawa as Hayato (ep 12) Minori Matsushima as Toto Miyoko Asou as Melmo's aunt (first version) (ep 1, 21) Narumi Tsunoda as Ryusei Nakao as Yoshiko Ohta as Nitako (ep 6) Yoshiko Yamamoto as Biriken (ep 9) | |||||||
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| (none) | Gabriella Andreini as Lilly Leo Valeriano as Dottore | |||||||
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