Mahou no Mako-chan
Mahou no Mako-chan / Mako the MermaidSummary
Mako is a young siren and daughter to the King of the Sea. In a stormy day she rescues the young sporto Akira from a wrecked ship, but ends up falling in love with him. So, with help from the Witch of the Sea, she's transformed into a human, and becomes a highschool student who helps everyone with her strong sense of love and justice and her magical pendant, the "Tear of the Mermaid"
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 48
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 19 h 12 min (48 × 24 min)
- Season
- Fall 1970
- Start date
- November 2, 1970
- End date
- September 27, 1971
- Status
- Finished
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Toei Animation
- Romaji title
- Mahou no Mako-chan
- Native title
- 魔法のマコちゃん
- Other titles
- Mako the Mermaid
Characters 16
Main characters
- Mako Urashima浦島マコMain
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- Haruko Mori林ハル子Supporting
- ObabaおばばSupporting
- MamaママSupporting
- PapaパパSupporting
- Tarou Kanda神田太郎Supporting
- Jirou Kanda神田次郎Supporting
- Kinuyo Kanda神田絹代Supporting
- Senkichi千吉Supporting
- Banchou大竹宏Supporting
- Futago no Papa双子のパパSupporting
- Tomiko Tomita富田トミ子Supporting
- DabagonダバゴンSupporting
- Gakuen-chou学園長Supporting
- Akira Shigeno茂野アキラSupporting
- Tomita-fujin富田夫人Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Takeo WatanabeMusic
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- Mitsuko HorieTheme Song Performance (OP, ED)
- Nobutaka NishizawaEpisode Director (eps 25, 36, 45)
- Shingo ArakiAnimation Director (eps 30, 34, 42)
- Masaki TsujiScript (eps 1, 13, 17, 21, 23, 26, 28, 32, 35, 36, 38, 42, 43, 48)
- Tadaaki YamazakiScript (ep 41)
- Katsutoshi SasakiEpisode Director (eps 5, 18, 34)
- Yuugo SerikawaEpisode Director (eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 26, 32, 42)
- Jouji KikuchiAnimation Director (ep 8)
- Ken KawaiBackground Art (eps 38, 40)
- Kenji MatsumotoBackground Art (eps 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19, 21-23, 25, 30, 32, 33, 39, 43, 46, 47)
- Makoto YamazakiArt (eps 3, 5)
- Kazuo EbisawaBackground Art (eps 27, 30, 33, 36, 41, 42, 44)
- Juuji MizumuraAnimation (eps 14, 21, 26, 31, 39)
- Minoru MaedaAnimation (eps 6, 15)
- Yuuji EndouAssistant Episode Director (eps 4, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29, 43, 46)
- Tsuneo MaedaAnimation (eps 6, 11)
- Yoshinori KanadaAnimation (eps 13, 16, 22, 25, 32, 36, 41, 46, 47)
- Geki KatsumataBackground Art (ep 34)
- Fusahiro NagakiAnimation Director (eps 6, 11, 15, 20, 28, 35, 38, 44)
- Keiji HayakawaAssistant Episode Director (eps 2, 5, 32, 34, 42)
- Takashi SaijouAnimation (ep 14)
- Takeo WatanabeTheme Song Composition (OP, ED)
- Takeo WatanabeTheme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
- Takeo WatanabeTheme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)