Fushigi na Melmo
Fushigi na Melmo / Fushigi na Merumo / Marvelous MelmoSummary
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.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 20 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 8 h 40 min (26 × 20 min)
- Season
- Fall 1971
- Start date
- October 3, 1971
- End date
- March 26, 1972
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tezuka Productions
- Romaji title
- Fushigi na Melmo
- Native title
- ふしぎなメルモ
- Other titles
- Fushigi na Merumo · Marvelous Melmo
Characters 2
Main characters
- MelmoメルモMain
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- Hi no Tori火の鳥Background
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Osamu TezukaOriginal creator
- Seiichirou UnoMusic
- Fusahiro NagakiChief animation director
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- Yoshiyuki TominoStoryboard
- Yoshiyuki TominoEpisode Director