
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.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Source: MANGA
Season: FALL 1971
Start Date: October 3, 1971
End Date: March 26, 1972
Popularity: #1137
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Studios
- Tezuka Productions (Main)
Staff
- Osamu Tezuka
Original Creator
- Seiichirou Uno
Music
- Fusahiro Nagaki
Chief Animation Director
- Yoshiyuki Tomino
Episode Director
- Yoshiyuki Tomino
Storyboard
Characters

MAIN

Voice Actor

BACKGROUND