Fushigi na Melmo
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)
Score: 57
Status: FINISHED
Format: TV
Episodes: 26
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mahou Shoujo
Start Date: 1971-10-3
End Date: 1972-3-26
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Studios
- Tezuka Productions
Staff
- Yoshiyuki Tomino (Storyboard)
- Yoshiyuki Tomino (Episode Director)
- Fusahiro Nagaki (Chief Animation Director)
- Seiichirou Uno (Music)
- Osamu Tezuka (Original Creator)
Characters
- Melmo (MAIN)Maria Kawamura
- Hi no Tori (BACKGROUND)