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Some of the illustrations from Cutie Honey Boys (full title: Caught in the Devil’s Claws: Cutie Honey Boys). In this novel, all the familiar characters are gender swapped which I think is pretty interesting. Unfortunately some of the illustrations are too adult for my tumblr.
Super Rose (スーパーローズ), 1959
Sally The Witch & Majokko Megu-chan
I’m always kind of shocked when guns show up in Japanese Showa era material meant for children. I guess it just feels really out-of-place because I live in a country with out of control firearms and Japan isn’t like that at all. Of course, I suppose Dream Hunter Rem (ドリームハンター麗夢) isn’t actually youth-oriented, but it still reminds me of that.
Cure Eclair
The original black & white Sally The Witch (魔法使いサリー) opening sequence
Milky Shock!! (ミルキーショック!!), by Urakawa Masaru (浦川まさる), 1987
The genie’s lamp that appears in the closing credits of the original Sally The Witch (魔法使いサリー) reminds me that I’ve always heard there was an I Dream of Jeannie influence, not just Bewitched.
Interestingly, I Dream of Jeannie’s Japanese title was かわいい魔女ジニー, which means Cute Witch Jeannie. The use of which there (魔女) is pretty fascinating since that’s not how we thought about the show or the character in the US.
Relevant to Showa era magical girls
Spotted in Japan: The Shosen Book Tower in Akihabara. I’ve bought many magical girl books here over the years.
I’m pretty sure Anone Mimichan and Yoiko Mimichan are meant to be the same thing, because when I copy and pasted the Japanese characters of Yoiko Mimichan from your chart into Google, this is one of the results: https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AD%E3%83%9F%E3%83%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93-1-%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E5%B7%9D%E5%B4%8E-%E8%8B%91%E5%AD%90/dp/4088501551
And when I copy and pasted it into MangaUpdates, I got the page for Anone Mimichan, and the image they use for that page appears to be the cover for volume 4, exact same art style and main character. (https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/4l9hpdv/anone-mimi-chan)
Unless of course the first example actually isn’t Yoiko Mimichan and I made a mistake of putting “Yoiko Mimichan” as one of the alternate titles for the Anone Mimichan page as well as giving it the magical girls tag.
(Also, I made a mistake in my last ask, it’s MangaUpdates, not MangaDex 😓)
This is indeed a very interesting mystery. I am coming around to the idea that maybe these really are the same series, but one thing that's weird is that I thought Yoiko Mimi-chan was originally serialized in Yoiko magazine in 1976 and 1977, thus the name. And, I am not sure I've seen definitive proof of this but Anone Mimi-chan appears to have been serialized in Margaret magazine. Hmmm.
Of course procuring a copy of one of the tankoban would help me figure this out, but I can't believe how unbelievably expensive they are (I guess because of obscurity). I can't find a copy of any of the four volumes for less than a hundred dollars, but I am patient and I will definitely get my hands on one.
By the way, to this anonymous person writing in to offer thoughts about this, I can't thank you enough! It's so enlivening to know there are other people out there thinking about these same questions I'm always pondering!
Magical Chinese Girl Paipai! (魔法少女ちゅうかなぱいぱい!)
Milky Shock!! (ミルキーショック!!), by Urakawa Masaru (浦川まさる), 1987
Meitantei Precure, Episode 27
Well, I assumed that the Chinese Lunlun sequel would run until August 15th but we have confirmation now. I hope after that, there will be more opportunities for us to watch it from outside China.
Paradox Dimensional Romanesque Samy - missing'99 (超時空ロマネスクSAMYミッシング・99 )
