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Magical Star Magical Emi (TV)

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Alternative title:
Emi Magique (French) 
La magia de Emi (Spanish) 
Magica, magica Emi (Italian) 
Magical Emi, the Magic Star 
Mahō no Star Magical Emi (Japanese) 
魔法のスター マジカルエミ (Japanese) 
Genres: comedy , magic 
Themes: magical girl 
Plot Summary:
Kazuki Mai, an elementary schoolgirl, wanted to be a magician but her skills weren't good enough for here to join her grandparents' Magiccarat troupe. One day she sees a light enter a strange heart-shaped mirror. The light is actually a mirror fairy named Topo, who takes over her favourite stuffed toy, a flying squirrel and gives her a bracelet with the 4 card suits. The bracelet can turn into a bubble wand which transforms Mai into the 18 year old magician Magical Emi, who uses her magic to help people and participate in her grandparents' shows. 
Kozuki Mai, an elementary student how wanted to be a magician but her skills weren't good so for here to join the Magicarat family a light ball got into a stuffed doll of flying squirrel that someway gave her the power to turn in to the 18-years old Magical Emi so she was abel to join the famly more or less... 
User Ratings: 37 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, others:2
2 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:7, ?:1, others:4
2 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:2, others:3
2 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:1, others:2
1 French dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 87 users, rank: #5706 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.216 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5962, rank: #2969 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 7.137 (Good), rank: #3122 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.39 / seen some: 6.55 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.225 (Good+), rank: #2524 (of 7688)
Number of episodes: 38 
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage:
1985-06-07 to 1986-02-28 
1986-08-09 to 1986-10-04 (Italy) 
1987-08-29 to 1988-01-07 (France) 
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Fushigi-Iro Hapiness" by Obata Youko 
Ending Theme:
"Anata Dake Dreaming" by Obata Youko 
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 5
Review:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Anno 
Series Composition:
Hiroshi Konishikawa 
Mami Watanabe 
Script:
Akinori Endō (ep 8) 
Azuma Tachibana (ep 23) 
Hideki Sonoda (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 26, 33
)
 
Hiroshi Konishikawa (12 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 35, 37
)
 
Junki Takegami  (ep 30) 
Kei Yuki (5 episodes
eps 13, 17, 24, 27, 29
)
 
Mami Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 19, 36, 38
)
 
Mie Hirano  (5 episodes
eps 10, 14, 21-22, 34
)
 
Sukehiro Tomita (ep 32) 
Yumiko Tsukamoto  (eps 5, 18) 
Storyboard:
Akira Shigino (ep 34) 
Fumihiko Takayama (ep 26) 
Kazuhiko Kobayashi (ep 33) 
Kazuyoshi Katayama (eps 4, 16) 
Masayuki Hayashi (ep 17) 
Mitsuru Hongō (eps 22, 30) 
Mizuho Nishikubo (ep 13) 
Ryō Tachiba (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 14, 19, 23, 27, 31
)
 
Takashi Anno (eps 1, 25, 38) 
Tamiko Kubo (ep 10) 
Tomokazu Kōgo (eps 20, 24, 28) 
Tomomi Mochizuki (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 37
)
 
Yoriyasu Kogawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 21, 29
)
 
Episode Director:
Fumihiko Takayama (4 episodes
eps 18, 26, 30, 34
)
 
Kazuyoshi Katayama (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16
)
 
Mitsuru Hongō (ep 22) 
Ryō Tachiba  (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 14, 19, 23, 27, 31, 36
)
 
Takashi Anno (eps 1, 25, 38) 
Tomokazu Kōgo (eps 20, 24, 28) 
Tomomi Mochizuki (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 37
)
 
Yoriyasu Kogawa (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 29, 35
)
 
Music: Keiichi Oku 
Character Design:
Hiroshi Motoyama 
Yoshiyuki Kishi 
Art Director: Satoshi Miura 
Animation Director:
Atsuko Inoue (ep 21) 
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 29) 
Kiichi Takaoka (eps 19, 27, 32) 
Kyōko Katō  (8 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 20, 24, 28, 33, 37
)
 
Narumi Kakinouchi (ep 34) 
Yoshiharu Fukushima (eps 4, 12, 22) 
Yoshihiko Takakura (4 episodes
eps 8, 17, 23, 36
)
 
Yoshiyuki Kishi  (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 13, 18, 25, 30, 35, 38
)
 
Yuji Motoyama (ep 14) 
Yumiko Horasawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 21, 26, 31
)
 
Yumiko Suda (eps 3, 5) 
Art design: Masahiro Satō 
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama 
Director of Photography:
Jūrō Sugimura (eps 1-14) 
Yōsuke Moriguchi (eps 15-38) 
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa 
Producer:
Makoto Ohno (Yomiuri) 
Tōru Horikoshi (Nippon TV) 

Editing: Masaki Sakamoto 
Finish Animation:
Atsushi Yahara (eps 1-38) 
Yoshiko Takiguchi (eps 1-38) 
In-Between Animation: Takashi Hashimoto (4 episodes
eps 8, 17, 23, 36
)
 
In-Between Check: Toshiaki Hokari 
Key Animation:
Akiko Tsukui (eps 1, 18) 
Atsuko Inoue (13 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 9, 12, 14, 25, 27, 30-32, 35, 38
)
 
Atsuo Tobe (eps 13, 21) 
Fusatoshi Hoshino (eps 24, 30) 
Hideaki Anno (ep 1) 
Hiroki Takagi (5 episodes
eps 11, 15, 20, 24, 38
)
 
Hiroko Kazui (eps 24, 28, 33) 
Hiroshi Hara (4 episodes
eps 11, 15, 20, 28
)
 
Hiroshi Kawabata (eps 27, 29) 
Junzō Chiba (eps 2, 6, 21) 
Katsutoshi Tsunoda (ep 36) 
Kazuhiro Sasaki (Anime R; eps 3, 19, 34)  (eps 22, 29) 
Kinji Yoshimoto (uncredited) 
Kumiko Kawana (eps 1, 18) 
Masahide Yanagisawa (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 3, 10, 13, 19, 34, 38
)
 
Masahiko Itojima (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 3, 10, 13, 19, 34
)
 
Masahiro Koyama (eps 28, 33) 
Michitaka Kikuchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 10, 16, 18, 26, 38
)
 
Noboru Furuse (ED) 
Reiko Suzuki (eps 15, 24) 
Shinsaku Kōzuma (ep 1) 
Shizuka Hayashi (eps 17, 23, 31) 
Susumu Nishizawa (5 episodes
eps 26-27, 30, 32, 37
)
 
Takashi Hashimoto 
Takeshi Nagai (5 episodes
eps 5, 14, 16, 21, 25
)
 
Tatsuya Furukawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 14, 25
)
 
Tomoko Ōtaki (eps 1, 16, 18) 
Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 15) 
Toshiko Sasaki (ep 36) 
Yasuko Miyazaki (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 12, 14, 32, 37
)
 
Yoshihiko Takakura (ep 31) 
Yoshiya Shigebayashi (eps 17, 23, 31) 
Yukio Okano (8 episodes
eps 10, 14, 16, 21, 26, 30, 32, 37
)
 
Yumiko Horasawa (ep 6) 
Opening Animation: Yuji Motoyama 
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki 
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda 
Theme Song Performance: Yōko Obata (OP & ED) 
Yōko Obata as Mai Kazuki / Magical Emi 

Yū Mizushima as Shou Yuuki 

Atsuko Mine as Haruko Nakamori 
Daisuke Gōri as Shigeru Koganei 
Hideki Fukushi as Dannoura (ep 11) 
Jōji Yanami as Yousuke Nakamori 
Kazue Ikura as Musashi Koganei 
Kazuki Junichi as Naya, Rokurou 
Masaaki Tsukada as Shiroyama-sensei 
Maya Okamoto as Yukiko 
Nana Aoki as Yōko Kazuki 
Naoki Tatsuta as Topo 
Rokurō Naya as Junichi Kazuki 
Shigeru Chiba as Kokubunji 
Shinya Ōtaki as Akira 
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Akira Matsuo 
Yūko Mita as Misaki Kazuki 

Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Design Office MECAMAN 
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network 
Development: Tokyo Laboratory 
DVD Distribution: Bandai Visual 
Editing: Morita Editing Room 
In-Between Animation:
Studio Look  (28 episodes
eps 1-6, 9-10, 12-14, 16, 18-22, 25-27, 29-32, 34-35, 37-38
)
 
Studio Mars  (28 episodes
eps 1-6, 9-10, 12-14, 16, 18-22, 25-27, 29-32, 34-35, 37-38
)
 
Key Animation:
Anime R  (11 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 10, 12-13, 19, 22, 29, 34, 38
)
 
Photography:
Gallop  (eps 1-14) 
Studio Wood  (eps 15-38) 
Production: Studio Pierrot 
Recording: Shinzaka Studio 
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production 
Sound Production: Zack Promotion 
French cast
French staff
Theme Song Performance: Valérie Barouille 
Céline Ertaud Delrieu as Maï Kazuki / Emi 

Christian Bénard as Chronométré 
Danielle Dinan as Françoise (Mère) 
Emmanuel Garijo as Boulou 
Eric Baugin as Albert 
Franck Baugin as Alphonse 
Georges Caudron as Francis (Père) 
Jean-Loup Horwitz as Junior 
Luq Hamet as Ronny 
Monique Melinand as Grand-Mère 
Nathalie Régnier as Isabelle 
Vincent Grass as Mr Bartholomé 
Vincent Violette as Mokko 
Yves Barsacq as Grand-Père 

Daniel Lafourcade as Junior (voix de remplacement) 
Françoise Pavy as Mère (eps 32, 37-38) 
Georges Atlas as Barnabé 
Luq Hamet as Ronnie 
Nicole Favart as Mère (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 17, 29
)
 
Roger Dumas as Mr Bartholomé (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 11
)
 

French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from 12 December 2000) 
AB Cartoons (from 10 September 1997) 
La 5 (from 29 August 1987) 
Mangas  (from 6 November 1999) 
TMC 
Distributor: Déclic Images 
Dubbing Studio: PM Productions 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Theme Song Lyrics: G. Ledem (Spain dub) 
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub) 
Ana Begoña Eguileor as Maï/Emi (Spain dub) 

Paul Muniain as Ronny (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain - from 1990) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Guido Rutta 

Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena 
Alessandra Karpoff as Emi/May Kazuki 

Angela Cicorella as Fiorella 
Antonio Paiola as Zio Alfredo 
Dania Cericola as Bibi 
Daniela Fava as Giko 
Debora Magnaghi as Giuppi 
Diego Sabre as Germano 
Donatella Fanfani as
Pilasi 
Rodolfo 
Donato Sbodio as Daniele 
Federico Danti as Pellecchia 
Gianfranco Gamba as Enrico 
Ivo De Palma as Ronni 
Lella Costa as Anny 
Marcella Silvestri as Sherry 
Orlando Mezzabotta as Nico 
Paolo Torrisi as B. Junior 
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Stella 
Pietro Ubaldi as Moko 
Riccardo Mantani as Giovanni 
Vittorio Bestoso as Bartolomeo 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Boing (from 20 November 2007) 
Canale 5 
Hiro (from 21 January 2011) 
Italia 1 (from August 1986) 
Italia 2 (from 28 May 2019) 
Italia Teen Television (from 11 October 2004) 
Distributor:
Medusa Film (VHS) 
Merak Film 
Yamato Video (DVD) 
Dubbing: Merak Film 

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