#Marvelous Melmo

[xbuster]

#fushigi na melmo #marvelous melmo #tezuka star system

[astroboyart]

Source: Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum (official website)

The Capcom vs Tezuka characters art exhibit is returning in 2023!

Originally held in 2020, the 「テヅカプファイティングユニバース CAPCOM VS. 手塚治虫CHARACTERS」 "Tezukapu Fighting Universe: Capcom VS. Osamu Tezuka Characters" exhibit will be held from June 30, 2023 to October 29, 2023 at the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum. Information about the exhibit can be viewed in the sourced link.

Poster art is by Kazuya Nuri.

#Osamu Tezuka #Tezuka Star System #Capcom #Kazuya Nuri #Astro Boy #Tezuka's Phoenix #Tezuka's Black Jack #Dororo #Marvelous Melmo #Prime Rose #Princess Knight #Ribon no Kishi #Rainbow Parakeet #Jungle Emperor #Kimba the White Lion #The Three-Eyed One #Mitsume ga Tooru #Unico #Tezuka's Buddha #Street Fighter #Darkstalkers #Ace Attorney #Rival Schools

[runawaycarouselhorse]

#Fushigi na Melmo #Marvelous Melmo #drawing songs #Osamu Tezuka #classic manga #mahou shoujo #classic shoujo

[joffartac]

Tezuka characters (Kenichi, Shinichi, Sapphire, Melmo) from my commission.

Art by Carrudra : https://twitter.com/carrudra

#Osamu Tezuka #Tezuka #Kenichi #Shinichi #Sapphire #Melmo #fanart #commission #drawing #carrudra #Wonder 3 #astro boy 2003 #Astro Boy #Princess Knight #Ribon no Kishi #marvelous melmo

[animenostalgia]

Head's up! The official Tezuka YouTube channel has started releasing episodes of the sexy 70s magical girl series Marvelous Melmo, subtitled in English! It looks like they'll be uploading episodes on a weekly basis, so hopefully this means they intend to release the entire series. The audio is from their Japanese redub in the 90s, so the sound quality is actually very good! Check out the episodes through the video above.

#Marvelous Melmo #Osamu Tezuka #Youtube #70s anime #mahou shoujo #Magical girl #Video #Official streams

[makoami]

Since I November I have been trying to watch as many magical anime as a can from oldest to newest because I'm obsessed with evolution. That and I want to do an analysis on how magical anime went from Sally the Witch, to Sailor Moon, to Precure and so on. In addition I' also give my opinion on which ones I enjoyed the most or least. For this post though I'll just go over the 60s and 70s magical girls I've seen. Some elements I'm looking out for in the "magical girl formula" are: 1. Animal Sidekick, 2. Transformation sequence, 3. main romance subplot, 4 saving the day, 5. Special Attacks, 6. Becomes someone older, 7. Becomes an Idol, 8. Magical powers.

First is Sally the Witch - 1966

Sally the Witch fits into both 4 and 8. She has magical powers, she does end up using them to both pull pranks, make life easier, or save the day. As a show it's pretty good. It reminds me a lot of Bewitched and seemed to be a huge influence. There's a crow character who pretends to be her younger brother in human form but I'm not sure if he counts as an animal sidekick. The anime has a lot dated moments and some I wasn't a fan of. I alsp had a hard time getting used to some of the 60s designs of characters. Unfortunately, I was not able to watch all episodes in order so that was a bummer. Other than that, Sally was a pioneer for more magical girls to come.

I was not able to finds episodes of Himitsu no Akko-chan, Mako-chan or Majokko Tickle but if anyone knows how I could watch some episodes lmk.

Princess Knight - 1967

I really liked this one and I think this is my favorite 60s anime. The manga is from 1953 so this technically might be the first magical girl. It doesn't follow a whole lot of the magical girl formula but she does save the day. The main character, Sapphire, has a guardian angel name Tink who could sort count as the animal side kick and she has a horse that helps her out on her quest. Sadly I was not able to see the entire subbed series and I am considering just watching the dub to finish the series off. Overall though, this show was very girl boss for the 60s and was genuinely entertaining.

Marvelous Melmo - 1971

Marvelous Melmo is another show I really enjoyed and made me emotional at times. After Melmo's mom dies in a car accident, she gives her red and blue candy to tranform into someone younger or older. It also gives her the ability to transform into animal. And she does use said powers from the candy to save the day. The show itself was very educational on evolution and human development. I was several episodes in when I realized I was watching a version that was redubbed by a whole new cast of voice actors in Japan, back in 1998. I'm curious to see how the original 70s version was. Aside from that, I highly recommend this one.

Next is Cutie Honey 1973

Okay, I will be honest, I haven't seen Cutie Honey in a long time and need to re-watch it. If I find anymore elements to the magical girl formula for Cutie Honey, I'll make another post about it. What I do remember is that she does have a transformation sequence, she saves the day, and can also transform into someone older. I think their is an episode where she shape shifts into an old lady. In some ways, her heroic and fearless character reminds me of Princess Knight and I look forward to rewatching the series.

Majokko Meg-Chan - 1974

Majokko Meg-chan had a lot of similarities to Sally the Witch. Meg is a witch in training, she wants to get better at her magic. In terms of the magical girl formula, she has magical powers and does use them in scenarios to save the day or make life easier. In all honesty this was my least favorite and I couldn't finish the series. The show tries to teach Meg that family is important and that her family in the human world really loves her. But then Meg's younger siblings pull pranks on her...I don't want to go on a tangent because I'm sure there are people who really enjoyed it. It just wasn't for me. I did love the theme songthough, it's so damn catchy.

Hana no Lun Lun - 1979

Only 3 or 4 episodes were available for me to watch but I really wish I could finish the series. Lun Lun has two animal sidekicks, a talking cat and dog. Due to being the flower child, she is able to use flowers to change into different outfits. I can't remember many episodes where she saves the day but the show does follow the trope of Lun Lun having a kind heart forming friendships with the people she meets.

#magical girl analysis #sally the witch #princess knight #marvelous melmo #cutie honey #majokko megu chan #hana no lun lun #magical girl history

[showamagicalgirls]

This weekend I got the idea in my head that I ought to try to compile a list of all the manga by Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫) that center on female protagonists, regardless of how similar they are to the magical genre. II'm just starting on this journey so there are probably obvious ones I don't have on here yet, but so far candidates for the list include...

Princess Knight (リボンの騎士)

Twin Knights (双子の騎士)

Marvelous Melmo (ふしぎなメルモ)

Angel's Hill (エンゼルの丘)

The Book of Human Insects (人間昆虫記)

Ayako (奇子)

Barbara (ばるぼら)

MW (ムウ)

Queen Nasubi (ナスビ女王)

#手塚 治虫 #Osamu Tezuka #Princess Knight #リボンの騎士 #Twin Knights #双子の騎士 #Marvelous Melmo #ふしぎなメルモ #Angel's Hill #エンゼルの丘 #Queen Nasubi #ナスビ女王 #昭和 #showa era #magical girl #魔法少女 #majokko #魔女っ子 #manga #comics #majokko adjacent #retro shoujo

[burakku-jakku]

Osamu Tezuka character calendar stickers (2004)

#Tezuka #Black Jack #Pinoko #Phoenix #Unico #Jungle Taitei #Kimba the white lion #Kimba #Dororo #Hyakkimaru #Princess Knight #Princess Sapphire #Sapphire #Tink #Vampires #Toppei #Marvelous Melmo #Melmo #Ambassador Magma #Magma #The three eyed one #Sharaku #Tezuka star system #Hamegg #Lamp #Shunsaku Ban #Shunsaku #Hyotantsugi #Mod's post #Mod's scan

[emzycore]

Melmo painting I did at school

#tezuka star system #marvelous melmo #osamu tezuka #fanart

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Merumo from Eshigami no Kizuna!✧・ﾟ:*

#Fushigi na merumo #Marvelous Melmo #Merumo #Eshigami no Kizuna #mobage #osamu tezuka #black hair #magical girl #magical girl of the day #mahou shoujo

[retrosofa]

Two years later but I finished watching Marvelous Melmo. It was a cute and silly series. The writing gets slightly more coherent in the second half, as they finally address certain issues, like how Melmo and her brothers can afford to live on their own. God comes to the conclusion Melmo needs to stop relying on the miracle candies, and finally puts a limit on them. (Apparently her bottle would automatically replenish the candies?)

There are still some bonkers moments, like when Melmo leaves her baby brother unattended in a car and he uh, ends up falling off a cliff. That very same episode two teenage boys (one of which can drive a car) fall in love with Melmo. Yuck.

In the last episode everything comes full circle. Melmo and her brothers are “adopted” by her boyfriend Jiro’s parents, while Dr. Waragarasu returns to his home country. Years later, Melmo and Jiro get married and eventually have a daughter.

Two years later, her daughter finds the last two miracle candies, and eats the blue one. Melmo is shocked when her daughter transforms into her late mother. Her mother explains this was her last chance to say goodbye. After the two embrace, Melmo’s mother eats the last red candy and turns back into the baby girl.

WOW. That last scene is brilliant. It’s absolutely heart wrenching and the perfect way to close the series. 

Overall, I’d give Melmo a 6/10. It was a very cute series but some of the writing was a little too nonsensical for my tastes. It works better as a manga.

#marvelous melmo #fushigi na merumo #osamu tezuka

[ogume-the-nurse-lion]

5 girls... 1 boy

#dr black jack #pinoko #marvelous melmo #tetsuwan atom

[astroboyart]

Source: TEZUKA_goods (Twitter)

Official artwork for a Christmas gift campaign on the TEZUKA_goods Twitter account. 5 people will receive the official 2023 Osamu Tezuka calendar.

#Tezuka Star System #Tezuka Productions #Astro Boy #Unico #Marvelous Melmo #Princess Knight #Ribon no Kishi #The Three-Eyed One #Mitsume ga Tooru #Rainbow Parakeet #Tezuka's Black Jack #Black Jack #Jungle Emperor #Kimba the White Lion

[runawaycarouselhorse]

The final Miracle Candies which Melmo saved until her adulthood, were eaten not by her, but by her newborn infant daughter... who the soul of her mother who she lost as a small child, resided in to speak to Melmo, having been permitted to reunite with her daughter for just one minute.

#Marvelous Melmo #Fushigi na Melmo #Osamu Tezuka #classic shoujo #mahou shoujo #Goodbye Melmo #gif set #things I dislike about the anime adaptation: SO much fanservice (while the original manga is largely squeaky clean and adorable?) #things I love: the colours Melmo's pretty ladylike voice the comedy #watching Melmo meet her future husband seeing Melmo as an adult seeing Melmo with her own daughter and this beautiful ending #ALSO Melmo's middle brother she has two brothers in the anime! Totoo and Touch! ... but in the manga it's only Touch? #snow elephant episode Totoo stuck as a frog for an arc Melmo *transforming into animals* is also unique to the anime #Lamees' gifs #hugs #long post

[torgablog]

Marvelous Melmo

Haga clik en el enlace para leer en español el manga de Fushigi Na Merumo (Marvelous Melmo).

En este otro enlace la serie de Marvelous Melmo en You Tube. En japonés von subtítulos automáticos en íngles y español. Ajuste los subtítulos para ponerlo en el idioma de su preferencia.

In this other link the Marvelous Melmo series on You Tube. In Japanese with automatic subtitles in English and Spanish. Adjust the subtitles to put it in the language of your preference.

#melmo #marvelous melmo #fushigi na merumo #ふしぎなメルモ #メルモ #osamu tezuka #tezuka osamu #tezuka productions #手塚 治虫

[shimoeda]

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#fanart #marvelous melmo #osamu tezuka