Ojamajo Doremi , alternatively titled ''Magical DoReMi'' in English, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze, who become witch apprent ...

'' was originally broadcast on

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from February 7, 1999 to January 30, 2000, with a total of 51 episodes. The show was directed by

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and

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, while the animation was produced by

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. It replaced the time slot of ''

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'' when that show ended. After ''Ojamajo Doremi'' ended, it was followed up by a direct sequel, ''Ojamajo Doremi Sharp''. The opening theme song for ''Ojamajo Doremi'' was by MAHO-Do, which won the 1999 Kobe AM Award. The ending theme song was , performed by Saeko Shu. When

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localized the show, the opening theme was replaced with a new song titled "Just Like Magic", while the ending credits sequence plays an instrumental version. In 2003,

began working on a licensing contract with

with plans of increasing the female television demographic for their Saturday morning block, but the deal was not sealed until 2004. Although initially planned for debut in November 2005, the show appeared in the United States on

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with a preview episode on August 13, 2005. Episodes began regularly airing on September 10, 2005; they aired 26 episodes by March 11, 2006. After that, the show was in

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s until August 19, 2006. ''Magical DoReMi'' continued its run on November 13, 2007, exclusively on the network's web site and released its last episode on May 2, 2008. The first 26 episodes were grouped into one season, while the remaining episodes were grouped as "season 2" on 4Kids TV's website. The English version by

was heavily edited and localized for Western audiences, and carried a

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E/I rating. Additionally, episode 30 from the original Japanese version of the show was skipped, having never been dubbed and released in English.

Episode list

References

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