, sometimes also called ''Bewitching Nozomi'', is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode

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series in 1992.

Plot

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryōtarō Shiba, who decides to join the high school

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club.

Anime

Cast

* Nobutoshi Canna - Ryōtarō Shiba *

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- Nanjō * Noriko Uemura - Ryōtarō's mother * Michitaka Kobayashi - Announcer * Teruhisa Tsuyusaki - Baseball club member * Yasuhiko Kawazu - Boxing club member * Yukari Takagawa - Buryō *

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- Cameraman * Yūko Sumitomo - Club member B * Teruhisa Tsuyusaki - Company employee A * Kanako Hoya - Drama club member *

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- Fan * Tomomi Ōsone, Muri Wa - Female student *

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- Gichō * Arihiro Masuda - Ishii *

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- Itsuri * Yasuhiko Kawazu - Jack * Shinpachi Tsuji - Jackal *

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- Kitagawa * Yuka Ōno - Yōko Kitagawa * Mitsuru Ogata - Miyamoto *

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- Ōniwa *

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- Ōta * Yūko Sumitomo - Private secretary * Junji Kitajima - Referee * Aruno Tahara - Reporter * Kōji Ishii - Ring announcer * Toshihiko Nakajima - Sakakoshi *

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- Sawamura * Hiroshi Tamai - Student * Kazuhiro Yamaga - Suzuki *

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- Tōgo * Toshihiko Nakajima - Watanabe-kaichō *

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- Yamazaki * Takashi Taguchi - Yamazaki-kaichō * Natsumi Yamada - Hitomi Yamazaki *

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- Yūgo

Releases

Laserdisc *Volume 1, TSL-5, ¥5800, September 21, 1994 *Volume 2, TSL-6, ¥5800, October 21, 1994 *Volume 3, TSL-7, ¥5800, November 21, 1994 *Volume 1-3 collection, TSL-58, ¥9800, May 21, 1996

CDs

;''Nozomi Witches Sound Movie'':Drama CD.Anime CD
Accessed August 25, 2006. ;''Nozomi Witches'': Toei, TOCT-6290, September 27, 1991.Anime CD Information: Nozomi Witches
Accessed August 25, 2006. ;''Nozomi Witches Original Soundtrack'': Toei/TM Factory, TOCT-6639, August 26, 1992.

References

External links

* {{Gisaburō Sugii 1986 manga 1990 films 1992 anime OVAs Boxing in anime and manga Group TAC Seinen manga Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga Theatre in anime and manga Live-action films based on manga 1990s Japanese-language films Manga adapted into films