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series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a

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by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, ''Magical Emi'' also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the ''Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume'' and ''Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X'' OVAs.

Plot

Mai Kazuki is from a family of magicians. Her grandparents are leaders of a troupe, Magic Carat, and their daughter — Mai's mother — debuted under them. Naturally, Mai wants to become a magician herself, just like her hero, the fabulous legend Emily Howell, but because she is still a young girl, she is very clumsy and unsure. One day, while helping her grandfather move things, Mai sees a strange light enter an odd, heart-shaped mirror and turn into a mirror fairy named Topo. He takes over the body of her favorite

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, a

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doll, and explains that he must give magic to the one who can see him. He gives her a

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with the symbols of the 4

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, club,

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and

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) which produces a

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. By waving the wand, Mai becomes Magical Emi, a beautiful teenage magician. She stars in her grandparents' shows, and uses magic to help solve problems, but at the end of the day, she wants to become a magician all by herself.

Characters

Nakamori family

* Jouji Yanami as Yosuke Nakamori * Mine Atsuko as Haruko Nakamori

Troupe Magic Carat

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as Sho Yuki *

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as Yukiko Hirota *

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as Akira Matsuo * Kameyama Sukekiyo as Susumi Siozawa *

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as Topo

Kazuki family

* Aoki Nana as Yoko Kazuki * Rokuro Naya as Junichi Kazuki * Yoko Obata as Mai Kazuki/Magical Emi *

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as Misaki Kazuki

Koganei family

* Daisuke Gouri as Shigeru Koganei *

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as Musashi Koganei *

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as Madoka Kokubunji

Others

* Shinya Ohtaki as Akira

Music

Original songs

By Yoko Obata # (OP) #* It also frequently appears in the play as a song sung by Emi and Hideaki Tokunaga. # (ED) # #* It appears as Emi's new song from episode 32.

Anime

The 38-episode anime series, directed by Takashi Anno and produced by Studio Pierrot, aired from June 7, 1985 to February 28, 1986. The opening theme song is "Fushigi-Iro Happiness" and the ending theme song is "Anata Dake Dreaming", both by Yōko Obata.

References

External links

''Magical Emi, the Magic Star''
* {{Pierrot films 1985 anime television series debuts 1985 manga 1986 anime OVAs 1980s toys Magical girl anime and manga Nippon Television original programming Pierrot (company) Shōjo manga Shogakukan manga Television magic shows