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is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot from 1983. It went on to have five OVA adaptions and featured in other Studio Pierrot special presentations. A three volume manga was released during the original TV run, with the story written by Ito Kazunori and art by Yuuko Kitagawa. This was the first of five magical girl anime to be produced by Studio Pierrot,• and the first of these to feature the designs of Akemi Takada. In 2005, the web-poll for TV Asahi's top-100 anime of all time saw Magical Angel Creamy Mami poll 82nd.•
Story Yū Morisawa is an ordinary 10-year-old girl, until she sees a spaceship floating in the sky. Carried into the ship, she helps Pino Pino find the Feather Star. In thanks for her assistance he grants her a magical wand, which allows her to transform into a 16-year old girl, for one year. She is also given two cats from Feather Star, Posi and Nega, who are to watch over her while she has magical powers. While wandering around the city as a teenager, she accidentally ends up on TV and asked to sing, which the magic enables her to do remarkably well. Using the alias of Creamy Mami, she becomes an overnight success, and is soon sought to begin a professional career as an idol. Along the way, she also meets past residents of Feather Star and supernatural beings. Characters Seiyū: Saeko Shimazu A popular idol and the star act of Parthenon Productions, she feels threatened by the newcomer, Creamy Mami, and declares herself to be Mami's rival. Seiyū: Sukekiyo Kameyama Megumi Ayase's bumbling manager, he is moved to managing Creamy Mami when she joins Parthenon Productions. Seiyū: Masahiro Anzai Toshio Ōtomo's best friend, Midori is in love with Yū Morisawa and seeks to tell her this. Because of his bashfulness, he needs Toshio's help to do this. Seiyū: Mika Doi Wife of Tetsuo, mother of Yū, Natsume works in Creamy with her husband. She used to be the leader of a motorcycle gang. Seiyū: Akira Murakami Husband of Natsume, father of Yū, Tetsuo works in Creamy with his wife. He used to be a member of Natsume's motorcycle gang. / Seiyū: Takako Ōta A normal 10-year old girl, Yū harbours a secret crush for her childhood friend Toshio Ōtomo. Given the ability to transform into a 16-year old girl, she is made to fill in for the absent Megumi Ayase to sing on TV. Giving her name as Creamy Mami, she becomes an overnight hit. Seiyū: Kaneta Kimotsuki One of the two cats from the Feather Star asked to watch over Yū Morisawa while she has magical powers. His name is short for negative. Seiyū: Yū Mizushima Friend of Yū Morisawa and Midori Kisaragi, he falls in love with Creamy Mami after her first TV appearance. Seiyū: Seiko Nakano An alien being, Pino Pino grants Yū Morisawa magical powers for one year in thanks for helping him find the Feather Star. Seiyū: Yuko Mita One of the two cats from the Feather Star asked to watch over Yū Morisawa while she has magical powers. Her name is short for positive. Seiyū: Kazuhiko Inoue President of Parthenon Productions, he quickly recognises Creamy Mami as future sensation, and tries to make her into a star. Impact and influence Creamy Mami (1983) is known as a pioneer of the new marketing strategy, now known as “media mix”.• Internationalization Magical Angel Creamy Mami was dubbed into Italian by Studio PV, who released it as L'incantevole Creamy from 1985-02-03.• It was also distributed in France by Déclic Images as Creamy, merveilleuse Creamy from 1988-04-29.• | ||||||||
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