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Magical DoReMi
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| Magical DoReMi | |
|---|---|
| おジャ魔女どれみ (Magical Doremi) |
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| Demographic | Shojo |
| Genre | Magical girl |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Takuya Igarashi, Junichi Sato |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network |  TV Asahi, Animax Nickelodeon TVN, Etc...TV Jetix RTL II TVB Italia 1 Unicable TVI, Canal Panda MBC, Tooniverse Nickelodeon, Telemadrid, Castilla-La Mancha TV, K3 YOYO TV, TTV 4Kids TV (FOX) GMA 7 |
| Original run | February 7, 1999 – January 30, 2000 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Common rating | |
|---|---|
| Australia | G 7NET |
| United States | TV-Y 4KIDSTV (E/I) |
Magical DoReMi (おジャ魔女どれみ Ojamajo Doremi (Bothersome Witch Doremi)?) is an anime series produced by Toei Animation. Magical DoReMi is the first of the Ojamajo Doremi series to be licensed and distributed in the United States. The series is the longest running "Magical girl" genre anime in Japan. 4Kids Entertainment has licensed the original show under the title Magical DoReMi and aired on 4Kids TV from September 10, 2005. The first 26 English episodes premiered on television, and as of November 13, 2007, premiere English language episodes will be showing online at www.4Kids.TV
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In the first episode of the series, Dorie Goodwyn (Doremi Harukaze in the Japanese version), a third grader, has a crush on Robbie (Igarashi), a sixth grade student on the soccer team). Being both unlucky and clumsy, for which Todd (Tetsuya Kotake), a classmate, likes to tease her, Dorie complains often that she is "the unluckiest pretty girl in the whole world." She dreams of acquiring magic in order to solve her problems. She visits a mysterious old shop, The Rusty Broom (Makihatayama no Maho-do). At the shop, she meets an old woman who looks like a storybook witch, and Doremi instinctively shouts that this woman is a witch. When witches are discovered, they are punished because of the Curse of Majogaeru. Thus, to Dorie's surprise, the old woman transforms into a small green blob (a magic frog). The old woman, Patina (Majorika), now lacks the power to return herself to her normal form, so Dorie must now become a powerful witch herself in order to help return Patina to her human form.
Dorie is granted a Dream Spinner (magical tap), which is used to transform her into her witch costume. The tap is installed in the chest of the clothes after the transformation, and it produces her witch's wand when tapped again. Her training as a witch's apprentice is much more demanding than she had expected, and her wand (a Wandaler in English version and a Poron in Japanese version) requires the use of many spell drops (magic spheres) to use magic. Moreover, Dorie has to keep her identity as an apprentice a secret or she will suffer the same fate as Patina.
Nonetheless, in the subsequent episodes, her friends, Reanne Griffith (Hazuki Fujiwara) and Mirabelle Haywood (Aiko Senoo), discover her secret. Because of this, they are able to become apprentices themselves. Through their training, they become much closer and cooperate by redecorating and managing The Rusty Broom successfully. Using the improved store as a means of earning money, they will buy magical spheres so that they may train and take exams to become witches and dispel Patina's cursed fate. When an individual girl does not have enough power, they also co-operate by using Perfect Harmony (Magical Stage) to cast stronger magic. In the Japanese version, due to the girls' occasional mistakes, Majorika dubs them each an "Ojamajo", a compound word that translates to a "Bothersome Witch."
As the series progresses, more girls become witch apprentices. In episode twenty-four, Caitlyn (Poppu), Dorie's younger sister, catches the girls performing Perfect Harmony and thus also becomes a witch apprentice in the following episode. Unlike her sister, Caitlyn is able to learn magic quickly and easily. In episode thirty-five of the original Japanese series, the group meets another girl, Onpu Segawa, who was to be Ellie Craft in the dub version. She is a famous actress and singer in Japan, who is a witch apprentice of Patina's arch-rival, Petunia (Majoruka). Though at first they do not get along very well, they become friends by the end of the series.
In Magical DoReMi there have been many changes made to suit the English speaking audience due to 4Kids' licensing. Among the changes are the changing of characters' names, music changes, editing of the animation in the episodes, and the removal of certain scenes in episodes. This dub has been mostly marketed towards young children. This is apparent, as the whole story line of episode nineteen is changed: in the original Japanese, Hazuki (Reanne) is kidnapped, but in the dub, Reanne is going to the museum with her uncle Nick. Also, when Magical DoReMi started debuting episodes online, episode 29 was premiered before episodes 27 and 28. Episode 30 has been seemingly skipped or will air at a later date.
| Japanese | |
|---|---|
| Doremi Harukaze | Chiemi Chiba |
| Hazuki Fujiwara | Tomoko Akiya |
| Aiko Senoo | Yuki Matsuoka |
| Onpu Segawa | Rumi Shishido |
| Poppu Harukaze | Sawa Ishige[1] |
| Majorika | Naomi Nagasawa |
| Lala | Megumi Takamura |
| Majoruka | Mayumi Shou |
| Takeshi Harukaze | Takehito Koyasu |
| Kenji Fujiwara | Masami Suzuki |
| Hayato Senoo | Yoichi Masukawa |
Original character names in parenthesis after the dub names
| English | |
|---|---|
| Dorie Goodwyn (Doremi) | Amy Palant |
| Reanne Griffith (Hazuki) | Rebecca Soler |
| Mirabelle Haywood (Aiko) | Annice Moriarty |
| Caitlyn Goodwyn (Poppu) | Liza Jacqueline |
| Drona (Mota) | Jessica Calvello |
| Rona (Motamota) | Bella Hudson |
| Patina (Majorika) | Lisa Ortiz |
| Larelei (Lala) | Andi Whaley |
| Petunia (Majoruka) | Megan Hollingshead |
| Miss Cooper (Seki-sensei) | Kate Roland |
| Todd (Kotake)/Miss Shannon (Yuki-sensei) | Kayzie Rogers |
| Simon/Mirabelle's Father | Sean Schemmel |
| Stewart | Mike Sinterniklaas |
| Belinda Higgins (Nobuko) | Amanda Brown |
| Dorie's Mother | Bella Hudson |
| Dorie's Father | Dan Green |
| Conya (Dela) | Mollie Weaver |
| Principal Hamburg | Pete Zarustica |
| Vice-Principal Shoople | Eric Stuart |
| Oliver/Reanne's Father | Tom Wayland |
| Reanne's Mother | Kerry Williams |
| Queen Lumina (Joou-sama) | Carol Jacobanis |
| Amaretta (Majorin) | Kelly Ray |
| Ferdagio (Oyajide) | Ted Lewis |
| Jeremy (Kashiwagi, ep. 28) | Jason Anthony Griffith |
| Julianne/Reanne's friend (from Born to Run) | Michelle Knotz |
| Juliette KoJuro | Rebecca Soler |
| Ms. Haywood | Kether Donahue |
- Evelyn Lanto
- Jennifer Blood
The main characters are the Witchlings of Magical DoReMi
- Dorie Goodwyn (Doremi Harukaze)-
Dorie Goodwyn is an 8-year old 3rd grader who attends Port Mystic Elementary. Dorie is a girl who seems to be unlucky. Her favorite instrument is the Piano. She is the Leader of Team DoReMi. Dorie's main color is pink. Her fairy's name is Dodo.
- Reanne Griffith (Hazuki Fujiwara)-
Reanne Griffith is an 8-year old who has a rich family and a lovable mother, father, and house assistants. Her favorite instrument is her violin. She is the Knowledge and Brains of the Team DoReMi. Reanne's main color is orange. Her fairy's name is Raerae.
- Mirabelle Haywood (Aiko Senoo)-
Mirabelle Haywood is the first new character to appear in the series. She is an 8-year old Western Girl, but comes from Osaka,Japan. She lives with her father, thats divorced. Her Favorite instrument is her harmonica. She's the Positive and Attitudes of Team DoReMi. Mirabelle's main color is blue. Her fairy's name is Mimi.
- Caitlin Goodwyn (Poppu Harukaze)-
Caitlin Goodwin is Dorie's 5-year old sister, and she seems to be smarter than her sister's friends. Her favorite instrument is the Trumpet. She is the Youth and Responsibility of Team DoReMi. Caitlin's main color is red. Caitlin gets her fairy in the second season, Ojamajo Doremi #.
- Ellie Craft (Onpu Segawa)-
Ellie Craft makes her debut in the series in Episode 35, "The Transfer kid is a Witch Apprentice?!". Both in Magical DoReMi and Ojamajo Doremi, she is a world famous Idol/Actress, and was a witchling for Petunia (Majoruka). Her favorite instrument is the Microphone and mostly the Flute. She is the Music and Famousness of Team DoReMi. Ellie's main color is purple. Her fairy is shown in the first episode of Ojamajo Doremi #, her name is Roro.
- Patina (Majorika)
Patina is the teacher of the Witchlings. She was caught by Dorie and was turned into a green blob. She thinks that Dorie is very clumsy. Her fairy is Lorelei (LaLa) who can transform to a cat.
- Mrs.Goodwyn- Dorie and Caitlin's Mother.
- Mr.Goodwyn- Dorie and Caitlin's Father.
- Mrs.Griffith- Reanne's Mother, she always picks out Reanne's dresses/clothes so she can make sure Reanne's happy.
- George Griffith- Reanne's Father, and a famous film director.
- Mr.Haywood- Mirabelle's father, and a taxi driver. He has to take care of her daughter, Mirabelle as a father and mother, when Mirabelle's mother had a divorce with him.
- Ms.Haywood- Mirabelle's mother (divorced). She lives in Dover City. She calls Mirabelle Duckie, and thinks about Mirabelle everyday after she had a divorced by Mirabelle's father.
- Ms.Cooper (Seki-Sensei)- The girl's teacher at their school.
- Ms.Shannon (Yuki-Sensei)- The school nurse, and is very helpful. In the Ojamajo series, she is the Queen of the Witchland (Lumena) as her witch appearance.
- Miss Suki (Bayaa)- The Griffith's house cleaner and house cleaner. She makes sure that Reanne isn't sad, and take care of her without Reanne's commands.
- Mrs.Craft- Ellie's mother and Manager. She was once a famous singer, after and accient backstage. She make sure she takes good care of Ellie for her career's sake.
- Mr.Craft- Ellie's Father. He is a hard-working train driver.
- Todd Washington- A classmate of Dorie and the girls, who loves to make fun of Dorie a lot.
- Josie- The popular girl at school. she thinks she is better than everyone else at beauty, hair, and acting.
- Katie- The News Scoop girl at school who takes photographs of what sounds undiscovered/unusual or really interesting.
- Simon- The "S" of the SOS trio. He is the shortest.
- Oliver- The "O" od the SOS trio. He is the tallest.
- Stewart- The last "S" of the SOS trio. He is in middle.
- Belinda Higgins-A mischievous girl who likes to lie to other 3rd grader like her. She is also known as Belinda the Belier".
- Justin Bailey- A soft spoken guy, who ends up in episode "Scetches of Pain", more emoitional towards things. He sometimes feels gloomy about things. In his char. of Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho, he reveals that he has a secret crush on Hazuki(Reanne).
- David- A soccer player that has a crush on Amanda.
- Autumn- A girl who loves to take care of the school bunnies.
- Amanda-The girl who takes cares of the flowers and cleans up the school, and likes David.
- Gia- A girl who like to play basketball, and is tall. At first, she thinks the SOS is not funny and mean, but when they make her laught, she likes them.
- Hayle-A girl that has swimming lessons with Mirabelle, Reanne, and Dorie. Her father owns a steakhouse, and the girls help Haley and her father out since Hayle's mother is in the hospital.
- Carey-A nice girl that's also friends with Dorie and the girls. She has a friend that lives in Mongolia.
- Scooter-A shy boy in the class, that won Class President, against Josie. He always comes in 2nd place in diffrent events and activities (besides winning the election), and wants to show that he can accomplish anything with 1st place.
- Keith- A minor character. Not a main classmate, but was to count out the ballets of the class president election.
- Juiliette KoJuro- Dorie and the girl's friend that has 5 other siblings at Port Mystic Elementary. All are in 1 diffrent grade, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.
- Patina the Witch (Majorika)
- Petunia the Witch (Majoruka)
- Witch Conya (Dela)
- Queen Lumena (Joou-sama)
- Ameretta (Majorin)
- Drona (Mota)
- Rona (Motamota)
- Laralei, the full grown "La" fairy (Lala). Patina's fairy.
- Felina, the full grown "Fa" fairy (Hehe). Petunia's fairy.
- Dodo, the "Do" fairy. Dorie's fairy.
- Rearea, the "Re" fairy (Rere). Reanne's fairy.
- Mimi, the "Mi" fairy. Mirabelle's fairy.
- Roro, the "So" fairy. Ellie's fairy.
- Feredagio (Alexander T. Oyajide)
In order for a Witchling to become a Witch, they must pass 9 test that includes skill, knowledge, trust, risk, luck, guts, and power. Whenever a Witchling passes a test, they get promoted to a higher level. When a Witchling passes the Fairy Test, they receives a Lv.1 Fairy, that is the Spitingimage of them. When a Witchling passes the The WanderWhirl test, they're awarded a WanderWhirl, but inorder to use a WanderWhirl, they must combine they're Wanderlers with they're most treasured instrument. After a witchling passes their 4th test, they're awarded later a Sertewand, and inside are called sertespheres, one is awarded after passing another test. After a witchling collects the 8th Sertesphere, then they'll be promoted to a full pledged witch.
| # | Test | From Episode... | Episode # | Award for Passing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fairy Test | Caitlin's Day out, Finally a Fairy | 7, 8 | A Lv. 1 Fairy |
| 2 | The Team Test | Parsley and Rosemary | 13 | Teamwork |
| 3 | The Flora Test | The Flora Test | 18 | Ability to talk to Plants |
| 4 | The WanderWhirl Test | Mirabelle's Blues | 23 | Magical Wanderwhirl |
| 5 | The What You Want Test | Careful What You Witch For | 31 | Sertesphere # 2 |
| 6 | The Level 4 Exam | Level 4 Exam is Do Do Do Do Do-! | 36 | Sertesphere # 3, Ability to talk to Animals |
| 7 | The Level 3 Exam | Doremi Wins Easily? Level 3 Exam | 40 | Sertesphere # 5, Magical Sphere Seed |
| 8 | The Level 2 Exam | The Witches' Talent Show! | 46 | Sertesphere # 7, desired wish to the Queen |
| 9 | The Level 1 Exam | The Final Witch Apprentice Exam | 50 | Sertesphere # 8, full pledge Witch |
This is a list of Songs from the English Dub of Magical DoReMi. There are a total of 7 songs as of November 13, 2007. Most of the songs have been on a DoReMi Witchling sing-a-long, which is always shown after an episode.
| # | Title | Descrpition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just like Magic (Theme song) | This song is performed in every episode as a theme song. |
| 2 | Now that I can Fly | This song was first performed in episode 101, "Now I am a Witchling". |
| 3 | Make It Shine | The song that was introduced in episode 104, "Dustin' the Old Rusty Broom". |
| 4 | Perfect Harmony | This song is only performed during a Witchling Sing-a-long, and is made from the Magical Trick, Perfect Harmony in Magical DoReMi. |
| 5 | Come on Along | This song was performed in the episode, "Get on the Bus". |
| 6 | Best Friends are what will Be | This song is dedicated to Dorie, Reanne, Mirabelle for being friends forever. |
| 7 | We can make Magic | This song was to congraduate the 4kids team to continue with Magical DoReMi on November 13, 2007. |
- At the moment, it is unknown if Magical DoReMi will have any new songs. However, if there are any future songs, there is a possibility that 4Kids will put them in videos to watch on their website, as they did with Winx Club.
- ^ Poppu's voice was performed by Sawa Ishige except one episode. In episode 27, Yuka Shino voiced this role.
- English
- Royal Patraine - English fan site with information on both the US and original versions.
- List of Magical DoReMi Episodes
- Japanese
- Toei Animation Homepage - Magical DoReMi Japanese Market management and headquarter
- Toei Animation Ojamajo Doremi website - The official website to the first season of the series.
- Neo Wing All Rights Reserved of Magical DoReMi
| Ojamajo Doremi (series) |
| - 1st Story arc -
Magical DoReMi |
| - 2nd Story arc - |
| - 3rd Story arc -
Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi - Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi Movie |
| - 4th Story arc - |
| List of characters from Ojamajo Doremi |