Saturday, July 18, 2009

Akazukin Chacha

Anime Review

AKAZUKIN CHACHA
Related anime:
Akazukin Cha Cha OAV (sequel)

Alternative title:
L'adorabile Lily (Italian)
Red Riding Hood Chacha
赤ずきんチャチャ (Japanese)
빨강망토 차차 (Korean)
Themes: Magical Girl
Age rating: All Ages


Link: http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/akazukin-chacha

Opening Theme:
"kimi iro omoi" by Sawada Shouko
"Kimi iro Omoi" by SMAP
Ending Theme:
#1: "Egao ga Sukidakara" by Sawada Shoko
#2: "Chacha ni Omakase" by Suzuki Masami, Sakurai Tomo, Akado Mayumi
#3: "Youkoso Majikaru Sukuuru he" by Suzuki Masami and Magical Study

Story

Akazukin Chacha is the story of a young magical girl named Chacha. She lives in a cottage on Mochi-mochi Mountain with Seravy, her guardian and teacher, who is the fictional world's greatest magician. Chacha is clumsy in casting her spells, frequently mistaking homonyms, she summons spiders (kumo (蜘蛛?) in Japanese) instead of a cloud (also kumo (?)). When she and her friends are in trouble, however, her spells do work. Living on the same mountain is a boy named Riiya, gifted with enormous strength, who comes from a family of werewolves. Far away from Mochi-mochi Mountain is Urizuri Mountain where Dorothy, a well known magician, lives in a castle with her student Shiine. Shiine is a young wizard, who is adept at casting spells and barriers, as well as transformations.

The storylines of the manga and the anime adaptation are marked different: while the anime uses most of the same characters, the story of the first two seasons were invented for the television show. Most of the stories in the third season are based on the manga.


Main characters

All main characters appear in both the manga and anime versions.

  • Chacha (チャチャ?) - A young blonde girl practicing magic with her teacher Seravy, but she is not very good at it. She is friends with Riiya and Shiine and is trying to find her past. Voiced by: Masami Suzuki
  • Riiya (リーヤ?) - A young boy with great strength and an equally great appetite who has the ability to transform into a young white wolf at will. He is constantly fighting with Shiine over Chacha's affections and he dislikes Seravy. Voiced by: Shingo Katori
  • Shiine (しいね?) - Left to Dorothy as a baby by Access (his father), he was raised as a wizard and he also enjoys housework. With Chacha and Riiya's help, he is reunited with his parents. Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka



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