#Marvelous Melmo

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Source: Osamu Tezuka official website

All 12 artworks for the 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar have been revealed! Of note: many obscure characters within the Tezuka Star System are featured in the artworks this time around.

The 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar will be released on October 1, 2024 according to the official Osamu Tezuka website.

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[r0bitadraws]

I wanted to try drawing as many of Tezuka's characters using Abisalli's expression meme.

This week and next week are gonna be busy for me so I decided to just post what I finished recently. I plan to keep going.

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[marcellreign]

Rockin’ Jelly Bean

[showamagicalgirls]

This weekend I got the idea in my head that I ought to try to compile a list of all the manga by Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫) that center on female protagonists, regardless of how similar they are to the magical genre. II'm just starting on this journey so there are probably obvious ones I don't have on here yet, but so far candidates for the list include...

Princess Knight (リボンの騎士)

Twin Knights (双子の騎士)

Marvelous Melmo (ふしぎなメルモ)

Angel's Hill (エンゼルの丘)

The Book of Human Insects (人間昆虫記)

Ayako (奇子)

Barbara (ばるぼら)

MW (ムウ)

Queen Nasubi (ナスビ女王)

[makoami]

Since I November I have been trying to watch as many magical anime as a can from oldest to newest because I'm obsessed with evolution. That and I want to do an analysis on how magical anime went from Sally the Witch, to Sailor Moon, to Precure and so on. In addition I' also give my opinion on which ones I enjoyed the most or least. For this post though I'll just go over the 60s and 70s magical girls I've seen. Some elements I'm looking out for in the "magical girl formula" are: 1. Animal Sidekick, 2. Transformation sequence, 3. main romance subplot, 4 saving the day, 5. Special Attacks, 6. Becomes someone older, 7. Becomes an Idol, 8. Magical powers.

First is Sally the Witch - 1966

Sally the Witch fits into both 4 and 8. She has magical powers, she does end up using them to both pull pranks, make life easier, or save the day. As a show it's pretty good. It reminds me a lot of Bewitched and seemed to be a huge influence. There's a crow character who pretends to be her younger brother in human form but I'm not sure if he counts as an animal sidekick. The anime has a lot dated moments and some I wasn't a fan of. I alsp had a hard time getting used to some of the 60s designs of characters. Unfortunately, I was not able to watch all episodes in order so that was a bummer. Other than that, Sally was a pioneer for more magical girls to come.

I was not able to finds episodes of Himitsu no Akko-chan, Mako-chan or Majokko Tickle but if anyone knows how I could watch some episodes lmk.

Princess Knight - 1967

I really liked this one and I think this is my favorite 60s anime. The manga is from 1953 so this technically might be the first magical girl. It doesn't follow a whole lot of the magical girl formula but she does save the day. The main character, Sapphire, has a guardian angel name Tink who could sort count as the animal side kick and she has a horse that helps her out on her quest. Sadly I was not able to see the entire subbed series and I am considering just watching the dub to finish the series off. Overall though, this show was very girl boss for the 60s and was genuinely entertaining.

Marvelous Melmo - 1971

Marvelous Melmo is another show I really enjoyed and made me emotional at times. After Melmo's mom dies in a car accident, she gives her red and blue candy to tranform into someone younger or older. It also gives her the ability to transform into animal. And she does use said powers from the candy to save the day. The show itself was very educational on evolution and human development. I was several episodes in when I realized I was watching a version that was redubbed by a whole new cast of voice actors in Japan, back in 1998. I'm curious to see how the original 70s version was. Aside from that, I highly recommend this one.

Next is Cutie Honey 1973

Okay, I will be honest, I haven't seen Cutie Honey in a long time and need to re-watch it. If I find anymore elements to the magical girl formula for Cutie Honey, I'll make another post about it. What I do remember is that she does have a transformation sequence, she saves the day, and can also transform into someone older. I think their is an episode where she shape shifts into an old lady. In some ways, her heroic and fearless character reminds me of Princess Knight and I look forward to rewatching the series.

Majokko Meg-Chan - 1974

Majokko Meg-chan had a lot of similarities to Sally the Witch. Meg is a witch in training, she wants to get better at her magic. In terms of the magical girl formula, she has magical powers and does use them in scenarios to save the day or make life easier. In all honesty this was my least favorite and I couldn't finish the series. The show tries to teach Meg that family is important and that her family in the human world really loves her. But then Meg's younger siblings pull pranks on her...I don't want to go on a tangent because I'm sure there are people who really enjoyed it. It just wasn't for me. I did love the theme songthough, it's so damn catchy.

Hana no Lun Lun - 1979

Only 3 or 4 episodes were available for me to watch but I really wish I could finish the series. Lun Lun has two animal sidekicks, a talking cat and dog. Due to being the flower child, she is able to use flowers to change into different outfits. I can't remember many episodes where she saves the day but the show does follow the trope of Lun Lun having a kind heart forming friendships with the people she meets.

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Tezuka characters (Kenichi, Shinichi, Sapphire, Melmo) from my commission.

Art by Carrudra : https://twitter.com/carrudra

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Head's up! The official Tezuka YouTube channel has started releasing episodes of the sexy 70s magical girl series Marvelous Melmo, subtitled in English! It looks like they'll be uploading episodes on a weekly basis, so hopefully this means they intend to release the entire series. The audio is from their Japanese redub in the 90s, so the sound quality is actually very good! Check out the episodes through the video above.

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Osamu Tezuka character calendar stickers (2004)

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Melmo painting I did at school

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Source: Capcom Official Art Twitter; Tsunogai (X/Twitter); Tokiwa-so Manga Museum official website

The Capcom VS. Osamu Tezuka characters art exhibit is back once again!

Titled "CAPCOM VS. Osamu Tezuka Characters - Tezuka Fighting Universe 2" [ CAPCOM VS. 手塚治虫キャラクターズ －テヅカプファイティングユニバース2－ ] in 2024, it will be held at two locations: the Tokiwaso Manga Museum and the Tokiwaso Showa Retro Museum, both located in the Toshima ward of Tokyo, Japan.

The exhibit will be active from July 20, 2024 to November 24, 2024 at both locations.

The artwork on the poster is by official Tezuka Productions artist, Tsunogai.

[ogume-the-lion]

5 girls... 1 boy

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Merumo from Eshigami no Kizuna!✧・ﾟ:*

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Art I drew a long time ago based on how I think only Pinoko could really understand Melmo's age situation, but if they met, a blue candy would magically fix nearly all of Pinoko's problems, and Melmo would be alone again in living as both an adult and a child...

I don't think Pinoko would abandon her at all! But she wouldn't be living the same kind of life by necessity like Melmo would, caring for her siblings as a stand-in mother (so they don't get taken by someone like her greedy aunt or put into care or who knows what else...) and enjoying what she can of being a child, without a mother...

If Pinoko had a body that matched her age, she'd go for it no matter what! She doesn't think of herself as a child at all, that's just how others view her because of her unaging largely prosthetic, doll-like, body and her disabilities (underdeveloped nervous system, etc.)... she was even happier to die in an adult body than live in a childlike one in Pinoko Lives, which is so grim... the only respite she had that comforted her was Black Jack saying she too will be married someday and dreaming of marrying Black Jack, like he said he would if she were dying. ;_;

But with Melmo, it's different... she's not an adult trapped in a childlike body, she's a literal child who has to exist as both child and (apparent) adult after the loss of her mother.

Miracle Candies can fix Pinoko's problems, but not Melmo's entirely. They're just to help.

It's light-hearted because the Marvelous Melmo manga is, but the chapter where Melmo feels lonely for a mother's care, wonders if anybody wants a child, and eagerly turns herself into a baby when she hears a neighbour just lost a baby, so she'd be cared for, only for the woman to fumble and hurt her accidentally and later find out she lost a baby animal, not a human baby...... man......

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Marvelous Melmo

Haga clik en el enlace para leer en español el manga de Fushigi Na Merumo (Marvelous Melmo).

En este otro enlace la serie de Marvelous Melmo en You Tube. En japonés von subtítulos automáticos en íngles y español. Ajuste los subtítulos para ponerlo en el idioma de su preferencia.

In this other link the Marvelous Melmo series on You Tube. In Japanese with automatic subtitles in English and Spanish. Adjust the subtitles to put it in the language of your preference.