Majokko Tsukune-chan | |
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魔女っ娘つくねちゃん | |
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Genre | Comedy [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiroaki Magari |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Young Magazine Uppers |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 2003 – October 2004 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Majokko Tsukune-chan+ | |
Written by | Hiroaki Magari |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | June 2005 – March 2006 |
Volumes | 1 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Sakurai |
Studio | Xebec |
Released | August 24, 2005 – January 25, 2006 |
Runtime | 13 minutes |
Episodes | 6 |
Majokko Tsukune-chan (魔女っ娘つくねちゃん, "Little Witch Tsukune -chan") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Magari. It was serialized in Kodansha's magazines Young Magazine Uppers from 2003 to 2004 and Monthly Shōnen Sirius (as Majokko Tsukune-chan+) from 2005 to 2006. It follows Tsukune, a skillful and powerful witch who rescues others from danger. It was adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) series of 13 minutes each, animated by Xebec, released from August 2005 to January 2006.
Majokko Tsukune-chan follows the cheerful and powerful young witch Tsukune (つくね), who goes around helping people and fighting against evil-doers; however, despite her good intentions, Tsukune ends up causing more problems than she solves.
Written and illustrated by Hiroaki Magari, Majokko Tsukune-chan was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine Uppers from April 2003 to October 2004, when the magazine ceased its publication. [2] Kodansha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on February 9 and December 9, 2004. [3] [4]
It was followed by a second series, Majokko Tsukune-chan+, which ran in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius from June 2005 to March 2006, [2] Kodansha released a collected volume on March 23, 2006. [5] Other stories were also published in Monthly Shōnen Sirius and its website from July 2006 to October 2008, [2] a collected volume was released on December 22, 2008. [6]
A six episode original video animation (OVA) series of 13 minute each, animated by Xebec, was released from August 24, 2005, [7] to January 25, 2006. [8] The opening theme is "Tsukune-chan no Flying Machine" (つくねちゃんのFlying Machine) and the ending theme is "Luminary", both performed by Tsukune's voice actress Haruko Momoi. [9]