Mirmo!
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is a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written by Hiromu Shinozuka
Hiromu Shinozuka
is a Japanese manga artist. She writes in Ciao magazine. She debuted with Takkyu Shōjo in 1999. Her manga Mirmo! received the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2003 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode anime adaptation as well.-External...

 and serialized in Ciao
Ciao (magazine)
is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...

magazine from 2001 Jul through 2005 Dec. It was also published in twelve collected volumes
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 by Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

. The manga series was awarded the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award
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is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...

 and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...

 for children's manga. The series was licensed for an English language release in North America
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 by Viz Media
VIZ Media
VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...

. "Mirmo!" made its first television debut in the UK in January 2001 on Nick Jr and ended in late 2004. Four months later, the show aired in Japan for the first time.

An anime series named by Studio Hibari
Studio Hibari
' is a Japanese animation company founded in July 1979.-Co-Produced:*Ojamanga Yamada-kun *Captain Tsubasa...

 was adapted from the manga. It premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

 on April 6, 2002, and ran for 172 episodes until September 27, 2005. The anime series is also licensed by Viz Media for an English language release in North America, and by ShoPro Entertainment, as Mirmo!.

Plot

Season 1
The main protagonist is a love fairy named Mirumo (Mirmo in the English version). Kaede Minami (Katie Minami in the English version) is a cheerful and energetic eighth-grader who is shy around her male classmates, which makes it difficult for her to date. One day, on her way home from school, she walks into a mysterious shop and buys a blue cocoa mug. When she arrives at home, she peeks into the bottom of the mug and discovers an engraved note which says, "If you read this message aloud while pouring hot cocoa into the mug, a love fairy ("muglox") will appear and grant your every wish." The skeptical but curious Kaede follows the directions and announces her wish to date Setsu Yuuki (Dylan Yuki in the English version), her crush. Mirumo arrives. At first she is afraid of him but later understands that he is a muglox. Kaede soon finds out that Mirumo prefers eating chocolate and creating mischief over helping Kaede.

Mirumo is a prince of the muglox world. Horrified at the prospect of having to marry Rirumu (Rima in the English version), his princess bride-to-be, Mirumo escaped the muglox world. Hot on his heels, however, are Riruma, Yashichi (Yatch in the English version) the bounty hunter, Murumo (Mirumo's brother), and many other muglox as well. The villains of the first season are the Warumo gang, a gang of criminals who plan to overthrow the Marumo kingdom. Though they are villains, they actually aren't evil; they just pull childish pranks and faint after hearing an evil plan.

Season 2
In this season a new transfer student named Saori comes to Kaede's school. The villain Darkman, created by the darkness in human hearts, tries to resurrect himself. He influences the minds of Akumi and the Warumo gang. Sesion magic is introduced for two-person magic, with each person combo producing different magic. Darkman controls Saori and uses her flute to control peoples' emotions. He is then defeated by Golden Mirumo, the outcome of three person sesion magic. With the help of Nezumi/Rato, he is resurrected until the muglox's four person sesion magic gives Saori the power to defeat Darkman. The two worlds are separated until reunited by the muglox and their partners' friendship. Saori goes to Germany to study music with Akumi as her new partner.

Season 3
In this season a robot octupus, Tako, convinces the gang to look for the legendary seven crystals which are drawn out by different emotions. After all are collected, the gang faces seven trials. Mirumo must pass these tests for the crystals to unite and form a pendant. Tako steals it to save his girlfriend and his land. In the end, they succeed and Tako becomes king of crystal land.

Season 4
Two new characters, Koichi and Haruka, are introduced. Koichi has a crush on Kaede, and Haruka is Setsu's childhood friend who wants to be a cartoonist. Her partner Panta is a ghost muglox. Thanks to Azumi, Kaede and Koichi kiss. Setsu starts to fall in love with Kaede, and Koichi realizes that he is not right for Kaede and gives up on her. After Haruka tells Setsu she loves him, he chooses her over Kaede. Haruka realizes Setsu's true love is Kaede and gives up on him. Setsu tells Kaede he loves her and they become a couple; Kaede's wish is fulfilled. Mirumo has to leave in one hour or something terrible will happen, which the Warumo gang make so. Mirumo loses all memories of Kaede and turns into a rabbit. Kaede brings his memories back and he turns back to normal.

Characters

The main characters of Mirmo! are mugloxes, or love fairies, and four human teenagers. The muglox Mirmo has been assigned the task of granting Katie Minami's wishes, though he spends most of his time eating chocolate and running away from Rima, a female muglox assigned to Dylan Yuki, the boy Katie is infatuated with. Yatch, Mirmo's muglox archrival, is assigned to Azumi Hidaka, a girl who also loves Dylan and is jealous of Katie. Mirmo's brother, Murumo, is assigned to Kyle Matsutake, a boy who falls in love with Katie. The muglox fairies use musical instruments as their magical tools. Later on in the show two new characters, Koichi Sumita and Haruka Morishita, enter the race of love for Dylan and Katie's hearts. They get their very own muglox partners as well – Papii and Panta.

Real name of katie :Kaede
/Dylan: Setsu
/yatch: yasichi
/kyle: kaoru

Reception

Mirmo! achieved enormous popularity in Japan. The manga received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...

 and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...

 for children's manga.

The anime received TV Tokyo's award for top-rated new program in 2003.


Manga

Mirmo! was published by Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

 in Ciao
Ciao (magazine)
is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...

magazine from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 12 tankōbon
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 volumes.

Anime

The series was adapted as a 172-episode anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series broadcast in Japan on TXN
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 from April 2002 through September 2005.

Season 1 episodes
  • 1. Fairy Mirumo has arrived!
  • 2. Love from Rirumu!?
  • 3. Meet Ninja Yashichi!
  • 4. Kaede's Magical Diet
  • 5. Mini Mini Kaede's Large Adventure
  • 6. Was love taken away?
  • 7. Let's Repair Love
  • 8. Mirumo vs Murumo
  • 9. Super Obochama, Matsutake-kun
  • 10. Love's Four-cornered Battle
  • 11. Father comes, and returns immediately!
  • 12. Rirumu and Mogu-chan and...
  • 13. A Very Tiring Day
  • 14. Mirumo's Failure!?
  • 15. This is bad! The Warumo Group
  • 16. Kaede, off to Mirumo's hometown...
  • 17. Gift from the Gaia Tribe
  • 18. Summer! The Sea! I am Matsutake!
  • 19. Fireworks and Magic and Grandpa
  • 20. Mirumo, can you fit in!?
  • 21. Caught in the Haunted Mansion!?
  • 22. Yashichi's First Love
  • 23. Rirumu's Fairy Fortune-Telling
  • 24. Murumo's Decayed Tooth
  • 25. This is even serious! The Warumo Group
  • 26. Rescue Mirumo's Hometown!
  • 27. Let's go to the Fairy School
  • 28. Do your best for the Double Athletic Meet
  • 29. Rirumu's Important Day
  • 30. What, Mirumo is part of the Warumo Group!?
  • 31. It's Kinta!
  • 32. Murumo's Rival, Papi
  • 33. Goodbye, Anjun
  • 34. Mumotaro's Demon Extermination
  • 35. Movie Star? Kikuki-kun
  • 36. Mirumo has been captured!
  • 37. Mirumo vs Mekamirumo
  • 38. Leave it to Oiratachi!
  • 39. Nandakawakannaino?
  • 40. Chocolate Event of the Snow Mountains
  • 41. The Fairy Sugoroku Meet
  • 42. Mikan and Kotashi
  • 43. Kinta, again!
  • 44. All the best! Fairies
  • 45. Love through Oto's Chocolate?
  • 46. News, 3 Daughters
  • 47. Is it so?
  • 48. The Fairy's Doodle Note
  • 49. Touching Matsutake's Fight!
  • 50. Defeat Mirumo of the Past!
  • 51. The Fairy World which has Stopped in Time


Season 2 episodes
  • 52 Move! Mirumo's Hometown
  • 53 Marakasu has been Destroyed!?
  • 54 Mysterious Transfer Student, Shiori
  • 55 Hidaka-san's Brother?
  • 56 Cake Talk
  • 57 A Flower by the name of Rirumu
  • 58 Mirumo and Murumo's Ship
  • 59 The Warumo Group has finally disbanded!?
  • 60 Murumo's Things
  • 61 Dangerous Risaitaru
  • 62 Kinta and Ponta
  • 63 Lady,I am Kabi!
  • 64 In any case, it's Powerful Magic (Part 1)
  • 65 In any case, it's Powerful Magic (Part 2)
  • 66 Either one or Both?
  • 67 Whose Fault
  • 68 Super Sister, Momo-chan
  • 69 Important Friends
  • 70 Confined with the Animals
  • 71 Sorry
  • 72 Please meet Yamane
  • 73 Shall we Retreat?
  • 74 The Bouchama Quest, Mystery of the Perapera Sword
  • 75 Protect the Secret Base!
  • 76 Let's go to the TV Station!
  • 77 The Revival of Daaku
  • 78 Goldebn Mirumo!?
  • 79 Hello, I am Mirumo!
  • 80 Shiiru is Haruna
  • 81 The Way to Become Friends with Fairies
  • 82 Fairy Concert
  • 83 Charge! The Race of Wilderness
  • 84 Wild Shakebi
  • 85 The Honest Fairy, Mirumo?
  • 86 Tragedy of Kokanemochi Clan
  • 87 Attttack, Rrrrecive
  • 88 Fairy Stick Clock~Chapter 1~
  • 89 Fairy Stick Clock~Final Chapter~
  • 90 Story of Princess Kaederara
  • 91 Raise up! Warumo Kids
  • 92 Rirumu and Akumi's 30 Minutes Cooking
  • 93 Fairy In Love
  • 94 Super Dangerous! Mimomo Shop
  • 95 Fairy M's Lightning Proposal!?
  • 96 Must See! Fairies go on an Onsen Trip
  • 97 Doki! Date with Shiori
  • 98 Friendship that became Parapara
  • 99 Stinky Music Fair
  • 100 My Name is Daaku
  • 101 Melody that Saves the World
  • 102 Goodbye Mirumo...Ahh!


Season 3 episodes
  • 103 It begins from Tako
  • 104 It's really Carl
  • 105 I Like P Man
  • 106 Our Treasure
  • 107 The Rock Cannot be Broken
  • 108 Fairy Ninja! Garagara Battle
  • 109 It's really Doji! The Warumo Group
  • 110 That kind of Love, this kind of Love
  • 111 Tako's Crystal Battle
  • 112 The Fairy Pick!
  • 113 Run, jump and then, swim
  • 114 Goal of Tears
  • 115 How is the Squid?
  • 116 Fourteen-Love
  • 117 Quiz: Search for the Warumo Kids!
  • 118 Baramo has arrived!?
  • 119 Akumi and Shiori
  • 120 Legend of Rorerai
  • 121 Do not say Clumsiness!!
  • 122 Watermelon and Pool
  • 123 Cake Crumbles
  • 124 Goodbye, Kikuki-kun
  • 125 Strongest Duel! Aishi vs Koishi
  • 126 Okay! Yoimo Gang
  • 127 Rabbits are Scary
  • 128 Tako's Hometown
  • 129 Kaede, Motetemoote
  • 130 It's alright for Incho to become the Committee Head?
  • 131 Want to become a Woman
  • 132 It's Afro, it's Satoru, it's P Man!
  • 133 Why, the Warumo Group is really Strong!?
  • 134 Warrior of the Darumi Tribe. Kinta!?
  • 135 Kaitoh Papan
  • 136 King Mirmo
  • 137 It's really the King Mirmo!?
  • 138 Joruney to the West
  • 139 Tako's Secret
  • 140 Meet TV Ninja!
  • 141 Murumo and the Flying Baby
  • 142 I am, Shinigami!
  • 143 F. D. C VS K. T. C
  • 144 The Warumo Group has Fallen in Love
  • 145 The Last Crystal
  • 146 Shock! The Seven Trials
  • 147 Tako's Kako
  • 148 Crystal Land
  • 149 Hole of Azase!
  • 150 Forever, Kumocho


Season 4 episodes
  • 151 Separating, Meeting, A New School Term
  • 152 Quarreling Shop of Love
  • 153 Teach me the Forces of Love
  • 154 I am Panta!
  • 155 Stomach black strike
  • 156 Love of Lavender
  • 157 Love of Lavender(Muglox Edition)
  • 158 Kikuki-kun's First Love!?
  • 159 Tako and Panta's arrival!
  • 160 Counterattack of the pine bamboo
  • 161 Large Confound Conflict! Chick Wars
  • 162 It is the U-Ray! The Warumo Group!
  • 163 Method of drawing a comedy manga!
  • 164 It's summer celebration! The large decisive battle!
  • 165 Sumita VS Kikuki-kun! Battle of love!
  • 166 The storm of love raging...
  • 167 The increase of shaking love!
  • 168 Work harder,Kaede Minami!
  • 169 Rescue Panta!
  • 170 Decision of each one!
  • 171 Kaede's wish, Mirumo's leave!
  • 172 Lets all Mirumo De Pon!!!

Soundtracks

Thirteen CD soundtracks and character song compilations have been released for the Mirmo series. One was released by Toshiba-EMI
Toshiba-EMI
(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

, four by Tri-M, and the rest by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

.
  • Toshiba-EMI
    Toshiba-EMI
    (formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! – Best de Pon!
  • Tri-M
    • Kichaō Mirmo de Pon! Best 1
    • Kichaō Mirmo de Pon! Best 2
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon – Winter Story
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! – Fairy Concert of Everyone Music
  • Konami
    Konami
    is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Wonderful Mirmo de Best! – Tenkomori
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Wonderful Mirmo de Best 2! – High
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Wonderful Music de Pon! – Television Music Collection♪
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Wonderful Music de Pon! – Television Music Collection 2
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Character Song Series 1 – Mirmo & Mulu Fairy Tacos
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Character Song Series 2 – Mirmo, Yatch & Katie, Azumi, Teacher, Sphere Boy Satol, P-Man
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Character Song Series 3 – Mirmo, Icas, Tacos, Katie, Dylan, Azumi, Kyle
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! Character Song Series 4 – Mirmo, Rima, Katie, Hirai, Hoshino
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirmo de Pon! 'Charming' Original Sound Track

Drama CDs

Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 has released two drama CDs for Mirumo.
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! 'Charming' Drama CD Series Vol.1 – Princess Katie
    • Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! 'Charming' Drama CD Series Vol.2 – Mermaid Katie

Video games

Seven Mirumo video games have been created and released by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 on a variety of platforms.
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Legend of Golden Maracas"(Launched May 2002, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
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     Use)
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Mirumo goes Magic School"(Launched March 2003, PlayStation
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  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Knight Soldiers"(Launched September 2003, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
    The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

     Use)
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The 8Man's Fairy"(Launched December 2003, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
    The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

     Use)
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Dream of Cake"(Launched July 2004, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
    The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

     Use)
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Kagi and Tobira"(Launched December 2004, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
    The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

     Use)
  • "Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! – The Dokidoki Memoreal Panic"(Launched September 2005, Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance
    The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

    Use)

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