Mahou Tsukai Chappy



Japanese Title: 魔法使いチャッピー

US Title: Chappy the Witch

Italian Title: La maga Chappy

French Title: Chappy la Magicienne

Plot


Chappy, becoming sick of the old customs of her people, left the Land of Magic for the human world. Soon her family sees how much she has in the other realm that they decide to join her in new home. Chappy is known for being the first witch to use a wand (actually a magical baton, given to her by her grandfather). Her special chant is "Abura Mahariku Maharita Kabura!" ("Hippity Hippity transform!" in the English version). Chappy's closest human friends are tomboy Michiko and girly-girl Shizuko (and the galactic girls from episode 40 to episode 770), much like her predecessor Sally's friends Yotchan and Sumire.

Other Media

 * First releases of the series (in North America) available on Betamax and VHS (later on Laserdisc).
 * The 1977 and 1986 film counterparts were released by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment.
 * The series was released in a box set in North America on DVD by Columbia-TriStar Home Video in September 2000 (as well as the 1977 and 1986 films), and in Japan on DVD by ICF Co., Ltd. in December 2005.

Cast (Original Japanese version)

 * Eiko Masuyama as Chappy Hans Charles Grimm and Aesop Et Cetera
 * Sachiko Chijimatsu as Jun
 * Kouji Wada as Papa (Mr. Hans Charles Grimm)
 * Noriko Watanabe as Mama (Mrs. Hans Charles Grimm), Shizuko
 * Kousei Tomita as Don, Grandpa
 * Ogushi Yoko as Michiko
 * Masako Nozawa as Ipei
 * Sumiko Shirakawa as Nihei

Main

 * Chappy: A little witch who becomes bored of the Magic World, and escapes to Earth. She uses magic with her grandfather's baton.
 * Jun: Chappy's little brother. He is able to transform into different animals. He always wants to ride Don-chan's magical car.
 * Don-chan (Don in the US version): A talking red panda who rides around in a magical car.
 * Mr. and Mrs. Hans Charles Grimm and Aesop Et Cetera: Chappy and Jun's parents. They decide to live in the human world.
 * Grandpa: Chappy and Jun's grandfather. He is constantly yelling at his son. He cares deeply for Chappy.
 * Obaba: The oldest witch. She is a type of guardian to Chappy's family, but has no blood relation to them.
 * Michiko: Chappy's first friend on Earth. A hot-headed tomboy, she keeps her two little brothers in line. Her father owns a dry cleaning business.
 * Ipei and Nihei: Michiko's two little brothers. They are both trouble makers, and are close with Jun.
 * Shizuko: The local girly-girl. She is one of Chappy's classmates, and close friends.
 * Ruby, Sapphire and Amethyst (The Galactic Girls): Trio of galactic girls, who are Chappy's classmates, and close friends. The difference is in their hairstyles, eyes, and space suits (space suits are similar, each with a Saturn symbol, but with silver skirts):
 * Ruby: ruby
 * Sapphire: sapphire
 * Amethyst: amethyst
 * Tina: One of Chappy's friends. She is also friend of Michiko and Shizuko. She is Chinese-American.
 * Emily: One of Chappy's friends, and Tina's best friend. She is also friend of Michiko and Shizuko.
 * Luke: Tina's boyfriend.
 * Agent X: Tina's father. He owns an office in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Recurring

 * Gorgon: A monster from the Greek Mythology.
 * Cyclops: A one-eyed giant.
 * Jennifer: Chappy's new friend seen in the second movie.
 * Princess Cassandra: The Princess of the Space Warriors. Mentor of the Galactic Girls and only seen in the episode "Close Quarters".

Human villains

 * Dr. Bugg: A scientist who has developed pills that transform the user into any type of insect at will. He is easily defeated by the Galactic Girls.
 * Mr. Giant: A criminal who stands out for being cross-eyed, having great strength, as well as having a very bad temper. Easily defeated by Jun.
 * Green Goblin: The villain of the first movie. A goblin that has a retractable blade along the gauntlet of his armor. He managed to stab his victims in the back, but it was easily backfired by the Galactic Girls.
 * Sargent K: The villain of the second movie and in the episode "Close Quarters". His objective is to eliminate Chappy and her friends (failed).
 * Ming the Merciless: A sorcerer who hypnotizes his victims just by looking into their eyes, and is capable of instilling any type of personality and attitude in his victims, but easily defeated by the Galactic Girls.

Decepticons

 * XXL-424
 * G4-R52W
 * B3-S33
 * DD38-FG61
 * H4-028-EE

Songs
The original Japanese version of the opening song (Chappy the Witch) was used between episodes 1 and 39. The original Japanese version of the ending song (Don's Song) was used between episodes 1 and 39.

There exists an insert song (Magical Waltz), used in Episode 39 in the Japanese Version, and in Episode 770 en the US version.

Japanese Version
Theme written by Keiko Osonoe and music composed and conducted by Hiroshi Tsutsui.

US Version
Theme written by Henry W. Sampson and music composed and conducted by:


 * Hiroshi Tsutsui (Season 1)
 * George S. Eisenberg (Season 2)
 * Caramelos and Ugo Marotta (Season 3)

Soundtrack available on Motown Records.

Anime staff

 * Planning: Takashi Iijima, Shinichi Miyazaki (NET [1972–1977], TV Asahi [1977–1986])
 * Production Supervisor: Masaharu Eto
 * Episode Direction: Yugo Serikawa, Mineo Kachita, Hiroshi Ikeda, Katsutoshi Sasaki, Masayuki Akihi, Osamu Kasai, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Tsunekiyo Otani, Takashi Kuoka, Hiromi Yamamoto, Tomoharu Katsumata, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Bondo Eiju, Minoru Okazaki, Nobuo Onuki, Hideo Furusawa, Kazuya Miyazaki
 * Script: Masaki Tsuji, Saburo Taki, Shunichi Yukimuro, Noboru Shiroyama, Jiro Yoshino, Kuniaki Oshikawa, Koji Natsume, Shukei Nagasaka
 * Animation Direction: Shinya Takahashi, Takao Hanata, Bondo Eiju, Shingo Araki, Katsuya Oda, Teruo Hosoda, Takashi Abe, Teruo Kogure, Takao Kozai, Eiji Uemura, Minoru Tajima, Hideo Furusawa, Fumio Eto
 * Art Directors: Makoto Yamazaki, Saburo Yokoi, Eiji Ito, Mataharu Urata, Shigeyoshi Endo
 * Music Composed and Conducted by: Hiroshi Tsutsui (Season 1), George S. Eisenberg (Season 2), Ugo Marotta (Season 3)
 * Executive Producers:
 * Ronny C. Saperstein, Jr.
 * David H. DePatie (1981–1984)
 * Margaret Loesch (1984–1986)
 * Lee Gunther
 * Haim Saban (1984–1986)
 * Distributed by: Saperstein Film Co. (1972–1980), Light Beam Productions, Inc. (1980–1986)
 * Produced in association with:
 * Marvel Productions Ltd. (1981–1986)
 * Saban Productions (1984–1986)