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Miracle Girls

ミラクル★ガールズ
(Mirakuru★Gāruzu)

Genre
Magical girl

Manga

Author
Nami Akimoto

Publisher
Kodansha

Magazine
Nakayoshi

Original run
1991-07-06 – 1994-08-06

Volumes
9

TV anime

Director
Hiroko Tokita, Takashi Anno

Studio
Nippon Animation

Network
Nippon Television

Original run
8 January 1993 – 24 December 1993

Episodes
51

Miracle Girls (ミラクル★ガールズ, Mirakuru★Gāruzu?) is a manga by Nami Akimoto (秋元 奈美, Akimoto Nami?). It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. TOKYOPOP have licensed the manga for English release.

Contents

• 1 Plot summary
• 2 Characters
• 3 Production
• 4 Impact and influence
• 5 Internationalization
• 6 Reception
• 7 Video Games
• 8 Other works
• 9 References
• 10 External links

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Plot summary

Identical twins Toni and Mika share a secret: they are Espers. They can communicate with each other telepathically, and can even teleport when they hold hands. They try to keep this a secret, but using their abilities too much begins to gather attention from various people. They are also trying to deal with their relationships with boys Chris and Jackson, who gradually learn more about the girls as their relationships grow.

Characters

Toni (松永ともみ, Matsunaga Tomomi?)

• Voiced by: Nariko Fujieda

Twin sister of Mika, Toni is tomboyish and the more athletic of the two. Originally she attends an all-girls school, but transfers to Mika’s school after she falls in love with Jackson. Able to communicate telepathically with Mika, and Jackson to a more limited extent. She is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.

Mika (松永みかげ, Matsunaga Mikage?)

• Voiced by: Noriko Nagai

Twin sister of Toni, Mika is effeminate and the more intellectual of the two, though she was introduced to readers right after blowing up her chemistry work. She is in love with Chris. Able to communicate telepathically with Toni, she is able to use more powerful abilities when she is in direct contact with her sister.

Jackson Neil (野田侑也, Noda Yūya?)

• Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi

Member of the track team, Jackson develops a romantic relationship with Toni soon after meeting her, but has a bad relationship with Mika, who hates him intensely.

Chris Kubrick (倉茂秀明, Kurashige Hideaki?)

• Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa

Member of the chemistry club and the track team, Chris is Mika’s romantic interest.

Mr K/Mr Kageura (影浦進一郎, Kageura Shin’ichiro?)

• Voiced by: Ken Yamaguchi

A science teacher, Mr. Kageura is convinced that paranormal abilities exist in the world, and is focused on proving his theories. He has suspicions of Mika and Toni possessing ESP, and will do anything to expose them.

Kouhei Yamagishi (山岸耕平, Yamagishi Kouhei?)

• Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

Rumiko Daijouji (大乗寺ルミ子, Daijouji Rumiko?)

• Voiced by: Rei Sakuma

Emma Winston (エマ・ウィンストン, Ema Uinsuton?)

• Voiced by: Okimoto Fumiyo and Touma Yumi

The lost princess of Diamas, Emma is constantly on the run from would-be killers.

Marie Milgraine Diamas (マリエ, Marī?)

• Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki

Princess of Diamas, and twin sister of Emma, Marie is trying to have her sister killed off so she can have sole control of the Kingdom.

Mr. X (ミスターX, Misutā X?)

• Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto

A famous paranormal researcher, Mr. X seeks to control paranormal abilities through science.

Mason Templar (高村マサキ, Takamura Masaki?)

• Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa

A member of an organisation of ESP’ers, Mason seeks to bring Mika and Toni across to their organisation.

Risa Sarashina (更科理沙, Sarashina Risa?)

• Voiced by: Miki Narahashi

Production

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Impact and influence

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Internationalization

The Miracle Girls manga is licensed for English release by TOKYOPOP, who released the series from 2000-10-17 until 2003-05-13.

The anime was dubbed into Italian by DENEB Film where it was broadcast on Canale 5 from March 1996 and on Italia 1. It was dubbed in Tagalog and broadcast by ABS-CBN, and is also available in Spanish.

Reception

While there have been some objections to the way TOKYOPOP localised the manga,

The anime has been rated poor by one reviewer claiming that much of the development from the manga’s removed and the animation is sub-par. “Miracle Girls will only entertain the young girl audience that its writers are so obviously pandering to, and even then, I imagine that a lot of them would be bored by this.”

Video Games

A video game adaptation based on Miracle Girls was released for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) by Takara on October 22, 1993.

The Miracle Girls game was an action platformer similar to Capcom’s Little Nemo for the Nes; you can choose to play as either Mikage or Tomomi and use candies as your weapons to stun enemies and use them as platforms, and when you beat a level, you challenge the area boss to a mini-game.

This game has been fantranslated into English by a Video Game fan translating group called RPGOne. Mikage and Tomomi’s Japanese voices have also been fan dubbed in the Fan-Translated version by RPGOne.

Other works

• Dangerous Strawberry Boy (危ないストロベリー・ボーイ, Abunai Sutoroberī Bōi?)
• Garter Belt ni Kiss Shite (ガーターベルトにKISSして, Gātā Beruto ni KISS shite?)
• Hanamaru Company (花まるカンパニー, Hanamaru Kanpanī?)
• Honey☆Kids (Honey☆Kids, Honey☆Kids?)
• Ijimete Mitai (イジメテミタイ, Ijimete Mitai?)
• Kiss shitemo hitori (, Kiss shitemo hitori?)
• Kokoromade Daite (心まで抱いて, Kokoromade Daite?)
• Kono Ao ni Koi wo Shita (この青に恋をした, Kono Ao ni Koi wo Shita?)
• Mighty Angel (マイティーエンジェル, Maitī Enjeru?)
• Miru Furūru (ミル・フルール, Miru Furūru?)
• P Natsu Toori (Pなつ通り, P Natsu Toori?)
• Les Couples à Paris (パリの恋人たち, Pari no Kobitotachi?, “The Couples in Paris”)
• Pre☆Honey (プリ☆ハニ, Puri☆Hani?)
• Rental Boyfriend (レンタル彼氏, Rentaru Kareshi?)
• Snow Drop (スノードロップ, Sunō Duroppu?)
• Tenshi ni Kiss (天使にKISS, Tenshi ni Kiss?)
• Ultra Cute (うるきゅー, UruKyū?, short for うるとらきゅうと Urutora Kyūto)
• Venus Project (ヴィーナス・プロジェクト, Vīnasu Purojekuto?)
• Virgin Lesson (バージン・レッスン, Bājin Ressun?)

References

1. ^ “Miracle Girls”. TOKYOPOP. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
2. ^ “Miracle Girls (manga)”. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
3. ^ (Spanish)”Gemelas Milagrosas”. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
4. ^ “Miracle Girls (TV)”. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
5. ^ Rasmussen, David (2004-12-19). “Miracle Girls”. Anime Boredom. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
6. ^ Arnold, Adam (January 2002). “Miracle Girls Vol.3″. Animefringe. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
7. ^ Ross, Carlos. “Miracle Girls”. THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.

External links

• Miracle Girls at TOKYOPOP.

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