Miracle Girls

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Miracle Girls
ミラクル★ガールズ
(Mirakuru★Gāruzu)
Genre Magical girl
Manga: Miracle Girls
Author Nami Akimoto
Publisher Kodansha
Magazine Nakayoshi
Original run 1991-07-06 – 1994-08-06
Volumes 9
TV anime: Miracle Girls
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. It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. TOKYOPOP have licensed the manga for English release.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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?)
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?)
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?)
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?)
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?)
Rumiko Daijouji (大乗寺ルミ子 Daijouji Rumiko?)
Emma Winston (エマ・ウィンストン Ema Uinsuton?)
The lost princess of Diamas, Emma is constantly on the run from would-be killers.
Marie Milgraine Diamas (マリエ Marī?)
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?)
A famous paranormal researcher, Mr. X seeks to control paranormal abilities through science.
Mason Templar (高村マサキ Takamura Masaki?)
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?)

[edit] Production

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[edit] Impact and influence

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[edit] Internationalization

The Miracle Girls manga is licensed for English release by TOKYOPOP, who released the series from 2000-10-17 until 2003-05-13.[1] It was licened by Editions Star Comics for Italian released, where it was serialised in Amici.[2] The manga has been released in Spanish by Norma Editorial as Gemelas Milagrosas from December 2004 to June 2006.[3]

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.[4]

[edit] Reception

While there have been some objections to the way TOKYOPOP localised the manga,[5], there are less objections to the source material itself. The art style has been praised, particularly for the detailed an expressive eyes, and the story "light-hearted and fun to read".[6]

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."[7]

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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