Ikue Ōtani is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting. She is best known for her anime roles in the Pokémon series, One Piece, Detective Conan, Corpse Party, Naruto, Cookie Run: Kingdom, Smile PreCure!, Uchi no Sanshimai, Konjiki no Gash Bell, and Persona 5. She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion. Her pet name is "Iku-chan". She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production. She is a native of Tokyo, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.
Ayaka Saitō is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and comedienne formerly employed by Vocal before transferring to remax. She is best known for voicing Momiji Sohma in Fruits Basket, Tomoka Rana Jude in Girls Bravo, Mitsukuni Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club and Ruby in the Jewelpet franchise.
Ojamajo Doremi, alternatively titled Magical DoReMi in English, is a Japanese fantasy magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls, led by Doremi Harukaze, who become witch apprentices. The series aired in Japan on TV Asahi between February 1999 and January 2003, spanning four seasons and 201 episodes, and was followed by an original video animation series released between June and December 2004. An English-language version of the first season, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, aired in North America in 2005.
Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes is a magical girl anime comedy created by J.C.Staff, director and scriptwriter Hiroshi Nishikiori and producer Kazuhiko Ikeguchi. It was broadcast on several television channels in Japan between July and September 2005. The series is about a housewife and magical girl who has been assigned a replacement and must come to terms with growing up.
Izumi Todo, credited with creating series like Ojamajo Doremi and Pretty Cure, is a collective pen name used by Toei Animation television producers when contributing to their various anime series. Pseudonyms used in a similar manner include Hajime Yatate from Sunrise and Saburo Yatsude for Toei Company's anime and tokusatsu television productions. The use of the pen name began with Ojamajo Doremi.
Chiemi Chiba is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born in Kawaguchi, Saitama, and made her professional singing debut on April 7, 1993, as a member of the J-Pop group Aurora Gonin Musume. She is best known for her roles from the anime series as Yuzuriha Nekoi in Tsubasa Chronicle, Hinako in Sister Princess, Doremi Harukaze in Ojamajo Doremi, Nanaka Kirisato in Nanaka 6/17, Wanya in UFO Baby and Kyoko Kirisaki in Black Cat. She announced on February 25, 2013, that she had gotten married.
Rumi Shishido is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shishido debuted as an idol singer with Sony Records in 1990 with the single "Cosmic Rendezvous." In 1992, she left her management and began releasing music independently.
Rider Chips are a Japanese hard rock band started in 2000 on the Avex Mode label. Originally, it consisted of only three instrumentalists who invited different vocalists periodically. But in 2006, Ricky joined the group full-time as vocalist.
Junichi Sato is a Japanese anime director. After working for Toei Dōga and then TYO Animations, he joined Twin Engine in 2017.
Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! is the fourth and final series of Ojamajo Doremi. The series was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Toei Animation. It was broadcast on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002, to January 26, 2003, and lasted 51 episodes. The series deals with the sudden growth of Hana, who has aged herself voluntarily and is given permission to become a witch apprentice. At the same time, the former witch queen's curse has gone into full bloom, but the curse can be stopped if Doremi and the girls can remind her of her fondest memories, which involves the tedious task of recreating the gifts she made and received from her grandchildren.
Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi is the third season of Ojamajo Doremi. The series was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Toei Animation. It is a direct sequel to the previous series, Ojamajo Doremi Sharp and was broadcast on TV Asahi from February 4, 2001, to January 27, 2002, and lasted 50 episodes. In this series, Doremi and the girls are given the task to earn their witch apprenticeship back by making pastries for the Witch Senate. They are joined by a new witch apprentice, Momoko Asuka, who teaches them how to make the sweets, as they, in return, help her adjust to Japan after her move from New York.
Ojamajo Doremi was originally broadcast on TV Asahi from February 7, 1999 to January 30, 2000, with a total of 51 episodes. The show was directed by Junichi Sato and Takuya Igarashi, while the animation was produced by Toei Animation. It replaced the time slot of Yume no Crayon Oukoku when that show ended. After Ojamajo Doremi ended, it was followed up by a direct sequel, Ojamajo Doremi Sharp.
Mayumi Gojo is a Japanese singer from Ibaraki Prefecture. She formerly worked under Hyper Voice Managements. Currently she is affiliated with the Love&Light talent management agency. Gojo is known for her theme song performances for anime series such as Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure, and Yumeiro Patissiere. She has performed as part of Project.R and also provides backup chorus for other artists.
Magical girl is a subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform.
Ojamajo Doremi Sharp is the second series in the Ojamajo Doremi series. It was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Toei Animation. It was broadcast on TV Asahi from February 6, 2000, to January 28, 2001, and lasted 49 episodes. In this series, Doremi and the girls witness the birth of a mysterious baby, Hana, in the Witch World and are given the task to take care of her for a year according to the laws.
Looking for Magical Doremi is a 2020 Japanese drama and coming-of-age animated film produced by Toei Animation for the 20th anniversary of the magical girl anime series Ojamajo Doremi, which aired from 1999 to 2005. The film is directed by Haruka Kamatani and Junichi Sato. The events of the film are set in modern-day Japan and star Aoi Morikawa, Rena Matsui, and Momoiro Clover Z member Kanako Momota in the roles of three women of different backgrounds who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi. The film was first screened at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3, 2020 before later being released to the general public on November 13, 2020.
