Chibi Devi!


Chibi Devi! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Ciao from May 2008 to November 2014, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. It is about a middle school girl who discovers a devil baby on her bed one day. The manga was adapted into a seventy-five episode anime television series by SynergySP which aired in Japan from October 2011 to February 2014.

Plot

Honoka Sawada is a lonely girl who is often picked on by others. After meeting a strange baby named Mao, she soon learns that it is none other than a devil.

Characters

;Honoka Sawada
;Mao
;Shin Sugisaki
;Karin
;Natsuki Takayama
;Itsuki Takayama
;Rai
;Shiori Nakagawa
;Principal
;Ms. Itō
;Pepe
;Chiyo
;Ryū
;Ghost of the Toilet
;Kyō Tōno
;Aunt Rikako

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka, Chibi Devi! was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Ciao from May 1, 2008, to November 1, 2014. Shogakukan collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from October 30, 2008, to January 30, 2015.
The manga has been licensed in Germany by Egmont, and in France by Soleil.

Anime

An anime television series based on the manga was announced in the October 2011 issue of Ciao. The series began airing on Japan's NHK Educational TV, NHK-E, as part of the Dai! Tensai Terebi-kun program block, airing from October 10, 2011 to February 17, 2014. Each episode is exactly 5 minutes long. It began airing in Korea on November 19, 2013, on Tooniverse as Baby Devil!.
A costume design competition was announced on May 28, 2012, during the Dai! Tensai Terebi-kun program on NHK-E, immediately after episode 23 aired. This announcement was repeated again right after episode 25 and a notification was put on the anime's homepage. The winning designs were featured in episode 39 as part of a "Magic Testing Room" which was a room where the children could use the magic from costumes not made by their parents.