Mahō no Mako-chan


Mahō no Mako-chan is a Japanese anime series by Toei Animation. The story is loosely based on the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Little Mermaid". It was broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on Nippon Educational TV, later rebranded as TV Asahi.
Mako-chan has been dubbed in Italian, French, Spanish and Korean.
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Plot

Mako is a young mermaid princess who longs for the forbidden human world. One night, she disobeys her father and visits the surface, where she falls in love with a handsome man aboard on a cruise ship. When an underwater earthquake causes the ship to sink, Mako rescues the man and brings him to shore. After visiting the sea witch, Mako transforms into a human girl and begins her new life in Yokohama.

Main characters

;Mako Urashima
The Italian dub changes her name to "Ginny Masten."
;Papa
;Mama
;Obaba
;Mako's older sisters
;Mr. Urashima
The Italian dub changes his name to "Savio Masten."
;Akira Shigeno
The Italian dub changes his name to "Alex."
;Taro Kada
The Italian dub changes his name to "Ghiri."
;Jiro Kada
The Italian dub changes his name to "Goro."
;Haruko Hayashi
The Italian dub changes her name to "Camilla."
;Bancho
The Italian dub changes his name to "Tozzetto."
;Senkichi
The Italian dub changes his name to "Grissino."
;Tomiko Tomita
The Italian dub changes her name to "Vanilla Thomas."
;Principal
;Mr. Dabagon
The Italian dub changes his name to "Mr. Pizzetti."
;Mrs. Tomita
;Mrs. Kanda
;Mr. Kanda

Supporting Characters

;Kaoru
;Kaoru's Father
;Mizuguchi and Ryuuko
;Jim
;Chavin and Dobin
;Yuriko
;Isao Sudo
;Miyuki Yokuta
;Yuuko
;Minori
;Prince Harz
;Rika
;Suzue Satomi
;Funakichi Koinuma

Music

The scores and lyrics for Mahō no Mako-chan were created by Takeo Watanabe and performed by Horie Mitsuko. Some of the score was reused in later Toei series, including Majokko Megu-chan and Genshi Shonen Ryu.

Theme songs

Opening theme

"Mahō no Mako-chan" by Horie Mitsuko

Ending theme

"BOKU wa MAKO ni tsuite yuku" by Horie Mitsuko

International titles

Maco la sirena enamorada Una sirenetta fra noi
  • ''Makko''