I want to go back during the 90s. I did not recall any memory of me watching Akazukin Chacha so I obtained a copy and watched it. Actually, what raised my interest in this anime was the song titled "Kimi Iro Omoi" (SMAP) I found while browsing my music collection. It's catchy and I even made an
osu! beatmap for it.
The anime was popular in the Philippines and I can't believe how they managed to create a Filipino dub of it, especially those Japanese puns.
Anyway, pictures speak louder than words so I'm gonna summarize a story through screenshots.
The Opening
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| How can you not think of Sailor Moon? |
Episode 1
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| Here's Chacha, a student of the greatest magician in the world, Seravy. |
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| And here we have the Great Evil Lord and his subordinate, Sorges. |
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Seravy gave Chacha the Princess medallion which she needed to transform.
She'll give the ring and the bracelet to her two friends at school. |
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| Meet Riiya... |
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| ...who can transform into a wolf. |
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| Meet Dorothy. Seravy's rival. |
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| And Dorothy's student, Shiine, who got love at first sight with Chacha... |
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| ...so Shiine and Riiya would be constantly fighting over Chacha. |
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To end the episode, Chacha transforms into Magical Princess to defeat the monster of the day.
Did I mention that she's going to do this in EVERY episode? |
Episode 2
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| Meet Riiya's grandfather |
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| "He's your GRANDPA?!" |
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| And here is the Dark Evil Lord, with his two balls again |
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| Meet the school principal |
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| Our heroes were put in Banana class under Mr. Rascal, the 'generous' teacher. |
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| And this is the evil spy who will watch over Chacha in school |
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Meet Yakko, and she is overly obsessed with Seravy, and forms a rivalry with Chacha.
Seriously, she's creepy when you think about it. |
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| Monster of the day: Rascal's possessed hair |
Episode 3
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| Shiine-chan is mad because of Chacha's constant affection with Riiya |
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| And hopefully, the Dark Evil Lord is not holding two balls.. |
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| Their boat sunk and Chacha accidentally landed an anchor on Riiya's head. |
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| Riiya got amnesia. Marine the mermaid found him and claimed him as her boyfriend. |
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| "I found you Riiya!" |
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| "But I'm Marine's boyfriend" |
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| *sob* face :'( |
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| "F*** YOU RIIYA!" |
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| Of course Shiine is happy... |
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| It would have worked... |
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| ...if only he didn't mention Riiya |
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| Then we've got Seravy to fix/hit Riiya's head and to get his memory back. |
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| Monster of the day: the starfish possessing Marine's stalker |
Episode 4
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| Marine is now attending on their school just so he can see Riiya |
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| Yakko and Marine teamed up against Chacha |
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| Marine does not know that Riiya is a wolf |
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| Yakko agreed to put the love potion on Riiya's soup, in exchange for cash |
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| Unfortunately, Rascal noticed something... |
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| ...and mixed it up |
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| "YES! The potion actually worked!" |
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| Shiine is now also in love with Marine |
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| Oh.... |
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| And even Rascal-sensei?! |
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| You know someone screwed up when even Chacha loves you |
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| "Give me my money back!" |
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| Chacha and Riiya fought to death for Marine |
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| The classic three piglets vs. the wolf |
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| They eventually got tired and the potion's effect wore off |
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| Monster of the day: the chalkboard eraser turned to butterfly |
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| And they also destroyed the school |
I just realized that it would be a herculean task to review all 74 episodes of it. Maybe I'll just create a picture gallery of it.
