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Maco, the Mermaid (TV)

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©Toei Animation


Alternative title:
Maco la Sirena Enamorada (Spanish)
Magical Mako-chan
Mahō no Mako-chan (Japanese)
Makko (French)
Mako la Sirenita (Spanish)
Mako the Mermaid
Syrenka Mako (Polish)
Una sirenetta fra noi (Italian)
魔法のマコちゃん (Japanese)
Genres: magic, romance
Themes: magical girl
Plot Summary: Mako is a young siren and daughter to the King of the Sea. In a stormy day she rescues the young sporto Akira from a wrecked ship, but ends up fallign in love with him. So, with help from the Witch of the Sea, she's transformed into a human, and becomes a highschool student who helps everyone with her strong sense of love and justice and her magical pendant, the "Tear of the Mermaid"...
Running time: Half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 48
Episode titles: We have 48
Vintage:
1970-11-02 to 1971-09-27
1979-02-23 to 1979-10-05 (South Korea - TBC)
1980 (México - TV Azteca)
1982 (Colombia - Cadena Uno)
1988 (Italy - Italia 1)
1988-06-14 (Italy)
1989-11-08 to 1990-06-20 (France)
Opening Theme:
"Mahō no Mako-chan" by Mitsuko Horie
Ending Theme:
"BOKU wa MAKO ni tsuite yuku" by Horie Mitsuko
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yūgo Serikawa
Script:
Ei Ogawa (eps 6, 46-47)
Hidetoshi Kitamura (ep 33)
Hirokazu Fuse (eps 5, 11)
Katsumi Okamoto (4 episodes
eps 9, 16, 20, 29
)

Kazuko Yamamoto (ep 14)
Kuniaki Oshikawa (eps 27, 39)
Masaki Tsuji (14 episodes
eps 1, 13, 17, 21-22, 26, 28, 32, 35-36, 38, 42-43, 48
)

Michio Suzuki (eps 19, 23)
Morimasa Matsumoto (ep 8)
Shigemi Kitahara (eps 3-4)
Shima Namie (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12, 25
)

Shunichi Yukimuro (9 episodes
eps 2, 24, 30-31, 34, 37, 40, 44-45
)

Tadaaki Yamazaki (ep 41)
Tadashi Kondô (ep 18)
Yoshihisa Araki (ep 15)
Episode Director:
Hiromi Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 7, 19, 22, 33, 48
)

Hiroshi Ikeda (ep 43)
Katsutoshi Sasaki (eps 5, 18, 34)
Minoru Okazaki (8 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15, 20, 28, 35, 38, 44
)

Nobutaka Nishizawa (eps 25, 36, 45)
Takashi Hisaoka (6 episodes
eps 4, 12, 23, 31, 39, 47
)

Toshio Katsuta (5 episodes
eps 10, 14, 24, 27, 41
)

Yoshihiro Kaneko
Yoshio Takami (7 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 21, 29, 37, 46
)

Yūgo Serikawa (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 26, 32, 42
)

Original creator: Shinobu Urakawa
Character Design: Shin`ya Takahashi
Art:
Kazue Itô (eps 17, 29)
Makoto Yamazaki (eps 3, 5)
Saburo Yokoi (eps 6, 9-10)
Shigeyoshi Endo (23 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7-8, 12, 14-16, 19, 21-23, 25, 27, 30, 32-33, 38-39, 42, 46-47
)

Tadanao Tsuji (6 episodes
eps 34, 36, 41, 43-44, 48
)

Animation Director:
Bonjin Nagaki (8 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15, 20, 28, 35, 38, 44
)

Eiji Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 14, 21, 26, 31, 39
)

Fumio Eto (8 episodes
eps 5, 12, 17, 23, 29, 33, 43, 48
)

Jōji Kikuchi (ep 8)
Nobuo Ōnuki (ep 19)
Shingo Araki (eps 30, 34, 42)
Shinya Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 22, 32, 41
)

Teruo Hosoda (7 episodes
eps 3, 9, 16, 25, 36, 46-47
)

Teruo Kogure (7 episodes
eps 10, 18, 24, 27, 37, 40, 45
)

Toshiyasu Okada (eps 1, 4, 13)

Animation:
Nobumasa Shinkawa (eps 43, 48)
Yoshinori Kanada (9 episodes
eps 13, 16, 22, 25, 32, 36, 41, 46-47
)

Music Selection: Haruo Kagawa
Production manager: Tōru Hara
Sound Effects: Noriyoshi Ōhira
Theme Song Performance: Mitsuko Horie (OP&ED)
Kazuko Sugiyama as Mako

Hiroko Maruyama as Taro Kanda
Hiroshi Ohtake as Banchō Matsubashi
Isao Yatsu as Dragon King
Kazue Takahashi as
Obaba
Sea Witch
Keiko Tomochika as Jirō Kanda
Michiko Hirai as Dragon Queen

Akira Kamiya as Senkichi
Fujiko Kawashima as Mrs. Tomita
Hiroko Maruyama as Taro
Hiroshi Ohtake as Banchou
Isao Sakuma as Akira Shigeno
Isao Yatsu as Papa
Kazuko Makino as Kinuyo Kanda
Keiko Tomochika as Jiro
Keisuke Yamashita as Senkichi (unspecified eps)
Michiko Hirai as
Mama
Tomiko Tomita
Osamu Ichikawa as Akira Shigeno
Ritsuo Sawa as Dabagon-sensei
Ryūji Saikachi as Mr. Kanda
Sachiko Chijimatsu as
Haruko
Haruko Hayashi
Terue Nunami as Headmistress
Tetsuya Kaji as Mr. Urashima

Japanese companies
Broadcaster: TV Asahi
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Tongyang Broadcasting Company (from 23 February 1979)
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
Theme Song Performance: Hélène Rolles
Dorothée Jemma as Makko

Aurélia Bruno as Koussi
Francis Lax as Mr Ledoux
Philippe Catoire as Anthony
Sophie Gormezzano as
Isabelle
Koussa

Aurélia Bruno as Hélène
Francis Lax as Père de Makko
Françoise Fleury as
La Directrice
Mère de Makko
Michel Vocoret as Mr Dabagon
Philippe Catoire as Peter
Sophie Gormezzano as Sorcière des mers
French companies
Broadcaster: TF1 (from 8 November 1989)
Dubbing: SOFI
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
America TV (Peru)
Antena 3 (Spain - from August 2000)
Cadena Uno (Colombia)
Cempae (Mexico)
Inravision (Colombia)
Teleantioquia (Colombia)
Telecaribe (Colombia)
Telejuan 19 (Peru)
TV Azteca
Dubbing: Tecnofilm
Spanish cast
Cecilia Gispert as Mako-chan
Gabriel Casanova as Narrador
Luis Oquendo as Rey
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Willy Moser

Theme Song Composition: Enzo Draghi
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Antonella Baldini as Camilla
Claudia Razzi as Prof. Angela Hammerschmidt
Corrado Conforti as Ghiri
Daniela Caroli as Ginny' mother
Fabrizio Vidale as Serafino
Giorgio Giuliano as Prof. Pizzetti
Luciano Roffi as Vice President Mumic
Riccardo Rossi as Gregory
Rita Baldini as Vanilla
Rossella Acerbo as Ginny / Mako
Vittorio Battarra as Prof. Pizzetti, insegn. di Lettere

Italian companies
Dubbing: MOPS Film
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Polonia 1
Super 1
Polish cast

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