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The Secret of Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん,Himitsu no Akko-chan[1]) is amagical girlmanga series[2] written and illustrated byFujio Akatsuka. The story centers around an elementary school girl who is gifted a magic mirror that allows her to transform into anything she chooses, and the misadventures that follow. It was published inShueisha's monthlyRibon magazine from 1962 to 1965. WhileAkko-chan predates theSally the Witch manga, theSallyanime adaptation predatesAkko-chan's.
The firstHimitsu no Akko-chan anime adaptation ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated byToei Animation and broadcast byTV Asahi (formerly known as NET). It has been remade twice, in 1988 (61 episodes, featuringMitsuko Horie in the role of Akko-chan and singing the opening and ending themes) and in 1998 (44 episodes).
The moviesHimitsu no Akko-chan Movie andUmi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri were both produced and released in 1989.
An adaptation of the series ran as a web manga,ひみつのアッコちゃん μ (Himitsu no Akko-Chan μ, pronounced "myu"), written by Hiroshi Izawa, and drawn byFutago Kamikita.[5]
Atsuko Kagami is a childlike, arrogant elementary school girl who has an affinity formirrors. One day, her favorite mirror which was given to Akko by her mother (or in some versions, by her father, as a present fromIndia) is broken, and she prefers to bury it in her yard rather than throw it in the trash can.
In her dreams, she is contacted by a spirit (or in some cases theQueen of the MirrorKingdom) who is touched that the girl would treat the mirror so respectfully and not simply throw it away. Akko-chan is then given the gift of a magical mirror and taughtenchantments, "tekumaku mayakon, tekumaku mayakon" and "lamipus lamipus lu lu lu lu lu". that will allow her to transform into anything she wishes.[6]
The titular protagonist. Atsuko Kagami is often called Akko-chan for short. 鏡アツ子, from the name 加賀美あつ子 but with the family-name part 加賀美, "Kagami" ("mirror"), replaced by 鏡.