Mirmo de Pon! ( Japanese : ミルモでポン! , Hepburn : Mirumo de Pon! ) is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in Ciao magazine from July 2001 through December 2005. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan . The manga series was awarded in the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and in the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga . The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media . Four months later, the show aired in Japan for the first time. Chuang Yi released the manga in English in Singapore .
22-545: An anime series named Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon! ( わがまま☆フェアリー ミルモでポン! , Selfish Fairy: Mirmo de Pon!) by Studio Hibari was adapted from the manga. It premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2002, and ran for 172 episodes until September 27, 2005. The anime series is also licensed by Viz Media for an English language release in North America, and by ShoPro Entertainment , as Mirmo! . The fairy protagonist
44-688: A cartoon making fun of Genghis Khan , founder of the Mongol Empire . The comic showed a mischievous boy doodling juvenile things on pictures of famous people, such as a dog's face on a picture of Albert Einstein . Genghis Khan was depicted with a crude rendering of male genitalia on his forehead. After some backlash, Shogakukan initially offered an apology addressed to the Mongolian Embassy in Tokyo on February 23, but that failed to mollify Mongolian expats in Japan, who regard Genghis Khan as
66-637: A joint venture named Viz Media Europe . Viz Media Europe bought in 2009 the French Kazé Group whose activities are mainly publishing manga and home video for the French and German market. The company has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Shogakukan Asia , with headquarter in Singapore . Besides producing popular titles in English such as Detective Conan , Pokémon and Future Card Buddyfight ,
88-412: A national hero. On February 26, Mongolians and citizens of China 's Inner Mongolia autonomous region resident in Japan sent a formal letter of protest to Shogakukan, while some 90 demonstrators protested in front of company headquarters. Major bookselling chains Kinokuniya , Miraiya and Kumazawa pulled the publication off shelves after the Mongolian Embassy in Tokyo filed an official complaint with
110-758: A variety of platforms. The manga received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga . The anime also received TV Tokyo's award for top-rated new program in 2003. Studio Hibari Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 208290173 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:42:47 GMT Shogakukan Shogakukan Inc. ( 株式会社小学館 , Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan , often pronounced as Shōgakkan due to devoicing )
132-678: Is a Japanese publisher of comics , magazines , light novels , dictionaries , literature , non-fiction , home media , and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha , which also founded Hakusensha . These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group , one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi , part of Kanda , Chiyoda, Tokyo , near
154-457: Is a love fairy named Mirmo (Mirumo in the Japanese version). Katie Minami (Kaede Minami in the Japanese version) is the human protagonist and a cheerful and energetic eighth-grader who is shy around her male classmates, which makes it difficult for her to date. One day, on her way home from school, she walks into a mysterious shop and buys a blue cocoa mug. When she arrives at home, she peeks into
176-471: Is a muglox. Kaede soon finds out that Mirmo prefers eating chocolate and creating mischief over helping Katie. Mirumo is a prince of the muglox world. Horrified at the prospect of having to marry Rima (Rirumu in the Japanese version), his princess bride-to-be, Mirmo escaped the muglox world. Hot on his heels, however, are Rima, Yatch (Yashichi in the Japanese version) the bounty hunter, Mulu (Murumo; Mirmo's brother), and many other muglox as well. The villains of
198-590: The Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward . Shogakukan, along with Shueisha , owns Viz Media , which publishes manga from both companies in the United States . Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment ; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005. Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (previously Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.) In March 2010 it
220-676: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In March 2018, Shogakukan issued another public apology, announced a national recall of the magazine and offered a refund to magazine patrons. CoroCoro Comic's website also published an apology by Asumi Yoshino, author of the serialized manga Yarisugi!!! Itazura-kun which contained the controversial image. Shogakukan produces (or makes part of the production of) anime based on their mangas, mostly through their subsidiary Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions . Tentōmusi Comics ( Japanese : てんとう虫コミックス【てんとうむしコミックス】 , Hepburn : Tentōmushi Komikkusu ) , abbreviated TC ,
242-485: The Warumo gang make so. Mirmo loses all memories of Katie and turns into a rabbit. Katie brings his memories back and he turns back to normal. The main characters of Mirmo! are mugloxes, or love fairies, and four human teenagers. The muglox Mirmo has been assigned the task of granting Kaede Minami's wishes, though he spends most of his time eating chocolate and running away from Rima, a female muglox assigned to Setsu Yuki,
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#1732779767219264-449: The Warumo gang. Session magic is introduced for two-person magic, with each person combo producing different magic. Darkman controls Saori and uses her flute to control peoples' emotions. He is then defeated by Golden Mirmo, the outcome of three person session magic. With the help of Nezumi/Rato, he is resurrected until the muglox's four-person session magic gives Saori the power to defeat Darkman. The two worlds are separated until reunited by
286-421: The bottom of the mug and discovers an engraved note which says, "If you read this message aloud while pouring hot cocoa into the mug, a love fairy ("muglox") will appear and grant your every wish." The skeptical but curious Kaede follows the directions and announces her wish to date Dylan Yuki (Setsu Yuuki in the Japanese version), her crush. Mirmo arrives. At first, she is afraid of him but later understands that he
308-517: The boy Kaede is infatuated with. Yasichi, Mirmo's muglox archrival, is assigned to Azumi Hidaka, a girl who also loves Setsu and is jealous of Kaede. Mirmo's brother, Murumo, is assigned to Kaoru Matsutake, a boy who falls in love with Kaede. The muglox fairies use musical instruments as their magical tools. Later on in the show two new characters, Koichi Sumita and Haruka Morishita, enter the race of love for Setsu and Kaede's hearts. They get their very own muglox partners as well – Popii and Panta. Mirmo!
330-512: The company also partners with local creators such as Johnny Lau to publish comic series for distribution in Southeast Asia. Shogakukan has awards for amateur manga artists who want to become professional. It allows people to either send in their manga by mail or bring it in to an editor . On February 15, 2018, CoroCoro Comic ( " Gekkan Corocoro Comic "), a children's magazine published by Shogakukan, had in its March issue
352-409: The end, they succeed and Tako becomes king of crystal land. Two new characters, Koichi and Haruka, are introduced. Koichi has a crush on Katie, and Haruka is Setsu's childhood friend who wants to be a cartoonist. Her partner Panta is a ghost muglox. Thanks to Azumi, Katie and Koichi kiss. Also, Koichi confessed to Katie after Katie had a whole day of helping him confess to his crush that she didn't know
374-476: The first season are the Warumo gang, a gang of criminals who plan to overthrow the Marumo kingdom. Though they are villains, they actually aren't evil; they just pull childish pranks and faint after hearing an evil plan. At the end of the season, Akumi gives Warumo Gang a time sphere, which they play around with and accidentally smash, causing the muglox world to freeze. Mirmo, Mulu, Rima, Yatch and their partners save
396-437: The muglox and their partners' friendship. Saori goes to Germany to study music with Akumi as her new partner. In this season, a robot octopus, Tako, convinces the gang to look for the legendary seven crystals which are drawn out by different emotions. After all are collected, the gang faces seven trials. Mirmo must pass these tests for the crystals to unite and form a pendant. Tako steals it to save his girlfriend and his land. In
418-465: The muglox world by having the fairies dance in front of a magical door (which allows it to open) and having the partners find the magic time bird which flew into the door to escape being captured by them. In this season, a new transfer student named Saori comes to Katie's school. The villain Darkman, created by the darkness in human hearts, tries to resurrect himself. He influences the minds of Akumi and
440-541: Was announced that Shogakukan would partner with the American comics publisher Fantagraphics to issue a line of manga to be edited by Rachel Thorn . In Europe , manga from Shōgakukan and Shūeisha are published by local publishers such as Pika Édition , Ki-oon , Kana and Kazé for the French market, and Kazé, Carlsen , Egmont and Tokyopop for the German market. Shogakukan, Shueisha and ShoPro have established
462-408: Was her. Setsu starts to fall in love with Katie, and Koichi realizes that he is not right for Kaede and gives up on her. After Haruka tells Dylan she loves him, he chooses her over Katie. Haruka realizes Dylan's true love is Katie and gives up on him. Dylan tells Katie he loves her and they become a couple; Katie's wish is fulfilled. Mirmo has to leave in one hour or something terrible will happen, which
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#1732779767219484-653: Was published by Shogakukan in Ciao magazine from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted as a 172-episode anime series broadcast in Japan on TXN from April 6, 2002 through September 27, 2005. Thirteen CD soundtracks and character song compilations have been released for the Mirmo series. One was released by Toshiba-EMI , four by Tri-M , and the rest by Konami . In addition, Konami released two drama CDs for Mirumo . Seven Mirumo video games have been created and released by Konami on
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