Miracle Girl Limit-chan

Miracle Girl Limit-chan
ミラクル少女リミットちゃん
(Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan)
Genre Magical girl
Anime television series
Written by Masaki Tsuji
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio Toei Animation
Network TV Asahi
Original run October 1, 1973 March 25, 1974

Miracle Girl Limit-chan (ミラクル少女リミットちゃん Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan) is a Japanese magical girl anime TV series consisting in 25 episodes. It was directed by Takeshi Tamiya and Masayuki Akehi and it was first broadcast on TV Asahi (then NET) in 1973.[1] Based on an original story by Shinji Nagashima and Hiromi Productions, the series featured character designs by Kazuo Komatsubara and scripts by Masaki Tsuji. It is the sixth of Toei Animation's original majokko (magical girl) anime series, although, as with Cutie Honey, the title character's powers are derived from science rather than actual magic.

The series was given the time slot on NET (TV Asahi) traditionally reserved for past Toei majokko shows, replacing Cutie Honey, which had been planned for that time slot but was retooled as a more shounen-oriented series. Limit-chan suffered from low ratings during its original broadcast run in Japan, but became a mainstream hit some years later in Italy under the title Cybernella. Despite its relative lack of popularity in Japan, the series was rerun on NET/TV Asahi five times through 1978, and twice on TVK.

The title character's nickname, Limit (her real name is Satomi), comes from the series' original proposal, in which she was given a time limit of one year to live after her accident. Thinking this idea too grim, Hiromi Productions and Toei retooled the series as a traditional magical-girl slice-of-life drama with the added element of the character being a cyborg rather than human.

Plot Summary

Nishiyama Satomi (nicknamed "Limit") is the daughter of Professor Nishiyama. One year she was mortally wounded during a plane crash. Her father was able to revive her, by making her a cyborg. As a cyborg she is gifted with “Miracle Powers” and several different accessories that aid her in solving different problems. Her red beret can be used as a radio to contact her father, and her boots have super speed. She is also able to transform with her pendant. Limit-chan also has a robot pet dog named Guu.

Limit keeps her cybernetic powers a secret, as she fears being shunned by society. She keeps to herself, and sometimes keeps distance from others. Her secret is only known by her father and his assistants. In the final episode she reveals her secret to her teachers.

Limit is voiced by Youko Kuri.[2]

Characters

Limit's Powers

Limit's Miracle Powers can be activated with a click of the dial on her special pendant. She is gifted with Miracle Power, which gives her superhuman strength; Miracle Jump, which allows her to jump unusually high; and Miracle Run, with which she can run so fast as to outrun a car at full speed. With her pendant, she can also transform into whatever she wants by saying the phrase "Change Face", and transforms back to her normal self by saying "Change back!"

She has also been given seven magical tools which aid her in helping her friends solve problems. In addition to her pendant, she also has a shoulder bag equipped with wings enabling her to fly; her red beret, which she can use as a walkie-talkie of sorts to contact her father; her red boots, which enable her to dance; magical lip balm with which she can write messages; a compact which shines light; a coin purse which keeps Limit's money safe by enabling the money to fly away when a thief tries to steal it; and a flower ring which emits a hypnotic, aromatic fragrance.

References

  1. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1933330104.
  2. Plot synopsis written by the keeper of F**k Yeah Majokko Tumblr, 09 October 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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