The Secret of Akko-chan
| The Secret of Akko-chan | |
Cover of the DVD box of the 1969 anime series | |
| ひみつのアッコちゃん (Himitsu no Akko-chan) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Magical girl, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fujio Akatsuka |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Original run | July 1962 – September 1965 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Ikeda |
| Music by | Asei Kobayashi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | NET |
| Original run | 6 January 1969 – 26 October 1970 |
| Episodes | 94 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Produced by |
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| Music by | Yusuke Honma |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | October 9, 1988 – December 24, 1989 |
| Episodes | 61 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Written by | Junki Takegami |
| Music by | Yusuke Honma |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | March 18, 1989 |
| Anime film | |
| Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri | |
| Directed by | Takashi Hisaoka |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama |
| Music by | Yusuke Honma |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | July 15, 1989 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
| Music by | Masahiro Kawasaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | April 5, 1998 – February 28, 1999 |
| Episodes | 44 |
| Live-action film | |
| Akko-chan: The Movie | |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Kawamura |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Koji Endo |
| Studio | |
| Released | September 1, 2012 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
The Secret of Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん, Himitsu no Akko-chan) is a magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Fujio 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 in Shueisha's monthly Ribon magazine from 1962 to 1965. While Akko-chan predates the Sally the Witch manga, the Sally anime adaptation predates Akko-chan's.
The first Himitsu no Akko-chan anime adaptation ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated by Toei Animation and broadcast by TV Asahi (formerly known as NET). It has been remade twice, in 1988 (61 episodes, featuring Mitsuko Horie in the role of Akko-chan and singing the opening and ending themes) and in 1998 (44 episodes).
The movies Himitsu no Akko-chan Movie and Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri were both produced and released in 1989.
A live-action feature film adaptation titled in English as Akko-chan: The Movie was released by Shochiku on September 1, 2012. Directed by Yasuhiro Kawamura, it stars Haruka Ayase, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga, and Teruyuki Kagawa.
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 by Futago Kamikita.