Fushigi na Melmo cover art
TV anime / 1971

Fushigi na Melmo

ふしぎなメルモ
Completed

26 episodes / Tezuka Productions

The anime

About Fushigi na Melmo

After nine-year-old Melmo loses her mother in a car accident, she is left to care for her two younger brothers, a task far beyond her age or means. However, in the midst of her grieving, Melmo is visited by the ghost of her deceased mother who gives her a bottle of miraculous candy, capable of transforming her into either an adult (blue candy) or an infant (red candy). A combination of the two can reduce her to a fetus and then change her into any animal she imagines. Drawing on a seemingly inexhaustable supply, Melmo uses her candies to solve the various problems thrown her way, aided by her younger brother Toto (who accidentally morphs into a frog in episode 7) and her cantankerous mentor, Dr Nosehairs.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Format
TV anime
Status
Completed
First aired
October 3, 1971
Final episode
March 26, 1972
Episodes
26
Episode length
20 minutes
The cast

Characters

Behind the characters

Voice actors

Behind the anime

Production staff