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Magical Meow Meow Taruto (TV)

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Alternative title:
Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto (Japanese)
Mahou Shoujo Neko Taruto (Japanese)
Taruto
魔法少女猫たると (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, magic
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Taruto is a little cat who has just moved to a new city with her master's family. Taruto spends her days making friends and exploring her new home town. She also has a knack for getting herself into trouble. And it turns out that Taruto just might be a legendary magical princess. Almost none of Taruto’s friends believe that she can use magic or that she’s a princess, but Taruto is determined to prove it to them. But Taruto's magic is so unpredictable, you never know what's going to happen when she uses it.
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User Ratings: 130 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:7)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:24, dub:11)
 Decent: 28 votes (sub:19, dub:8, raw:1)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 312 users, rank: #3001 (of 10089)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.939 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9085, rank: #7927 (of 10249)
Weighted mean: 5.945 (Decent), rank: #7863 (of 10249) (seen all: 6.56 / seen some: 5.25 / won't finish: 3.33)
Bayesian estimate: 6.084 (Decent), rank: #6652 (of 7724)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2001-07-05 to 2001-09-27
Opening Theme:
"Kyou no Hana" by Masumi Itou
Ending Theme:
"Hana Uta no Hareruya!" by Hisayo Mochizuki, Masayo Kurata, Maria Yamamoto
Links: We have 2
Review:
Taruto DVD 1 (Aug 23, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - A Magic Cat (DVD 1) 2005-02-22 (from $14.52)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - Mischief and Magic (DVD 2) 2005-04-12 (from $16.35)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - Magic Journeys (DVD 3) 2005-06-14 (from $16.49)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - Real Magic (DVD 4) 2005-08-09 (from $90.01)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2006-12-19 (from $109.99)
    Magical Meow Meow Taruto - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-4) 2008-04-01 (from $99.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tsukasa Sunaga
Series Composition:
Akihiko Takadera
Koji Ueda
Script:
Akihiko Takadera (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8, 10-12
)
Atsuhiro Tomioka (ep 6)
Hiroko Tokita (ep 9)
Koji Ueda (eps 1, 4, 7)
Storyboard:
Hiroko Kazui (ED eps 1-11)
Junji Nishimura (eps 2, 5, 8-9)
Kazuya Komai (OP)
Tsukasa Sunaga (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
)
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Ueno (ep 7)
Hiroshi Ishida (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 6, 12)
Kōji Ogawa (ep 9)
Naoto Hashimoto (eps 1, 5, 11)
Shinichiro Aoki (eps 3, 10)
Wataru Sakaibashi (ep 8)
Yoshiaki Okumura (ep 4)
Unit Director:
Hiroko Kazui (ED eps 1-11)
Kazuya Komai (OP)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original creator: Kaishaku
Character Design: Hiroko Kazui
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director: Hiroko Kazui
Animation Director:
Akio Kawamura (ep 7)
Chikae Kuwahara (ep 3)
Hiroko Kazui (eps 1, 12)
Hiroyuki Notake (ep 8)
Hyun-Jung Lee (ep 4)
Kenji Uchinō (eps 5, 11)
Kumiko Sakai (ep 2)
Kyuta Sakai (ep 6)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 9)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 11)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 8)
Shinsuke Terasawa (eps 3, 10)
Young Sik Hwang (ep 9)
Yūichi Tanaka (ep 5)
Yun Hee Kwon (ep 4)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Ryoma Sakamoto
Producer:
Atsushi Sugita (Bandai Visual)
Shinjiro Yokoyama (Dentsu)

Animation: Kyuta Sakai (ED ep 12)
Animation producer: Katsuya Shirai
Assistant Animation Director: Kiyotaka Nakahara (ep 12)
Assistant producer:
Junka Kobayashi (Bandai Visual)
Yōko Maki (TNK)
Background Art:
Akemi Ito (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 10-11
)
Cheon Wi Lee (D.R MOVIE; ep 9)
Eiko Sawada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-3, 5-7)
Fumie Nuibe (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Geum Hee Lim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Geun Seok Lee (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 5-8, 10, 12)
Hiroshi Kanno (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 10-11
)
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10
)
Jung Ah Park (D.R MOVIE; ep 9)
Jung Ryun Ro (D.R MOVIE; ep 9)
Kum Young Na (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Kyung Seok Park (D.R MOVIE; ep 9)
Mie Kasai (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Rye Ru Han (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Sang Wan Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Shinobu Takahashi (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; ep 7)
Sung Su Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Toshihide Kawana (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 7 episodes
eps 3, 5-8, 11-12
)
Yuki Nomura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 10-12
)
Yukie Abe (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Yuuki Oyamada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Color Check:
Junko Okazaki (ep 11)
Kōji Usui (eps 8-9)
Naoto Tanaka (ep 5)
Satoko Otsuka (ep 1)
Seung Gyu An (ep 4)
Shūji Kamimura (eps 2, 6, 12)
Yōko Wakana (eps 3, 10)
Yukie Takase (ep 7)
Color Coordination: Chie Tanimoto
Color setting:
Junko Okazaki (eps 4, 11)
Kōji Usui (eps 8-9)
Naoto Tanaka (ep 5)
Satoko Otsuka (ep 1)
Shūji Kamimura (eps 2, 6, 12)
Yōko Wakana (eps 3, 7, 10)
Cooperative Producer: Michiko Suzuki (WOWOW)
Digital Paint:
Eun Lee Kim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Geum Ju Kim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Gwang Hun Kim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Hwa-Young Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Kazumi Hosokawa (Studio Targe; eps 8-9)
Naoko Miyahara (Studio Targe; eps 8-9)
Toshiyuki Itō (Studio Targe; eps 8-9)
Yang Mi Yu (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Young Suk Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Editing:
Keiko Mizuta (Seyama Editing Room)
Megumi Uchida (Seyama Editing Room)
Mutsumi Takemiya (Seyama Editing Room)
Takeshi Seyama
In-Between Animation:
Bum-Chul Chang (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Duk Hye Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Eun Sun Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Gwang Su Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
In Byun Shin (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Ji Yeong Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jin-Wook Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jong Su Baek (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jong Sun Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jung Hee Shin (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jung Hoon Kim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Jung Wan Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Kyung Seon Kim (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Myoung Hun Park (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Pil Seon Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Sang Min Jin (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Tae Yong Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
Yeon Wan Lee (HEEWON ENTERTAINMENT; ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Masato Inomata (eps 8-9)
Seong Hun Baek (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Takadera (ep 3)
Ayako Karatani (Studio Mu; eps 5, 11)
Chikae Kuwahara (ep 10)
Eiji Uemura (eps 1-2)
Eriko Fujitani (ep 3)
Erkin Kawabata (ep 12)
Fumiyasu Saitō (Tomi Production; ep 2)
Fusae Sato (ep 6)
Hideo Maru (ep 12)
Hiroaki Konno (eps 3, 10)
Hiroki Moritomo (ep 8)
Hiroshi Inoue (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Kamura (Asadoya; ep 11)
Hyun Geun Jang (ep 4)
Hyun-Jung Lee (ep 4)
Iku Ozawa (eps 6, 12)
Ji Mi Park (ep 4)
Jun Yokose (ep 10)
Jung-Duk Seo (ep 4)
Kanji Nagasaka (eps 1, 5, 11)
Kaoru Yabana (ep 6)
Katsushi Suzuki (eps 3, 7, 10)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (Asadoya; ep 11)
Kazuhiro Ōta (eps 1, 5, 11)
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 10)
Kazuo Ōhara (eps 3, 10)
Kenichi Yamane (eps 3, 7)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (eps 6, 12)
Kenji Uchinō (eps 1-2)
Kenji Yokoyama (eps 6, 12)
Koichi Nakaya (Studio Mu; eps 1-2, 5)
Koichiro Kiyoshima (ep 7)
Koji Hirauma (eps 1-2)
Kōji Watanabe (ep 12)
Koji Yabuno (ep 8)
Kumiko Kasuga (eps 2, 5, 11)
Kumiko Sakai (ep 1)
Kyung Nam Cho (Click Ani; ep 9)
Kyuta Sakai (ep 12)
Makoto Itō (eps 3, 10)
Masakazu Ishikawa (OH! Production; ep 2)
Masanori Hashimoto (eps 3, 10)
Masashi Sakita (ep 5)
Masatoshi Fukuyama (ep 9)
Masumi Hattori (ep 8)
Mayumi Oda (Studio Mu; eps 1-2, 5)
Min Chol Sung (Click Ani; ep 9)
Motoki Yagi (ep 5)
Nana Kobayashi (eps 3, 7)
Naoki Kusumoto (eps 2, 6, 12)
Naoko Kasuga (ep 8)
Natsuki Igarashi (ep 8)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (eps 3, 10)
Noriyuki Fukuda (Asadoya; ep 11)
Nozomu Abe (eps 6, 12)
Rie Kaneko (ep 6)
Ryang Jung Gang (Click Ani; ep 9)
Ryōtarō Akao (eps 2, 6, 12)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 8)
Sang Guk Kim (ep 4)
Satomi Kitahara (eps 2, 6)
Seika Saruwatari (Studio Mu; eps 2, 5, 11)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 6, 12)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 8)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 8)
Shinji Abe (OH! Production; ep 2)
Shintarō Muraki (eps 1, 6, 12)
Shinya Kameyama (ep 8)
Shū Watanabe (ep 8)
Sung Woo Kim (ep 4)
Takao Takegami (ep 6)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; ep 1)
Teruo Takahashi (ep 12)
Tetsuya Kawakami (Studio Mu; eps 1, 5, 11)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 8)
Toshinobu Togawa (eps 3, 10)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 8)
Tsutomu Murakami (ep 9)
Yasutake Ōkawara (eps 6, 12)
Yōko Kadokami (ep 12)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (ep 8)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 5)
Youki Ebisu (ep 8)
Yūichirō Yano (ep 9)
Yukako Tsuzuki (eps 1, 6, 12)
Yuki Chika (Studio Mu; eps 1-2, 5, 11)
Yukiko Akiyama (Studio Mu; ep 1)
Yukiko Muta (eps 3, 7, 10)
Yun Hee Kwon (ep 4)
Mixing: Kunio Kuwabara
Music Performance:
Masayoshi Furukawa (Guitar)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito (Lantis)
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Photography:
Daisuke Ōwada (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Fumie Koike (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Hiroaki Yanagisawa (Studio Matrix; eps 1-12)
Kenji Hirochi (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Kentarō Takahashi (Studio Matrix; eps 1-12)
Masahiko Teshirogi (BIGBANG; eps 3, 7)
Miho Miwa (Studio Matrix; eps 1-12)
Naoto Sawa (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Rikiya Matsushita (BIGBANG; eps 3, 7, 10)
Seiji Matsuda (Studio Matrix; eps 1-12)
Shigeharu Ishii (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Shōichi Komuro (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Syunichi Kakiuchi (Studio Matrix; eps 1-12)
Takafumi Arai (BIGBANG; eps 3, 7)
Toshiyuki Yasuhara (Studio Viola; eps 8-9)
Yuki Yanagi (Studio Matrix; eps 11-12)
Yukiko Okita (BIGBANG; ep 10)
Planning Cooperation:
Masao Maruyama (Madhouse)
Nagateru Katō (TNK)
Production Advancement:
Byung Jin Kim (ep 4)
Kiyohide Kuroiwa (eps 8-9)
Koushu Ito (ep 1)
Seon Tae Kim (ep 4)
Shōji Yamada (eps 2, 5)
Sugiaki Murakami (eps 3, 10)
Suguru Kawamata (ep 9)
Tetsurō Haraya (ep 7)
Yasuhiro Kondo (ep 11)
Yoshihiro Egawa (eps 6, 12)
Production Desk: Tsutomu Fujio
Program Cooperation:
Masaki Kaifu (WOWOW)
Norihiro Yamada (Dentsu)
Program Publicity: Ritsuko Tomizawa (WOWOW)
Prop Design: Kiyotaka Nakahara (eps 1-11)
Publicity Cooperation: Toyota Todoroki (Bandai Visual)
Publicity Producer: Norihisa Oki (Bandai Visual)
Serialization Cooperation:
Kenzo Seta (Shueisha)
Kunio Kondo (Shueisha)
Setting Production: Keiko Kose
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada (ena)
Special Effects: Shin Inoie (ep 12)
Story Editor: Koji Ueda
Theme Song Arrangement: Masumi Itō (OP/ED)
Theme Song Composition: Masumi Itō (OP/ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Masaaki Taniguchi (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Hisayo Mochizuki (ED)
Maria Yamamoto (ED)
Masayo Kurata (ED)
Masumi Itō (OP)
Video Editing: Ryoji Kishi (Tokyo Laboratory)
Hisayo Mochizuki as Taruto

Akemi Okamura as Anzuko Doumyouji / Anko
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Geppei
Hiroki Takahashi as Iori Monaka
Kazuki Yao as Rakugan
Maria Yamamoto as Chitose
Masayo Kurata as Charlotte
Yoshiko Kamei as Kakipi

Akemi Okamura as Uirou
Akira Ishida as Garret
Aya Hisakawa as
Potechi
Siphon / Shiho
Kaori Mizuhashi as Nachosu
Kiyomi Asai as Candy (ep 9)
Kyoko Tsuruno as Kinako
Masafumi Kimura as Professor Kashiwamochi
Tadahisa Saizen as Nougat (ep 9)
Toshitaka Shimizu as Jelly Beans (ep 9)
Japanese companies
Animation: Madhouse
Animation Production:
Madhouse
TNK
Animation Production Cooperation:
Big Bang (eps 3, 7, 10)
HeeWon Entertainment (eps 4, 11)
I-Move (eps 8-9)
Studio Matrix (eps 1-12)
Backgrounds:
DR Movie (ep 9)
Nainoa (eps 8, 12)
Nico Studio (ep 8)
Ogura Kobo (eps 6-7)
Studio Wyeth (ep 7)
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 10-12
)
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
WOWOW
Comic Serialized In: Monthly Ultra Jump
Digital Paint:
DR Movie (eps 1-2)
FAI International (eps 3, 7)
HeeWon Entertainment (eps 1-2, 6, 12)
JEM (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10-12
)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 1-2)
Phoenix Animation (ep 10)
Shanghai Xindong Jun Art Co., Ltd. (eps 8-9)
Studio Elle (ep 2)
Editing: Seyama Editing Room
In-Between Animation:
APPP (ep 2)
DR Movie (eps 1-2)
FAI International (eps 3, 7)
HeeWon Entertainment (eps 1-2, 6, 12)
JEM (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10-12
)
Kyoe Sung Production (eps 1-2)
MI (ep 2)
Mouse (ep 2)
Phoenix Animation (ep 10)
Shanghai Xindong Jun Art Co., Ltd. (eps 8-9)
Tezuka Productions (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Anime House (ep 10)
Asadoya (ep 11)
Click Ani (ep 9)
Doo Lee Production (ep 9)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 11)
JEM (eps 1, 11)
Kyoe Sung Production (ep 9)
Oh! Production (ep 2)
Studio Mu (eps 1-2, 5, 11)
Tomi Production (ep 2)
Music Cooperation: WOWOW Music In
Photography:
Big Bang (eps 3, 7, 10)
Studio Matrix
Production:
Bandai Visual
Dentsu Inc.
Madhouse
TNK
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Elisa Fiorillo
Translation: Neil Nadelman
ADR Script: Stephanie M. Fernandez
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Dialogue Editing: Marcus Junkin
Production Director: Stephanie M. Fernandez
Production manager: Elisa Fiorillo
Re-Recording Mixing:
John Hiersekorn
Mike Eckart
Recording engineer:
Daniel Powell
John Hiersekorn
Marcus Junkin
Subtitle Script: Stephanie M. Fernandez
Trailer Editing:
Deran McLeroy
Kip Hewitt
Jessica Straus as Taruto

Ben Salisbury as Nachos
David Goldstein as Gallette
Elisa Dease as Chips
Greg Lastrapes as Iori Monaka
Jimmy Keegan as Geppei
Laurel Hatfield as Kinako Monaka
Lisa Enochs as Charlotte
Robert Clotworthy as Rakugan
Robert Martin Klein as Kakipi
Sarah Sido as Chiffon
Sherrie Jackson as Anzuko
Wendee Lee as Chitose

David Goldstein as
Narration
Nougat
Melodee M. Spevack as Willow
Milton Lawrence as Neighbor Man
Wendee Lee as Mrs. Monaka
English companies
ADR Production: Elastic Media Corporation
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Production: Digital Studios Group
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Min-Jeong Yeo as Taruto

Hyeon-Jin Lee as Kakipi
Jang Kim as Iuri (Iori Monaka)
Ji-Yeong Lee as Chitoyang (Chitose)
Su-Rim Han as Charlotte

Gyeong-Hye Park as
Airo (Uirou)
Siphon/Shiho
Jong-Hyeok Lee as Garret
Sin-Jeong Han as Kinako
Korean companies
(none)

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