Fushigi na Melmo

Fushigi na Melmo

62%

TV • 1971
episodes

26

episode-duration

20

status

Completed

start-date

3/10/1971

end-date

26/3/1972

country-origin

JP

popularity

1159

studios

Tezuka Productions

synonyms

Fushigi na Merumo

Marvelous 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)

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