“Apprentice witch Padudu, wearing a magical fish costume, escapes dungeon with Nonononn to compete in coliseum.”
Magical Play
魔法遊戯: 飛び出す!!ハナマル大冒険
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Synopsis
Apprentice witch Padudu, wearing a magical fish costume, escapes dungeon with Nonononn to compete in coliseum.
Padudu is a 12-year-old apprentice witch, chosen to represent her town in the coliseum. Donning her magical fish costume, which keeps her warm and fed, she sets off on her journey. But on the way she's swept away by a river to Dance Valley. Mayor Koffy captures her and throws her into the dungeon, hoping to eliminate the competition for Dance Valley's own coliseum candidate. Luckily for Padudu, this dungeon holds the mysterious witch Nonononn. They join together in a magical fight for survival. At the end of Blue Gender Trailer, the Magical witchland word came out! This is the online version of Mahou Yugi... (Source: AniDB)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.33
Running avg · Apr 2016 → Jan 2021
- 5 “Mahou Yuugi is an incredibly unique, cute series, but it doesn't offer very much beyond that. Story - 3: The story is split across 24 episodes of approximately 5 minutes each, most of which stand...”
- 4 “Mahō Yūgi is a comedy series that could only exist in the early ’00s: the screwball humor, the blatent sexuality, and the pop-culture brand of surrealism seems to have been a staple in comedy,...”
- 4 “Becoming a magical girl isn’t always easy. Not only is it a challenge, but it’s also a competition, and you have to win that competition before you’re even allowed to travel to Earth to take up the...”
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- Format 24 × 5′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 00m all episodes
- Aired Nov 2001 – May 2002
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2084 catalog
Produced by
- Starchild Records Producer
- Imagica Producer
- Arcturus Producer
- King Records Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor