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Mahō no Mako-chan (1970)

Mahō no Mako-chan poster
Original title
魔法のマコちゃん
Genre
magical girl
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 48 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young mermaid princess named Maco lives in the ocean and dreams of the human world. She makes a dangerous trade to become human and experience life on land.

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What happens

Maco the Mermaid (魔法のマコちゃん, Mahō no Mako-chan; lit. 'Magical Maco') is a Japanese anime series by Toei Animation. The story is loosely based on the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Little Mermaid". It was broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on Nippon Educational TV (NET), later rebranded as TV Asahi. Maco has been dubbed in Italian, French, Spanish and Korean. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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