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hotwaterandmilk · 24 days

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Series: Tokyo Mew Mew Artist: Ikumi Mia Publication: Nakayoshi Magazine (01/2003) Details: Nakayoshi All Stars 2003 Calendar (April) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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discoursets · 1 month

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organising stuff w studio ghibli 🌸

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haveyoureadthismanga-poll · 5 months

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#tokyo mew mew #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi #2000 #2000s #complete #shojo #nakayoshi

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readtilyoudie · 3 months

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Tokyo Mew Mew Vol 3

#inu's bday jams #tokyo mew mew #Tōkyō Myū Myū #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi #kisshu #magical girl #manga

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haveyoureadthiscomic-poll · 3 months

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#tokyo mew mew #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi #kodansha #shojo #shojo manga #shoujo #shoujo manga #manga #magical girl #magical girls #mahou shoujo

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weeklythings · 14 days

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東京ミュウミュウ, Tokyo Mew Mew - Mew Mew Power. based on the manga created by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi

#tokyo mew mew #anime of the week #anime #animes #mew mew power #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi

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magicaldogtoto · 29 days

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Saw some discourse on the Other Website about whether or not magical girls who use technology "count" as magical girls (or something like that) and it reminded me of a few months ago when someone asked me over there what I meant when I said that Tokyo Mew Mew was "less magical" than other magical girl works I've interacted with.

To be clear, Mew Mew to me is definitely a magical girl story. I wasn't really saying that it was "less magical" so much as commenting on how the girls in-universe got their powers. (I did reply to that person, but you can only do so much in 280 words.)

There are (from my understanding based on what I know) multiple ways for a magical girl to get her powers. Sometimes it's a fairy, sometimes it's an ancient relic. Mew Mew has the girls get their powers from having animal DNA spliced into them. Moreover, they are referred to at one point as "biological weapons." Their enemies are also aliens who use parasites to mutate animals into monsters. That's all very soft science fiction in premise. (The English translation of the original pilot calls the magical girl's outfit a "battle suit.")

But the powers still manifest as magical girl outfits and weapons. If you showed someone a photo of the team, they would probably not immediately think "those characters get their powers from animal DNA spliced into them." In the end, it's a very Clarke's Third Law kind of science. You know, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Or perhaps here it's "Science that isn't explained in detail seems like magic."

So yeah, the series is still magical. But it does share a lot of tropes you'd see in science fiction, too. And I think that's pretty cool.

#tokyo mew mew #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi #magical girl #my thoughts #text

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berrychanx · 1 month

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Screenwriter: Reiko Yoshida-sensei likes to write about modest characters Maybe that's the reason why there is a part in TMM original story in which Lettuce is the main character . Interview article:

Yoshida: I don't know...I haven't really thought about it, but I'm aware that I tend to like writing about people on the margins rather than heroes. I feel like I like portraying people who have complexes, are easily discouraged, or don't believe in themselves, rather than people who are extremely talented. Interview Source - https://x.com/Berrychanx92/status/1772730820526043594?s=20

#tokyo mew mew #mew mew power #tokyo mew mew new #reiko yoshida #anime #manga #ryotatsu #lettuce midorikawa #ryou shirogane

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myhikari21things · 3 months

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Tokyo Mew Mew 5 (2002)

Tokyo Mew Mew 6 (2002)

Tokyo Mew Mew 7 (2003)

by Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi

Translated from Japanese

#tokyo mew mew #reiko yoshida #mia ikumi #fiction #paperback #2000s #first time read

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dumbledorathexplora · 6 months

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I remember the day I watched the finale and my brain almost combusted 🐈‍⬛👽

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vanillsposts · 9 months

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I wuvvv tokyo mew mew! I’m on the third omnibus of the manga! For anime watchers; would you suggest watching the original adaptation of Tokyo Mew Mew first or the more recent one! Thank u!!!

#tokyo mew mew #mew ichigo #magical girl #magical girl manga #magical girl anime #Reiko Yoshida #mia ikumi #tokyo mew mew anime #tokyo mew mew manga #mew berry #ichigo momomiya #minto aizawa #retasu midorikawa #bu ling huang #zakuro takashima

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hotwaterandmilk · 2 years

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Series: Tokyo Mew Mew Artist: Ikumi Mia Publication: Nakayoshi Magazine (04/2001) Source: Scanned from personal collection

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newsintheshell · 1 month

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▶️ KIMI NO IRO: IL PRIMO TRAILER DEL FILM È COSÌ BELLO CHE STO GIÀ PRENOTANDO BD E BIGLIETTI DEL CINEMA, ANCHE SE ANCORA NON CI SONO!

La nuova creazione di Naoko Yamada (K-On!, Tamako Market, Liz e l’Uccellino Azzurro, La Forma della Voce, Heike Monogatari) e dello studio Science Saru (Inu-Oh, The Tatami Time Machine Blues) uscirà in Giappone il 30 agosto.

#kimi no iro #anime #film #naoko yamada #science saru #reiko yoshida #takashi kojima #kensuke ushio #drama #music #giappone #your color

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readtilyoudie · 10 months

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TOKYO MEW MEW OMNIBUS VOLUME 2

#manga(visual)monday #tokyo mew mew #Tōkyō Myū Myū #Reiko Yoshida #Mia Ikumi #Ichigo Momomiya #Minto Aizawa #Retasu Midorikawa #Bu-Ling Huang #Zakuro Fujiwara #magical girl #manga

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haveyoureadthiscomic-poll · 3 months

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#tokyo mew mew #mia ikumi #reiko yoshida #kodansha #shojo manga #shojo #shoujo manga #shoujo #manga #magical girls #magical girl #mahou shoujo #poll

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popculturerobots · 1 year

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Digimon Adventure Ep. 21

One of the things I really enjoy about Digimon Adventure (and it is by no means unique in this) is that different episodes have different writers and directors, which leads to varied styles and tones across the series. Episode 21 takes this to such an extreme that it seems to come from an entirely different Digimon universe.

Before I begin, this episode also has the best food in the entire series (love me some KROFT Parmesan cheese). Okay, let’s dig in!

Spoilers ahead --

From the opening shot we’re immediately made aware that things are different. The colors are muted and the environment filled with grays. The hazy white sky seeps into the surroundings, fading them to a harsh white nothingness. The city is dull, repetitive, boring, and yet painstakingly detailed.

When Tai makes it home, the shadows creep in. He opens the door to an eerily empty apartment and walks into the darkness. The only light comes from the balcony windows and doesn’t pierce past the couches. Tai and Koromon remain in the darkness until Kari appears.

This is Kari’s introduction, at the border between light and shadow. She’s a far cry from her character later in the series, seeming much more fragile stuck at home sick in her pajamas. And somehow (foreshadowing), she knows Koromon’s name.

She offers him her food after only eating a bite and plays with him on the couch and lets him nap in her lap and then feeds him some more and tells him how much she loves Tai because he's such a great big brother. Truly she possesses the Crest of Light, although we won’t know that for many episodes.

Eventually, Tai realizes that the Digital World is causing problems in the Real World. And that is when this episode really surprised me.

When Tyrannomon appeared and blasted the bridge I gasped. That was destructive. I could feel the power in that attack. And then Ogremon started smashing apartment complexes? And then Agumon blasted him into the rift?

What happened!? Since when was Agumon that strong? That fire built up in his mouth. It flickered. And flashed. There was a shock wave. It knocked Ogremon across the entire screen. Against gravity. And the flames lingered. When did he become such a powerful monster?

The fight ends quickly and rams us into the end of the episode. And damn does it hit hard. Agumon is pulled back to the Digital World, and Tai begins to follow. But Kari desperately doesn’t want him to go. But he has to. And she lets him.

And it hurts.

What just happened? I thought Digimon was full of friendly colorful creatures, not fierce and terrible beasts. And why was this loving little sick girl’s brother just torn away from her in front of my eyes? This is not the same Digimon that I had been watching or would continue to watch after.

But it almost felt…familiar…

It all fell into place when I looked up the credits for this episode: directed by Mamoru Hosoda, written by Reiko Yoshida. If these names are not familiar to you, they should be. This duo is the writer/director pair behind the original Digimon Adventure short film (which is when Kari learned Koromon’s name) as well as the sequel film Our War Game.

I’ve always loved their version of the Digimon Adventure universe so much more than the one we actually got.

If all this episode had was its visual style and tone, it would be notable for those alone. But after all this time, all the series and sequels, this single episode still sticks out in my mind because it just works so perfectly.

The previous episode saw the defeat of Etemon, the biggest enemy thus far in the series. But seemingly at the cost of Tai. This episode comes out of nowhere feeling like a different universe because Tai was just forced back from a different world, and it ends because he has to return. And when he does, he discovers that the DigiDestined have scattered across the Digital World trying to find him. We’re seeing the other side of that story. Why shouldn’t it be unexpected and devastating, too?

Anyway, thanks for reading.

#digimon #anime #tai kamiya #kari kamiya #agumon #koromon #reiko yoshida #mamoru hosoda #digimon adventure #season 1 #rant

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