Magical DoReMi (1999–2004) User Reviews

top-notch animation

[gjhong · 20 December 2003]

I've seen the first eight episodes of this long-running kids' comedy from Japan and find it pretty amusing. The story is about an underachieving elementary school girl named Doremi whose name sounds like the musical notes "do", "re", "mi". The setup for how Doremi turns into a witch is a little shakey but no more than how another magical girl Hime-chan got her magic ribbon. The show seems "toycentric" because the magical devices she uses look like they are meant to be released as toys. Still the program should appeal to people beyond the usual demographic of little girls because the artwork is top-notch and the characters are funny. The backgrounds are beautifully rendered and I would rate the art with an "A". I wonder how they achieve that textured paper look?

Check this one out if you can find it on an import DVD.

The first magical girl anime I ever watched.

[MilkTheCouch · 10/10 · 30 May 2014]

I first got into this show when I was in 2nd grade when my dad turned on the TV one morning to FOX, expecting the news to be on, and this show came on instead. I fell in love with the cute characters and watched it until they took it off. This show is about a 3rd grader named Doremi Harukaze (Dorie Goodwyn) in the dub I watched, who turns a magic shop owner into a witch by accident, and has to learn to become a witch apprentice to reverse the spell. Her friends Hazuki Fujiwara (Reanne Griffth) and Aiko Seeno (Mirabelle Haywood) soon join her. The girls take exams to become witches themselves and also use their magic to help others. If you like Sailor Moon or other shows, you should give this one a try.

Ojamajo Doremi and Precure should go away from existence

[kaylascole · 1/10 · 7 May 2022]

It is disappointing, Ojamajo Doremi and Precure both have magic in it, so I would not recommend these series for my children, if you watch Obey Jehovah from Become Jehovah's Friend, It will teach you why you should not look at magical girl shows.

So, should I recommend those series for my children, NO!

Wanna see a good show?

I'd say skip that and watch The Powerpuff Girls, The Berenstain Bears, The Looney Tunes Show, or the original Looney Tunes, They are so much better.

Sailor Moon remade for a younger audience with witches instead of superheroines...that's good stuff!

[TooKakkoiiforYou_321 · 9/10 · 23 August 2022]

After finishing this 200+ series (I'm counting Na-i-sho inbetween) I'm sincerely baffled at the idea that this series is not talked more about, in particular by moonies (I. E. afictionados of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon) like myself. Who the hell cares of out-of-time, unnecessary crap like crystal or eternal when you literally have two of the directors who made the 90's superheroics animated masterpiece making the same thing, like the title of this review suggests, with witches instead of superheroines and a more stringent focus on the problems children could face during their lifetime so as to not feel like a cheap, uninspired copycat (Wedding Peach I'm looking at you)? And it's not that the directors don't make copious amount of references to Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, they do (the ending of Na-i-sho, I. E. the true ending of the series, feels like a big homage to the R season of that series), so again if you're a moonie you're perfectly at home. I'm also glad nobody ever thought of remaking/rebooting/whatever this series. Watch this thing and forget Crystal and Eternal ever happened to begin with.

P. S. It's also recommended as an introduction to the wonderful world of Tokusatsus, if this series does not convince you extremely well to watch them nothing ever will period.