is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Magari. It was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

's magazines '' Young Magazine Uppers'' from 2003 to 2004 and ''

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'' (as ''Majokko Tsukune-chan+'') from 2005 to 2006. It follows Tsukune, a skillful and powerful witch who rescues others from danger. It was adapted into a six-episode

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...

(OVA) series of 13 minutes each, animated by

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, released from August 2005 to January 2006.

Premise

''Majokko Tsukune-chan'' follows the cheerful and powerful young witch , who goes around helping people and fighting against evil-doers; however, despite her good intentions, Tsukune ends up causing more problems than she solves.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hiroaki Magari, ''Majokko Tsukune-chan'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young Magazine Uppers'' from April 2003 to October 2004, when the magazine ceased its publication. Kodansha collected its chapters in two ''

tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...

'' volumes, released on February 9 and December 9, 2004. It was followed by a second series, ''Majokko Tsukune-chan+'', which ran in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

'' from June 2005 to March 2006, Kodansha released a collected volume on March 23, 2006. Other stories were also published in ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' and its website from July 2006 to October 2008, a collected volume was released on December 22, 2008.

Original video animation

A six episode

(OVA) series of 13 minute each, animated by

, was released from August 24, 2005, to January 25, 2006. The opening theme is and the ending theme is "Luminary", both performed by Tsukune's voice actress

Haruko Momoi is a Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actress. She also produces an all-female pop group called Afilia Saga. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as Halko by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired ...

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