is a Japanese children's illustrated book series created by Q-LiA and illustrated by Ritsuko Gibo, which started in 2003. An anime adaptation, ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan'', was produced by
TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the is a Japanese animation studio owned by Sega Corporation.
TMS is one of the oldest and most renowned animation studios in Japan, known for its numerous anime franchises such as '' Detective Conan'', '' Lupin the Third ...
and debuted on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Asahi Production and was broadcast on three
Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations
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members and
Kids Station
Kids Station ( Japanese: キッズステーション, ''Kizzu Sutēshon'') is a Japanese cable and satellite television channel that launched on April 12, 1993. It primarily airs anime and other animation-related content aimed at children during ...
.
A spinoff manga, ''NiJiRo Fairy Shizuku-chan'', started in 2019. This manga transforms the cast into humans and puts them in new stories.PRTIMES. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000107.000035751.html
Plot
The series revolves around a playful young child named Shizuku-chan. He, alongside his schoolmates, friends, and family lives a life of dangerous adventures in the Shizuku Forest.
Characters
* Shizuku (しずくちゃん): The main character of the series. Being a raindrop sprite, Shizuku was born as a drop from rain for a cloud. He is named after his home, the Shizuku Forest. Rain fills Shizuku with happiness, causing rainbows to originate from his forehead. Shizuku is Japanese for "a drop of rain" which revolves around his birth. His birthday is on April 29. In NiJiro Fairy Shizuku-chan, he wears a sailor suit with a brooch that like an his face before he transform human and he has blue hair. Voiced by: Miyako Ito
* Uruoi (うるおいちゃん): The female main character of the series. She is the pink lemonade sprite in some manga, but is originally the skin lotion sprite of the Shizuku Forest. She is one of Shizuku's closest friends. She has a crush on her friend, Shizuku which is proven throughout the series (such as Shizuku freezing within ice and could have only been thawed by being kissed from only Uruoi alone). She wears a bow on her head. Being fashionable, she and her family run and live in the Department Store of Shizuku Forest. In NiJiRo Fairy Shizuku-chan, She has pink hair and wear one-piece dress. Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki
* Mirumiru (Milmil) (みるみるちゃん): The youngest of Shizuku's friends. He is a milk sprite who, unlike an infant, carries a large amount of strength. He is also known to outgrow his older friend, Shizuku. He wears a bib with the word "milk" printed on it. He and his family run and live in the Milk Store of Shizuku Forest. Because he's very little, he only says "nyu" ("latte" in the Italian dub.). In NiJiRo Fairy Shizuku-chan, he wear baby clothes with bib with depictions "MILK". Voiced by: Sayaka Narita
* Hanatare (はなたれ君): He is a
nasal
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* With reference to the human nose:
** Nasal administration, a method of pharmaceutical drug delivery
* ...
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mucus
Mucus (, ) is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes. It is typically produced from cells found in mucous glands, although it may also originate from mixed glands, which contain both Serous fluid, serous and muc ...
sprite.
* Hanaji (はなぢ君): He is a
nosebleed
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sprite. In NiJiRo Fairy Shizuku-chan, He wear Red parka. Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa
* Aseo (アセオ君): A fat young yellow
sweat
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Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and Apocrine sweat gland, apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distribu ...
sprite. He is known to overeat and to have the ability to sweat buckets. Among many, his most favorite food is curry. He and his family lives in and runs the Sauna of the Shizuku Forest. Voiced by:
Yasuhiko Kawazu
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.
Filmography Television animation
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* Namida (なみだ君): He is a
tears
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sprite. Passionate and very weepy. He runs Sports-gym with an athlete. Voiced by: Makoto Ishii
* Elder Sister Shampoo & Elder Sister Rinse (シャンプー姉さん＆リンス姉さん) They are a Shampoo & Rinse sprite, respectively. They are twins and Uruoi-Chan's elder sisters. They both run a beauty salon.
* Dororon (どろろん): The prankster of Shizuku-chan's friends but they still love him. Being a mischievous mud-sprite, he is known to fling
mud
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at his pranking victims. Voiced by: Rie Ichita
* Midoriko (みどりこさん): The green sister of the Tea Sprites. She, alongside her sisters, runs and lives in the "Cafe-Drop" of the Shizuku Forest. She is the tea maker and server of the Cafe. She is known to be very polite yet have a strange personality. She wears a flower on her hair and drinking tea creates a long stick-like substance on her forehead. She fights with
naginata
The ''naginata'' (, , ) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades ('' nihontō''). ''Naginata'' were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei ( ...
. Voiced by: Naomi Shindou
* Longlong (ロンロン): The brown sister of the Tea Sprites. She carries much power and ability. She fights with nunchucks. Voiced by:
Akiko Yajima
is a Japanese voice actress from Kashiwazaki, Niigata. Her best-known role is as the title character Shinnosuke Nohara in the long-running anime series '' Crayon Shin-chan''. She also voices Mipple in the original '' Futari wa Pretty Cure' ...
* Letty (レティ): The red sister of the Tea Sprites. She cooks the food of the Shizuku Forest's Cafe. She fights with frying
pans
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.
* Colon (コロン君): The Eau-de-Cologne Sprite. He is very attractive to women, making him the "pretty and handsome boy" of Shizuku Forest.
* Mineo (ミネ夫君): He is a
mineral water
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Traditionally, mineral waters were used or consumed at t ...
sprite.
* Honey (ハニーちゃん): She is a
Honey
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syrup
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sprite.
* Yodare (ヨダレ君): He is a slobber sprite.
* Aroma (アロマさん) He is an
Aroma
An odor (American English) or odour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is a smell or a scent caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds generally found in low concentrations that humans and many animals can perceive v ...
-oil sprite.
* Ponshu (ポンシュさん) He is a
Sake
Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...
sprite and an
Enka
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ''ryūkōka'' music, pop ...
singer.
* Monsieur-Vino(ヴィーノ氏): He is a
red wine
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sprite. He has swirled left eye and twinkle in the other, a bow, and hat.
* Rosé (ロゼちゃん) She is a
Rosé wine
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sprite. Monsieur-Vino & Madam-Blanche's daughter. Voiced by: Momoko Saito
* Madam-Blanche (マダム・ブランシュ) She is a
white wine
White wine is a wine that is Fermentation in winemaking, fermented without undergoing the process of Maceration (wine), maceration, which involves prolonged contact between the juice with the grape skins, seeds, and pulp. The wine color, colou ...
sprite.
* Tsumurin (つむりん): One of Shizuku-chan's best friends. He is a
snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gas ...
, but has many shells that can be removed and replaced. In NiJiRo Fairy Shizuku-chan, He wear uniform with blue nectar and have tactile sense in head.Voiced by: Masashito Yabe
* Ametarou (雨太郎): Shizuku-chan's father. Voiced by: Takeharu Onishi
* Rainy (レイニー): Shizuku-chan's mother. Voiced by: Yuko Kobayashi
* Miku-chan (ミクちゃん): A human girl introduced in ''Picchipichi Shizuku-chan''. who visits Shizuku-chan's world from Earth. She very bigger than Shizuku.
* Tollino (トリーノ): He is Rosé's pet little bird. but in the Pururun! Shizuku chan Aha, he is Vino family's old friend.
* Luna (ルナ): She is a ghost who wishes to live more. She meets Namida and become friends.
* Noir (ノアール): A mysterious merchant who gave Shizuku a suspicious space seed.
* Rabi (ラビ): A rabbit doll with devil inside. Tsumurin make eye contact with him under the moon and devil take over him.
Media
Merchandise based on ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan!'' includes CDs such as ''Shizuku no Mori kara Konnichi wa'', released on November 22, 2006, and a second one on January 24, 2007 named ''Shizuku no Mori no Ongakukai Purun!''. A picture book that carries both CDs was released on February 21, 2007 and a second was released on March 28, 2007. A third CD was released on April 18, 2007. The fifth and sixth were released on April 18, 2007.
There were three games released for the
Nintendo DS
The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki ...
, one for ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan'' and two more for ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha!''. Additionally,
Sega
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