Himitsu no Akko-chan

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Himitsu no Akko-chan
Cover of the DVD box of the 1969 anime series
ひみつのアッコちゃん
Genre	Comedy, Magical girl, Romance
Manga
Written by	Fujio Akatsuka
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Ribon
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	July 1962 – September 1965
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Ikeda
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	6 January 1969 – 26 October 1970
Episodes	94
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroki Shibata
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 9, 1988 – December 24, 1989
Episodes	61
Anime film
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)
Anime film
Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 15, 1989 (1989-07-15)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroki Shibata
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 5, 1998 – February 28, 1999
Episodes	44
Live-action film
Directed by	Yasuhiro Kawamura
Released	September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)
Runtime	120 minutes

Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん, lit. "The Secrets of Akko-chan"^[1]) is an early magical girl manga series^[2] written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka. The story centers around an elementary school girl who is gifted a magic mirror that allows her to transform into anything she chooses, and the misadventures that follow. It was published in Shueisha's monthly Ribon magazine from 1962 to 1965. While Akko-chan predates the Sally the Witch manga, the Sally anime adaptation predates Akko-chan's.

The first Himitsu no Akko-chan anime adaptation ran for 94 episodes from 1969 to 1970. It was animated by Toei Animation and broadcast by TV Asahi (formerly known as NET). It has been remade twice, in 1988 (61 episodes, featuring Mitsuko Horie in the role of Akko-chan and singing the opening and ending themes) and in 1998 (44 episodes).

Two movies were produced. Himitsu no Akko-chan Movie and Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri both released in 1989. It was adapted into a live-action film released on September 1, 2012.^[3]

An adaptation of the series ran as a web manga, ひみつのアッコちゃん μ (Himitsu no Akko-Chan μ, pronounced "myu"), written by Hiroshi Izawa, and drawn by Futago Kamikita.^[4]