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Magical Chinese Girl Paipai!

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Magical Chinese Girl Paipai!
GenreTokusatsu
Magical girl
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Directed byTarō Sakamoto
Starring
  • Natsuki Ozawa[1][2]
  • Takanobu Yumoto
  • Kazuki Yamanaka
  • Daisuke Ishigami
  • Shigeru Saiki
  • Rie Shibata
  • Shun Ueda
  • Hidekazu Nagae
  • Masakazu Arai
  • Ren Osugi
  • Isamu Ichikawa
  • Hiroo Oikawa
  • Atsuo Mori
  • Torauemon Utazawa
  • Yōsuke Ishii
Opening theme"Ano Ko ga Machi ni Yattekita!" Performed by Hiroko Asakawa
Ending theme"Hoshizora no Diary" Performed by Hiroko Asakawa
ComposerYūsuke Honma
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes26
Production
Running timeapprox. 24 minutes
Production companyToei
Original release
NetworkFuji TV
ReleaseJanuary 15 (1989-01-15) –
July 9, 1989 (1989-07-09)

Magical Chinese Girl Paipai! (魔法少女ちゅうかなぱいぱい!, Mahō Shōjo Chūkana Paipai), also known as Magical Girl Chukana Paipai, is a Japanese tokusatsu drama television series produced by Toei Company. It was originally broadcast from January 15, 1989, to July 9, 1989. Toei gave this series the name The Good Little Witch for international distribution.[3]

Story

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After Paipai escaped from the Chinese Magic Realm to Japan after King Gomoku tried to get her to marry him instead of Raymond, she keeps getting pursued by King Gomoku's henchmen, Nurhaci and Taklamakan. In the human world, where she stays with a local family, Paipai has to conceal her magical identity from the humans.

References

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  1. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Motoko Tamamuro (2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 232. ISBN 1-88065681-7.
  2. ^ 魔法少女 ちゅうかなぱいぱい! (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  3. ^ "Library – English Titles – TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2007.