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Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
"Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch" began its run on TV April 5, 2003, replacing "Tokyo Mew Mew". It broadcasted every Saturday at 8:00 AM, on TV Tokyo, and finally ended its run after 91 episodes (including MMPPP PURE, its second season) on Christmas Day a year later! ^^
Lucia is one of the 7 mermaid princesses, who resides in the North Pacific Ocean. She holds the pink mermaid's tear, which unfortunately is lost...
When Lucia was little, she ventured out onto the sea surface one night, and encountered a fireworks celebration on a cruiseship! Joining in the festive spirit, she sang a song with a mermaid's beautiful voice. A little boy was attracted to her voice and comments on how pretty it sounds, and Lucia is delighted! He then asks her why is she in the ocean, so Lucia revealed her identity by showing him her tail. The boy was absolutely surprised that he has seen a real mermaid
Interrupting the brewing romance, a giant wave crashed onto the ship, and the boy fell into the icy ocean! Lucia quickly went after him. He was on the verge of death when she finally got him onshore. To save him, Lucia used the powers of her Mermaid's Tears (which looks like a pink pearl). The boy kept the pearl ever since.
Therefore it's up to Lucia to retrieve her pearl back. With her adorable guardian penguin, Hippo, she disguises herself as a human girl named Nanami Lucia in order to search for the boy. While onland, she meets a surfer-dude named Kaito, who looks awful lot like the boy who has her pearl...nah, couldn't be. The boy isn't a ruthless womanizer like Kaito!
Meanwhile, a clan of evil sea monsters are on the lookout for the 7 Mermaid's Tears as well. During a surfing competition, a monster detects that Kaito has one of them, and pulls him underwater to get it. Of course Lucia can't let Kaito die, she quickly jumps into the water to battle the monster (which turns her back into her mermaid self). When a semi-conscious Kaito sees his beloved mermaid in trouble fighting, he throws the pearl to Lucia, which transforms her into a singing Magical Girl named "Pink Pearl Voice"! She is then able to defeat the monster by singing her childhood song, using her magical microphone.
Lucia is finally reunited with her first love, Kaito...the thing is, he doesn't know her name, nor he knows that she is his classmate, Nanami Lucia. He only has the mermaid in his mind. Moreover, she cannot confess her love to Kaito (in both human or mermaid form), because she will turn into bubbles immediately. But if he realizes her love on his own, all will be fine.
How will Lucia tell him indirectly that she really is the mermaid he thinks about day and night? And as one of the three blessed mermaid princesses, how will she defeat the sea monster clan, who has begun to destroy the mermaid kingdom in order to capture all seven mermaid princess? This would be the main plot of this uber-cute mahou shoujo anime ^^
It seems like that many people complain about the voice acting when it comes to the anime. When I first heard Luchia speak I was surprised she has such a LOW voice...I was expecting a somewhat high voice range with a touch of hyperness to it. But after observing Luchia's personality, I guess this voice is quite fitting ^^; Thank goodness Hanon's voice is not like Luchia's, or else that would be just odd! xD
Other than that, the entire cast does a great job in depicting the characters! =D I would just also like to add that I love Kaitou's voice. A total bishounen! xD
Anyway, below is a pictoral listing of the voice cast for the Mermaid Melody pichi Pichi Pitch anime, plus other roles they have done if applicable.
NAKATA ASUMI AS LUCIA She is not a professional seiyuu, but an "idol" (same as a model in North America). At only 14, she has posed for various fashion magazines, as well as appears frequently on a TV show called "Super na Shoujo 58" with other young idols. She also released 2 photobooks, one when she was twelve called "Asumi" and one recently called "Fairy Blue". You can access the photos via this link, but note that Fairy Blue contains some mild suggestive poses. No revealing stuff though =)
TERAKADO HITOMI AS HANON Besides the lovable Hanon, the other voice roles Terakado Hitomi has done include Angelica from Gunslinger Girl and Karinka from Steel Angel Kurumi Live Action. She is a idol like Asumi Nakata, with her own photobook (much prettier IMO ^^;) and starred in a drama series called "Suika".
ASANO MAYUMI AS RINA Asano Mayumi is a full-time seiyuu and has done lots of fabulous voice roles =) Among them there is Haku from Naruto, Suzumi from Ayashi no Ceres, Hisoka from Yami no Matsuei, Gascogne Rheingau from Vandread, and Claus Valca from Last Exile. This is really cool don't you think? :D She released a single called "Yes, It's So Good" back in 1999 that nobody seems to know about.
