Magical Doremi

Magical Doremi (おジャ魔女どれみ|Ojamajo Doremi|lit. "Old Man Witch Doremi", but can mean "Bothersome Witch Doremi"), stylized as Magical DoReMi, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. The series aired in Japan on TV Asahi between February 1999 and January 2003, spanning four seasons and 201 episodes, and was followed by an original video animation series released between June and December 2004 and a 20th anniversary movie in 2020 and two tie-in OVAs. An English language version of the first season, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, aired in North America in 2005. The franchise has also spawned three companion films, various manga adaptations, and a sequel light novel series.

From 2000 to early 2003, the manga magazine Nakayoshi ran a manga-adaptation. The story was based on the events of the original anime and was drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The chapters were compiled into 3 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Four volumes were released in total — the first three were under the title Magical Doremi, covering the events of the original series and the sequel series Magical Doremi #. The last volume was adapted from the ''More! Magical Doremi'' story arc and was titled eponymously to it.

Plot
Eight-year-old aspires to be a user of magic, as she believes it would solve all her problems and help her confess to a boy she liked. One afternoon, she comes upon a magic shop and correctly suspects that the shop owner is a witch. The shop owner becomes a witch frog, as this happens to witches when their true identities are discovered. In order to retain her original form, the shop owner,, takes Doremi as her apprentice to turn her into a witch. Doremi must take nine witch exams at night to become an official witch; however, she must never let her own identity as a witch be found out or the same fate that befell Majo Rika will happen to her.