Mai-Mai Miracle (2009) Episode 1

Other Name: Mai-Mai Miracle, Mai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-Old Magic, マイマイ新子と千年の魔法

Summary: In 1955 in western Japan, nine-year-old Shinko knows she comes from a family that dates back to over a thousand years. This long genealogy and stories about it feed her daydreams: she invents an imaginary friendship with a young girl in the Japan of a thousand years ago. One day, Kiiko, a timid child from Tokyo, is transferred into Shinko`s class at school. Struggling to fit in, she finds a friend in Shinko. They set off together on a magical adventure into a story from ancient history.Note: Adapted from the Takagi Nobuko novel Mai Mai…Continue reading