Tokyo Mew Mew

Tokyo Mew Mew
The profile of a smiling young girl with pink hair, black cat ears and a black cat tail wearing a pink outfit with red gloves on a pink strawberry patterned background
The first volume of Tokyo Mew Mew published in Japan by Kodansha on February 6, 2001, featuring Ichigo Momomiya in her Mew Mew form
東京ミュウミュウ
(Tōkyō Myū Myū)
GenreMagical girl
Created byMia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
Manga
Written byReiko Yoshida
Illustrated byMia Ikumi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintKodansha Comics
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 2000February 2003
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Produced by
  • Akifumi Takayanagi
  • Hideyuki Kachi
  • Ken Hagino
  • Noboru Yamada
Written byMasashi Sogo
Music byTakayuki Negishi
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Aichi)
English network
Original run April 6, 2002 March 29, 2003
Episodes52
Video game
Hamepane Tokyo Mew Mew
DeveloperWinkysoft
PublisherTakara
GenrePuzzle game
PlatformGame Boy Advance
ReleasedJuly 11, 2002
Video game
Tokyo Mew Mew – Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! – Minna Issho ni Gohōshi Suru Nyan
DeveloperWinkysoft
PublisherTakara
GenreRole-playing video game
PlatformPlayStation
ReleasedDecember 5, 2001
Manga
Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode
Written byMia Ikumi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Tokyopop
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runApril 2003February 2004
Volumes2
Manga
Tokyo Mew Mew Olé!
Written byMadoka Seizuki
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 2019August 2022
Volumes7
Anime television series
Tokyo Mew Mew New
Directed byTakahiro Natori
Written byYuka Yamada
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Studio
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo, AT-X
Original run July 6, 2022 June 21, 2023
Episodes24

Tokyo Mew Mew (Japanese: 東京ミュウミュウ, Hepburn: Tōkyō Myū Myū) is a Japanese manga series created and written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. It focuses on five girls infused with the DNA of endangered animals which gives them special powers and allows them to transform into "Mew Mews". Led by Ichigo Momomiya, the girls protect Earth from aliens who wish to "reclaim" it.

The series was adapted into a fifty-two episode anime series produced by TV Aichi, We've Inc. & Tokyu Agency and animated by Pierrot. The anime aired in Japan from April 6, 2002, to March 29, 2003 on TXN affiliates. A two-volume sequel to the manga, Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode, was serialized in Nakayoshi from April 2003 to February 2004. The sequel introduces a new character, Berry Shirayuki, who becomes the temporary leader of the Mew Mews. The series would inspire two video games: a puzzle adventure game for Game Boy Advance, and a role-playing video game for the PlayStation.

Tokyopop originally licensed Tokyo Mew Mew for English-language publication in North America, and would release both the original series and à la Mode. Kodansha Comics would publish a newly translated version of the manga in September 2011. 4Kids Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast under the title Mew Mew Power, and produced an edited English-language localization. The first twenty-three episodes of the series would air on 4Kids TV in the United States, with three additional episodes airing on YTV in Canada. 4Kids was unable to license the remaining 26 episodes of the series or release the series on home video.

Tokyo Mew Mew was well received by English-language readers, with critics praising the manga for being a "cute and entertaining" series with "free-flowing style and character designs". Several volumes of the manga series appeared in the Top 50 sales lists for graphic novels in their respective months of release. The anime series received high ratings in Japan, while Mew Mew Power would become 4Kids' highest-rated show during its American broadcast, and be licensed for regional release in several other countries.

In 2020, a second, two-chapter sequel called Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn was released, featuring the main characters with updated designs; and as well as a spinoff, titled Tokyo Mew Mew Olé!, which features a new team of male Mew Mews. In addition, a new anime adaptation of the series, Tokyo Mew Mew New, was announced; the series aired from July to September 2022. A second season premiered in April 2023.


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