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Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch

2003, TV, 52 eps, 72%, SynergySP

Recommended by 4 Mahou no Mako-chan fans on AniList. The same kind of story: magical girl classics and riffs.

As the mermaid princess of the North Pacific (one of the seven mermaid kingdoms), Lucia entrusts a magical pearl to a boy who falls overboard a ship one night. Lucia must travel to the human world to reclaim her pearl and protect the mermaid kingdoms. Using the power of music…

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    1980, TV, 49 eps, 69%

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    2004, TV, 26 eps, 84%

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    1997, TV, 39 eps, 83%

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  10. Cover of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
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Manga for fans of Mahou no Mako-chan

Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru2015, Light novel, 22 ch, 88% My Love Mix-Up!2019, Manga, 41 ch, 84% Baccano!2003, Light novel, ongoing, 86% The Knight Only Lives Today2024, Manga, ongoing, 86% Delicious in Dungeon2014, Manga, 111 ch, 88% Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow1968, Manga, 171 ch, 89% The Apothecary Diaries2017, Manga, ongoing, 86% Little Mushroom2023, Manga, ongoing, 88%

About Mahou no Mako-chan

1970, TV, 48 eps, 67%, Toei Animation

Mako is a young siren and daughter to the King of the Sea. In a stormy day she rescues the young sporto Akira from a wrecked ship, but ends up falling in love with him. So, with help from the Witch of the Sea, she's transformed into a human, and becomes a highschool student who helps everyone with her strong sense of love and justice and her magical pendant, the "Tear of the Mermaid"

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