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Looking for Magical Doremi (魔女見習いをさがして, Majo Minarai o Sagashite; lit. "Looking for Witch Apprentices") is a 2020 Japanese drama and coming-of-age animated film produced by Toei Animation for the 20th anniversary of the magical girl anime series Ojamajo Doremi (known internationally as Magical Doremi), which aired from 1999 to 2005. The film is directed by Haruka Kamatani and Junichi Sato. The events of the film are set in modern-day Japan and star Aoi Morikawa, Rena Matsui, and Kanako Momota in the roles of three women of different backgrounds who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi. The film was first screened at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3 before being released to the general public on November 13, 2020.
Planning for the film began in September 2016, with the project formally announced in March 2019. Aiming for an adult female audience outside of Ojamajo Doremi fans, Toei Animation focused on the various common struggles Japanese women face in their daily lives, with each main character representing a particular generation. Upon release, Looking for Magical Doremi was praised for its themes of rediscovering the joys of life in adulthood through childhood. The film won Best Animation Film Award at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards.
The film is centered on three women who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi in their childhood: Sora Nagase, a 22-year-old college student whose parents are pressuring her to become a teacher; Mire Yoshizuki, a 27-year-old career-oriented office worker returning from overseas; and Reika Kawatani, a 20-year-old freeter. Sora is concerned about Yūji Makita, a student with a learning disability at the school she interns at; despite having her dream job, Mire feels disrespected by her managers; and Reika's boyfriend, Seiya Kubo, keeps stealing her savings for college. One day, Sora becomes curious when she hears rumors about a Western-style building located in Kamakura that served as the basis for the Mahodo, a magic shop featured in Ojamajo Doremi. When she visits, she meets Mire and Reika, who explore the building with her. That evening, the women bond over having watched Ojamajo Doremi when they were younger and the magic bead toys from the show. The women return home, but keep in contact.
As their daily lives become stressful, Sora invites Mire and Reika to visit Aichi Prefecture for Golden Week. There, the women go sightseeing in Hida-Takayama, the location where the film Ojamajo Doremi: The Secret of the Frog Stone takes place. At night, while discussing concerns from their daily lives, Reika confides in them that her father left after her parents divorced when she was in high school, with her mother dying two years later. On the third day of their trip, Mire suggests Reika make a wish on her magic bead to reunite with her father. The three are led to a hospital trying to retrieve her bead after she drops it. There, Reika sees her father with a new family while he pretends he does not know her. Mire chides Reika for not being assertive, but this causes Reika to become angry and return to Onomichi alone. That night, Mire stays at Sora's house and reflects on her actions after watching episode 19 of Ojamajo Doremi Sharp, where Doremi and Hazuki get into a fight. She then personally goes to Onomichi to apologize and manages to find Reika's apartment through the okonomiyaki shop that she works at. Upon finding Reika, Mire saves her from Seiya when he extorts her for money, with Reika finally breaking up with him. The two restore their friendship as Reika reveals that her magic bead was given to her by her father. Mire invites her to move in to help her pursue her studies.
Tired of being treated poorly at her job, Mire decides to quit and later learns that her co-worker, Hayato Yabe, has feelings for her. Meanwhile, Yūji is enrolled into a special education school, and Sora helps him successfully, gaining motivation to study for her teaching exams. By summer, the three women go to Nara and Kyoto, where two episodes of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! take place. While on the train, the women befriend Ryuichi Omiya, a college student. After noticing he has a keyholder of Onpu, they discover he is also a fan of Ojamajo Doremi and he comes along their trip as their guide. Sora falls in love with Omiya and confesses to him during their final day in Kyoto, but he rejects her. Despite this, at night, the three women realize the importance of moving forward, which they have understood since reconnecting with Ojamajo Doremi. Together, the three make a wish upon their magic beads as if to cast Magical Stage, concluding that they have magic in themselves.
Three months after their trip, Sora, Mire, and Reika rent the building in Kamakura to open it under the name Café MAHODO as the culmination of all their dreams combined. They see a silhouette running in the halls in the process, and after giving chase, they find Doremi, Hazuki, Aiko, Onpu, Momoko, and Pop.
Chiemi Chiba, Tomoko Akiya, Yuki Matsuoka, Rumi Shishido, Nami Miyahara, and Sawa Ishige reprise their roles and also cameo in several minor roles throughout the film. Other voice actors who had recurring roles in Ojamajo Doremi, including Hyosei, Ai Nagano, Megumi Takamura, Nobuaki Kanemitsu, Yuka Tokumitsu, Kenji Nomura, Nanaho Katsuragi, Kyousei Tsukui, Chihiro Sakurai, Kinoko Yamada, and Yūta Mochizuki also make voice cameos.
The film project was first announced at AnimeJapan 2019 on March 23, 2019 to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary. On October 29, 2019, the production team revealed at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival that the film would be titled Looking for Magical Doremi and its story details, as well as announcing that staff members who worked on Ojamajo Doremi would be returning for the project, including director Junichi Sato, scriptwriter Takashi Yamada (credited under the pseudonym Midori Kuriyama), character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and producer Hiromi Seki. Pretty Cure writer Haruka Kamatani was also announced as a co-director of the film.
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Looking for Magical Doremi
Looking for Magical Doremi (魔女見習いをさがして, Majo Minarai o Sagashite; lit. "Looking for Witch Apprentices") is a 2020 Japanese drama and coming-of-age animated film produced by Toei Animation for the 20th anniversary of the magical girl anime series Ojamajo Doremi (known internationally as Magical Doremi), which aired from 1999 to 2005. The film is directed by Haruka Kamatani and Junichi Sato. The events of the film are set in modern-day Japan and star Aoi Morikawa, Rena Matsui, and Kanako Momota in the roles of three women of different backgrounds who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi. The film was first screened at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3 before being released to the general public on November 13, 2020.
Planning for the film began in September 2016, with the project formally announced in March 2019. Aiming for an adult female audience outside of Ojamajo Doremi fans, Toei Animation focused on the various common struggles Japanese women face in their daily lives, with each main character representing a particular generation. Upon release, Looking for Magical Doremi was praised for its themes of rediscovering the joys of life in adulthood through childhood. The film won Best Animation Film Award at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards.
The film is centered on three women who grew up watching Ojamajo Doremi in their childhood: Sora Nagase, a 22-year-old college student whose parents are pressuring her to become a teacher; Mire Yoshizuki, a 27-year-old career-oriented office worker returning from overseas; and Reika Kawatani, a 20-year-old freeter. Sora is concerned about Yūji Makita, a student with a learning disability at the school she interns at; despite having her dream job, Mire feels disrespected by her managers; and Reika's boyfriend, Seiya Kubo, keeps stealing her savings for college. One day, Sora becomes curious when she hears rumors about a Western-style building located in Kamakura that served as the basis for the Mahodo, a magic shop featured in Ojamajo Doremi. When she visits, she meets Mire and Reika, who explore the building with her. That evening, the women bond over having watched Ojamajo Doremi when they were younger and the magic bead toys from the show. The women return home, but keep in contact.
As their daily lives become stressful, Sora invites Mire and Reika to visit Aichi Prefecture for Golden Week. There, the women go sightseeing in Hida-Takayama, the location where the film Ojamajo Doremi: The Secret of the Frog Stone takes place. At night, while discussing concerns from their daily lives, Reika confides in them that her father left after her parents divorced when she was in high school, with her mother dying two years later. On the third day of their trip, Mire suggests Reika make a wish on her magic bead to reunite with her father. The three are led to a hospital trying to retrieve her bead after she drops it. There, Reika sees her father with a new family while he pretends he does not know her. Mire chides Reika for not being assertive, but this causes Reika to become angry and return to Onomichi alone. That night, Mire stays at Sora's house and reflects on her actions after watching episode 19 of Ojamajo Doremi Sharp, where Doremi and Hazuki get into a fight. She then personally goes to Onomichi to apologize and manages to find Reika's apartment through the okonomiyaki shop that she works at. Upon finding Reika, Mire saves her from Seiya when he extorts her for money, with Reika finally breaking up with him. The two restore their friendship as Reika reveals that her magic bead was given to her by her father. Mire invites her to move in to help her pursue her studies.
Tired of being treated poorly at her job, Mire decides to quit and later learns that her co-worker, Hayato Yabe, has feelings for her. Meanwhile, Yūji is enrolled into a special education school, and Sora helps him successfully, gaining motivation to study for her teaching exams. By summer, the three women go to Nara and Kyoto, where two episodes of Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! take place. While on the train, the women befriend Ryuichi Omiya, a college student. After noticing he has a keyholder of Onpu, they discover he is also a fan of Ojamajo Doremi and he comes along their trip as their guide. Sora falls in love with Omiya and confesses to him during their final day in Kyoto, but he rejects her. Despite this, at night, the three women realize the importance of moving forward, which they have understood since reconnecting with Ojamajo Doremi. Together, the three make a wish upon their magic beads as if to cast Magical Stage, concluding that they have magic in themselves.
Three months after their trip, Sora, Mire, and Reika rent the building in Kamakura to open it under the name Café MAHODO as the culmination of all their dreams combined. They see a silhouette running in the halls in the process, and after giving chase, they find Doremi, Hazuki, Aiko, Onpu, Momoko, and Pop.
Chiemi Chiba, Tomoko Akiya, Yuki Matsuoka, Rumi Shishido, Nami Miyahara, and Sawa Ishige reprise their roles and also cameo in several minor roles throughout the film. Other voice actors who had recurring roles in Ojamajo Doremi, including Hyosei, Ai Nagano, Megumi Takamura, Nobuaki Kanemitsu, Yuka Tokumitsu, Kenji Nomura, Nanaho Katsuragi, Kyousei Tsukui, Chihiro Sakurai, Kinoko Yamada, and Yūta Mochizuki also make voice cameos.
The film project was first announced at AnimeJapan 2019 on March 23, 2019 to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary. On October 29, 2019, the production team revealed at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival that the film would be titled Looking for Magical Doremi and its story details, as well as announcing that staff members who worked on Ojamajo Doremi would be returning for the project, including director Junichi Sato, scriptwriter Takashi Yamada (credited under the pseudonym Midori Kuriyama), character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and producer Hiromi Seki. Pretty Cure writer Haruka Kamatani was also announced as a co-director of the film.