Product Details

• Actors: Chisa Yokoyama, Yuri Amano, Steve Blum, Susan Brecht, Petrea Burchard
• Directors: Eiji Suganuma, Katsuhito Akiyama, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yasuhito Kikuchi
• Writers: Hideyuki Kurata, Hiroki Hayashi, Marc Handler, Yôsuke Kuroda
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: November 19, 2002
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006JMQX
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,497 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Watching Magical Project S is like seeing the cast of Tenchi Muyo! perform in a formulaic "magical girl" show (a blatant rip-off of Sailor Moon) that doesn't really suit their talents. Tsunami is chosen over Ramia to become the 208th Queen of the distant planet Juraihelm. But before her power can be confirmed, she must forge a bond with an Earthling and make her into a magical girl who will re-establish peace and a proper moral order in the universe. Furious, Ramia turns Sasami's best friend Misao into Pixy Misa, an evil magical girl. In each episode, a talking version of Ryo-Ohki persuades the reluctant Sasami to transform and defeat whatever creature Misa has summoned. The episodes are all predictable and repetitive, with lots of reused animation. Bubble-brained Galactic Police Officer Mihoshi makes an unlikely teacher for Sasami's fourth-grade class (the real Mihoshi would have trouble passing fourth grade). Washu appears as a child prodigy/science teacher, although she looks no younger than she did in Tenchi Muyo. The series will probably appeal to Sailor Moon fans, but Magical Project S lacks the nutty charm, romantic contretemps, and sci-fi adventure that made the Tenchi franchise so popular. (Rated 3 and older: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Magical Girl Parody, November 27, 2002

By	Agent Excel "agentexcel" (Hillsboro, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This DVD set consists of the first half of the Magical Project S TV series about an elementary school girl Sasami chosen by Juraihelm Queen candidate Tsunami to restore the balance of good and evil in the universe - a precondition for Tsunami's ascension. Sasami transforms into Pretty Sammy to fight the evil Pixy Misa. The universe of the series is one typical of animes targeting young girls. It is a world that is basically sweet and innocent with evil nothing more than a word. The goals of the villians are nothing more serious than to embarrass Pretty Sammy and make her bawl. Nothing other than monsters are seriously hurt in this show. The show reminds me of Cardcaptor Sakura except that it is done in a tongue in cheek manner. If you enjoy other Magic Girl shows like Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura and you don't mind parodies of this genre, you will probably like this show.

The extra section of this DVD set contains a hilarious parody of Cinderella that you have to see to believe.

It should be noted that the only audio track is in Japanese. English subtitles are available of course.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD!, November 28, 2002

By A Customer

The Pretty Sammy TV series(aka Magical Project S)is on DVD at last! The first disc has episodes 1-7. The second disc has episodes 8-13 and the extras(by the way, the extras are cool!). The extras are an art gallery(in color), the non-credit opening(Yume Mireba Yume Mo Yume Janai), the first non-ending(PERSONA), and three bonus theaters which are Cinderella Misa(a funny verison of Cinderella starring Misao/Pixy Misa), the 26 secrets of Sammy(a little presentation showing Sammy's magical attacks), and the Secrets of the Kawai Family(a tour of Sasami's house and family). This 2-disc DVD set also comes with a pencil board(while supplies last)! Get this if you like Pretty Sammy and/or Sasami(this also is a great addition with the Mihoshi Special and the Pretty Sammy OVA).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magical project s, July 19, 2005

By	Michael P. Garcia - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

great anime! nothing but the best from the cutest girl from the tenchi muyo series.