'Tokyo Mew Mew' Manga Gets New Anime Adaptation

by Vindstot
Apr 2, 2020 12:15 PM | 51 Comments

A website launched by Pony Canyon ended its countdown on Thursday, announcing a new anime adaptation of Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi's Tokyo Mew Mew manga. Titled Tokyo Mew Mew New, the anime is commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Nakayoshi magazine. Ikumi drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement (pictured above).

Synopsis
13-year-old Ichigo Momomiya is at an endangered animal exhibit with her crush Masaya Aoyama when she is hit by a beam of light and sees a cat entering her body. She begins to demonstrate cat-like behavior the following day. A giant monster attacks Masaya and forces Ichigo to transform into a pink magical girl with cat ears and a tail.

A boy named Ryou Shirogane explains that the monster she fought was a Chimera Anima: alien parasites that infect animals and turn them into giant monsters. Ryou and Keiichiro Akasaka, the owner of a pink cafe called Cafe Mew Mew, planned to take the DNA of five Red Data Animals and use them as biological weapons by injecting them into Chimera Anima—an experiment they called the Mew Project. But due to an earthquake the day before, the DNA was accidentally shot into Ichigo and four other girls that she met outside the museum instead!

Now a "biological weapon," Ichigo must fight against the aliens and find her potential teammates—all while keeping her feline identity a secret from Masaya. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

An idol audition to assign a voice actress for the protagonist Ichigo Momomiya began on Thursday and will run till May 11 on the audition application mysta. The audition is available to females between elementary-school age and 30 years old who do not belong to any production. The successful candidate will receive an exclusive contract with Pony Canyon's Swallow agency and make a major debut as the center of the Tokyo Mew Mew New seiyuu idol group.

The magical girl manga was published in Nakayoshi from August 2000 to December 2002 and compiled into seven volumes. Yoshida and Ikumi serialized a two-volume sequel titled Tokyo Mew Mew à La Mode in the same magazine between March and December 2003.

Studio Pierrot adapted the manga into a 52-episode television anime that aired from Spring 2002 to Winter 2003. 4Kids Entertainment licensed and dubbed the first 26 episodes.

Tokyopop published the manga and its sequel in English from 2003–2006. Kodansha Comics relicensed the title in North America and published all nine volumes in four omnibuses.

Official site: https://tokyo-mew-mew.com/
Official Twitter: @mew_mew_new

Source: animate Times, PR Times

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I'm excited, so many things happening to this franchise after years of not being in the spotlight.

Am I correct that its getting 2 new manga, idol group and a reboot show? I noticed a manga poster with Mew Berry and Mew Ringo in it, but no Mew pudding?

Apr 27, 2020 12:00 AM by chinnaru

So is this a remake of the old anime using the original manga series? From how I read it thats what it is and I hope that is the case. Like most others commenting here this anime was one of the first animes I watched. I have some good memories with this show, I would love to go through the story again in higher definition. I hope for greatness! One of the better 4kids ones in my opinion. I will have to go back and watch the old Japanese one again now!

Apr 23, 2020 4:52 PM by NepKitsuna

WHAAAAAAAATTTT!?!?! What an unexpected but delightful surprise omg!!!

Apr 22, 2020 5:09 PM by dark-nekofear

Totally not expecting this but it's a welcome surprise because it was such a HUGE part of my childhood.

When I read that synopsis tho.... ksksksksks I couldn't help but to cringe. I mean, I didn't find the plot weird when I was watching it as a kid so I'm hoping I wouldn't cringe watching the new anime adaptation too lol.

God, please let it be good. Or at least let it be subpar the most HAHA. Coz I actually have a bad feeling about this (not that I think the show will be bad, but I think I won't like the show as much as I used to because of age).

Vindstot said:
[center][img]The successful candidate will receive an exclusive contract with Pony Canyon's Swallow agency and make a major debut as the center of the Tokyo Mew Mew New seiyuu idol group.

TOKYO MEW MEW MEW SEIYUU IDOL GROUP? Ok at least this part is gonna be interesting.

Apr 10, 2020 10:57 AM by Neolavender123

Anyone got a translation for the text on the illustration?

My feelings on this are mostly excited. Tokyo Mew Mew was my first manga and I'd love to see an animated version that sticks to the source material. If it's popular it could be a lead into an OVA or something for A La Mode, or even the new Au Lait manga. There's a lot of potential here, and I look forward to seeing how it's going to play out.

Apr 8, 2020 9:25 AM by SpamCrackers

Further proof that shoujo manga is dying in Japan. They have to go back to their old hits to stay relevant. Nakayoshi used to be one of the big shoujo magazines, but it's been on the decline at a faster rate compared to some of the other shoujo mags.

Apr 4, 2020 12:28 AM by alpha_shadow

YESSS, I rewatched the anime years ago for the nostalgia and would gladly rewatch it again but better animation! I'm still a sucker for this type of cute and sparkly shoujo genre and it's so hard to find anime like TMM, Shugo Chara, and CCS, so I'm very excited for this!

Apr 3, 2020 11:46 PM by Chief-Cheesecake

xSweetSlayerx said:

Haou-Judai said:
"4Kids Entertainment licensed and dubbed the first 26 episodes."

Pointless information.

It probably wouldn't be as pointless if they mentioned how the 4kids adaption has the most obnoxious Americanization censorship in anime history. XD

That reminds me of the first time I found out about the 4Kids dub lmao.
I had found out about this series through the (terrible) TokyoPop volumes, which did advertise the 4Kids dub at some point, but I didn't think much of it for whatever reason at the time. One day at school, I was drawing Ichigo when some girl came up to me and said, "Oh, that's Zoey!"
I was so confused. "No, it's Ichigo," I said, but she kept saying "Zoey". I had no idea who the hell "Zoey" was until I started watching HikaYagami's videos that compared between the original anime and the 4Kids dub.
Once I figured out that "Zoey" was seriously Ichigo's dub name, I cringed. Mega hard.

...And the cringe got worse from there XD

Apr 3, 2020 8:17 PM by Fario-P

Haou-Judai said:
"4Kids Entertainment licensed and dubbed the first 26 episodes."

Pointless information.

It probably wouldn't be as pointless if they mentioned how the 4kids adaption has the most obnoxious Americanization censorship in anime history. XD

Apr 3, 2020 3:00 PM by xSweetSlayerx

So random lol.. but my 12 year old self is screaming!

The nostalgia is strong with this one. One of the very first anime I watched, I didn't even knew it was anime at the time since I was watching it dubbed in portuguese x)

Is it gonna be a remake of the original anime? A more close adaptation of the manga? Or is it gonna be an adaptation of the sequel manga? Anyway, I'm happy with this news! ^^

Now if only MMPPP could get a remake as well... x)

Apr 3, 2020 2:39 PM by Amyyw

I dig the original anime, but I wouldn't mind a remake.

Apr 3, 2020 11:29 AM by malvarez1

omggg Tokyo Mew Mew was the first anime I remember watching as a kid because I owned the CDs I'm not gonna miss this!!

Apr 3, 2020 9:57 AM by narutoramenpan

"4Kids Entertainment licensed and dubbed the first 26 episodes."

Pointless information.

Apr 3, 2020 7:32 AM by Haou-Judai

¡Ah, esto es emocionante! Creo que quiero llorar.

Apr 3, 2020 7:00 AM by removed-user

Wow indeed.
I just watched the show again after only seeing the first 26 on 4kids, in my childhood. It wasn't as good as I remembered it, since I was now an adult watching a kids' show. It had quite a few dumb superhero cartoon clichés and weird plot holes or things that didn't make sense.

I wonder now that it has been so many years since then, will they "upscale" the show for its older fanbase, or keep it as a kids' show for this newer generation. Maybe somehow pull-off both?

Apr 3, 2020 6:45 AM by xSweetSlayerx

Wow, I didn't expect this to get a new anime... I liked the manga back then and the old anime was also okay. One of the character songs (Strawberry Power) is still one of my favorite songs. Will definitely watch the new anime too!

Apr 3, 2020 3:24 AM by Luna

ANIME IS SAVED!

no really, this is an amazing mahou shoujo lol

Apr 3, 2020 3:01 AM by Mayuka

OMG THIS IS SO NOSTALGIC hahahaha.

I remember loving the purple one, I forgot the name lol.

Apr 3, 2020 2:59 AM by CrimsonMidnight

Bro...I loved Tokyo Mew Mew during my mahou shoujo phase in elementary/middle school. I've re-read the manga several times. Which is also why looking back, some of the drama/romance was slightly cringey LOL. Well not as bad as Mermaid Melody. But I'll still watch this, as long as it doesn't look (or sound) terrible. I still have a soft spot for mahou shoujo transformations and cute outfits ^^

I'm shocked to see that the 2002 anime had 52 episodes given the manga being only 7 volumes. Looks like it had a lot of fillers.

Also...they really capitalizing on the idol group stuff these days, huh...

Apr 3, 2020 2:57 AM by tingy

Someone hold me! My first anime crush Zoe is coming back! Can't believe it, these news made me so happy.

Apr 3, 2020 2:53 AM by Tsarko

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