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"Long ago, back in 1982, there was a young fairy princess from the Land of Dreams. Her job was to spread joy, hope, and dreams into the Human world. While on this visit, she dies in a traffic accident. Fortunately, this fairy princess, Minky Momo, is reincarnated as a young girl. As this young girl, she loses her powers and her memories, but lives in a human world full of dream, hopes, and adventures. The Minky Momo series proved to be so popular that a similar series based on Minky Momo was produced. In this second series, there is yet another young fairy princess, but she wishes to see the human world. She succeeds, but at the cost of her powers. Either way, she travels the world, experiencing the feelings, emotions, and events around her. It is at this time that Minky, traveling in the big city, is at the legendary Bridge of First Meetings, where lovers are known to meet and fall in love. Minky meets someone there, too. [In the second OAV] Minky's travels take her to a grand train station. Along the way, she meets her parallel Minky, from the other Minky Momo series. Together, they must help a young girl deal with a station where journeys begin, and where items are lost."

-- by Weldon Chen
"Konshuu" Volume V, Issue 4, Oct. 2, 1995
"Konshuu" is the newsletter of "Cal-Animage Alpha", UC Berkeley's Anime club (also America's largest anime club)

From the Anime Pocket Guide:

Fairy Princess Minky Momo (TV, OAV)  Genre: Magical Girls

alternate title: Mahou no Princess Minky Momo

Cast:
  Minky Momo  (1st series) .................... Mami Koyama
  Shindobukku ................................ Yuu Tanonaka
  Pipiru ....................................... Yuhko Mita
  Mocha ...................................... Reiko Kifuji
  Mama ........................................... Mika Doi
  Papa ....................................... Rokurou Naya
  King  of Fenarinarsa .................... Hiroshi Masuoka
  Queen of Fenarinarsa ...................... Emiko Tsukada
  Minky Momo  (2nd series) ............. Megumi Hayashibara
  Kukku Bukku ........................... Toshiharu Sakurai
  Rupipi ................................... Chisa Yokoyama
  Chaamo ..................................... Mari Mashiba
  Mama ...................................... Misa Watanabe
  Papa ...................................... Masashi Ebara
  Brenda Jo .................................. Hiromi Tsuru
  Shadow ................................... Yuko Minaguchi

Anime Pocket Guide Description: Momo is a little girl living with her parents. She's a very bright and friendly girl given to helping those that she meets. Minky Momo is actually a princess from the "Land of Dreams" and she is on Earth to help humans not to lose their dreams. There are actually 2 Minky Momo TV series: Minky Momo (1982-83) - Momo-chan and her parents run a pet shop. Momo comes from Fenarinarsa which moved to near- Earth space when humans lost their dreams. Momo uses her magic to change into various 18 year old girls with expert skills in some area. At the end of the series, Momo was run over by a truck and her spirit was reborn as a human. Minky Momo (1991-92) - Another Momo-chan lives with her human parents who run a hotel. Premise is the same as the first series, except that this Momo has more general use of her magic - being able to cast spells as well as transform. Minky Momo comes from Marinenarsa which sits at the bottom of the sea. Note that the first Minky Momo (now human) has also appeared in this series. In both series, Momo-chan lives with human parents, but her real parents live in their respective cities and Minky Momo is a real princess. Both "Land of Dreams" retreated to their current locations because humans have lost sight of their dreams. This is a "magical girl" series which is surprisingly good, considering that it's directed at little girls... US Release by: Harmony Gold (dubbed as "Magical Princess Gigi") Anime Pocket Guide Rating: RECOMMENDED

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