Majokko Tickle

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Majokko Tickle
Majokko Tickle DVD vol. 2 cover
魔女っ子チックル (Majokko Chikkuru)
Genre	Magical girl, comedy
Created by	Go Nagai
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Hisaoka
Written by	Mitsuru Majima Masaki Tsuji Akiyoshi Sakai
Studio	Nippon Sunrise[a] Toei Company[b]
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	March 6, 1978 – January 29, 1979
Episodes	45
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Yuki Narumi
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Hitomi
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	April 1978 – February 1979
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Peko Natsumi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Ichinensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	May 1978 – July 1978
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Miko Arasu
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Yochien
Demographic	Children
Original run	June 1978 – August 1978

Majokko Tickle (魔女っ子チックル, Majokko Chikkuru), also known as Magical Girl Tickle or Tickle the Witch Girl, is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier (and more popular) Cutie Honey, Majokko Tickle is closer to the more traditional mold of magical girl anime such as Sally the Witch, and unlike Nagai's other, more popular works, it was created for an audience of pre-teen girls.

The anime television series was produced by Toei Company in association with Kaze Productions and Neomedia and animated by Nippon Sunrise. It consisted of 45 episodes and was aired across Japan on TV Asahi from March 6, 1978, to January 29, 1979. It brought the magical girl genre of anime back to Japanese TV screens for the first time since Toei Animation's Majokko Megu-chan aired its final episode in September 1975. Some episodes were scripted by Masaki Tsuji, a longtime friend of Nagai's and head writer on his earlier series Devilman, Dororon Enma-kun, and Cutey Honey. Go Nagai also wrote the lyrics to the opening theme song.

Majokko Tickle is notable for being the first magical girl series to feature a "double hero" (Tickle and her human "sister" Tiko, or a "lucky pair" as they are referred to during the series). Reportedly the series was inspired in part by the popularity of Pink Lady, a female pop duo who were known for performing their songs and dancing in perfect unison. They sold millions of records in Japan during the late 1970s (they also later had a minor hit in the United States called "Kiss in the Dark"). Pink Lady had an enormous audience of young girls, and Majokko Tickle was considered an opportunity to capitalize on the similarity. In fact, one of Pink Lady's hits ("Southpaw") was featured in one episode, in which Tickle and her "sisters" Tiko and Hina watch the duo perform the song on TV.
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