Persia, the Magic Fairy

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Persia, the Magic Fairy
Illustration of Riki and Gaku Muroi with Persia Hayami by Yoshiyuki Kishi[1]
魔法の妖精ペルシャ (Mahō no Yōsei Perusha)
Genre	Magical girl
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Anno (Chief Director)
Produced by	Toru Horikoshi Minoru Ohno Masaaki Fusekawa
Written by	Sukehiro Tomita
Music by	Kōji Makaino
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Original network	NNS (NTV)
Original run	July 6, 1984 – May 31, 1985
Episodes	48
Manga
Persia ga Suki!
Written by	Takako Aonuma
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Margaret
Original run	January 1984 – November 1985
Volumes	9
Original video animation
Persia, the Magic Fairy: Merry-go-Round
Directed by	Takashi Anno (Chief Director)
Music by	Kōji Makaino
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Released	September 25, 1987
Runtime	45 minutes

Persia, the Magic Fairy^[2] (魔法の妖精 ペルシャ, Mahō no Yōsei Perusha) is a magical girl anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot which aired on Nippon Television from July 1984 to May 1985. It is an adaptation of the manga series by Takako Aonuma titled Persia ga Suki!. In addition to the TV series, two OVAs were released, and the main character, Persia, also appeared in two other Studio Pierrot special presentations. This was the second of five magical girl anime to be created by Studio Pierrot, and featured the character designs of Yoshiyuki Kishi, who did the character designs for Pierrot's next magical girl series Magical Emi, the Magic Star,^{[3][page needed]} is also credited as the series's character designer and animation director.^[4]