Princess Comet

Princess Comet
Cover of the Original Manga Adaptation serialized in Margaret
コメットさん
(Kometto-san)
GenreMagical girl
Manga
Written byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Published byShueisha
MagazineMargaret
DemographicShōjo
Original runJune 10, 1967November 11, 1967
Television drama
Princess Comet: Yumiko Kokonoe
Directed byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Ōtsuki Yoshikazu
Music byJoji Yuasa
Masashi Tashiro
Original networkTBS
Original run July 3, 1967 December 30, 1968
Episodes79
Television drama
Princess Comet: Kumiko Ohba
Directed byNoriaki Yuasa
Yoshiharu Tomita
Music byMasaaki Hirao
Hiroaki Hagiwara
Original networkTBS
Original run June 12, 1978 September 24, 1979
Episodes68
Anime television series
Cosmic Baton Girl Princess Comet
Directed byMamoru Kanbe
Written byAkira Okeya
Music byMoka
StudioNippon Animation
SynergySP
Original networkTXN (TV Osaka, TV Tokyo)
Original run April 1, 2001 January 27, 2002
Episodes43

Princess Comet (コメットさん, Kometto-san) is a Japanese TV drama and manga series created and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, the creator of Tetsujin 28-go and Giant Robo. The TV drama tells the story of Comet, one of the princesses of the Triangle Nebula who came to Earth in search for the missing prince. The manga is first serialized in Shueisha's monthly Margaret magazine from July to November 1967, marking as one of Japan's first Magical girl series produced.