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Nurse Witch Komugi DVD #1 Cover
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ナースウィッチ小麦ちゃんマジカルて
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Nurse Witch Komugi
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Comedy
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Animanga/OVA| Information
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Yasuhiro Takemoto
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Kyoto Animation<br/>PIONEER LDC<br/>Rondo Robe<br/>Tatsunoko<br/>Toshiba Entertainment
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23 August 2002
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is an
Anime OVA series, which lasted for five episodes (six if episode 2.5 that appeared in the middle of the series is included). All five episodes were released on
DVD in
North America by
ADV Films . A sequel OVA series was created, Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Magikarte Z.
The story of the anime itself is basically a
Parody of both the
Soul Taker anime series and the
Magical Girl anime genre. It revolves around Komugi Nakahara, a
Cosplay idol that turns into Magical Nurse Witch Komugi when trouble is abound.
While the English dub of the show was adapted by ADV, the original
Soul Taker dub was not. In a rare move, ADV recalled many of the voice actors from the dub of Soul Taker to reprise their roles in Magical Nurse Witch Komugi to keep consistency among the two dubs.
All but a few characters return from
The SoulTaker , appearing only as bizarre parodies of themselves.
- - The main character, a 17 year old cosplayer, who transforms into Nurse Witch Komugi. She works for a talent agency called Kiri Pro, where she acts and endorses products (Usually wearing silly looking costumes). She can be very hyper and silly, which usually gets her into trouble with her bosses. Her nurse witch costume is a cross between a nurse uniform and a Rabbit Costume . The Running Joke of her flat chest is used Ad Nauseam .
''Voiced By:'' Haruko Momoi (Japanese), Jocelyn Loewen (English)
- - Komugi's 'side-kick', a perverted rabbit like creature from Vaccine World who detects viruses.
''Voiced By:'' Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
- - A famous singer, working for Kiri-Pro's rival company. He is also Komugi's crush.
''Voiced By:'' Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English)
- - Koyori is a friend of Komugi and works with her as a model and cosplayering. However, from time to time, Koyori will lose consciousness and transform into Magical Maid Koyori, her evil form. Koyori will then infect innocent people with viruses. She could be considered Komugi's rival. She often gets frusterated by being constantly defeated by Komugi and Mugimaru. After a time, she will revert to her good form again with no memory of anything she did in her evil form.
''Voiced By:'' Ikue Otani (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
- - Ms. Yui is the president of Kiri Pro. She often scolds Komugi whenever she messes up (which is quite often). She is 29 years old, and once was a well-known and famous idol and she fell in love with a president from another talent agency, Mr. Richard. Everything was going well for her, until Richard announced to the press that her was in love with Ms. Yui's manager on the same day Ms. Yui was going to announce her engagement to Richard. SHe was heart broken and humiliated, so she quit the idol business and became the president of her own talent agency.
''Voiced By:'' Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese), Lisa Ann Beley (English)
- - Shiro is Komugi's manager. He has more of a laid back, relaxed personality, but when Komugi skips out on her job (Usually to become Magical Nurse to save the city), then it's best to not cross his path. He also will get stuck with Komugi's job until she returns, usually wearing one of her costumes. Although he yells at Komugi, he sticks up for her when Ms. Yui scolds her for her disapearings and mess-ups. He has an assortment of nicknames for Komugi, including "Little Shit" or "Little piss-ant girl". It's also been shown that he works well with computers, for he designed and manages Komugi's personal fan site for her.
''Voiced By:'' Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), Trevor Devall (English)
- - Megumi also works at Kiri Pro, and is Komugi's bitter Rival . Megumi, unlike Komugi, has much Sex Appeal and she is often the one to tease Komugi about her flat chest, which Komugi just replies with an insult such as "Hooter's Girl" to insult her enormous chest. Megumi is an image girl, posing for center folds and posters, although she also has an interest in acting.
''Voiced By:'' Atsuko Enomoto (Japanese), Jessica Boone (English)
- - Runa is a child star at Kiri Pro. She has the appearance to be calm and cute, but she is known to make rude comments, usually about Komugi. She, like Megumi, calls Komugi a flat chest and a Pseudo -Idol. She takes advantage of her cute appearance to earn more money. She calls Ms. Yui "Aunty", so this may show that she is also Ms. Yui's niece.
''Voiced By:'' Michiko Neya (Japanese), Cynthia Martinez (English)
- - Asuka was once an actress for movies, but was demoted to Kiri Pro. Komugi thinks it's an honor to have a professional actor working with her, but in reality, it means Asuka is close to loosing her job as an actress. Asuka works hard at her job at Kiri Pro, and she tends to be more responsible that Komugi or Megumi. She doesn't like to complain much, but she can loose her temper just as well as the others. Unlike the other Kiri Pro employees, Asuka respects Komugi and bonds a friendship with her.
''Voiced By:'' Shelley Calene-Black (English)
- 1. Smash! Komugi vs. Hikki - Biggest Battle at Akihabara
- 2. Horror! Maid Magic Girl Descends. Decisive Battle at the top of Odaiba
- 2.5 Hunch of Another Festival, Heave-Ho!
- 3. Serious! Komugi Dies Two or Three Times?!
- 4. Pioneer! The Anime Studio that Invites Storms
- 5. Encounter has come
The entire series is rife with cameos, in particular, episode five contains parodies of
Nabeshin and the creator of
Sorcerer Hunters ,
Satoru Akahori .
