Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure
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Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (マーメイドメロディーぴちぴちピッチピュア) is the name given to the second season of the anime version of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, which in turn is based from the manga series created by Michiko Yokote (横手美智子), with artwork by Pink Hanamori (花森ぴんく, Hanamori Pinku). The stories in this season correspond to chapters 21 to 30 of the manga. Produced by TV Aichi, it was shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 3 to December 25, 2004.
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[edit] Basic story
Sara had forgiven Tarou Mitsuki for the mistakes he made in the past (her hate for him disappeared and her black hair reverted to its orange color). But since she became such a close friend to Gaito and she wanted to share his fate for everything he has done, she decided to entrust her orange pearl to Lucia and join Gaito in his demise. The Marine World may go back to normal, but it has one less Mermaid Princess.
Enter Seira, the new owner of the orange pearl. But she's not born yet; just a spirit who appears to Lucia in her dreams. In order for Seira to be born, her heart (ココロ, kokoro) must merge with the orange pearl. But even before this happens, her heart is stolen by an angel named Michel. Lucia (together with Hanon and Rina) must retrieve pieces of her heart, even if she will face an almost unbeatable foe.
On the other hand, Kaito and Lucia love each other more, especially that Kaito has finally figured out that she is the mermaid who rescued him seven years before. But they are about to be separated once again when Kaito bounds for Hawaii to continue searching for the truth about his identity. But while in Hawaii, a surfing accident erases all of his memories. He is found and tended by a girl who has feelings for him. Lucia has to cope with this shock and attempt to let him remember at least some of his memories, especially of her.
This season also highlights Hanon's new found love after her relationship with her music teacher, Tarou Mitsuki, ends in disappointment, as well as Rina's first experience of love.
Many new villains and villainesses appear, including the return of some older characters. This season also features songs for the villains as well as newer ones for the mermaids.
[edit] Characters introduced in the second season
Unless a character's name has an official spelling seen in the anime or the manga and/or in the official merchandise, the spellings used in this list are mostly used by fans. For information about the main characters and those who appear in the first season, refer to the article about the first season
[edit] Major supporting characters
- Seira (星羅) - the future Mermaid Princess of the Indian Ocean and future keeper of the orange pearl. She appears as a spirit to Lucia, taking the form of a young mermaid. Through Lucia's help in retrieving pieces of her heart, she learns something about an emotion, such as love or friendship. Once born, she is set to become Orange Pearl Voice.
- Michal Amagi (天城みかる, Amagi Mikaru) - the girl who finds Kaito after he loses his memories. She falls in love in him to the point that in Lucia's perspective, he has forgotten his mermaid love completely. Michal also seems to be a sickly girl, collapsing to the floor every time Michel/Miguel appears somewhere else.
- Rihito Amagi (天城リヒト, Amagi Rihito) - an orchestra conductor and Michal's older brother. After initially seeing Kaito and Lucia at the airport, he becomes a "bridge" for the two. He observes Kaito's progress in regaining his memories (despite his sister being around) while he checks on Lucia and comforts her as she copes with the loss of her emotional bond.
- Masahiro Hamasaki (浜崎雅弘, Hamasaki Masahiro) - the flirtatious boy who has a crush on Rina. He wears glasses, rides a motorcycle and does some amateur boxing. It is later revealed that he comes from a family running a boxing gym. In the manga, he is so mysterious that he is only known by his surname.
- Nagisa Shirai (白井 渚, Shirai Nagisa) - the young boy who has a crush on Hanon. After retrieving some sheet music for Hanon, he has been wooing her ever since. (The sheet music is of the tune Taro Mitsuki dedicated to Hanon.)
[edit] Antagonists
- Michel (ミケル, Mikeru) - the angel who launched a personal vendetta against the Mermaid Princesses after knowing their relations with the human world. Although he is oblivious to any song the Mermaid Princesses would dish out against him, he is cursed with a weak body. He steals both Kaito's memories and parts of Seira's heart to keep himself alive.
- Fuku (フクちゃん, Fuku-chan) - an angel with the head of a boy and the body of a bird. He's Michel's "right hand man," as well as his messenger to his servants. He turns out to have a larger role later in the story.
- The One/Him/Someone (あの方, Ano kata, him/that gentleman) - a spirit in the form of a flame atop of Michel's castle, he guards it for him. Sometimes, Fuku-chan says that his words are Michel/Miguel's words, and Michel's are That One's words, and That One's are God's words. He has a higher authority than Michel and has a weird relationship with Fuku-chan. During the final battle, it is revealed that he is in fact the spirit of Michal & Rihito Amagi's deceased father, who was convinced by Fuku-chan that by reviving Michel could also save his sick daughter. He never realized the disastrous results until it was too late.
- Lady Bat (レディバット, Rēdī-batto) - Calls himself "The wings of love and pleasure." Michel's vampire-like servant. His song hypnotizes the listeners into his spell so he could "bite" the person while they are asleep. There is certain controversy about his real gender, especially among fans in the West; in the manga, Lady Bat is actually a man wearing woman's clothes. He is also strong enough to bring the Idol-formed Princesses back into Mermaid-form.
- Ranfa (蘭花, Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Lanhua; not to be confused to that of Galaxy Angel's Ranpha Franboise) - Calls herself "The wings of desire and contentment." Michel's butterfly-like servant. She can divide into a dozen smaller versions of herself (that really do not look harmful or dangerous; in fact, a bit cute) to play a tune that makes the listeners dance until they die. She is also called Lang Fa.
- Alala (あらら, Arara) - Calls herself "The wings of dreams and decadence." Michel's fairy-like servant. She sings a sugary sweet song that makes men cheer for her. Although it has some stinging effect on the Mermaid Princesses during battle, her song has generally no effect on women. In the manga, she can make people (or at least a Mermaid Princess) dream about anything she wishes, including nightmares. Her name seems to come from the Spanish words La ala, when switched would be "Ala la", together making Alala. La ala means the wing.
(Michel also resurrected the Black Beauty Sisters and made them his servants. To know more about them, refer to the article about the first season.)
[edit] Episode list
See: List of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch episodes
[edit] Songs used in the anime (Second season)
For songs used in the first season, especially those used again for this season, refer to the article about the first season
[edit] Opening and ending songs
- "Before the Moment" by Eri Kitamura (Opening Song)
- "Ai no Ondo °C" by Lucia, Hanon, and Rina (Asumi Nakata, Hitomi Terakado, and Mayumi Asano) (Ending Song)
Translation: The Temperature of Love°C
[edit] Mermaid songs
They were either used as song used in battle or as image songs or both.
- "Mother Symphony" by Lucia (Asumi Nakata)
- "Mizuiro no Senritsu" by Hanon (Hitomi Terakado)
Translation: (roughly) Water-Coloured Melody; Aquamarine Melody - "Piece of Love" by Rina (Mayumi Asano)
- "Nanatsu no Umi no Monogatari ~Pearls of Mermaid~" by Lucia, Hanon, and Rina (Asumi Nakata, Hitomi Terakado, and Mayumi Asano)
Translation: The Story of the Seven Seas ~Pearls of Mermaid~ - "Beautiful Wish" by Seira (Eri Kitamura)
- "Kibou no Kaneoto ~Love goes on~" by Lucia, Hanon, and Rina (Asumi Nakata, Hitomi Terakado, and Mayumi Asano)
Translation: The Sound of Hope ~Love goes on~ - "Birth Of Love" by Seira (Eri Kitamura)
Also songs from the first season are used (i.e. Legend of Mermaid, KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~, etc.).
[edit] Other songs
- "Yami no Baroque" by the Black Beauty Sisters (Miki Tsuchiya and Noriko Shitaya)
Translation: Baroque of Darkness (In this sense, "Darkness" refers to "evil", or "contaminated", not "lack of light") - "Ankoku no Tsubasa" by Lady Bat (Sanae Kobayashi)
Translation: Wings of Darkness - "Hana to Chou no Serenade" by Lanhua (Megumi Kojima)
Translation: Serenade of the Flowers and Butterflies - "Tsubasa wo Daite" by Michel (Junko Minagawa)
Translation: Embraced in Wings - "Star Mero Mero Heart" by Alala (Masayo Kurata)
MeroMero refers to an onomatopoeic sound that represents the feeling of being drunk. - "Oh Yeah! Alala" by Alala (Masayo Kurata)
- "Ashita ga Mienakute" by Michal (Ryoko Shintani)
Translation: Unable to See Tomorrow
[edit] Anime voice actors
This sections lists only the voice actors of the characters who appear only in the season. One can refer to the article about the first season for the voices of the main characters.
- Eri Kitamura - Seira
- Ryoko Shintani - Michal Amagi
- Takahiro Mizushima - Rihito Amagi
- Kiyotaka Furushima - Masahiro Yamazaki
- Chihiro Kusaka - Nagisa Shirai
- Junko Minagawa - Michel
- Sanae Kobayashi - Fuku/Lady Bat
- Hajime Iijima - "Him"
- Megumi Kojima - Ranfa
- Masayo Kurata - Alala
