Creamy Mami, the Magical Angel, directed by Osamu Kobayashi. Written by Hiroshi Konichikawa et al. Starring Takako Ōta. Studio Pierrot, 1983–1984. 52 episodes of 24 minutes (approx. 20 hours, 48 minutes). Rated TV-14.
We haven’t reviewed an anime series here in a good long while. In large part, that’sibecause I’m married with children now, so I don’t have as much time to binge-watch TV as I once did. Besides that, I admit my interest in magical girls has waned slightly. Like, I have to deal with real-life girls now.
Anyway, Magical Angel Creamy Mami, which ran from 1983 to 1984, is a title I have wanted to see for over a decade, but aside from a short-lived Blu-Ray release that I sadly didn’t acquire in time, it has been almost completely unavailable in the U.S. except through piracy.
Recently, however, Creamy Mami appeared on streaming services. As of this writing, it is available on Amazon Prime, which is where I found it, but you can also watch it for free on RetroCrush, a service that streams older anime titles and which, notably, also hosts Magical Emi and Pastel Yumi, two other classics from the same era and studio. I’ll probably watch and review those next.
A review of Creamy Mami could be one sentence: If you are interested in magical girls, you should watch it. This holds such a place of importance in the history of the genre that any comments I might make about quality or entertainment value are largely unimportant.
But I’ll try anyway.