This is a series I enjoy. Fushigi Na Melmo, or Marvelous Melmo is an anime series from 1972 created by Osamu Tezuka, and it's a tad... controversial,to say the least, when it first premired. The basic story is about ten year old Melmo Watari, an orphaned girl given "Miracle Candies", the blue candy ages her ten years, the red candy decreases her age ten years, and if she eats a red and blue candy, she turns into an egg and then into an animal of her choice.
The series starts when Melmo's mother, Hitomi, is killed in a hit-and-run accident on her way home from the grocery store. Naturally, when she wakes up in Heaven, she is freaked out, pleading with the Heavenly Counsel to be allowed back to Earth to make sure her kids are taken care of. Fortunately, one of them is playing with "The Rings of Fate" (a lot like those unbreakable rings), and ends up breaking them, resulting in the Miracle Candies. Melmo also takes care of two younger brothers; Toto, who's preschool aged, and is somehow(by that, I mean candies) turned into a frog for several episodes and cannot turn back for a bit, being too small to ingest them, and Tachi, a baby, who's purpose is to teach kids about caring for babies.
Another character is Professor Waragarasu, a fictitious country called Chicchaina, who opposes the totalitarian government, and Melmo is actually kidnapped by the dictator for her candy.
Near the end of the series, Melmo gets a boyfriend, Jiro, and eventually they get married and have a daughter. I'll save any spoilers for you to find out.
In general, I like this show. It's enjoyably insane. :)
This series takes place in early 70s Japan, and it gives you an insight to what life was like back then.
All 26 episodes are available on YouTube.
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