Cover of the first DVD Box featuring main protagonists Kukuri and Nike
魔法陣グルグル (Mahōjin Guru Guru)
Genre
Fantasy comedy[1]
Manga
Written by
Hiroyuki Etō
Published by
Enix
Magazine
Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
July 11, 1992 – August 12, 2003
Volumes
16
Anime television series
Directed by
Nobuaki Nakanishi
Produced by
Masakazu Ida Nobuaki Tanaka
Music by
Nobuyuki Nakamura
Studio
Nippon Animation
Original network
TV Asahi
Original run
October 13, 1994 – September 14, 1995
Episodes
45
Anime film
Directed by
Nobuaki Nakanishi
Produced by
Nobuaki Tanaka
Written by
Hideki Mitsui
Music by
Nobuyuki Nakamura
Studio
Nippon Animation
Released
April 20, 1996
Runtime
30 minutes
Anime television series
Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru
Directed by
Jun Takagi
Produced by
Fukashi Azuma Shinjirō Nakayama Shigeo Endō
Written by
Hideki Mitsui
Music by
Nobuyuki Nakamura
Studio
Nippon Animation
Original network
TV Tokyo
Original run
April 4, 2000 – December 26, 2000
Episodes
38
Manga
Mahoujin Guru Guru 2
Written by
Hiroyuki Etō
Published by
Square Enix
Magazine
Gangan Online
Original run
November 1, 2012 – present
Volumes
18
Anime television series
Directed by
Hiroshi Ikehata
Written by
Hisaaki Okui
Music by
TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND
Studio
Production I.G
Licensed by
Crunchyroll
Original network
TV Tokyo, TVA, TSC, TVO, TVh, TVQ, AT-X
Original run
July 11, 2017 – December 19, 2017
Episodes
24
Magical Circle Guru Guru (Japanese: 魔法陣グルグル, romanized: Mahōjin Guru Guru) is a Japanese manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime[2] series on October 13, 1994. A second manga series was serialized in Gangan Online in 2012.[3]
Mahōjin Guru Guru is a light series aimed at older children. It contains occasional toilet gags and some innuendo.[citation needed] It also is a parody of early role-playing video games (RPGs), particularly turn-based games, such as those in the Dragon Quest series. Information boxes are often displayed on screen with accompanying narration in the traditional RPG style. The overall goal of the two main characters, Nike and Kukuri, is to defeat Giri, the ruler of the darkness. Since the anime is based on an RPG, several side quests need to be completed before they are able to locate him.
A new series based on the manga animated by Production I.G aired from July to December 2017.[4][5] Crunchyroll streamed the anime,[6] marking the first anime from the Mahoujin Guru Guru franchise to receive an official English release.[7]
^McNulty, Amy (July 18, 2017). "Episodes 1-2 - Magical Circle Guru-Guru". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^Mahoujin Guru Guru
^"Magical Circle Guru Guru 2 Manga to Launch Next Month". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
^"Mahōjin Guru Guru Gag Fantasy Manga Gets New TV Anime". Anime News Network. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^"Katsuyuki Konishi, Yō Taichi Join Magical Circle Guru Guru". Anime News Network. March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^"Hiroyuki Eto's Fantasy Gag Manga "Mahojin Guru Guru" to Get 3rd TV Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^"Crunchyroll Adds Magical Circle Guru-Guru Anime". Anime News Network. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
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